ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,254, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to S & V Siu Associates LLC (Castro Valley, Calif.).

"Configurable time-delayed oral mandible positioning device" was invented by Stanley Chan Siu (Castro Valley, Calif.), Jeremy Aidan Siu (Milpitas, Calif.) and Jusson Koo (Milpitas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A configurable time-delayed oral mandible displacement device includes a top member and a bottom member, the bottom member slidably coupled to the top member for movement between a non-extended position and an extended position. A control mechanism is coupled between the top member and the bottom member for controlling extension o...