ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,193, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Ortho Organizers Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Orthodontic appliance and method of use" was invented by Nihir Patel (San Marcos, Calif.), Tejdeep Singh Riat (San Marcos, Calif.) and Mark A. Payne (Oceanside, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elongated member is used to create tension to move teeth en masse to correct Class II and Class III malocclusions. The elongated member has a constant force spring that, when stretched, provides tension along the elongated member. A mesial end of the elongated member is attached to a bridge assembly which is attached to a row of teeth, and a distal end o...