ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,122, issued on July 8.
"Orthodontic device for lateral tooth movement" was invented by Grant G. Coleman (Charlotte, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthodontic system having a plurality of orthodontic brackets, an archwire, and a closed loop formed from a metal wire having elastic properties. The brackets include first and second brackets attached to first and second teeth in an upper jaw or a lower jaw. The archwire is arranged around the jaw and coupled to the first and second brackets. The loop has first and second ends and a plurality of lobe pairs, each including an upper lobe and a lower lobe, arranged between the first a...