초록 ▼

This invention relates to an oral therapeutic delivery appliance. By using this oral therapeutic delivery appliance medicaments may be delivered to oral soft tissues, where medicaments are easily absorbed. To aide the delivery of medicaments to oral soft tissues the oral therapeutic delivery applian

This invention relates to an oral therapeutic delivery appliance. By using this oral therapeutic delivery appliance medicaments may be delivered to oral soft tissues, where medicaments are easily absorbed. To aide the delivery of medicaments to oral soft tissues the oral therapeutic delivery appliance contains a therapeutic pooling reservoir where the medicaments may be placed. The oral therapeutic delivery appliance may be used to treat or aide in the treatment of various oral maladies such as periodontal disease (i.e., gum disease) as well as treating or aiding the treatment of other physical ailments and systemic diseases (e.g., diabetes and other chronic diseases which require either single, intermittent or constant dosing of medicament).

대표청구항 ▼

1. An oral therapeutic appliance for delivering medicament to soft tissue of the mouth, the appliance being formed from a sheet material molded to fit the contours of at least a portion of the teeth and adjacent buccal and lingual soft tissues, the appliance comprising one or more pooling reservoirs

1. An oral therapeutic appliance for delivering medicament to soft tissue of the mouth, the appliance being formed from a sheet material molded to fit the contours of at least a portion of the teeth and adjacent buccal and lingual soft tissues, the appliance comprising one or more pooling reservoirs located on the oral therapeutic dental appliance corresponding to the oral soft tissue of a patient's mouth for holding the medicament to be delivered, wherein said one or more pooling reservoirs allow movement of said medicament.