US Patent Issued on March 31 for "Modified jaw thrust appliance" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,019, issued on March 31.

"Modified jaw thrust appliance" was invented by Manu Sethi (Canfield, Ohio) and Sangeetha Sethi (Canfield, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jaw thrust appliance is disclosed. The jaw thrust appliance includes an adjustable slidable bottom movably attached to the bottom portion of the inverted U-shaped base, and an ergonomic thumb piece disposed directly underneath the adjustable slidable bottom, the adjustable slidable bottom and the ergonomic thumb piece are attached together and move as a single unit when pushed horizontally. The inverted U-shaped base includes a flat elongated front facing, a padded ...