A61C 17/3418
Rotation around the axis of the toothbrush handle
Official title: {Rotation around the axis of the toothbrush handle}
A61C17/3418 (Rotation around the axis of the toothbrush handle) appears on 194 US grants and 229 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 194
- Published applications
- 229
- Assignees
- 69
- Inventors
- 352
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2012 | 3 | 9 |
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| 2019 | 10 | 14 |
| 2020 | 21 | 11 |
| 2021 | 9 | 12 |
| 2022 | 12 | 11 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7 |
| 2024 | 4 | 10 |
| 2025 | 6 | 12 |
| 2026 | 4 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Brush head of electric toothbrush and electric toothbrush19 May 2026US 12,629,238 B1
- Oral cleansing device with magnetic fluid connector19 May 2026US 12,629,240 B2Water Pik, Inc.
- Support structure30 Dec 2025US 12,508,111 B2Shanghai Shift Electrics Co., Ltd.
- A personal care apparatus, an attachment, and a removable toothbrush head23 Jul 2026US 2026/0206954 A1Orka Online Ltd
- Device for cleaning surfaces, and use thereof23 Jul 2026US 2026/0206955 A1epitome GmbH
- Electric toothbrush and design method thereof23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207312 A1Cixi Seago Electronics Co., Ltd
- Electric toothbrush device with built-in shrapnel assembly2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183097 A1Guangdong Yingxin Technology Co., Ltd.
- Methods and toothbrush devices for automated toothbrushing11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157833 A1Neluva, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- High frequency electric toothbrush189US 5,613,259 ATeledyne Industries, Inc. · 1997
- Mouth cleaning device173US 4,365,376 AMatsushita Electric Works, Ltd. · 1982
- Toothbrush system170US 5,301,381 A1994
- Toothbrush155US 4,698,869 ABlendax-Werke R. Schneider GmbH & Co. · 1987
- Electric toothbrush150US 5,504,959 AMatsushita Electric Works, Ltd. · 1996