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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. 16, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rohit Chaman Sachdeva, Plano, TX (US);
Farrokh Farzin-Nia, Inglewood, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ormco Corporation, Orange, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
433-2 ; 233 24 ; 233173 ;
Abstract
This invention is directed to a temporary implant for use as an anchor in the mouth, as well as to a method of attaching the temporary implant to the maxillary or mandibular bone. The temporary implant includes an implant adapted to be temporarily affixed in a buccal, labial, lingual or palatal bone surface of the maxillary jawbone, or buccal, labial or lingual bone surface of the mandibular jawbone. In one embodiment, the implant includes a longitudinal threaded cylindrical bore for releasably attaching various orthodontic appliances to the implant.