US Patent Issued on July 14 for "Orthodontic self-locking bracket and system with controllable arch wire torque" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,264, issued on July 14.

"Orthodontic self-locking bracket and system with controllable arch wire torque" was invented by Tao Lv (Jinan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthodontic self-locking bracket with a controllable arch wire torque, including a bracket body and an elastic member, wherein a groove is provided in the bracket body, and a self-locking cover plate is disposed on an upper part of the groove; the elastic member is connected to a side wall of the groove; the elastic member and another side wall of the groove are configured to dispose an arch wire; the elastic member is capable of elastically deforming under a s...