Patents by Inventor Valter Vigolo

Valter Vigolo 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 ANCHORING SCREW AND PROCESS FOR MAKING IT
    Publication number: 20120100498
    Abstract: An orthodontic anchoring screw including a threaded shank, extending prevalently along a longitudinal axis, and a head provided with a seat extending substantially along a housing direction perpendicular to the axis and intended to house a metallic wire for imposing a correction action on a tooth. The head has engagement mechanism for holding the wire in the seat, which includes two shaped appendages, each with a shaped shank having a widened head fixed on top. The heads define between them a slit for inserting the wire, extending prevalently along a transversal direction, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and inclined with respect to the housing direction of the seat. The shanks and the heads define together the seat, communicating with the slit to receive the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventor: Valter VIGOLO
  • Self-ligating orthodontic passive low-friction bracket and method for mounting an arch wire on said bracket
    Patent number: 7306457
    Abstract: Self-ligating orthodontic bracket which comprises a support body (6) intended to be fixed onto a tooth and provided with a slot (9) for receiving an arch wire (5) capable of imparting a corrective action to the tooth and retaining means (10) able to interfere with the wire (5) so as to lock it inside the slot (9) The retaining means (10) are formed by a pair of lugs (10?) made as one piece with the support body (6) and having a retaining portion (11) which delimits the slot (9) at the top and interferes with the wire (5). The said lugs (10?) are provided with two opposite faces which delimit an opening (21) of a channel (20) for access to the slot (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Inventor: Valter Vigolo
  • Self-ligating orthodontic passive low-friction bracket and method for mounting an arch wire on said bracket
    Publication number: 20060246392
    Abstract: Self-ligating orthodontic bracket which comprises a support body (6) intended to be fixed onto a tooth and provided with a slot (9) for receiving an arch wire (5) capable of imparting a corrective action to the tooth and retaining means (10) able to interfere with the wire (5) so as to lock it inside the slot (9) The retaining means (10) are formed by a pair of lugs (10?) made as one piece with the support body (6) and having a retaining portion (11) which delimits the slot (9) at the top and interferes with the wire (5). The said lugs (10?) are provided with two opposite faces which delimit an opening (21) of a channel (20) for access to the slot (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventor: Valter Vigolo