US 12,324,719 B2
Dental apparatus
Prem-Pal Sehmi, Wakefield (GB)
Assigned to MAGIC-TRIX LIMITED, West Yorkshire (GB)
Appl. No. 17/611,851
Filed by MAGIC-TRIX LIMITED, West Yorkshire (GB)
PCT Filed May 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/063546
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/234132, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1907008 (GB), filed on May 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0192785 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. A61C 5/85 (2017.01)
CPC A61C 5/85 (2017.02) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clamp for a tooth comprising:
a body for adjustably supporting a band such that a looped section of the band projects from the clamp; and,
a head that is rotationally connected to the body by an interference fit, the head comprising a slot through which the looped section of the band projects, wherein the interference fit is arranged to maintain the head at any one of: a centred position in which the looped section of the band projects from the slot in a direction that is substantially parallel to a length of the body; and a plurality of angular positions in which the looped section of the band projects from the slot in a direction that is not substantially parallel to the length of the body, wherein the interference fit is arranged such that the head may be maintained in at least two different angular positions on at least one side of the centred position,
wherein the body comprises rings and the head comprises pins configured to be received in the rings to thereby form the interference fit between the head and the body,
and wherein the pins and the rings taper in the same direction along their axes.