Patents by Inventor Ming-Jian You

Ming-Jian You 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).

  • Oral device to eliminate air space in oral cavity
    Patent number: 11406526
    Abstract: This invention provides devices and systems and methods therefrom for properly controlling negative pressure applied to oral cavity, facilitating breathing and treating sleep apnea and snoring. The systems comprise a negative pressure system providing a vacuum source and an oral device comprising a shield, a tube passing through the shield, a flexible negative pressure deliverable part connected to the shield or the tube, an optional tongue protector, where the negative pressure deliverable part is conformable to the contour of the upper palate. Negative pressure is delivered to the front and back zones inside the oral cavity via the negative pressure deliverable part to eliminate air space in the oral cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Somnics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chung-Chu Chen, Yin-Ruei Chen, Ming-Jian You, Wen-Yen Huang
  • Oral device to eliminate air space in oral cavity
    Patent number: 11246742
    Abstract: This invention provides devices and systems and methods therefrom for properly controlling negative pressure applied to oral cavity, facilitating breathing and treating sleep apnea and snoring. The systems comprise a negative pressure system providing a vacuum source and an oral device comprising a shield, a tube passing through the shield, a flexible negative pressure deliverable part connected to the shield or the tube, an optional tongue protector, where the negative pressure deliverable part is conformable to the contour of the upper palate. Negative pressure is delivered to the front and back zones inside the oral cavity via the negative pressure deliverable part to eliminate air space in the oral cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Inventors: Chung-Chu Chen, Yin-Ruei Chen, Ming-jian You, Wen-Yen Huang
  • Oral Device to Eliminate Air Space in Oral Cavity
    Publication number: 20150342778
    Abstract: This invention provides devices and systems and methods therefrom for properly controlling negative pressure applied to oral cavity, facilitating breathing and treating sleep apnea and snoring. The systems comprise a negative pressure system providing a vacuum source and an oral device comprising a shield, a tube passing through the shield, a flexible negative pressure deliverable part connected to the shield or the tube, an optional tongue protector, where the negative pressure deliverable part is conformable to the contour of the upper palate. Negative pressure is delivered to the front and back zones inside the oral cavity via the negative pressure deliverable part to eliminate air space in the oral cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Chung-Chu Chen, Yin-Ruei Chen, Ming-jian You, Wen-Yen Huang
  • ORAL DEVICE TO ELIMINATE AIR SPACE IN ORAL CAVITY
    Publication number: 20140190489
    Abstract: This invention provides devices and systems and methods therefrom for properly controlling negative pressure applied to oral cavity, facilitating breathing and treating sleep apnea and snoring. The systems comprise a negative pressure system providing a vacuum source and an oral device comprising a shield, a tube passing through the shield, a flexible negative pressure deliverable part connected to the shield or the tube, an optional tongue protector, where the negative pressure deliverable part is conformable to the contour of the upper palate. Negative pressure is delivered to the front and back zones inside the oral cavity via the negative pressure deliverable part to eliminate air space in the oral cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Somnics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chung-Chu Chen, Yin-Ruei Chen, Ming-Jian You, Wen-Yen Huang