US Patent Issued to LeBlanc Dental Products on June 2 for "Devices and methods for sleep apnea and snoring" (Texas, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,691, issued on June 2, was assigned to LeBlanc Dental Products Inc. (Houston).

"Devices and methods for sleep apnea and snoring" was invented by Kelly Leblanc (Magnolia, Texas), Charles Houssiere (Houston), Jessica Buell (Rowley, Mass.) and Kimberly Najjar (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Mandibular Advancement Device (MAD) is disclosed which is useful for the treatment of snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). The improved MAD design comprises upper and lower splints which can be set at an advanced protrusive position (as desired for snoring/OSA therapy), but which also permits some degree of lateral mandibular movement....