Simple method and simple device for stopping snoring by electrical stimulation

Abstract

The invention discloses a simple method and a simple device for stopping snoring by electrical stimulation. The method is characterized in that the tongue root and the soft palate are subjected to microelectric-current stimulation by intraoral or extraoral electrodes, and corresponding muscles are enabled to shrink to release an obstruction in a pharyngeal respiratory tract in sleep so as to stop snoring. The simple device comprises an intraoral snore stopping device or an extraoral snore stopping device. The intraoral snore stopping device refers to a single-jaw tooth socket with electrodes contacting with the tongue root and the soft palate and mounted at the rear ends of two sides of the single-jaw tooth socket, particularly, each electrode synchronously contacting with the soft palate and the rear part of the tongue on the same side is mounted on the tongue side of the rear end of each side of the single-jaw tooth socket, the single-jaw tooth socket is formed by a U-shaped grooved bottom plate, an outer assisting plate and an inner assisting plate, the outer assisting plate and the inner assisting plate are connected with the U-shaped grooved bottom plate, and the single-jaw tooth socket varies in shapes according to the dentition shape of patients. The extroral snore stopping device comprises two pairs of electrode patches which can attach to positions, below the jaw and ears, on both sides of the face, and the electrode patches are auxiliarily fixed by an annular elastic belt or an adhesive belt passing by the top of the head and to the chin. The two electrodes are connected to positive and negative electrodes of a power supply which is provided with an adjusting switch. The simple device is non-toxic, harmless, safe, reliable, remarkable in snore stopping effect and convenient to use.

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technical field [0001] The present invention is a simple electric excitation anti-snoring method and device. For snoring patients to eliminate snoring. Background technique [0002] Snoring is a very common symptom. The vast majority of snoring is due to the relaxation and fall of the muscles of the base of the tongue and the soft palate during sleep, compressing the pharyngeal airway and causing narrowing. When the breathing air passes through, the surrounding tissues vibrate and make noise. symptoms. Severe snoring not only seriously affects the sleep of relatives and friends, but also causes sleep apnea, which leads to hypoxia and damages the body, leading to a series of diseases in the heart, brain, liver, kidney and other organs, and even death due to breathing stop during sleep. [0003] In the existing technology, the anti-snoring braces are a kind of silicone product, which has a thickness of about 4 mm, and is consistent with the shape of the dentition. groove. ...

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Problems solved by technology

Although this kind of snoring brace has a certain snoring effect, it cannot solve the problem that the muscles of the base of the tongue and the soft palate relax and fall back. After wearing it for a long time, the base of the tongue and the soft palate will still relax and fall back, blocking the pharyngeal airway again and causing more serious problems. snoring

Practice has proved that this kind of anti-snoring braces can not solve most snoring problems, and the effect will decrease significantly after wearing for a long time

[0004] The inventor previously applied for an electric-stimulated snoring brace (CN105997331A), and found some problems in use: First, the electric-stimulated anti-snoring braces applied in the previous period have grooves in the upper and lower dentition, and some snoring symptoms of protruding front teeth When the patient wears the braces, the lips cannot be completely closed, and they will drool during sleep; the second is that there are grooves in the upper and lower dentition at the same time, which is only suitable for patients with healthy upper and lower dentition, and the relatively large volume seriously affects the wearing. comfort

The third is because the upper and lower dentition grooves form a partition between the mouth and the outside world when worn. If a drunk person wears it, when vomiting occurs, it is easy to cause vomit to be sucked into the respiratory tract and cause suffocation.

Fourth, some snoring patients with complete tooth loss or extremely sensitive pharynx cannot use this electric stimulation anti-snoring braces

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