Patents by Inventor Bryan M. Pope

Bryan M. Pope has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4553549
    Abstract: An orthopedic/orthodontic appliance for treating neuromuscular imbalance which interrupts balanced myofacial growth and development which includes mandible fixation means for maintaining the mandible of the user in an essentially neuromuscularly balanced position when the mouth is closed. The appliance also includes a pressure equalization conduit extending from a position exterior the lip seal of the user to a position in the posterior of the oral cavity which is in fluid communication with the pharyngeal cavity so that the pressure in the user's pharyngeal cavity is equalized to the ambient pressure outside the head while the user's mandible is maintained in the essentially neuromuscularly-balanced position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1985
    Inventors: Bryan M. Pope, Richard Hawkins