ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,123, issued on July 8, was assigned to Hirsch Dynamics Holding AG (Wollerau, Switzerland).
"Self-ligating orthodontic bracket" was invented by Markus Hirsch (Wollerau, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-ligating orthodontic bracket has a bracket body having a mesial-distal arch wire slot extending in a labial direction of the bracket body, a base with a bonding surface and a channel oriented essentially perpendicular to the arch wire slot. There is at least one covering door for occluding the arch wire slot in a closed position and opening the arch wire slot in an open position. The at least one covering door is slidabl...