Hyperelastic shape setting devices and fabrication methods
Granted 18 Feb 2020 · 3 office actions
Assignee: Ormco Corporation
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Inventors: Alfred David Johnson · Examiner: George Wyszomierski · AU 1733 · TC 1700
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Dental archwires of single-crystal shape memory alloys, methods of fabrication and apparatus for fabrication. A dental archwire is provided of a hyperelastic, single-crystal shape memory CuAlX alloy, where X is Ni, Mn, Nb, or Be. The dental archwire has a shape-set curved length and either a round diameter of between about 0.013 to about 0.026 inches or a rectangular cross-section with dimensions of between about 0.016 by 0.016 inches and about 0.020 by 0.030 inches.
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