| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141 | Tool for orthodontic appliance | US12800926 | 2010-05-25 | US20110294088A1 | 2011-12-01 | Juergen Bathen; Rolf Hagelganz |
| An orthodontic tool for an orthodontic appliance includes a handle and at least one distal end having a finger. The finger has a manipulator, which may include a pin or a plurality of pins, and a probe for engaging a rotary archwire cover. Using the tool, the orthodontist may open and close the archwire cover, which is rotationally mounted to an orthodontic bracket. | ||||||
| 142 | Outie tool for removal of a plastic tooth positioning appliance or aligner (invisible braces) from teeth of a patient | US12383716 | 2009-03-26 | US08062030B2 | 2011-11-22 | Nadine Marie Saubers |
| An apparatus and method for the efficient, safe, and hygienic removing of removable tooth positioning appliances such as aligners or other dental appliances from the teeth of a patient. A straight rigid barrel has a lever appendage on the proximal end for fully engaging and removing a lower aligner and a hook appendage on the distal end for fully engaging and removing an upper aligner. | ||||||
| 143 | Separator apparatus | US12807947 | 2010-09-16 | US20110053111A1 | 2011-03-03 | Farnaz Zand |
| A separator apparatus for separating a pair of adjacent teeth of a patient to facilitate the later placement of a molar band between the teeth. The apparatus includes a separator unit and a cooperating separating mechanism for manipulating the separator unit. The separator unit includes a length of separator material having a first coiled end portion, a second coiled end portion and an intermediate portion; the first and second coiled end portions being movable by the separating mechanism from a first at rest position to a second, spaced apart partially uncoiled position. | ||||||
| 144 | METHOD OF REMOVING AN ARCHWIRE FROM AN ORTHODONTIC BRACKET AND WIRE DISENGAGEMENT INSTRUMENTS FOR APPLYING SUCH METHOD | US12762105 | 2010-04-16 | US20100279244A1 | 2010-11-04 | James A. NICHOLSON |
| A method for removing an archwire from a slot of an orthodontic bracket having at least one retentive component involving creating a gap either between portions of a retentive component or between the retentive component and another component of the bracket and removing the archwire from the slot through the gap. The present invention is also directed to wire disengagement tools. Each tool includes a handle and a head portion which engages the retentive component. When the orthodontist applies a force, such as a rotational or plier-like motion, to the handle of the tool, the head portion exerts a force on the retentive portion to create a gap between portions of the retentive component or between the retentive component and another component of the orthodontic bracket. Each tool also includes a side arm, which lifts the archwire from the slot through the gap created by the head portion. | ||||||
| 145 | Methods and assemblies for making an orthodontic bonding tray using rapid prototyping | US11689869 | 2007-03-22 | US07726968B2 | 2010-06-01 | Richard E. Raby; Sunghan Kim; Calvin N. Corpus; Ming-Lai Lai; David K. Cinader, Jr.; James D. Cleary; Matthew D. Chaffee |
| Indirect bonding trays for orthodontic treatment are made from a model of the patient's dental arch that is manufactured using digital data and rapid prototyping processes. The model includes one or more guides for orienting an orthodontic appliance in a desired position on a model tooth of the dental arch model. A holder is connected to the archwire slot of the appliance and is brought into contact with the guide in order to move the appliance to its intended position for subsequent manufacture of the indirect bonding tray. | ||||||
| 146 | DEBONDING PLIERS | US12504249 | 2009-07-16 | US20090274988A1 | 2009-11-05 | Farrokh Farzin-Nia |
| An instrument for debonding an orthodontic bracket from a tooth surface includes first and second plier portions coupled for relative pivotal movement. A lever arm pivotally movable relative to the first and second plier portions has a tooth engaging member on a first end. In one embodiment, the tooth engaging member is positioned on the lever arm for movement between a jaw of the plier portions and the tooth surface when a second end of the lever arm is pivotally manipulated in a direction toward a handle of the plier portions. In another embodiment, at least part of at least one plier portion is flexible relative to the lever arm such that the lever arm moves the tooth engaging member relative to a jaw of the plier portions after the bracket engaging portions are engaged with the orthodontic bracket and the handles and lever arm pivotally manipulated toward one another. | ||||||
| 147 | Outie tool for removal of a plastic tooth positioning appliance or aligner (invisible braces) from teeth of a patient | US12383716 | 2009-03-26 | US20090258323A1 | 2009-10-15 | Nadine Marie Saubers |
| The Outie Tool is an apparatus and method for the efficient, safe, and hygienic removing of removable tooth positioning appliances such as aligners or other dental appliances from the teeth of a patient. The apparatus comprises a straight rigid barrel with a lever appendage on the proximal end for fully engaging and removing lower aligner and hook appendage on distal end for fully engaging and removing upper aligner. The apparatus solves all the problems of existing tools with a design that provides optimal safety, strength, and mechanical leverage force along with removal appendages that are sufficiently thin and strong enough to easily and safely position and engage under aligner and between teeth thereby eliminating potential injury to teeth, gums, or aligner. | ||||||
