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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100178629 | SELF-LIGATING ORTHODONTIC BRACKET AND DEVICES FOR DEPLOYING SAME An orthodontic bracket for coupling an archwire with a tooth includes a bracket body having an archwire slot for receiving the archwire and a movable member engaged with the bracket body and movable between opened and closed positions. The movable member includes a lead... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20080070184 | AESTHETIC SELF-LIGATING ORTHODONTIC BRACKET 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 w... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20060228664 | Low profile self-ligating bracket assembly and method of use A self-ligating orthodontic bracket assembly with selectively removable self-ligation features is configured to provide a low profile to minimize labial-lingual prominence. A clip is configured to snap into the base of the bracket and close over the archwire slot to ret... | 10/12/2006 |
| 20060204918 | Self-ligating orthodontic bracket An orthodontic bracket assembly and method of assembling an orthodontic bracket assembly. The bracket assembly may generally include a base defining an archwire slot and having a lingual surface attachable to a tooth, the base defining a recess extending from the lingua... | 09/14/2006 |
| 20060019212 | Bracket for orthodontic appliances A bracket for orthodontic appliances comprises a plate-like base (10), first support means (20) mounted on the base (10) and defining a first housing (25) for a first archwire (30), and second support means (40) mounted on the b... | 01/26/2006 |
