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).

  • Publication number: 20180161126
    Abstract: An orthodontic guide tray includes a tray surface at least partially congruent with a tooth surface. The orthodontic guide tray includes at least one opening in the gingival direction. The at least one opening is configured to be larger than a pad of a bracket to be placed on a tooth. At least one registration feature extends from a first side interior the opening. The at least one registration features is configured to define a prescribed bracket placement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: AMERICAN ORTHODONTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Craig Marshall, Eric W. Nimmer
  • Publication number: 20160374781
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: American Orthodontics Corporation
    Inventors: Jay S. Sommer, Eric W. Nimmer, Andrew R. Pietzner
  • Publication number: 20160354181
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: American Orthodontics Corporation
    Inventors: Jay S. Sommer, Eric W. Nimmer, Andrew R. Pietzner
  • Publication number: 20160135929
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: AMERICAN ORTHODONTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jay S. Sommer, Eric W. Nimmer
  • Patent number: D797294
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: American Orthodontics Corporation
    Inventors: Jay S. Sommer, Eric W. Nimmer
  • Patent number: D820457
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: American Orthodontics Corporation
    Inventors: Jay S. Sommer, Eric W. Nimmer