Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods of dental wire attachment
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Application No.: US17444790Application Date: 2021-08-10
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Publication No.: US11992386B2Publication Date: 2024-05-28
- Inventor: Douglas Brandt , Rick M. Matty
- Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Shay Glenn LLP
- The original application number of the division: US16235490 2018.12.28
- Main IPC: A61C7/20
- IPC: A61C7/20 ; A61C5/00 ; A61C7/00 ; A61C7/08 ; A61C7/12 ; A61C7/14 ; B21F1/00 ; B33Y80/00

Abstract:
Methods of attaching a wire to a dentition. The methods may include placing a shell on the dentition, where first cavity of the shell includes an attachment material reservoir for receiving an attachment material, and second cavity of the shell includes a wire attachment member having a slot for receiving the wire. The methods may also include placing the wire through the attachment material reservoir and through the slot of the wire attachment member to hold the wire in position with respect to a tooth within the first cavity. The methods may further include placing the attachment material within the attachment material reservoir to bond the attachment material and the wire to the tooth. Once the shell and the wire attachment member are removed from the dentition, the wire remains attached to the tooth via the attachment material.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210361391A1 DENTAL WIRE ATTACHMENT Public/Granted day:2021-11-25
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