Orthodontic tweezers with a gauge

Details Orthodontic tweezers with a gauge Orthodontic tweezers with a gauge

1996-10-23

1999-02-09

Buiz, Michael

Surgery

Instruments

Tweezers

606210, A61B 1750

Patent

active

058687874

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides tweezers with a guage for holding and affixing the bracket accurately and precisely to the patient's tooth. Also, the present invention provides tweezers with a guage suitable for minimizing the operator's working time and difficulty. Therefore, there are provided tweezers comprising a pair of generally flat elongated members placed in an adjacent lengthwise relationship with one another, each member having a first end part and a second end part, the second end forming a gripping jaw which has a groove at the central section of its front surface; means for adjusting the bracket positioned between the members and extending along the longitudinal direction of the tweezers, said means for adjusting the bracket, including one end portion connected with the first end parts of the members and the other end portion formed as an adjustment plate extending along the groove of the gripping jaw, for accurately adjusting the position of the bracket and forming a reference point to measure distance when the adjustment plate is inserted into a slot of the bracket; and means for measuring distance between the end of tooth and a slot of the bracket, including a pivoting shaft and a number of plates which are stacked on each other and associated with at least one surface of the means for adjusting the bracket by the pivoting shaft.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5385471 (1995-01-01), Chuen
patent: 5520704 (1996-05-01), Castro et al.

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