Title:
見た目が良好な自己結紮型歯科矯正ブラケット
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4532125
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A self-ligating orthodontic bracket for captivating an archwire with a tooth. The bracket (10, 110) includes a bracket body (12, 112) mountable to a tooth and a self-ligating mechanism (14, 114) having an archwire slot (38, 138) and a ligating slide (16, 116). The ligating slide (16, 116) is movable between an open position in which an archwire is insertable into the archwire slot (38, 138) and a closed position in which the archwire is retained in the archwire slot (38, 138). The bracket body (12, 112) may be formed from a non-metallic material, such as a polymer, a filled polymer composite, or a ceramic, and the self-ligating mechanism (14, 114) may be formed from a metal. The bracket (10, 110) may include a resilient engagement member (18, 118) with a detent (46, 176) positioned to engage an aperture or throughhole (58, 152) extending through the ligating slide (16, 116) when the ligating slide (16, 116) is in the closed position.
Inventors:
Farok Fargin-Near
Albert Louise-Vera
Albert Louise-Vera
Application Number:
JP2004007360A
Publication Date:
August 25, 2010
Filing Date:
January 14, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ORMCO CORPORATION
International Classes:
A61C7/14; A61C7/28; A61K6/00; A61C7/02
Domestic Patent References:
| JP8052159A | ||||
| JP2003503084A |
Foreign References:
| US5906486 | ||||
| US5466151 | ||||
| GB687226A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masatake Shiga
Tadashi Takahashi
Takashi Watanabe
Masakazu Aoyama
Suzuki Mitsuyoshi
Kazuya Nishi
Yasuhiko Murayama
Shinya Mitsuhiro
Tadashi Takahashi
Takashi Watanabe
Masakazu Aoyama
Suzuki Mitsuyoshi
Kazuya Nishi
Yasuhiko Murayama
Shinya Mitsuhiro