| 148 | ORTHODONTIC KIT AND METHODS FOR SAME | US12038752 | 2008-02-27 | US20090215003A1 | 2009-08-27 | Ryan B. Swain; Merrit N. Jacobs |
| A method for providing orthodontic therapy. The method includes the steps of providing a kit that includes an enclosure and tools and components for providing orthodontic therapy using braces to a single patient, applying the braces to the single patient's teeth using the tools, placing the tools back into the kit, storing the kit, and reusing the kit at all of the single patient's subsequent visits during the term of the orthodontic therapy. | ||||||
| 149 | Wire disengagement instrument | US12320036 | 2009-01-15 | US20090181337A1 | 2009-07-16 | James A. Nicholson |
| A wire disengagement tool for removing an archwire from an archwire slot of a self-ligating orthodontic bracket, including a handle, a center arm, and at least one side arm for grasping a portion of the archwire extending laterally from the bracket. The center arm includes a head portion having an engagement surface for contacting inner flanges of upper portions of at least one tie wing of the bracket. In use, the tool is placed on a bracket so that the side arm engages the archwire along side of the bracket and the head portion of the center arm contacts a retentive component of the bracket, such as a tie wing. An orthodontist then applies a downward force, and the head portion yields a lateral wedge-like force on the retentive component so that the retentive component flexes laterally and outwardly to provide access to the archwire. The archwire is grasped between the side arms and the head portion of the center arm and easily lifted from the archwire slot. | ||||||
| 150 | ORTHODONTIC HAND TOOLS FOR USE WITH A SELF-LIGATING ORTHODONTIC BRACKET AND METHODS FOR USING SUCH ORTHODONTIC HAND TOOLS | US12147854 | 2008-06-27 | US20090004618A1 | 2009-01-01 | Todd I. Oda; Peter J. Albano; Hamid Sheikh; William W. Wood |
| Orthodontic hand tools and methods for using the orthodontic hand tools in conjunction with self-ligating orthodontic brackets. The orthodontic hand tool includes a tip configured to contact a contact point on a bracket body of the bracket and to also contact a contact point on a movable member coupled with the bracket body. When the tip is used, the tip applies a force to the first and second contact points effective to move the movable member relative to the bracket body with negligible force transferred from the tip to the patient's tooth. | ||||||
| 151 | PLACEMENT JIG FOR AN ORTHODONTIC DEVICE | US11758682 | 2007-06-06 | US20080305450A1 | 2008-12-11 | Goran Steen |
| Described are orthodontic devices intended to be attached to a tooth and in particular to the positioning and handling of equipment intended to be fastened to the tooth. The orthodontic device includes a component adapted to be attached to a tooth and a placement jig. The placement jig is attached to the component at a connection so that the jig may be turned or twisted at the connection. The connection is adapted to be easily disconnected when the component is attached to the tooth. In another embodiment, an orthodontic device is provided with a holding stick which may aid in either positioning the orthodontic device or, in case of a self ligating bracket, opening a lid. The device is in particular useful for orthodontic devices to be placed at the lingual side of a tooth. | ||||||
| 152 | Aesthetic self-ligating orthodontic bracket | US11379293 | 2006-04-19 | US07416408B2 | 2008-08-26 | Farrokh Farzin-Nia; Albert Ruiz-Vela |
| A self-ligating orthodontic bracket for captivating an archwire with a tooth. The bracket includes a bracket body mountable to a tooth and a self-ligating mechanism having an archwire slot and a ligating slide. The ligating slide is movable between an open position in which an archwire is insertable into the archwire slot and a closed position in which the archwire is retained in the archwire slot. The bracket body may be formed from a non-metallic material, such as a polymer, a filled polymer composite, or a ceramic, and the self-ligating mechanism may be formed from a metal. The bracket may include a resilient engagement member with a detent positioned to engage an aperture or throughhole extending through the ligating slide when the ligating slide is in the closed position. | ||||||
| 153 | DEVICE, METHOD AND KIT FOR DETERMINING ORTHODONTIC DIMENSIONS | US11609961 | 2006-12-13 | US20080145811A1 | 2008-06-19 | NELSON R. DIERS; N. Todd Diers |
| A device, method and kit for determining suitable orthodontic/dental dimensions for an individual's teeth as they relate to facial landmarks. The orthodontic dimensions are determined according to the Golden Proportion. The measuring device can be a pair of modified eyeglasses having a gauge thereon in the form of a transparent ruler body with a center marking line, or the measuring device can be a measuring grid having a center marking line and peripheral marking lines superimposed over a photograph of an individual's face. Peripheral marking lines are spaced at standard distances from the right and left of the center marking line. An orthodontist trained to use the invention can use the orthodontic dimensions for an individual in a treatment plan to alter the individual's teeth, to modify their function, or to improve their cosmetic appearance. The device can also be part of a kit for determining a suitable size and position for an individual's teeth as they relate to facial landmarks. | ||||||
| 154 | LOW PROFILE SELF-LIGATING ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS AND METHODS OF USING SUCH ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS | US11685540 | 2007-03-13 | US20070224569A1 | 2007-09-27 | Todd I. Oda |
