ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,000, issued on July 28.

"Multi-directional jaw displacement oral appliance" was invented by John M Fallon (Henderson, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a multi-directional jaw displacement oral appliance that includes an upper arch tray assembly coupled to a user's upper set of teeth and a lower arch tray assembly coupled to the user's lower set of teeth. An intermediate arch tray assembly is located between the upper and lower arch tray assemblies. The upper arch tray assembly is connected to the intermediate arch tray assembly by a hinge such that the upper arch tray assembly cannot be separated from the intermediate...