Ligature tool

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1997-01-13

1999-06-22

Wilson, John J.

Dentistry

Orthodontics

Tool

A61C 300

Patent

active

059136790

ABSTRACT:
A ligature tool for applying elastic ligatures onto an orthodontic bracket without patient discomfort by automatically picking up one ligature at a time, expanding it over a tip and snapping it onto a bracket, without pressing against the bracket. The ligature tool has a ligature tip that is pre-loaded with a stack of ligatures where the ligature tip is replaceable with tips having larger or smaller ligatures.

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patent: 4472137 (1984-09-01), Barone
patent: 4668186 (1987-05-01), Bally et al.

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