MUMBAI, India, Sept. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641099904 A) filed by Saveetha Institute Of Medical And Technical Sciences on August 19, 2026, for Magnet-Assisted Orthodontic Ligature Retrieval And Positioning Instrument.

Inventors include Vedashree V; Swapna Sreenivasagan; and Deepak Nallaswamy Veeraiyan.

The application for the patent was published on September 11, 2026, under issue no. 37/2026.

Abstract: ABSTRACT The present invention relates to a Magnet-Assisted Orthodontic Ligature Retrieval and Positioning Instrument, a novel orthodontic hand instrument designed to facilitate the retrieval, handling, positioning, and placement of stainless-steel ligature wires and other small ferromagne...