A61B 1/247
With means for viewing areas outside the direct line of sight
Official title: with means for viewing areas outside the direct line of sight, e.g. dentists' mirrors
A61B1/247 (With means for viewing areas outside the direct line of sight) appears on 436 US grants and 517 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 436
- Published applications
- 517
- Assignees
- 220
- Inventors
- 895
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 9 | 6 |
| 2004 | 9 | 13 |
| 2005 | 3 | 15 |
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| 2010 | 9 | 21 |
| 2011 | 2 | 14 |
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| 2015 | 10 | 34 |
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| 2018 | 26 | 34 |
| 2019 | 28 | 31 |
| 2020 | 31 | 34 |
| 2021 | 19 | 31 |
| 2022 | 22 | 21 |
| 2023 | 20 | 34 |
| 2024 | 26 | 31 |
| 2025 | 23 | 31 |
| 2026 | 11 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Multi-directional dental suction-mirror tool29 Sep 2026US 12,746,103 B2Rndent IP Ltd.
- Dental mirror tool22 Sep 2026US 12,740,696 B2
- Structure and method of switchable multi-mode dental handpiece11 Aug 2026US 12,702,526 B2Three-In-One Enterprises Co., Ltd.
- Dental fixed mirror with reference point14 Jul 2026US 12,678,037 B2King Saud University
- System to remove from an image unnecessary objects identified by an intraoral scanner16 Jun 2026US 12,653,650 B2J. Morita Mfg. Corp.
- Method and system for oral imaging17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272278 A1
- Dental mirror suction adapter17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272279 A1
- Evacuator mirror17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272631 A1Ajman University
- Device and method for subgingival measurement20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240631 A1
- Reflective sticker for dental use13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232173 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Lens cleaning means for invasive viewing medical instruments282US 5,313,934 ADeumed Group Inc. · 1994
- Hand-held portable endoscopic camera273US 5,879,289 AUniversal Technologies International, Inc. · 1999
- Lens cleaning means for invasive viewing medical instruments with anti-contamination means241US 5,339,800 ADevmed Group Inc. · 1994
- Medical probe device with transparent distal extremity237US 5,873,877 AVidamed, Inc. · 1999
- Method and apparatus for colour imaging a three-dimensional structure228US 7,319,529 B2Cadent Ltd. · 2008