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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2013
Applicant:

Orthodontic Research and Development, S.l., Barcelona, ES;

Inventor:

Luis Carriere Lluch, Barcelona, ES;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 3/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/02 (2006.01); A61C 7/36 (2006.01); A61C 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/02 (2013.01); A61C 7/12 (2013.01); A61C 7/36 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49568 (2015.01);
Abstract

Method of assembling a distalizer comprising a mesial element and a distal element, and an arm connecting the distal element with the mesial element, the arm comprising a ball member at one end of the arm and the distal element comprising a receptacle for receiving said ball member, the method comprising providing the distal element with an opening of the receptacle that is large enough to introduce the ball member substantially without deformation, providing the arm with the ball member, introducing the ball member into the receptacle, and reducing the opening of the receptacle. The disclosure further relates to a distalizer obtainable by such a method.


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