US 12,167,948 B2
Dental mouthpiece
Thien Nguyen, Santa Ana, CA (US); Tam Thanh Pham, San Francisco, CA (US); Ethan Nguyen, Santa Ana, CA (US); and Lauren Nguyen, Santa Ana, CA (US)
Assigned to SOLMETEX, LLC, Northborough, MA (US)
Filed by SOLMETEX, LLC, Northborough, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/376,309.
Application 18/376,309 is a continuation of application No. 16/870,745, filed on May 8, 2020, granted, now 11,826,217.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/846,353, filed on May 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0024072 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61C 5/90 (2017.01); A61B 1/24 (2006.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01); A61C 17/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 5/90 (2017.02) [A61B 1/24 (2013.01); A61C 7/08 (2013.01); A61C 17/08 (2019.05)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mouthpiece comprising:
a main body portion comprising:
a first wall that includes one or more edges,
a second wall set at a distance from the first wall, wherein the first wall and the second wall define an interior space that corresponds to the distance between the first wall and the second wall; and
at least one intervening wall that includes a span protruding from the one or more edges of the first wall, wherein the span is defined by a ridged edge that includes a plurality of ridges extending different distances at least partially across the distance between the first wall and the second wall;
a suction connector portion extending from a first end of the main body portion, wherein the suction connector portion includes an evacuation conduit opening into the interior space of the main body portion; and
a cheek retractor portion connected to a second end of the main body portion.