Patent ID: 6435871
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
Apparatus for the orthodontic treatment of one or more anterior teeth in a jaw of a patient, comprising:a support structure including laterally opposed body portions; a pair of attachment members adapted for securely engaging selected rear teeth of one jaw of a patient, each attachment member fixedly attached to one of the laterally opposed body portions of the support structure; a first pair of sleeve members each attached to the labial side of one of said attachment members; a labial rod member having a form generally defined by a medially positioned arch separating a pair of a straight distal extending sections, the distal extending sections received within and extending distally through said first pair of sleeve members, each of said distal extending portions having an end; first biasing means positioned between the ends of the distal extending sections and posterior ends of the first pair of sleeve members, the first biasing means urging the labial arch in a posterior direction; a second pair of sleeve members attached to the laterally opposed body portions of the support structure; a lingual rod member having a length generally defined by a bent medial section separating a pair of distal extending sections, the distal extending sections received within the second pair of sleeve members, the medial section carrying a hardened body sized and shaped for comfortably engaging the lingual side of the anterior teeth; and second biasing means positioned between the anterior ends of the second pair of sleeve members and the outer surface of the hardened body carried by the medial section of the lingual rod member, the second biasing means urging the hardened body in an anterior direction.