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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US);
Inventors:
James D. Hansen, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Joseph C. Dingeldein, Hudson, WI (US);
John M. Pilgrim, Woodbury, MN (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/14 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/146 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A custom tool for bonding orthodontic appliances in a mouth of a patient, the custom tool comprising: a facial body for a patient-specific, customized fit with the facial side of a plurality of teeth of the patient, a lingual body for a patient-specific, customized fit with the lingual side of the plurality of the teeth of the patient, wherein the lingual body. wherein the facial body and lingual body are configured to combine with the teeth of the patient to position orthodontic appliances on the plurality of teeth.