ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME
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    发明申请
    ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME 审中-公开
    矫形器具及其制造方法和使用方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150072299A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-12

    申请号:US14478271

    申请日:2014-09-05

    申请人: Ormco Corporation

    摘要: An orthodontic appliance includes a portion made of a shape memory alloy having a base alloy composition of at least two different metallic elements and a treated region having an alloy composition that is depleted in at least one of the metallic elements. The base alloy may include a nickel titanium alloy (NiTi), a copper chromium nickel titanium alloy (CuCrNiTi), or a copper aluminum nickel (CuAlNi) alloy. The treated region may be depleted in at least one of copper, aluminum, nickel, and titanium relative to the base alloy composition by exposing the base alloy to a source of energy. The base alloy composition has a first austenitic finish temperature and the treated region has an austenitic finish temperature that may be different than the first austenitic finish temperature. The treated region may form a part of an archwire, a stop, a hook, a crown, a band, or an orthodontic bracket.

    摘要翻译: 正畸装置包括由具有至少两种不同金属元素的基础合金组成的形状记忆合金制成的部分和具有至少一种金属元素的合金组成的处理区域。 基体合金可以包括镍钛合金(NiTi),铜铬镍钛合金(CuCrNiTi)或铜铝镍(CuAlNi)合金。 通过将基础合金暴露于能量源,相对于基体合金组合物,处理的区域可能会耗尽铜,铝,镍和钛中的至少一种。 该基础合金组合物具有第一奥氏体终止温度,并且处理区域具有可能与第一奥氏体终止温度不同的奥氏体终止温度。 经处理的区域可以形成弓丝,止挡,钩,冠,带或正畸托架的一部分。

    Orthodontic appliances and methods of making and using same

    公开(公告)号:US10945817B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-16

    申请号:US16178035

    申请日:2018-11-01

    申请人: Ormco Corporation

    摘要: A method for altering an orthodontic archwire of a unitary piece of shape memory alloy having a composition and generally uniformly formed properties along its length to different stiffness profiles along the length of the archwire. In one embodiment, the method includes determining a stress profile for teeth at a location. The method may include calculating a force the archwire is to produce on the teeth to satisfy the determined stress profile and determining an altered stiffness of a section of the archwire based on the calculated force. The method may include changing the composition of the section based on the determined altered stiffness. The method may include determining a load for teeth and calculating a force the archwire is to produce on the teeth to satisfy the determined load.

    Orthodontic appliances and methods of making and using same

    公开(公告)号:US10463453B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-05

    申请号:US14478271

    申请日:2014-09-05

    申请人: Ormco Corporation

    摘要: An orthodontic appliance includes a portion made of a shape memory alloy having a base alloy composition of at least two different metallic elements and a treated region having an alloy composition that is depleted in at least one of the metallic elements. The base alloy may include a nickel titanium alloy (NiTi), a copper chromium nickel titanium alloy (CuCrNiTi), or a copper aluminum nickel (CuAlNi) alloy. The treated region may be depleted in at least one of copper, aluminum, nickel, and titanium relative to the base alloy composition by exposing the base alloy to a source of energy. The base alloy composition has a first austenitic finish temperature and the treated region has an austenitic finish temperature that may be different than the first austenitic finish temperature. The treated region may form a part of an archwire, a stop, a hook, a crown, a band, or an orthodontic bracket.