US Patent Issued on Sept. 30 for "Orthodontic self-locking system adapted to ribbon arch wire" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,995, issued on Sept. 30.

"Orthodontic self-locking system adapted to ribbon arch wire" was invented by Jiaxing Liang (Fuzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an orthodontic self-locking system adapted to a ribbon arch wire. The orthodontic self-locking system includes a ribbon arch wire and a bracket adapted to the ribbon arch wire, where an arch wire groove is arranged on the bracket and provided with an upper single wing and a lower single wing structure; a sliding cover is mounted on the lower single wing structure, the lower single wing structure is provided with a fixed seat, a straight elastic wire on the fix...