US 11,950,978 B2
Orthodontic self-ligating bracket system with open auxiliary groove, and self-ligating bracket thereof
Tao Lv, Jinan (CN)
Appl. No. 18/280,004
Filed by Tao Lv, Jinan (CN)
PCT Filed Jul. 30, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/109901
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 1, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/272865, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 5, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202110749660.X (CN), filed on Jul. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0041566 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. A61C 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 7/143 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An orthodontic self-ligating bracket system, comprising a plurality of brackets and an arch wire;
wherein the plurality of brackets are provided with an inner main groove and an auxiliary groove;
wherein the plurality of brackets comprises a first bracket, a second bracket and a third bracket;
wherein the first bracket includes an elastic baffle plate arranged between the main groove and the auxiliary groove of the first bracket;
wherein the elastic baffle plate of the first bracket includes two ends flush with two side wall of the first bracket and with a middle notch;
wherein the second bracket includes an elastic baffle plate arranged between the main groove and the auxiliary groove of the second bracket;
wherein one end of the elastic baffle plate of the second bracket is flush with a side wall of the second bracket, and the other end of the elastic baffle plate of the second bracket and a side wall of the second bracket form a single-side notch;
wherein the third bracket includes an elastic baffle arranged between the main groove and the auxiliary groove of the third bracket;
wherein two ends of an elastic baffle plate of the third bracket are symmetrically provided with double-sided notches; and
the first bracket is disposed on an incisor, the second bracket is disposed on a canine, the third bracket is disposed on a premolar, and the first bracket, the second bracket and the third bracket are connected to each other through the arch wire configured to generate different orthodontic forces on each of the corresponding teeth.