ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,582, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to RESMED SAS (Saint Priest Cedex, France).
"Mandibular repositioning device" was invented by Ludovic Baratier (Cailloux-sur-Fontaines, France) and Yann Palomino (Saint-Priest, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intra-oral device includes an upper splint, a lower splint and a pair of lateral connecting rods. Each connecting rod has a first rod end that connects to the lower splint and a second rod end that connects to the upper splint. The connecting rods are configured to maintain the mandible in an advanced position relative to the maxilla. The upper splint includes at least one upper gutt...