US Patent Issued to Lorelli Technologies on Jan. 13 for "Orthodontic appliance with non-sliding, tied archwire" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,208, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Lorelli Technologies LLC (N. Babylon, N.Y.).

"Orthodontic appliance with non-sliding, tied archwire" was invented by Hongsheng Tong (Yorba Linda, Calif.), Robert Lee (Torrance, Calif.), Philong John Pham (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and W. Ronald Redmond (San Clemente, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthodontic appliance can include an archwire, ties, and multiple orthodontic brackets. The archwire can include multiple male fasteners and interproximal loops. Each male fastener may be inserted into an orthodontic bracket and tied into place. The male fastener may not be able to slide rel...