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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:
Jul. 30, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Raphael L Greenfield, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Assignee:
TP Orthodontics, Inc., Westville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
433 21 ; 433 18 ; 433 20 ;
Abstract
An orthodontic auxiliary applicance for intruding and torquing upper anterior teeth, which includes the use of an auxiliary archwire gingival to the main archwire and slidably retained by buccal tubes, together with a unique connecting auxiliary extending between the main archwire and the auxiliary archwire or between the brackets on the anterior teeth and the auxiliary archwire, which connecting auxiliary includes an anchoring portion, an intermediate coiled portion, and a hook.