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US 2020/0345461 A1Published application
Orthodontic bracket with a biased ligating member
AssigneeWorld Class Technology Corporation
InventorsAlberto Ruiz-Vela, Juergen Bathen
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to an orthodontic bracket including a ligating member mountable to a bracket body, the ligating member moveable between an open and closed position over an archwire slot. The orthodontic bracket includes a channel formed between the bracket body and the ligating member, and a resilient biasing member extending into the channel, the biasing member interacting with the ligating member to retain the ligating member in either the open or closed position.
Claims17
An orthodontic bracket comprising:
- a bracket body mountable to a tooth, the bracket body including an archwire slot extending from a first side of the bracket body to an opposite second side, the archwire slot dimensioned to receive an archwire therein;
- a ligating member mountable to the bracket body and movable between a closed and an open position, wherein at least a portion of the ligating member extends over the archwire slot to retain the archwire within the archwire slot when the ligating member is in the closed position, and wherein the ligating member is offset from the archwire slot to provide access to the archwire when the ligating member is in the open position;
- a channel formed between the bracket body and the ligating member;
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- a resilient biasing member including a stem having a first portion coupled to the bracket body and a second portion extending into the channel, the second portion supporting a cross member positioned within the channel, the cross member further including a projection abutting an underside of the ligating member to retain the ligating member in either the open or closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.