MUMBAI, India, Sept. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641108747 A) filed by Nitte Deemed To Be University; Prof Dr Rajmohan Shetty; Dr. Sagun Aggarwal; Dr. Nanthini P; and Dr. Ananthu H on September 10, 2026, for An Orthodontic Corrector For Simultaneous Bimaxillary Protrusion Correction.
Inventors include Prof Dr Rajmohan Shetty; Dr. Sagun Aggarwal; Dr. Nanthini P; and Dr. Ananthu H.
The application for the patent was published on September 18, 2026, under issue no. 38/2026.
Abstract: ABSTRACT Disclosed herein is a force-guided orthodontic corrector (100) for simultaneous bimaxillary protrusion correction that comprises an upper bite block (102) configured to be positioned on a maxillary dental arch and guide maxillary positioning, a lower bite block (104) configured to be positioned on a mandibular dental arch to form a reverse twin block assembly (106), and a plurality of upper hooks (108) and lower hooks (110) arranged to define a force application interface. The corrector (100) further comprises a set of intraoral elastics (112) configured to generate an intermaxillary force and a headgear assembly (114) comprising a facebow(116), a head strap (118), and a force element (120) configured to apply an upward and posterior force to the maxillary structure, wherein the intermaxillary force is directed along a predefined vector passing substantially through a center of resistance of the maxillary structure to enable simultaneous dentoskeletal repositioning and effective correction of bimaxillary protrusion.
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