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7677886 |
Maxillofacial orthodontic appliance
A maxillofacial orthotic appliance comprises: a maxilla expander fixed to the maxilla in the mouth of a human and a towed-unit which is connected to the maxilla expander and is towed in an anterior...
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7329122 |
Accelerated orthodontic apparatus and method
An apparatus and method for patients requiring repositioning of misaligned teeth who typically undergo orthodontic treatment to move the teeth into corrected positions. The orthodontic methods...
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7121824 |
Protraction headgear
A facebow which overcomes the adverse effects and limitations of current designs by rotating the maxilla in a downward and forward direction, which assists in correcting anterior open bites. This...
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7090489 |
Maxillary protraction device with chin-cup
A maxillary protraction device (12) characterized with a chin-cup (1); one or more front hook-levers (2) on the front section of said chin-cup (1) to exert a force horizontally and forwards to the...
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6976838 |
Newly developed face bow and protraction headgear in correction of anterior openbite class III patients
A face bow and protraction headgear to correct the anterior open bite in dentally Class III open bite cases. The appliance consists of a face bow and forehead pad. The face bow has intraoral and...
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6908305 |
Orthodontic facebow
The invention provides an orthodontic facebow of the type having an inner bow consisting of two inner arms, each including an end portion, and an interconnected outer bow consisting of outer arms,...
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6633747 |
Orthodontic appliance audio receiver
An orthodontic appliance audio receiver injects sound into the head and ear cavities of the wearer using vibration, e.g., mandibular (or skull) vibration. Using mandibular vibration, the wearer...
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6491519 |
Force generating device useful in orthodontic appliances
A force generating device is described which includes an elastomeric force generating member. Preferably the elastomeric member is a elastomeric polymer tube. Each end of the tube can be fitted...
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6461157 |
Method and apparatus for orthodontic treatment
A device that applies tension to an orthodontic appliance has a tension supplying member connected between first and second elongated straps. The second elongated strap has a series of marked...
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6213765 |
Orthodontic protraction appliance with head-chest bracing
An orthodontic protraction appliance in which an upper portion of a vertically extending rod is supported against a patient's forehead, with the lower portion of the rod being supported against the...
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6099303 |
Force recording orthodontic appliance
A removable orthodontic appliance includes a first force applicator spring and a data storage device that stores data corresponding to the force being applied by the spring. A potentiometer serves...
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5980246 |
Orthodontics headgear compliance monitor
This invention is an apparatus and method for monitoring and motivating user compliance for orthodontic headgear (24) of the type using a linear spring force module (22). The spring force module...
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5915961 |
Tensioning system for an orthodontic outer brace
A tensioning system for an orthodontic outer brace includes a resilient element and coupler for transmitting a tensile force exerted by the resilient element to the outer brace. The tensioning...
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5890891 |
Reverse pull, extraoral dental assembly with head and body supports and chin stop
A reverse pull, extraoral dental assembly having at least one head support, at least one body support (e.g., disposed outside of the head region of the dental patient) and at least one chin stop is...
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5795149 |
Device for attaching an orthodontic unit and an orthodontic unit incorporating such device
A device for attaching an orthodontic unit, and an orthodontic unit that incorporates such device, in which the unit is secured to a protective pad using a flexible buckle confining the median...
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5766004 |
Temperature sensitive medical dental apparatus
A medical/dental apparatus utilizing the properties of shape memory materials to variably control the spatial relationship between two or more elements having portions which are proximately...
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5727940 |
Dental head gear
A dental headgear having a traction generating device around which a loop of a strap is passed and having a pair of springs which maintain the traction and a connecting member which can...
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5704784 |
Quick-release mechanism for orthodontic headgear assembly
A quick-release mechanism for an orthodontic headgear assembly, which has a bracket integrally formed with a traction force device and a connecting structure attached to ends of a neckstrap or...
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5695332 |
Orthodontic facebow with locking catch
A facebow 10 which has a locking catch 40 mounted to each of the arms 16 and 17 of an inner bow 11. The end portion 13 of each arm 16 and 17 is inserted through a tube 22 of an orthodontic...
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5667380 |
Tensioning system and method for an orthodontic outer brace
The invention relates to a tensioning system for an orthodontic outer brace, comprising resilient means, and coupling means for transmitting a tensile force exerted by the resilient means to the...
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5651671 |
Orthodontia analytical system
A device for applying a force to an orthodontic apparatus in such a manner as to allow a patient or his orthodontist to adjust the force and for recording the force as a function of the time the...
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5620320 |
Substantially constant force coil spring usable in extraoral orthodontic appliance
An orthodontic coil spring to be used within an extraoral orthodontic appliance where the coil spring is made of a superelastic, shape-memory alloy wire. The coil spring is to impart a...
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5511975 |
Connecting module for an orthodontic treatment means
Connecting module for an orthodontic treatment device, consisting of a flat housing with a bow resiliently latched thereto for the attachment to a head harness and a flat fastening band for the...
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5453005 |
Safety device for orthodontic apparatus
Safety device for an orthodontic apparatus including an inner arch having ends that engage rings fixed on the molars and an outer arch having ends that are hooked. to elastic bands fixed to an...
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5370532 |
Apparatus and method relating to face bows
A face bow wherein injection-molded plastic is used to form the joint between an outer bow and an inner arch. The outer bow also contains a plastic coating that provides a desired color other than...
