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- Patent Title: Method of making customized orthodontic brackets
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Application No.: US15101831Application Date: 2014-12-04
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Publication No.: US10064704B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Ralf M. Paehl , Ralf Schlimper
- Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Current Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- Priority: EP13195980 20131206
- International Application: PCT/US2014/068496 WO 20141204
- International Announcement: WO2015/085030 WO 20150611
- Main IPC: A61C7/00
- IPC: A61C7/00 ; A61C7/14 ; B33Y50/02 ; G05B15/02

Abstract:
A method of making customized orthodontic brackets. The method has steps of providing a plurality of customized orthodontic bracket precursors, providing one or more support structures, positioning the bracket precursors by means of the support structure(s) in a machining device and using the machining device to provide an archwire slot in each bracket precursor by material removal with the archwire slots aligned along a common path with each other. The invention helps minimizing efforts in the manufacturing and provides the brackets with a precise archwire slot.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160302884A1 A METHOD OF MAKING CUSTOMIZED ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS Public/Granted day:2016-10-20
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