| Low profile self-ligating orthodontic brackets and methods of using such orthodontic brackets. The bracket includes a bracket body, a latching member, and a hinge pin pivotally coupling a hinged end of the latching member with the bracket body. The hinge pin, which is made of a resilient material, is configured to flex so that a portion of the latching member can be engaged with a recess defined in the bracket body to couple the non-hinged end of the latching member with the bracket body. | ||||||
| 155 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SHAPING AN ORTHODONTIC ARCHWIRE | US11749860 | 2007-05-17 | US20070218419A1 | 2007-09-20 | Ruedger Rubbert; Thomas Weise |
| Methods and an apparatus for bending orthodontic wires are provided. An apparatus for bending an orthodontic wire can determine an optimal shape of a portion of an archwire to include a pair of nominal bends, apply an actual bend to the archwire at a location coinciding with the location of one of the pair of nominal bends, measure the actual bend applied, compare the actual bend to the nominal bend to determine an amount of deviation from that desired, determine corrective movements to substantially eliminate the deviation, iteratively reexecute such steps until the deviation is within a predefined tolerance, and recalculate a value of the other of the pair of nominal bends to compensate for any remaining deviation. | ||||||
| 156 | Process for making an orthodontic band | US11293064 | 2005-12-02 | US20070128572A1 | 2007-06-07 | Daniel Herman |
| A method for making an orthodontic band configured for mounting on a human molar includes the steps of feeding a strip of metal to a die press, cutting a flat blank from the metal strip, die pressing the flat metal blank into cup having a sidewall, an open bottom and a top wall, the cup having a flange extending outwardly from the open bottom, removing the outwardly extending flange from the cup and then die punching a hole through the top wall to form an inwardly directed annular flange. | ||||||
| 157 | DEBONDING PLIERS | US11563592 | 2006-11-27 | US20070122763A1 | 2007-05-31 | Farrokh Farzin-Nia |
| An instrument for debonding an orthodontic bracket from a surface of a tooth includes first and second plier portions coupled for pivotal movement relative to one another. Each plier portion has a respective handle and a jaw with a respective bracket engaging portion. The instrument further includes a lever arm that is pivotally movable relative to the first and second plier portions and having a tooth engaging member on a first end. In one embodiment, the tooth engaging member is positioned on the lever arm such that it is moved between a jaw and the tooth surface when the bracket engaging portions are engaged with the orthodontic bracket and a second end of the lever arm is pivotally manipulated in a direction toward a handle of the plier portions. In another embodiment, at least part of at least one of the plier portions is flexible relative to the lever arm such that the lever arm moves the tooth engaging member relative to a jaw of the plier portions after the bracket engaging portions are engaged with the orthodontic bracket and the handles and lever arm pivotally manipulated in directions toward one another. | ||||||
| 158 | Orthodontic tool | US10951896 | 2004-09-29 | US07128571B2 | 2006-10-31 | Donald B. Young |
| A band seating tool is disclosed. The tool comprises a pair of curved claws for applying force to opposed sides of an orthodontic band. At least one of the claws may be translationally and/or pivotally moveable, such that the separation distance between the claws can be adjusted. Each claw preferably comprises a notch-shaped engagement feature for engaging the band and applying force thereto. The notches may comprise catch ledges for engaging the edges of the band and guide surfaces for engaging the outer surface of the band. In preferred embodiments, the band seating tools according to the invention comprise a bite-receiving member, such that the force associated with a patient's bite can be used to seat the band. The tool may also comprise an elongated safety portion which extends between the claws to protect the patient from injury. | ||||||
| 159 | Tooth moving method and appliance | US10358302 | 2003-02-05 | US07018202B2 | 2006-03-28 | Nobuhisa Teramoto |
| A tooth moving method and appliance for securing a space for an incoming permanent tooth to arrive includes two lingual buttons to be fixed to two teeth, respectively, to spread out a space therebetween or correct a dentition therebetween. An inner wire is pivotally connected to a first lingual button at an end thereof, and a tube is loosely fitted onto the inner wire and pivotally connected to the other lingual button at an end thereof. An open coil is loosely fitted onto the tube, and a split stop is provided for adjusting the tensile force of the open coil. Thus the tensile force of the open coil is adjusted by the split stop to move at least either of the two teeth, so as to spread out the space therebetween to a desired extent. | ||||||
| 160 | Orthodontic bracket and clip release tool | US10730268 | 2003-12-09 | US20040166458A1 | 2004-08-26 | Perry Opin; Shingo Katayose; Kousei Endo; Masaaki Orikasa |
| An orthodontic bracket has a clip which is curved substantially in U-shape as covering at least one part of an opposite side to a base in an arch wire slot. Catching end portions which are provided at an upper end part of the clip may be caught to enable to creep under a cover portion supported by the bracket main body. The clip is formed at the upper end part thereof with a concave portion as a recess portion which enables to catch a clip release tool for releasing the clip. | ||||||
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