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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1993
Filed:
May. 21, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kunio Chikami, Minamikuma, Kochi-shi, Kochi-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Komori, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
433 20 ; 433-8 ; 433 10 ;
Abstract
A supplementary device for use in a device for correcting teeth irregularities includes a bracket having a slit with a T-shaped section and a wire to be inserted into the slit and engaged with the bracket. The wire has an elongated projection, and the supplementary device includes a wire engaging slit having substantially the same shape as the slit in the bracket. At least one protrusion is adapted for engaging a resilient band, and the bracket is slidable along the wire.