Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Orthodontic hand instrument for detaching brackets from teeth
- Patent Title (中): 用于从牙齿上拆下支架的正畸手工具
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Application No.: US11613466Application Date: 2006-12-20
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Publication No.: US07670140B2Publication Date: 2010-03-02
- Inventor: Joseph D. Hart , Joyce C. Ho , Glenys A. Thorstenson , William E. Wyllie, II , Philip P. Soo , John J. Palmer
- Applicant: Joseph D. Hart , Joyce C. Ho , Glenys A. Thorstenson , William E. Wyllie, II , Philip P. Soo , John J. Palmer
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Current Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- Agent Philip P. Soo
- Main IPC: A61C3/00
- IPC: A61C3/00
Abstract:
A hand instrument for detaching orthodontic brackets from a patient's teeth has first jaw, a second jaw and a blade that extends between the first jaw and the second jaw. The blade is received in a channel of a bracket during a debonding procedure, and serves to releasably clamp mesial and distal sections of the bracket to the hand instrument as the sections are detached from the tooth.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080153051A1 ORTHODONTIC HAND INSTRUMENT FOR DETACHING BRACKETS FROM TEETH Public/Granted day:2008-06-26
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