Robert C Manemann

US Patent:

6582226, Jun 24, 2003

Filed:

May 3, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/848030

Inventors:

Russell A. Jordan - Rancho Cucamonga CA
Evangelos G. Georgakis - Alta Loma CA
Robert C. Manemann - Corona CA
Oscar M. Binder - Anaheim Hills CA
James D. Cleary - Glendora CA

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

A61C 300

US Classification:

433 10

Abstract:

An orthodontic appliance such as a bracket or buccal tube has a latch for retaining an archwire in an archwire slot. The latch releases the archwire from the archwire slot whenever the archwire exerts a force on the appliance that exceeds a certain minimum value. The minimum value is less than about one-half of the force required in the same direction to debond the appliance from the tooth, and thus reduces the likelihood that the appliance will unintentionally debond from the tooth during the course of orthodontic treatment.

US Patent:

6733289, May 11, 2004

Filed:

Jul 30, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/918226

Inventors:

Robert C. Manemann - Corona CA
Russell A. Jordan - Rancho Cucamonga CA

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

A61C 700

US Classification:

433 24

Abstract:

A prescription for an orthodontic brace is selected by providing data representing a number of teeth of the dental arch and by displaying images of the teeth in two or more different positions. Images of at least one tooth when in the first position and when in the second position are simultaneously displayed in superimposed fashion, and any difference in orientations of the displayed tooth images between the first position and the second position appears in contrast. As a consequence, the relative difference in positions can be readily observed. The invention is particularly useful for selecting a prescription of a brace from two or more prescriptions, and is also useful for observing the relative effect of a single prescription when used on certain teeth in comparison to the position of the same teeth during an earlier stage of treatment.

US Patent:

7766653, Aug 3, 2010

Filed:

Nov 1, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/555415

Inventors:

Robert C. Manemann - Corona CA, US
Russell A. Jordan - Rancho Cucamonga CA, US

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Co - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

A61C 3/00

US Classification:

433 24, 705 3

Abstract:

A prescription for an orthodontic brace is selected by providing data representing a number of teeth of the dental arch and by displaying images of the teeth in two or more different positions. Images of at least one tooth when in the first position and when in the second position are simultaneously displayed in superimposed fashion, and any difference in orientations of the displayed tooth images between the first position and the second position appears in contrast. As a consequence, the relative difference in positions can be readily observed. The invention is particularly useful for selecting a prescription of a brace from two or more prescriptions, and is also useful for observing the relative effect of a single prescription when used on certain teeth in comparison to the position of the same teeth during an earlier stage of treatment.

US Patent:

20010005574, Jun 28, 2001

Filed:

Feb 23, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/792782

Inventors:

Robert Manemann - Corona CA, US
John Kelly - Arcadia CA, US
Evangelos Georgakis - Altaloma CA, US

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company

International Classification:

A61C003/00

US Classification:

433/011000

Abstract:

An orthodontic bracket includes an archwire slot with mesial and distal end sections that present archwire relief areas. The bracket also includes a latch movable between a slot-open position in order to enable insertion or removal of an archwire, and a slot-closed position in order to retain an archwire in the archwire slot. The bracket includes at least one flange that extends along at least a portion of the mesial and distal archwire end sections and over a portion of the latch in order to provide enhanced rotational control over the underlying tooth without undue deformation of the latch.

US Patent:

20040209220, Oct 21, 2004

Filed:

May 7, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/841156

Inventors:

Robert Manemann - Corona CA, US
Russell Jordan - Rancho Cucamonga CA, US

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company

International Classification:

A61C003/00

US Classification:

433/024000

Abstract:

A prescription for an orthodontic brace is selected by providing data representing a number of teeth of the dental arch and by displaying images of the teeth in two or more different positions. Images of at least one tooth when in the first position and when in the second position are simultaneously displayed in superimposed fashion, and any difference in orientations of the displayed tooth images between the first position and the second position appears in contrast. As a consequence, the relative difference in positions can be readily observed. The invention is particularly useful for selecting a prescription of a brace from two or more prescriptions, and is also useful for observing the relative effect of a single prescription when used on certain teeth in comparison to the position of the same teeth during an earlier stage of treatment.