US 12,232,925 B2
Orthodontic apparatus and method for producing an orthodontic apparatus
Simon Graf, Bern (CH); Roland Kiss, Au (CH); and Mark Kabashi, Au (CH)
Assigned to Digital Smile GmbH, Oberegg (CH)
Filed by Digital Smile GmbH, Oberegg (CH)
Filed on Jul. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/347,448.
Application 18/347,448 is a continuation of application No. 15/311,301, granted, now 11,730,567, previously published as PCT/EP2015/061156, filed on May 20, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 787/14 (CH), filed on May 23, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0346516 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61C 7/10 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01)
CPC A61C 7/002 (2013.01) [A61C 7/08 (2013.01); A61C 7/10 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An orthodontic apparatus comprising:
an orthodontically effective element comprising a first half and a second half, the first and second halves being integrally joined together with one another as a single piece part; and
an adjustment element comprising a prefabricated component,
said orthodontically effective element being a wire-type framework comprising first and second wire-type linkages extending between respective tooth-abutting portions thereof and an adjustment element accommodating portion thereof which accommodates the adjustment element, wherein said orthodontically effective element is formed of a material that is distributed in layers around the adjustment element such that the adjustment element accommodating portion is hardened to the adjustment element.