US Patent Issued on Aug. 12 for "Orthodontic device for palatal expansion and mandibular retraction" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,379, issued on Aug. 12.

"Orthodontic device for palatal expansion and mandibular retraction" was invented by Cheng-Hsiang Hung (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthodontic device is provided, including an anchorage structure, a palatal expansion structure, and at least one protrusion. The anchorage structure includes left and right posterior teeth caps configured to be removably worn on the posterior teeth of the maxillary dental arch; a palatal bar connecting the left and right posterior teeth caps; and an expanded arch extending from the left posterior teeth cap to the right posterior teeth cap. The palatal exp...