ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,167, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Smilecad Co. Ltd. (Busan, South Korea).
"Adhesive retainer and manufacturing method therefor" was invented by Seok Jun Kim (Busan, South Korea) and Jae Ho Jeon (Busan, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed is an adhesive retainer including a body part which is formed of a shape memory alloy material and has a front surface in close contact with and attached to each tooth, wherein the body part includes a curved protrusion part which is formed to protrude toward an interdental space so as to be inserted into the interdental space, and multiple support parts having front surfaces wh...