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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2005
Ming-lai Lai, Arcadia, CA (US);
Jirina V. Pospisil, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);
Hoang V. Nguyen, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Joyce C. Ho, Temple City, CA (US);
Ming-Lai Lai, Arcadia, CA (US);
Jirina V. Pospisil, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);
Hoang V. Nguyen, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Joyce C. Ho, Temple City, CA (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An orthodontic appliance includes a latch that comprises at least one clip with a region for receiving an archwire. The clip also includes a recess for receiving a post of the appliance and for coupling the clip to remaining components of the appliance. The clip includes at least one protrusion that extends between the post-receiving recess and the archwire-receiving region, and the protrusion serves to retain the clip in place on the post.