Orthodontic bracket and clip
OwnerJohn Devincenzoinventor
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Abstract
An orthodontic bracket comprising a pair of tie wings, an archwire containing slot disposed between the tie wings, a pair of gingival stabilizing notches formed in one of the tie wings, an incisal stabilizing slot formed in the other tie wing, an orthodontic clip comprising an interactive section with a gingival wing secured to one side edge thereof and an incisal wing secured to the other side thereof, a medial slit formed in interactive section, a pair of supplemental slits formed between the interactive section and the gingival wing and the incisal wing, respectively, portions of the gingival wing disposed in the gingival stabilizing notches, and a portion of the incisal wing disposed in the incisal stabilizing slot.
Claims13
An orthodontic bracket comprising a base and a support extending outwardly therefrom, spaced tie wings secured to said support, an archwire containing slot formed between said tie wings, at least one outwardly extending gingival stabilizing notch formed in one of said tie wings, and an incisal stabilizing slot formed in the other of said tie wings.
An orthodontic clip comprising an interactive section, a gingival wing integrally joined to one side edge of said interactive section, an incisal wing integrally joined to the opposite side edge of said interactive section, and a medial slit formed in said interactive section parallel to said side edges.
An orthodontic appliance comprising a bracket including a pair of spaced tie wings, at least one gingival stabilizing notch formed in one of side tie wings, an incisal stabilizing slot formed in the other of said tie wings, an orthodontic clip including an interactive section with a gingival wing and an incisal wing integrally joined to the side edges of said interactive section respectively, and a portion of said gingival wing disposed in said gingival stabilizing notch and a portion of said incisal wing disposed in said incisal stabilizing slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.