Patent ID: 6913460
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. A method of assembling an orthodontic assembly comprising: providing a buccal tube having a passage with a mesial side; connecting a coupling to a force module, wherein the coupling includes a body with a first portion and a second portion and wherein the second portion includes a free end; inserting the free end of the second portion into the mesial side of the passage; and pressing the coupling against the buccal tube in a distal direction in order to self-move the first portion and the second portion away from each other and provide sufficient space to receive the second portion in the passage, wherein the coupling has sufficient memory to relatively self-move the first portion and the second portion toward each other once the second portion is received in the passage, and wherein the second portion is resiliently biased in a direction toward the first portion with sufficient force to releasably retain the body in contact with the buccal tube.