Patent ID: 11883257
Assignee: AMERICAN ORTHODONTICS CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A self-ligating bracket comprising:
a bracket body having a mesial side and a distal side, the bracket body comprising an arch wire slot that extends from the mesial side to the distal side of the bracket body, a mesial channel that extends into the bracket body, a distal channel that extends into the bracket body, and a center channel extending into the bracket body between the mesial channel and the distal channel;
a spring clip comprising a distal arm comprising a distal arm body and a distal finger, a mesial arm comprising a mesial arm body and a mesial finger, and a center arm comprising a first center arm body and a second center arm body connected by a center arm bar that define a center opening through the center arm; and
a stop projection extending from the center channel and received within the center opening of the spring clip;
wherein the spring clip is movable between an open position and a closed position wherein in the open position, the arch wire slot is unobstructed and in the closed position, the distal finger, the mesial finger and the center arm bar occlude the arch wire slot.