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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:
Feb. 13, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1988
Peter C Kesling, LaPorte, IN (US);
Dennis B Henderlong, LaPorte, IN (US);
TP Orthodontics, Inc., Westville, IN (US);
Abstract
An elastic orthodontic appliance for use with an edgewise-type bracket having an archwire slot with tipping and uprighting surfaces. The elastic appliance functions as a ligature to provide the usual function of retaining an archwire in the archwire slot of the bracket and additionally functions as a force transmitting device to provide supplementary tipping or uprighting forces between the bracket and the archwire. The appliance includes a ring portion having a transverse web or cross member and in some embodiments enlargements that are forced between the archwire and either the tipping or uprighting surfaces or the lateral sides of the bracket and sized to be compressed so that a force is generated between the archwire and the bracket.
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