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Patent No.:

US 11083545 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 28, 2018

Dental wire attachment

Applicant:

Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Douglas Brandt, San Pablo, CR;

Rick M. Matty, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Assignee:

Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:

Shay Glenn LLP

Primary Examiner:

Edward Moran

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/20 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/12 (2006.01); A61C 7/14 (2006.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01); B21F 1/00 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/20 (2013.01); A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61C 7/08 (2013.01); A61C 7/12 (2013.01); A61C 7/146 (2013.01); B21F 1/00 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); Y10T 29/49568 (2015.01);
Abstract

Methods and devices utilizing a dental appliance for dental retainer wire attachment are disclosed. One such wire attachment appliance includes a shell having one or more cavities formed therein and shaped to receive one or more teeth, at least two wire attachment members provided on the shell, and at least one attachment material reservoir provided on the shell, wherein the attachment material is provided to attach a wire to a tooth adjacent to a particular reservoir of the at least one attachment material reservoir.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Brandt, Douglas. (2021). Dental wire attachment (U.S. Patent No. 11083545). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11083545

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