A61B 5/0088
For oral or dental tissue
Official title: {for oral or dental tissue}
A61B5/0088 (For oral or dental tissue) appears on 1,206 US grants and 1,727 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,206
- Published applications
- 1,727
- Assignees
- 532
- Inventors
- 2,303
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2018 | 54 | 93 |
| 2019 | 78 | 124 |
| 2020 | 85 | 108 |
| 2021 | 69 | 132 |
| 2022 | 86 | 137 |
| 2023 | 85 | 122 |
| 2024 | 117 | 145 |
| 2025 | 107 | 124 |
| 2026 | 72 | 68 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Time-of-flight measurement on user with cameras and position sensor6 Oct 2026US 12,751,628 B2Omni Medsci, Inc.
- Intraoral scanner29 Sep 2026US 12,745,910 B2Luminx Il Ltd
- Oral image processing device and oral image processing method29 Sep 2026US 12,745,911 B2Medit Corp.
- Calibration unit for a macroscopic medical imaging device, macroscopic medical imaging calibration system and use of a calibration unit22 Sep 2026US 12,740,707 B2Ivoclar Vivadent AG
- Image filtering method22 Sep 2026US 12,740,710 B2Medit Corp.
- Oral care mode determination device, oral care mode determination method, and recording medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305810 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Technologies For Three-Dimensional Spectroscopic Imaging Of Tissue Properties8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305948 A1Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Manufacturing method of transparent orthodontic device apparatus using 3D printer1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294596 A1Ods Co., Ltd.
- Image-based longitudinal analysis1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294598 A1Align Technology, Inc.
- Intraoral camera24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283473 A1DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Glucose fluorescence monitor and method1,150US 5,341,805 ACedars-Sinai Medical Center · 1994
- Analytic methods of tissue evaluation810US 10,085,643 B22018
- Confocal surface-measuring device388US 6,263,234 B1Leica Microsystems Heidelberg GmbH · 2001
- Imaging a three-dimensional structure by confocal focussing an array of light beams296US 6,697,164 B1Cadent Ltd. · 2004
- Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of caries in teeth using visible light275US 4,479,499 A1984