US 12,076,210 B2
Elastomeric orthodontic bracket
Richard E. Raby, Lino Lakes, MN (US)
Assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Filed by Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/077,593.
Application 18/077,593 is a continuation of application No. 16/466,332, abandoned, previously published as PCT/US2017/064168, filed on Dec. 1, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/432,420, filed on Dec. 9, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0109622 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. A61C 7/14 (2006.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 7/141 (2013.01) [A61C 7/08 (2013.01); A61C 7/148 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An orthodontic appliance comprising:
a plurality of polymeric shell portions each having one or more cavities shaped therein to receive one or more teeth and formed separately from one another, wherein each polymeric shell portion has a base and includes an inner body and an outer body, wherein each outer body is connected to an arch member,
the arch member providing one or more forces to reposition one or more teeth from a first orientation to a successive orientation;
each inner body coupled to each outer body, wherein each inner body is elastomeric; and
wherein each inner body is disposed between each outer body and each polymeric shell base, wherein the outer bodies, inner bodies, arch member, and plurality of polymeric shells and bases are formed as a single, integral appliance.