Packaged orthodontic appliance with user-applied adhesive
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsDavid K. Cinader, Jr., Russell A. Jordan, Joan V. Brennan, James D. Christoff
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Abstract
A packaged assembly includes a container with a chamber and an orthodontic appliance received in the chamber. The assembly also includes a quantity of orthodontic adhesive material that is received on a release surface in the chamber. The appliance is detachably mounted on a support and is relatively movable when desired in order to bring a base of the appliance into contact with the adhesive material for transfer of the adhesive material to the appliance.
Claims19
A packaged orthodontic assembly comprising:
- a container with a chamber;
- an orthodontic appliance received in the chamber, the appliance having a base;
- a release surface in the chamber;
- an orthodontic adhesive material received on the release surface;
- and
- a support releasably connected to the appliance and supporting the appliance in the chamber such that the base of the appliance is normally spaced from the adhesive material, wherein at least one of the release surface and the support is movable in order to bring the orthodontic adhesive material into contact with the base of the appliance while the appliance is connected to the support.
A method of applying orthodontic adhesive material to the base of an orthodontic appliance comprising:
- providing a container with a chamber;
- supporting an orthodontic appliance with a support in the chamber;
- opening a cover of the container to expose the appliance;
- and
- relatively moving the appliance and an orthodontic adhesive material in the chamber in order to bring a base of the appliance into contact with the adhesive material while the appliance is supported by the support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.