US Patent Issued to World Class Technology on June 17 for "Orthodontic bracket with a biased ligating member" (California, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,604, issued on June 17, was assigned to World Class Technology Corp. (McMinnville, Ore.).

"Orthodontic bracket with a biased ligating member" was invented by Alberto Ruiz-Vela (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) and Juergen Bathen (McMinnville, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to an orthodontic bracket including a ligating member mountable to a bracket body, the ligating member moveable between an open and closed position over an archwire slot. The orthodontic bracket includes a channel formed between the bracket body and the ligating member, and a resilient biasing member extending into the channel, the biasing memb...