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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:
Dec. 24, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terry L Sterrett, Long Beach, CA (US);
Haruyasu Yawata, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Lawrence P Phaneuf, Fontana, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ormco Corporation, Glendora, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
433 18 ; 433 19 ; 433 21 ;
Abstract
An orthodontic tensioning device and method of assembly. The device comprises at least one elastic tensioning member and a second tensioning member made of a non-elastic material provided for cooperation with the elastic tensioning member so as to provide a predetermined tensioning member.