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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 1987
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robin M Jones, Titusville, NJ (US);
Robert D DeLuca, Pennington, NJ (US);
Carlino Panzera, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson Dental Products Company, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
433-8 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed an orthodontic bracket including a base member for attaching to a tooth and a body member extending from the base member. The body member includes walls that define an archwire groove. The walls are made of single crystal alumina. Preferably, the entire bracket is made of single crystal alumina, and most preferably, single crystal alpha-alumina or sapphire.