Patents by Inventor Richard C. Parkhouse

Richard C. Parkhouse 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).

  • Edgewise orthodontic bracket for capturing lost torque
    Patent number: 7264468
    Abstract: An edgewise orthodontic bracket for use in an edgewise or straight-wire technique having a standard horizontally opening rectangular archwire slot and a mesiodistally extending tunnel or lumen separate from and vertically angled to the archwire slot for receiving a relatively small flexible wire during the use of an undersize rectangular archwire in the archwire slot to apply a force to the bracket for capturing lost torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Inventors: Peter C. Kesling, Richard C. Parkhouse, Christopher K. Kesling
  • Orthodontic bracket
    Patent number: 6682345
    Abstract: An improved orthodontic bracket including a horizontally opening archwire slot for a main aligning archwire for allowing crown tipping, limiting root uprighting, and controlling torquing, and a relatively small horizontal uprighting slot, tunnel or lumen extending substantially mesiodistally for receiving an additional small wire for uprighting teeth and eliminating the need to use individual uprighting springs in the final stage of patient treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: TP Orthodontics, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher K. Kesling, Peter C. Kesling, Richard C. Parkhouse
  • Orthodontic bracket
    Publication number: 20030180678
    Abstract: An improved orthodontic bracket including a horizontally opening archwire slot for a main aligning archwire for allowing crown tipping, limiting root uprighting, and controlling torquing, and a relatively small horizontal uprighting slot, tunnel or lumen extending substantially mesiodistally for receiving an additional small wire for uprighting teeth and eliminating the need to use individual uprighting springs in the final stage of patient treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Christopher K. Kesling, Peter C. Kesling, Richard C. Parkhouse