Patents by Inventor Pedro-Nicolás Menchaca-Flores

Pedro-Nicolás Menchaca-Flores has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Orthodontic bracket
    Patent number: 8376740
    Abstract: An Orthodontic bracket wherein an opened channel receiving an orthodontic wire, includes covering element to cover the opened channel, the covering element can be opened to allow a fast and easy insertion of the orthodontic wire into the channel and can be closed and blocked to avoid that the wire goes out from the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Asociacion Metropolitana Para la Educacion
    Inventors: Alejandro Ramos-de-la-Peña, Pedro-Nicolás Menchaca-Flores
  • ORTHODONTIC BRACKET
    Publication number: 20130022935
    Abstract: An Orthodontic bracket wherein an opened channel receiving an orthodontic wire, includes covering element to cover the opened channel, the covering element can be opened to allow a fast and easy insertion of the orthodontic wire into the channel and can be closed and blocked to avoid that the wire goes out from the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: ASOCIACION METROPOLITANA PARA LA EDUCACION
    Inventors: Alejandro Ramos-de-la-Peña, Pedro-Nicolás Menchaca-Flores
  • ADJUSTABLE ORTHODONTIC BRACKET
    Publication number: 20120315593
    Abstract: An adjustable orthodontic bracket comprising: a fixed support base having a circular housing and an inferior surface for attaching to the surface of a tooth; a rotating base, rotary housed inside the circular housing, having a superior surface for receiving a bracket; and locking means for the rotating base, for locking the rotary movement of the base at a specific rotational position, wherein said locking means can be disabled to allow the rotation of the rotating base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: ASOCIACION METROPOLITANA PARA LA EDUCACION
    Inventors: Alejandro Ramos-de-la-Peña, Pedro-Nicolás Menchaca-Flores