A61C 1/185
Drives or transmissions
Official title: {Drives or transmissions}
A61C1/185 (Drives or transmissions) appears on 218 US grants and 195 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 218
- Published applications
- 195
- Assignees
- 112
- Inventors
- 352
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 3 |
| 2002 | 7 | 9 |
| 2003 | 7 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 5 |
| 2005 | 5 | 8 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 4 | 11 |
| 2008 | 3 | 8 |
| 2009 | 6 | 8 |
| 2010 | 3 | 15 |
| 2011 | 5 | 9 |
| 2012 | 4 | 7 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5 |
| 2015 | 4 | 15 |
| 2016 | 3 | 9 |
| 2017 | 10 | 8 |
| 2018 | 10 | 15 |
| 2019 | 12 | 5 |
| 2020 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 4 | 9 |
| 2022 | 3 | 10 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4 |
| 2024 | 8 | 6 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 |
| 2026 | 4 | 3 |
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 implant driver25 Aug 2026US 12,714,544 B1
- Dental handpiece17 Feb 2026US 12,551,317 B2
- Screw-attached pick-up dental coping system and methods17 Feb 2026US 12,551,319 B1Smart Denture Conversions, LLC
- Handpiece adapter for an endodontic file30 Sep 2025US 12,426,990 B2
- Dental cleaning device and handpiece assembly thereof26 Mar 2026US 2026/0083538 A1Dongguan Anbo Industries Co., Ltd.
- Dental handpiece1 Jan 2026US 2026/0000480 A1
- Handpiece adapter for an endodontic file1 Jan 2026US 2026/0000482 A1Mdt Micro Diamond Technologies Ltd.
- Rotatable ultrasonic vibration device13 Mar 2025US 2025/0082435 A1Shenzhen Superline Technology Co., Ltd.
- Method for warning of an instrument break risk30 Jan 2025US 2025/0032214 A1Micro-Mega International
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medical instrument with programmable torque control1,129US 5,543,695 AStryker Corporation · 1996
- Handpiece for medical purposes, in particular for a medical or dental treatment device, preferably for a cutting treatment of a dental root canal1,111US 5,924,864 AKaltenbach & Voigt GmbH & Co. · 1999
- 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