US 12,201,495 B2
Bonded retainer
Markus Gauggel, Duesseldorf (DE)
Assigned to CA-DIGITAL GMBH, Hilden (GB)
Filed by CA-DIGITAL GMBH, Hilden (DE)
Filed on Sep. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/467,237.
Application 17/467,237 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2020/055733, filed on Mar. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102019105501.6 (DE), filed on Mar. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0054228 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61C 5/00 (2017.01)
CPC A61C 5/007 (2013.01) [A61C 2201/007 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bonded retainer integrally made from one piece of material and configured to stabilize a plurality of teeth in a jaw, the bonded retainer comprising:
a continuous contact surface integrally made from the one piece of the material and aligned overall with a parabolic curvature of the jaw in a longitudinal direction of the bonded retainer and is configured to be in direct contact with and aligned locally with a lingual surface contour of the teeth;
a lingual surface extending lingually in parallel with the continuous contact surface; and
retentions integrally made from the one piece of the material and extending from the lingual surface away from the teeth transversal to the longitudinal direction and not in contact with the teeth.