ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,036, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SLEEP SOLUTIONS OF TEXAS LLC (Tyler, Texas).

"Maxillary and mandibular devices that increase the smallest concentric airway cross-sectional area of a user for improvements during physical activities" was invented by Raghavendra Vitthalrao Ghuge (Tyler, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mandibular repositioning devices have a maxillary piece with a right side backmost teeth mold and/or left side backmost teeth mold and a driver flange having an anterior side with a convex curvature protruding from one or both thereof. The devices have a mandibular piece with a protrusive flange extending crania...