A61C 1/0007
Control devices or systems
Official title: {Control devices or systems (fluid temperature control in air and water supply systems of dental machines or apparatus A61C1/0069)}
A61C1/0007 (Control devices or systems) appears on 540 US grants and 609 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 540
- Published applications
- 609
- Assignees
- 258
- Inventors
- 1,054
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 15 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 5 |
| 2002 | 7 | 9 |
| 2003 | 8 | 6 |
| 2004 | 5 | 8 |
| 2005 | 6 | 11 |
| 2006 | 4 | 14 |
| 2007 | 1 | 22 |
| 2008 | 9 | 24 |
| 2009 | 8 | 17 |
| 2010 | 11 | 19 |
| 2011 | 13 | 14 |
| 2012 | 10 | 16 |
| 2013 | 11 | 25 |
| 2014 | 13 | 30 |
| 2015 | 20 | 47 |
| 2016 | 18 | 39 |
| 2017 | 33 | 41 |
| 2018 | 30 | 68 |
| 2019 | 33 | 27 |
| 2020 | 24 | 36 |
| 2021 | 30 | 33 |
| 2022 | 26 | 32 |
| 2023 | 23 | 22 |
| 2024 | 28 | 21 |
| 2025 | 19 | 17 |
| 2026 | 12 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Dental lasing device system and method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,792 B2
- System, device and methods for dental digital impressions8 Sep 2026US 12,727,966 B2Luminx Il Ltd
- Coupling element for attaching a medical or dental instrument to a control or supply unit4 Aug 2026US 12,697,107 B2W&H Dentalwerk Bürmoos GmbH
- Endodontic driving and operating device2 Jun 2026US 12,642,622 B2ReDentNova GmbH & CO. KG
- Alignment state indicating apparatus and method2 Jun 2026US 12,642,629 B2Medit Corp.
- Method for use in an oral care system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256561 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Intraoral scanner assembly9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191625 A1
- Fluid on-off control structure and air polishing dental apparatus23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108325 A1Guilin Woodpecker Medical Instrument Co., Ltd.
- Oral cleaning device, control method, computing device, and storage medium5 Feb 2026US 2026/0033931 A1Shenzhen Soocas Technology Co., Ltd.
- Dental handpiece that has flush capability29 Jan 2026US 2026/0026915 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Identification type instrument assembly, identification type adapter, identification type tube, and medical apparatus using them1,720US 6,899,538 B2J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation · 2005
- Ultrasonic device for fingertip control1,714US 9,023,071 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015
- Medical or dental instrument and/or supply unit and/or care unit and/or system for the medical or dental instrument1,509US 7,258,546 B2Kaltenbach & Voigt GmbH & Co. · 2007
- Medical instrument with programmable torque control1,129US 5,543,695 AStryker Corporation · 1996
- Motor controller for a dental handpiece1,072US 5,980,248 AKabushiki Kaisha Morita Seisakusho · 1999