US Patent Issued to WORLD CLASS TECHNOLOGY on May 12 for "Orthodontic appliance for correcting misalignment of teeth" (California, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,768, issued on May 12, was assigned to WORLD CLASS TECHNOLOGY Corp. (McMinnville, Ore.).

"Orthodontic appliance for correcting misalignment of teeth" was invented by Alberto Ruiz-Vela (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) and Juergen Bathen (McMinnville, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthodontic device for treating misalignment of teeth, the device including an anchor having an attachment base and a stem extending upwardly from the attachment base, where the attachment base is configured for mounting the anchor to a patient's tooth. The device further includes an arm with an elongate body having an attachment portion disposed along one ...