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5277581 |
Orthodontic headgear assembly with magnetic release mechanism
An orthodontic headgear assembly which incorporates at least one magnetic release mechanism. In one embodiment, the headgear assembly generally includes an inner bow, an outer bow interconnected...
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5263857 |
Breakaway device for orthodontic traction appliances
A breakaway device for orthodontic traction appliances comprising a case having a spring clasp therein for releasably clasping a coupling member, the coupling member separating from the clasp when...
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5245592 |
Wearing time measuring device for a removable medical apparatus
A medical apparatus to be worn in the mouth comprises a battery-fed measuring unit (15) including a clock generator (18) and a counter (20) for counting the pulses of the clock generator. Accuracy...
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5205735 |
Head gear pillow
One or more pads adapted to be secured between an orthodontic appliance and the cheeks. The pads have an interior side and exterior side, the exterior side having means to secure the pad to the...
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5203694 |
Anatomical head-worn device for applying orthodontic force
An anatomical head-worn device is provided in the form of a bill cap, also known as a baseball cap. The cap includes one or more tension-device anchors for accommodating the attachment of...
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5158451 |
Orthodontic appliance
An orthodontic appliance for applying an anterior traction to a jaw of a patient is disclosed. The appliance includes a strap assembly which is secured against movement to the upper portion of the...
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5057012 |
Molar tube appliance for a lip bumper or a face bow
A molar tube appliance including a molar or buccal tube for mounting on a molar and for receiving a lip bumper or a face bow, wherein the tube has a flared opening with the larger end of the...
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5030088 |
Orthodontic appliance
A tension applying mechanism is disclosed for operative interposition between an end of an orthodontic facebow and an adjacent end of a headstrap for holding the facebow. The mechanism includes a...
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4988291 |
Orthodontic appliance and method
An orthdontic/facial orthopedic appliance for use in applying a pulling force to select teeth, the associated arch, and or jaw component(s) for moving/modifying and positioning the same. The...
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4881896 |
Muscular expansion bumper and head-gear appliance
A muscular expansion bumper appliance is optionally removable from a patient's mouth and includes a wire form member formed in a U-shape with the free ends which may be removably secured to buccal...
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4872836 |
Releasable extraoral orthodontic appliance
An extraoral orthodontic force applying appliance defining an encircling assembly to be located about the head of the wearer which includes a single release mechanism incorporated at the nape of...
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4815972 |
Dental intrusion device
A dental intrusion device for intruding one or more teeth of a dental arch. Plural embodiments of the device are disclosed within the generic context of an intra-oral structure operatively related...
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4764110 |
Orthodontic face bow
An orthodontic face bow in which the outer bow is coupled firmly but separably to the inner bow by magnetic means and the inner bow is coupled to opposite molars in the mouth of the patient by a...
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4764111 |
Reminder and enforcer apparatus
An apparatus is disclosed for reminding a user of certain desired activity and for enforcing the performance of such activity. A clock generates clock pulses and a mechanism, such as a magnetic...
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4734032 |
Orthodontic traction appliance
A breakaway orthodontic traction appliance which applies traction to the teeth via tension devices comprising straps inserted in clasps having grippers for gripping the straps, the grippers opening...
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4718848 |
Orthodontic headgear and a method for preventing injuries to patients undergoing orthodontic treatment with an orthodontic headgear
An orthodontic headgear for preventing injuries to patients undergoing orthodontic treatment having an inner orthodontic bow adapted to be secured to braces and an outer orthodontic bow integrally...
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4704086 |
J-hook force-adjustable and disconnectible connector for orthodontic headgear
A force-producing connector connecting a force reaction orthodontic headcap or neckstrap and a J-hook for applying a force to a wearer's jaw includes a slide carrying a force-producing spring and...
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4695250 |
Breakaway orthodontic face bow appliance
An orthodontic appliance comprising a generally U-shaped wire face bow having rearwardly facing arms terminating in hooked ends, an elastic headband connected between opposite ends of the face bow...
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4650182 |
Jaw exercise device
A method of exercise utilizing a jaw exercise device specifically configured to exercise the muscles of mastication and their auxiliaries comprising an upper head band having two pair of fastening...
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4600382 |
Orthodontic appliance
This invention relates to an orthodontic appliance comprising a low pull and/or a high pull, which low pull preferably extends through and is slidable in a guide sleeve of a nape pad, and the low...
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4588380 |
Orthodontic appliance
An improved orthodontic appliance of the type generally referred to as headgear, for applying a force to a tooth to move the tooth bodily and/or rotationally, and for pushing outward the cheek to...
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4577627 |
Anterior traction myotatic chin strap for the treatment of mandibular retrognathism
An anterior traction myotatic chin strap treats mandibular retrognathism by exciting the myotatic reflex action of mandibular advance, thereby producing the best conditions to stimulate the forward...
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4553934 |
Force-adjustable and disconnectible connector for orthodontic headgear
A connector for orthodontic headgear includes a casing for a helical compression spring one end of which engages the head of a rod extending through the spring and through a sleeve which engages...
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4525143 |
Orthodontic device to serve as removable anchorage for elastic traction between upper and lower molars
An orthodontic device for providing a removable anchorage for elastic traction between upper and lower molars. A smaller-diameter wire having a free posterior end and a larger-diameter wire having...
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4519386 |
Mouth splint
A concealed, resilient and flexible mouth splint for placing in the mouth of an individual around the upper maxillary posterior teeth to affect the tension of the masticator muscles of the...
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