A61C 1/14
Tool-holders , i.e. operating tool holders
Official title: Tool-holders {, i.e. operating tool holders, e.g. burr holders}
A61C1/14 (Tool-holders , i.e. operating tool holders) appears on 309 US grants and 281 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 309
- Published applications
- 281
- Assignees
- 168
- Inventors
- 547
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 2 | 7 |
| 2005 | 1 | 8 |
| 2006 | 5 | 14 |
| 2007 | 7 | 15 |
| 2008 | 6 | 14 |
| 2009 | 4 | 8 |
| 2010 | 6 | 10 |
| 2011 | 3 | 6 |
| 2012 | 4 | 7 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 5 | 7 |
| 2015 | 6 | 23 |
| 2016 | 10 | 13 |
| 2017 | 13 | 12 |
| 2018 | 12 | 14 |
| 2019 | 9 | 9 |
| 2020 | 7 | 17 |
| 2021 | 9 | 16 |
| 2022 | 10 | 16 |
| 2023 | 8 | 17 |
| 2024 | 17 | 12 |
| 2025 | 8 | 14 |
| 2026 | 8 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Rotatable ultrasonic vibration device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,098 B2Shenzhen Superline Technology Co., Ltd.
- Dental handpiece and head thereof, and root canal preparation machine1 Sep 2026US 12,721,698 B2Guilin Woodpecker Medical Instrument Co., Ltd.
- Dental tool having a miniaturized RFID tag and dental CNC milling / grinding machine using the same25 Aug 2026US 12,715,056 B2DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
- Endodontic driving and operating device2 Jun 2026US 12,642,622 B2ReDentNova GmbH & CO. KG
- Dental handpiece21 Apr 2026US 12,605,228 B2J. Morita Mfg. Corp.
- Dental instrument station with magnetic retention16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199056 A1
- Dental handpiece4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151210 A1J. Morita Mfg. Corp.
- Tool for transferring a dental tool tip between an assembled and a disassembled state and method for removing a dental tool tip from a dental instrument28 May 2026US 2026/0144612 A1Ferton Holding S.A.
- A tip holder, a tool tip and a medical tool28 May 2026US 2026/0144622 A1Ferton Holding S.A.
- Dental handpiece5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060780 A1DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tool shaft coupler73US 6,062,575 AMednext, Inc. · 2000
- Powered high speed rotary surgical handpiece chuck and tools69US 5,735,535 AStryker Corporation · 1998
- Dentistry handpiece able to receive one of a number of vibrating instruments65US 5,133,661 AMicro-Mega S,A, · 1992
- Powered high speed rotary surgical handpiece chuck and tools therefore57US 5,634,933 AStryker Corporation · 1997
- Dental instrument with a tool for treating the teeth56US 4,820,154 A1989