Allen J Moses

US Patent:

8028703, Oct 4, 2011

Filed:

Aug 23, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/861470

Inventors:

Allen J. Moses - Chicago IL, US

Assignee:

Moses Appliance, LLC - Chicago IL

International Classification:

A61J 17/00
A61F 5/56

US Classification:

128848, 606234, 606235, 606236

Abstract:

Sleep mouthpieces are provided. One such mouthpiece includes an intraoral component including first and second troughs configured to receive a user's upper and lower teeth or ridges. The troughs are separated by a distance, thereby providing an opening that can allow mouth breathing. The mouthpiece includes an extraoral component connected to the intraoral component by first and second columns. The columns can be positioned at first and second ends of the intraoral component. The columns can also be positioned at first and second ends of the opening. The columns can also be positioned between the ends of the opening and the ends of the intraoral component. The extraoral component includes first and second retention portions extending from the first and second columns away from a center of the intraoral component and away from the opening. The first and second retention portions are configured to contact the user's face.

US Patent:

8252023, Aug 28, 2012

Filed:

Nov 16, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/619419

Inventors:

Allen J. Moses - Chicago IL, US
Stephen H. Sheldon - Chicago IL, US

Assignee:

Pacif-Air, LLC - Chicago IL

International Classification:

A61J 17/00

US Classification:

606234

Abstract:

Improved pacifiers are provided. Certain embodiments better accommodate the anatomy of the human oral cavity and throat, and can provide for improved airway patency, healthy jaw development, correct swallowing, and/or satisfy a user's inclination to suck and nibble. Certain embodiments include an upper ridge groove configured to receive a user's upper anterior ridge, and a lower ridge groove configured to receive the user's lower anterior ridge. The ridge grooves can be substantially vertically aligned, can span a user's anterior ridges, and can maintain vertical spacing between the user's anterior ridges. Certain embodiments include an anterior flange and a posterior flange, the upper ridge groove configured to receive the upper anterior ridge between the posterior flange and anterior flange, and the lower ridge groove configured to receive the lower anterior ridge between the posterior flange and anterior flange. Certain embodiments include a nipple projecting substantially vertically from the posterior flange.

US Patent:

8585401, Nov 19, 2013

Filed:

Feb 17, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/399726

Inventors:

Allen J. Moses - Chicago IL, US

International Classification:

A61C 9/00

US Classification:

433 37

Abstract:

A bio-facilitation mouthpiece correlates a custom made mouthpiece with nervous system channeling to facilitate optimal physiologic activity. The mouthpiece may be a single, unitary part made from a flexible, resilient material, and the mouthpiece includes a base member, and a right and left flange member coupled to the base member. The base member is adapted to receive portions of a user's upper and lower teeth, and the base member includes an elongated right lateral engagement portion, an elongated left lateral engagement portion, and an arch-shaped forward portion disposed between the right and left lateral engagement portions. The base member additionally includes a skirt portion downwardly extending from the forward portion and the right and left lateral engagement portions.

US Patent:

20140069441, Mar 13, 2014

Filed:

Nov 12, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/077883

Inventors:

Allen J. Moses - Chicago IL, US

International Classification:

A63B 71/08

US Classification:

128861

Abstract:

A bio-facilitation mouthpiece correlates a custom made mouthpiece with nervous system channeling to facilitate optimal physiologic activity. The mouthpiece may be a single, unitary part made from a flexible, resilient material, and the mouthpiece includes a base member, and a right and left flange member coupled to the base member. The base member is adapted to receive portions of a user's upper and lower teeth, and the base member includes an elongated right lateral engagement portion, an elongated left lateral engagement portion, and an arch-shaped forward portion disposed between the right and left lateral engagement portions. The base member additionally includes a skirt portion downwardly extending from the forward portion and the right and left lateral engagement portions.

US Patent:

20150360115, Dec 17, 2015

Filed:

Oct 10, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/512099

Inventors:

Allen J. Moses - Chicago IL, US

International Classification:

A63B 71/08

Abstract:

A bio-facilitation mouthpiece correlates a custom made mouthpiece with nervous system channeling to facilitate optimal physiologic activity. The mouthpiece may include right and lateral engagement portions having a top portion and a bottom portion. The top and bottom portions are adapted to include a plurality of surface impressions that correspond to the user's posterior teeth. A forward portion extends between the right and lateral engagement portions. A right outer flange member is coupled to the right lateral engagement portion, and a left outer flange member coupled to the left lateral engagement portion. At least a portion of the top portion and bottom portion of comprises a first material, and at least a portion of each of the forward portion, the right flange member, and the left flange member comprise a second material.