A61C 15/045
Threading or knotting devices
Official title: {Threading or knotting devices}
A61C15/045 (Threading or knotting devices) appears on 21 US grants and 18 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 21
- Published applications
- 18
- Assignees
- 7
- Inventors
- 38
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Dental floss holder3 Mar 2026US 12,564,483 B2
- Dental floss threader holding apparatus18 Nov 2025US 12,472,044 B1
- Dental floss holder and flosser27 Dec 2022US 11,534,280 B2
- Dental floss insertion device17 May 2022US 11,331,175 B2
- Toothbrush With Integrated Floss Threading Feature23 Jul 2026US 2026/0206959 A1
- Dental floss holder15 Feb 2024US 2024/0050207 A1
- Dental Floss Holder and Flosser9 Mar 2023US 2023/0071757 A1
- Dental floss dispenser6 Oct 2022US 2022/0313404 A1W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Interdental cleaning tool14 Jul 2022US 2022/0218453 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Needle with deformable eye67US 4,133,339 AFloss Aid Corporation · 1979
- Dental floss threading device58US 5,050,625 APlastisonics Company, Inc. · 1991
- Dental floss threader with locking means41US 4,064,883 AJohnson & Johnson · 1977
- Dental floss and pre-threaded leader40US 5,183,063 A1993
- Device for inserting dental floss through interproximal areas and method of using same27US 4,011,658 AJohn O. Butler Company · 1977