US Patent Issued to University of Southern California on April 22 for "Orthodontic appliance with snap fitted, non- sliding archwire" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,925, issued on April 22, was assigned to University of Southern California (Los Angeles).

"Orthodontic appliance with snap fitted, non- sliding archwire" was invented by Behrokh Khoshnevis (Marina del Rey, Calif.), Hongsheng Tong (Yorba Linda, Calif.), Yong Chen (Burbank, Calif.), Philong John Pham (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Robert Lee (Torrance, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthodontic appliance may include an archwire and multiple orthodontic brackets. The archwire may fit within a human mouth and contain multiple male connectors. Each orthodontic bracket may have a configuration that facilitates attaching the orthod...