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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2016
Applicant:
American Orthodontics Corporation, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Inventors:
Jay S. Sommer, Howards Grove, WI (US);
Eric W. Nimmer, Plymouth, WI (US);
Andrew R. Pietzner, Sheyboygan, WI (US);
Assignee:
American Orthodontics Corporation, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/287 (2013.01);
Abstract
A self-ligating bracket includes a bracket body and a spring clip. The bracket body includes a mesial channel, a distal channel, a center channel, and an arch wire slot. The spring clip includes a distal arm, mesial arm, and a center arm which are moveably within the mesial channel, distal channel, and center channel between an open position and a closed position to occlude the arch wire slot.