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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1998
Hamid Sheikh, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Ormco Corporation, Glendora, CA (US);
Abstract
A distal end cutter having a flush cut and hold feature. The distal end cutter includes a pair of jaw members having respective cutting surfaces for cutting a wire, such as an archwire of an orthodontic appliance. Disposed adjacent to one of the cutting surfaces is a flat, resilient jaw portion which holds a cut off segment of the archwire. As the flat, resilient jaw portion may be disposed directly adjacent to the cutting surfaces during the wire cutting operation, very small wire segments may be cut and held by the device to prevent ejection of such wire segments into the mouth of a patient. In the preferred embodiment, the resilient jaw portion is a spring plate removably mounted to one of the jaw members.