Abstract: Diagnostic devices may include features for determining at least one of bilateral nasal flow and tongue position. Automated mandibular manipulators may include at least one motor including a feedback feature for communicating at least one position of at least a portion of the mandibular manipulator to a computer.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 22, 2013
Publication date:
April 24, 2014
Applicant:
Kosmo Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
William H. Hanewinkel, Michael B. Gleeson, Jeremy D. Andra, Ellen Crean
Abstract: Described is a mandibular manipulator instrument as a standalone tool or with associated mouthpiece that includes two interlocking laterally sliding frames including a movable upper and a lower incisor pull, shaped for receiving a patient's central incisor teeth and a pair of pinion shafts for driving the upper and lower incisor pulls. A screw thread is used to provide a precise lateral motion for the sagittal measurement. The mouthpiece is constructed of resilient rubber. The manipulator is positioned and held in the resilient rubber mouthpiece by the two pinions protruding through acoustically tight apertures respective to each pinion's position. The manipulator can be used for other applications in an embodiment without the mouthpiece and/or in combination with a bite registration shape that is part of the manipulator frame.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 23, 2012
Date of Patent:
October 8, 2013
Assignee:
Kosmo Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
William H. Hanewinkel, Michael B. Gleeson
Abstract: Described is a mandibular manipulator instrument as a standalone tool or with associated mouthpiece that includes two interlocking laterally sliding frames comprising a movable upper and a lower incisor pull, shaped for receiving a patient's central incisor teeth and a pair of pinion shafts for driving the upper and lower incisor pulls. A screw thread is used to provide a precise lateral motion for the sagittal measurement. The mouthpiece is constructed of resilient rubber. The manipulator is positioned and held in the resilient rubber mouthpiece by means of the two pinions protruding through acoustically tight apertures respective to each pinion's position. The manipulator can be used for other applications in an embodiment without the mouthpiece and/or in combination with a bite registration shape that is part of the manipulator frame.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 23, 2012
Publication date:
January 24, 2013
Applicant:
Kosmo Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
William H. Hanewinkel, Michael B. Gleeson
Abstract: A mandibular manipulator instrument used as a standalone tool or with associated mouthpiece that includes two interlocking laterally sliding frames which interlock to create a movable upper and a lower incisor pull driven by a pair of pinion shafts and shaped for receiving a patient's central incisor teeth. A screw thread is used to provide a precise lateral motion for the sagittal measurement. The mouthpiece is constructed of resilient rubber. The mandibular manipulator may be positioned and held in a resilient flexible mouthpiece by the two pinions protruding through acoustically tight apertures respective to each pinion's position. The manipulator can be used for other application in an embodiment without the mouthpiece and/or in combination with a bite registration shape that is part of the manipulator frame.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 24, 2010
Date of Patent:
July 24, 2012
Assignee:
Kosmo Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
William H. Hanewinkel, Michael B. Gleeson