ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,513, issued on March 18, was assigned to Dental Choice Holdings LLC (Louisville, Ky.).
"Dental appliance apparatus and respiration enhancement" was invented by Dena P. Garner (Isle of Palms, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental appliance apparatus is disclosed herein. In various aspects, the dental appliance may include a body removably attachable to one or more teeth selected from premolars and molars, and a flange extending forth from lingual portions of the body to contact a tongue at one or more locations proximate the premolars and the molars in order to cause a contraction of the genioglossus that positions the tongue ...