A61C 1/0046
Dental lasers
Official title: {Dental lasers (surgical lasers A61B18/20; working by laser beam in general B23K26/00; lasers per se H01S3/00)}
A61C1/0046 (Dental lasers) appears on 383 US grants and 454 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 383
- Published applications
- 454
- Assignees
- 165
- Inventors
- 566
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 15 | 0 |
| 1995 | 9 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | 16 | 0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 0 |
| 2002 | 7 | 4 |
| 2003 | 10 | 7 |
| 2004 | 5 | 11 |
| 2005 | 3 | 9 |
| 2006 | 3 | 12 |
| 2007 | 7 | 17 |
| 2008 | 7 | 21 |
| 2009 | 7 | 24 |
| 2010 | 4 | 25 |
| 2011 | 9 | 21 |
| 2012 | 5 | 17 |
| 2013 | 8 | 23 |
| 2014 | 4 | 24 |
| 2015 | 13 | 19 |
| 2016 | 7 | 17 |
| 2017 | 8 | 20 |
| 2018 | 14 | 20 |
| 2019 | 15 | 21 |
| 2020 | 11 | 21 |
| 2021 | 10 | 22 |
| 2022 | 15 | 20 |
| 2023 | 26 | 29 |
| 2024 | 22 | 29 |
| 2025 | 20 | 17 |
| 2026 | 6 | 4 |
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.
- Dental lasing device system and method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,792 B2
- Remote sensing system with time-of-flight sensor, active illuminator and light sensing system1 Sep 2026US 12,721,527 B2Omni Medsci, Inc.
- Wearable device for differential measurement on pulse rate and blood flow31 Mar 2026US 12,588,820 B2Omni Medsci, Inc.
- Optical coherence tomography image generation device and dental CADCAM device27 Jan 2026US 12,533,029 B2The Yoshida Dental Mfg. Co., Ltd.
- Delivery of radiation for dental hard tissue treatment2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183092 A1Enamel Pure Technologies, LLC
- Laser apparatus for machining dental hard tissue5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060779 A1
- Analgesic device29 Jan 2026US 2026/0026914 A1William H. Chen Living Trust
- Laser-Assisted Oral Surgery System15 Jan 2026US 2026/0013971 A1Millennium Healthcare Technologies, Inc.
- Systems and methods for dental treatment and verification27 Nov 2025US 2025/0359977 A1Enamel Pure Technologies, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Laser hand piece645US 4,608,980 AOsada Electric Co., Ltd. · 1986
- Ultrashort pulse high repetition rate laser system for biological tissue processing480US 5,720,894 AThe Regents of the University of California · 1998
- Method and apparatus for high precision variable rate material removal and modification344US 6,156,030 AY-Beam Technologies, Inc. · 2000
- Method and apparatus for laser surgery328US 5,112,328 ARefractive Laser Research & Development Program, Ltd. · 1992
- Far ultraviolet surgical and dental procedures300US 4,784,135 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1988