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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2023
Applicant:
Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US);
Inventor:
Ming-Lai Lai, Afton, MN (US);
Assignee:
Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/28 (2006.01); A61C 7/14 (2006.01); A61C 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/287 (2013.01); A61C 7/14 (2013.01); A61C 7/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides high strength, self-ligating appliances with orthodontically desirable dimensions. The appliances of the present disclosure incorporate a door slidably engaged to a channel in the body; one that can be opened or closed depending on the equilibrium position of an integral protrusion on the door. Cooperating grooves and rails on the body and the door can guide the door between the open and closed positions, and mitigate against unintentional detachment.