Low Profile Bracket with Elastomeric Chain
AssigneeWorld Class Technology Corporation
InventorsRolf Hagelganz, Juergen Bathen, Robert Kabbani
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Abstract
An orthodontic appliance comprises a base portion adapted to be affixed to a patient's tooth and an upper portion including a flexible and resilient hook for forming a tubular channel for receiving an archwire. The upper portion includes a flange affixed to the hook, and is sized and shaped to connect to loops of an elastomeric power chain.
Claims9
In combination an elastomeric power chain and an orthodontic bracket, said bracket comprising a base portion adapted to be affixed to a patient's tooth and an upper portion including a resilient hook having an inner tubular wall, said hook overlying a rounded trough, said trough and said wall forming a channel extending in a mesial-distal direction for receiving an archwire, and a flange positioned atop said hook and adapted to engage said elastomeric power chain.
An orthodontic appliance comprising a base portion adapted to be affixed to a patient's tooth and an upper portion including a flexible hook for forming a tubular channel for receiving an archwire, said upper portion further including a flange affixed to said hook.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.