A61B 5/4547
Evaluating teeth
Official title: {Evaluating teeth}
A61B5/4547 (Evaluating teeth) appears on 682 US grants and 953 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 682
- Published applications
- 953
- Assignees
- 334
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- 1,400
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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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
- Methods and systems for dynamically adjusting an oral care routine based on interproximal space15 Sep 2026US 12,734,023 B2Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Remote sensing system with time-of-flight sensor, active illuminator and light sensing system1 Sep 2026US 12,721,527 B2Omni Medsci, Inc.
- Assembly type rod for recording occlusal plane18 Aug 2026US 12,708,500 B2Pusan National University Industry-University Cooperation Foundation
- Technologies For Three-Dimensional Spectroscopic Imaging Of Tissue Properties8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305948 A1Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Biosensor performance indicator for intraoral appliances8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306232 A1Align Technology, Inc.
- Intraoral camera24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283473 A1DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
- Intraoral scanner with an antenna27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248374 A13Shape A/S
- Method and system for estimating tooth wear type on a virtual model of teeth20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244798 A13Shape A/S
Most cited
By later US patents
- Analytic methods of tissue evaluation810US 10,085,643 B22018
- Method and system for real time intra-orally acquiring and registering three-dimensional measurements and images of intra-oral objects and features560US 6,402,707 B1Denupp Corporation BVI · 2002
- Systems and methods for monitoring and modifying behavior350US 7,914,468 B2Svip 4 LLC · 2011
- Imaging a three-dimensional structure by confocal focussing an array of light beams296US 6,697,164 B1Cadent Ltd. · 2004
- System and method for scanning an intraoral cavity292US 7,286,954 B2Cadent Ltd. · 2007