US Patent Issued to Hawkeye Group on June 9 for "Systems, apparatuses, and methods for treating bruxism, apnea, and sleep disorders" (Indiana, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,872, issued on June 9, was assigned to Hawkeye Group LLC (Roanoke, Ind.).

"Systems, apparatuses, and methods for treating bruxism, apnea, and sleep disorders" was invented by Scott Steffensmeier (Roanoke, Ind.), Jason F. Detweiler (Warsaw, Ind.) and Randy Clare (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatuses, and methods for aiding a user in ceasing or at least ameliorating sleep or awake bruxism, or apnea, or snoring. The unit is fully enclosed against fluid incursion and placeable between a user's teeth and adjacent cheek, such as while the user is sleeping or awake. A flange extends from a lateral s...