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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Fujio Miura, Sakae, JP;
Assignee:
GAC International, Inc., Central Islip, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
433-7 ;
Abstract
An orthodontic appliance having a pair of bases supported by guides so as to be capable of opening and closing. A memory alloy coil spring having superelastic properties is mounted between the pair of bases. The appliance is constructed so that the spring pressure of the superelastic memory alloy coil spring transmits to the tooth or the jaw bone as orthodontic force by means of the opening and closing of the pair of bases.