A61C 1/003
Control of rotation of instrument
Official title: {Control of rotation of instrument}
A61C1/003 (Control of rotation of instrument) appears on 101 US grants and 97 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System, device and methods for dental digital impressions8 Sep 2026US 12,727,966 B2Luminx Il Ltd
- Endodontic driving and operating device2 Jun 2026US 12,642,622 B2ReDentNova GmbH & CO. KG
- Endodontic handpiece systems and methods3 Feb 2026US 12,539,201 B2Innovative BioCeramix, Inc.
- Abnormality determination device and abnormality determination method for dental handpiece28 Oct 2025US 12,453,618 B2Nakanishi Inc.
- Dental treatment apparatus and method of driving the same14 Oct 2025US 12,440,306 B2J. Morita Mfg. Corp.
- Oral cleaning device, control method, computing device, and storage medium5 Feb 2026US 2026/0033931 A1Shenzhen Soocas Technology Co., Ltd.
- Automated Dental Drill20 Nov 2025US 2025/0352298 A1
- Secure handpiece and method for securing the use of an endodontic instrument9 Jan 2025US 2025/0009469 A1Micro-Mega International
- Method for monitoring for failure of an endodontic instrument12 Dec 2024US 2024/0407889 A1Micro-Mega International
- Reciprocal motor movement for endodontic files5 Dec 2024US 2024/0398507 A1DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Surgical tool system with brushless, sensorless motor136US 5,689,159 AStryker Corporation · 1997
- Dental treatment center121US 8,398,394 B2Kaltenbach & Voigt GmbH & Co. · 2013
- Apparatus for controlling operational parameters of a surgical drill113US 5,538,423 AMicro Motors, Inc. · 1996