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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2020
Leone S.p.a., Sesto Fiorentino, IT;
Gabriele Scommegna, Tavernuzze Impruneta, IT;
Maurizio Dolfi, Florence, IT;
LEONE S.P.A., Sesto Fiorentino, IT;
Abstract
Orthodontic expander including a left body)and a right body provided with through holes oriented along a pre-defined expansion direction, a pair of guides inserted in the holes, and elastic thrust elements preloaded and acting between the bodies to provide a thrust directed in the expansion direction in the orientation of moving away of the bodies. The guides and the bodies have respective surfaces engaging with each other to limit the expansion of the elastic elements, limiting the sliding to a maximum predetermined sliding value such that the preloading of the thrust means is greater than zero at this maximum predetermined sliding value such that the thrust exercised by the elastic elements is greater than zero at the maximum predetermined sliding value.