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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:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
John DeVincenzo, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
433 18 ; 433 22 ;
Abstract
A rigid buccally positioned bar, placed above the upper teeth and stabilized anteriorly by a connector to a protruding bony anchor carries a variety of force systems to facilitate tooth/teeth movement in all three spatial directions. The bar can be stabilized posteriorly by insertion into tubes on the molar bands. Various attachments connect different teeth to the buccally positioned bar for exerting the desired forces on the teeth.