Patents by Inventor Eric W. Nimmer
Eric W. Nimmer 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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Patent number: 11678957Abstract: A debonding tool for removal of orthodontic brackets includes a handle. An arm extends from the handle. The debonding tool includes first and second opposed fingers. A collar is translatable along the arm and operates to effect relative movement of the first and second opposed fingers between the open and closed positions.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: American Orthodontics CorporationInventors: Eric W. Nimmer, Lindy Couwenhoven, Juan Montes de Oca
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Publication number: 20230061139Abstract: A self-ligating bracket and a clip for a self-ligating bracket include a first clip arm and a second clip arm. The first arm terminates in a mesial arm, a distal arm, and a middle arm. The clip is moveable between an open position in which the arch wire slot is accessible and a closed position in which the arch wire slot is occluded. The second clip arm extends past the first, second, and third arms of the first clip arm. The self-ligating bracket includes a bracket body with an arch wire slot and the second clip arm positioned lingually of the arch wire slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: American Orthodontics CorporationInventors: Jay S. Sommer, Eric W. Nimmer
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Patent number: 11517404Abstract: A self-ligating bracket include a bracket body with an arch wire slot. A mesial recess is located at a mesial side of the bracket body and extends into the bracket body from the arch wire slot. A distal recess is located at a distal side of the bracket body and extends into the bracket body from the arch wire slot. A central ridge defines a ridge surface separated from the lateral ledges respectively by mesial and distal walls. A clip includes a first arm and a second arm connected by a U-shaped portion. The first arm terminates in a mesial arm, a distal arm, and a middle arm. The clip is moveable between an open position in which the arch wire slot is accessible and a closed position in which the arch wire slot is occluded.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: American Orthodontics CorporationInventors: Jay S. Sommer, Eric W. Nimmer
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Publication number: 20210386520Abstract: A debonding tool for removal of orthodontic brackets includes a handle. An arm extends from the handle. The debonding tool includes first and second opposed fingers. A collar is translatable along the arm and operates to effect relative movement of the first and second opposed fingers between the open and closed positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2020Publication date: December 16, 2021Applicant: American Orthodontics CorporationInventors: Eric W. Nimmer, Lindy Couwenhoven, Juan Montes de Oca
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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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Publication number: 20210113305Abstract: A self-ligating bracket include a bracket body with an arch wire slot. A mesial recess is located at a mesial side of the bracket body and extends into the bracket body from the arch wire slot. A distal recess is located at a distal side of the bracket body and extends into the bracket body from the arch wire slot. A central ridge defines a ridge surface separated from the lateral ledges respectively by mesial and distal walls. A clip includes a first arm and a second arm connected by a U-shaped portion. The first arm terminates in a mesial arm, a distal arm, and a middle arm. The clip is moveable between an open position in which the arch wire slot is accessible and a closed position in which the arch wire slot is occluded.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: American Orthodontics CorporationInventors: Jay S. Sommer, Eric W. Nimmer
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Patent number: 10912630Abstract: A self-ligating bracket include a bracket body with an arch wire slot. A mesial recess is located at a mesial side of the bracket body and extends into the bracket body from the arch wire slot. A distal recess is located at a distal side of the bracket body and extends into the bracket body from the arch wire slot. A central ridge defines a ridge surface separated from the lateral ledges respectively by mesial and distal walls. A clip includes a first arm and a second arm connected by a U-shaped portion. The first arm terminates in a mesial arm, a distal arm, and a middle arm. The clip is moveable between an open position in which the arch wire slot is accessible and a closed position in which the arch wire slot is occluded.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: American Orthodontics CorporationInventors: Jay S. Sommer, Eric W. Nimmer
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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: 20190021818Abstract: A self-ligating bracket include a bracket body with an arch wire slot. A mesial recess is located at a mesial side of the bracket body and extends into the bracket body from the arch wire slot. A distal recess is located at a distal side of the bracket body and extends into the bracket body from the arch wire slot. A central ridge defines a ridge surface separated from the lateral ledges respectively by mesial and distal walls. A clip includes a first arm and a second arm connected by a U-shaped portion. The first arm terminates in a mesial arm, a distal arm, and a middle arm. The clip is moveable between an open position in which the arch wire slot is accessible and a closed position in which the arch wire slot is occluded.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: American Orthodontics CorporationInventors: Jay S. Sommer, Eric W. Nimmer
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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: 10111731Abstract: A self-ligating bracket include a bracket body with an arch wire slot. A mesial recess is located at a mesial side of the bracket body and extends into the bracket body from the arch wire slot. A distal recess is located at a distal side of the bracket body and extends into the bracket body from the arch wire slot. A central ridge defines a ridge surface separated from the lateral ledges respectively by mesial and distal walls. A clip includes a first arm and a second arm connected by a U-shaped portion. The first arm terminates in a mesial arm, a distal arm, and a middle arm. The clip is moveable between an open position in which the arch wire slot is accessible and a closed position in which the arch wire slot is occluded.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2015Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: AMERICAN ORTHODONTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Jay S. Sommer, Eric W. Nimmer
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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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Patent number: D841804Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: American Orthodontics CorporationInventors: Jay S. Sommer, Eric W. Nimmer
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Patent number: D1022215Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: American Orthodontics CorporationInventors: Amie Chaloupka, Eric W. Nimmer, Lindy Couwenhoven
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Patent number: D1022216Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: American Orthodontics CorporationInventors: Amie Chaloupka, Eric W. Nimmer, Lindy Couwenhoven
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Patent number: D1022217Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: American Orthodontics CorporationInventors: Amie Chaloupka, Eric W. Nimmer, Lindy Couwenhoven