A61C 1/082
Positioning or guiding
Official title: {Positioning or guiding, e.g. of drills}
A61C1/082 (Positioning or guiding) appears on 858 US grants and 1,237 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 858
- Published applications
- 1,237
- Assignees
- 383
- Inventors
- 1,420
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 2 |
| 2002 | 6 | 9 |
| 2003 | 9 | 17 |
| 2004 | 11 | 19 |
| 2005 | 11 | 21 |
| 2006 | 15 | 25 |
| 2007 | 7 | 16 |
| 2008 | 11 | 25 |
| 2009 | 8 | 47 |
| 2010 | 21 | 60 |
| 2011 | 12 | 55 |
| 2012 | 26 | 55 |
| 2013 | 35 | 55 |
| 2014 | 41 | 75 |
| 2015 | 31 | 57 |
| 2016 | 32 | 80 |
| 2017 | 49 | 59 |
| 2018 | 46 | 70 |
| 2019 | 51 | 72 |
| 2020 | 44 | 54 |
| 2021 | 51 | 80 |
| 2022 | 49 | 72 |
| 2023 | 57 | 60 |
| 2024 | 52 | 67 |
| 2025 | 49 | 54 |
| 2026 | 35 | 31 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Selecting tool heads for a tooth preparation6 Oct 2026US 12,751,793 B2Exocad GmbH
- Detecting distance of a probe to pulp of a tooth22 Sep 2026US 12,740,711 B2Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Method for manufacturing a splint or surgical guide for the implantation of at least one dental implant15 Sep 2026US 12,734,016 B2Tech Xika Ptt, S.L.
- Method and apparatus for dental surgical guide verification8 Sep 2026US 12,727,965 B2Luminx Il Ltd
- System, device and methods for dental digital impressions8 Sep 2026US 12,727,966 B2Luminx Il Ltd
- Method and device for designing implant surgical guide for bone reduction1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294584 A1Osstem Implant Co., Ltd.
- Method for the execution of post-extraction dental implant surgery1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294594 A1J Dental Care Srl
- Modular kit for providing guiding devices24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283744 A1Exocad GmbH
- Arch preparation system and method for receiving a full arch dental restoration device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283745 A1TruBridge Dental L.L.C.
- Non-osteoconductive inorganic device for bone formation, bone reshaping or healing of bone27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248595 A1Medcer AB
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods for manufacturing a dental implant drill guide and a dental implant superstructure891US 5,725,376 A1998
- Manufacturing a dental implant drill guide and a dental implant superstructure623US 6,382,975 B1Technique d'Usinage Sinlab Inc. · 2002
- Apparatus for indirect dental machining477US 4,941,826 A1990
- Surgical template assembly and method for drilling and installing dental implants424US 5,967,777 A1999
- Method and apparatus for locating an ideal site for a dental implant and for the precise surgical placement of that implant417US 5,320,529 A1994