ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,620, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SWISSODONT GMBH (Switzerland).
"Bracket" was invented by Benedikt Lenzner (Hildesheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a bracket for correcting the position of a tooth, comprising a bracket base of a bracket body, which bracket base can be fastened to a tooth, and which bracket body has a slot, extending in the mesiodistal direction, and also a fourth slot portion that narrows by a predetermined amount in a predetermined region, so as preferably to form a snug fit for an inserted archwire, wherein the fourth slot portion is designed running in the longitudinal di...