Stephen R Sheldon

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:

20030139680, Jul 24, 2003

Filed:

Jan 22, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/348803

Inventors:

Stephen Sheldon - Chicago IL, US

International Classification:

A61B005/08

US Classification:

600/529000

Abstract:

A non-intrusive and quantitative method and apparatus for diagnosing sleep apnea and detecting apnea events by monitoring during sleep abdominal effort and thoracic effort, determining the phase of each effort, determining the difference in phase between each type of effort, and then determining the rate of phase angle change and standard deviation over time. Also provided may be treatment when apnea events are detected to trigger therapy apparatus such as airway positive pressure apparatus.