Patents by Inventor Andrew R. Pietzner
Andrew R. Pietzner 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).
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Patent number: 11883257Abstract: A self-ligating bracket includes a bracket body and a spring clip. The bracket body includes a mesial channel, a distal channel, a center channel, and an arch wire slot. The spring clip includes a distal arm, mesial arm, and a center arm which are moveably within the mesial channel, distal channel, and center channel between an open position and a closed position to occlude the arch wire slot.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: American Orthodontics CorporationInventors: Jay S. Sommer, Eric W. Nimmer, Andrew R. Pietzner
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Publication number: 20210267725Abstract: A self-ligating bracket includes a bracket body and a spring clip. The bracket body includes a mesial channel, a distal channel, a center channel, and an arch wire slot. The spring clip includes a distal arm, mesial arm, and a center arm which are moveably within the mesial channel, distal channel, and center channel between an open position and a closed position to occlude the arch wire slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: American Orthodontics CorporationInventors: Jay S. Sommer, Eric W. Nimmer, Andrew R. Pietzner
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Patent number: 11058519Abstract: A self-ligating bracket includes a bracket body and a spring clip. The bracket body includes a mesial channel, a distal channel, a center channel, and an arch wire slot. The spring clip includes a distal arm, mesial arm, and a center arm which are moveably within the mesial channel, distal channel, and center channel between an open position and a closed position to occlude the arch wire slot.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: American Orthodontics CorporationInventors: Jay S. Sommer, Eric W. Nimmer, Andrew R. Pietzner
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Patent number: 10653505Abstract: A self-ligating bracket includes a bracket body with a mesial and a distal channel. A spring clip includes a distal arm with a distal arm body and a distal finger and a mesial arm with a mesial arm body and a mesial finger. The spring clip is slidably secured within the bracket body by a sliding engagement of the distal arm with the distal channel and the mesial arm with the mesial channel. The spring clip is movable between an open position and a closed position wherein in the open position, the arch wire slot is unobstructed and in the closed position the mesial finger and distal finger extend into and across the arch wire slot to occlude the arch wire slot.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: American Orthodontics CorporationInventors: Jay S. Sommer, Eric W. Nimmer, Andrew R. Pietzner
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Publication number: 20190021819Abstract: A self-ligating bracket includes a bracket body with a mesial and a distal channel. A spring clip includes a distal arm with a distal arm body and a distal finger and a mesial arm with a mesial arm body and a mesial finger. The spring clip is slidably secured within the bracket body by a sliding engagement of the distal arm with the distal channel and the mesial arm with the mesial channel. The spring clip is movable between an open position and a closed position wherein in the open position, the arch wire slot is unobstructed and in the closed position the mesial finger and distal finger extend into and across the arch wire slot to occlude the arch wire slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: American Orthodontics CorporationInventors: Jay S. Sommer, Eric W. Nimmer, Andrew R. Pietzner
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Publication number: 20180360570Abstract: A self-ligating bracket includes a bracket body and a spring clip. The bracket body includes a mesial channel, a distal channel, a center channel, and an arch wire slot. The spring clip includes a distal arm, mesial arm, and a center arm which are moveably within the mesial channel, distal channel, and center channel between an open position and a closed position to occlude the arch wire slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: American Orthodontics CorporationInventors: Jay S. Sommer, Eric W. Nimmer, Andrew R. Pietzner
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Patent number: 10111732Abstract: A self-ligating bracket includes a bracket body with a mesial and a distal channel. A spring clip includes a distal arm with a distal arm body and a distal finger and a mesial arm with a mesial arm body and a mesial finger. The spring clip is slidably secured within the bracket body by a sliding engagement of the distal arm with the distal channel and the mesial arm with the mesial channel. The spring clip is movable between an open position and a closed position wherein in the open position, the arch wire slot is unobstructed and in the closed position the mesial finger and distal finger extend into and across the arch wire slot to occlude the arch wire slot.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2016Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: American Orthodontics CorporationInventors: Jay S. Sommer, Eric W. Nimmer, Andrew R. Pietzner
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Patent number: 10080628Abstract: A self-ligating bracket includes a bracket body and a spring clip. The bracket body includes a mesial channel, a distal channel, a center channel, and an arch wire slot. The spring clip includes a distal arm, mesial arm, and a center arm which are moveably within the mesial channel, distal channel, and center channel between an open position and a closed position to occlude the arch wire slot.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: American Orthodontics CorporationInventors: Jay S. Sommer, Eric W. Nimmer, Andrew R. Pietzner
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Publication number: 20160374781Abstract: A self-ligating bracket includes a bracket body with a mesial and a distal channel. A spring clip includes a distal arm with a distal arm body and a distal finger and a mesial arm with a mesial arm body and a mesial finger. The spring clip is slidably secured within the bracket body by a sliding engagement of the distal arm with the distal channel and the mesial arm with the mesial channel. The spring clip is movable between an open position and a closed position wherein in the open position, the arch wire slot is unobstructed and in the closed position the mesial finger and distal finger extend into and across the arch wire slot to occlude the arch wire slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Applicant: American Orthodontics CorporationInventors: Jay S. Sommer, Eric W. Nimmer, Andrew R. Pietzner
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Publication number: 20160354181Abstract: A self-ligating bracket includes a bracket body and a spring clip. The bracket body includes a mesial channel, a distal channel, a center channel, and an arch wire slot. The spring clip includes a distal arm, mesial arm, and a center arm which are moveably within the mesial channel, distal channel, and center channel between an open position and a closed position to occlude the arch wire slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: American Orthodontics CorporationInventors: Jay S. Sommer, Eric W. Nimmer, Andrew R. Pietzner