Orthodontic device

US7481651B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DENTAURUM J.P. WINKELSTROETER KG · DE

Inventors

• Friedrich Sernetz · Pforzheim, DE
• Walter Ehrenberger · Gerolzhofen, DE
• Rainer Weber · Leverkusen, DE
• Klaus Wigger · Pforzheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 27, 2005
• Grant date: Jan 27, 2009
• Expiry date: Dec 27, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61C7/287
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

To create an orthodontic device with a base having a base surface for fixing the device to a tooth, and a slot for receiving an archwire, which is defined by a bottom surface and two side surfaces arranged on either side of the bottom surface and aligned in substantially parallel spaced relation to each other, and which extends in a substantially straight line through the base in the longitudinal direction of the base on a side thereof facing away from the base surface, and with a cover element for at least partially covering the open side of the slot facing the bottom surface, which is convertible and is easier to handle during the conversion, and which offers the wearer an increased degree of security, it is proposed that the side surfaces of the slot have a positively locking guide, which is aligned substantially parallel in relation to the longitudinal direction of the slot, and in which the cover element is slidably and detachably held on the base.