Patents by Inventor Laurent Sempe

Laurent Sempe 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).

  • Method for designing orthodontic apparatus
    Patent number: 8371847
    Abstract: A method of producing a customized orthodontic appliance (1), including brackets (12) fixed to teeth (13) of a dental arch of a patient and an orthodontic archwire (11). Each bracket (12) is fixed to a surface of a tooth (13) of the dental arch by a bracket bonding pad (121) of the bracket, and the orthodontic archwire (11) is fixed to the brackets in a housing (123) of a bracket body (122) of each bracket. The bracket is produced with a blank (50) having at least two volumes (51, 52), one volume representative of an envelope volume of a bracket bounding pad and an envelope volume of a bracket body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Inventors: Pascal Baron, Christophe Gualano, Laurent Sempe
  • METHOD FOR DESIGNING ORTHODONTIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20110086322
    Abstract: A method of producing a customized orthodontic appliance (1), including brackets (12) fixed to teeth (13) of a dental arch of a patient and an orthodontic archwire (11). Each bracket (12) is fixed to a surface of a tooth (13) of the dental arch by a bracket bonding pad (121) of the bracket, and the orthodontic archwire (11) is fixed to the brackets in a housing (123) of a bracket body (122) of each bracket. The bracket is produced with a blank (50) having at least two volumes (51, 52), one volume representative of an envelope volume of a bracket bounding pad and an envelope volume of a bracket body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Pascal Baron, Christophe Gualano, Laurent Sempe