US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on July 14 for "System and method for interactive oral appliance to open and close mouth periodically to prevent discomfort and mouth breathing" (New Jersey, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,323, issued on July 14, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"System and method for interactive oral appliance to open and close mouth periodically to prevent discomfort and mouth breathing" was invented by Dirk Ernest Von Hollen (Clark, N.J.), Nicholas Ernest Genco (Pittsburgh), Zachary Fortune (Pittsburgh) and Peter Douglas Hill (Murrysville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intelligent oral appliance (100) comprises maxillary and mandibular appliances (102, 104), an electromagnetic clamp (106, 108), first and second sensors (110, 112), a timer (114), and a controller (116). The electromagnetic cl...