A61C 19/043
Depth measuring of periodontal pockets
Official title: {Depth measuring of periodontal pockets; Probes therefor}
A61C19/043 (Depth measuring of periodontal pockets) appears on 106 US grants and 96 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 106
- Published applications
- 96
- Assignees
- 68
- Inventors
- 277
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems, devices and methods related to periodontal measurements26 May 2026US 12,635,934 B2
- Device and method for subgingival measurement24 Mar 2026US 12,582,509 B2Luminx Il Ltd
- Method and apparatus for wireless portable ultrasound imaging6 Jan 2026US 12,514,550 B2DenSonics Imaging Inc.
- Dental device with probe and methods associated therewith9 Dec 2025US 12,491,058 B2Dentlytec G.P.L.Ltd
- Laser-assisted oral surgery system14 Oct 2025US 12,440,305 B2
- Device and method for subgingival measurement20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240631 A1
- Dental device with probe and methods associated therewith11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157837 A1Dentlytec G.P.L.Ltd
- Systems and methods for predicting periodontal pocket depth and/or other intraoral conditions30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114972 A1Align Technology, Inc.
- Compact ultrasound transducers for intraoral uses23 Oct 2025US 2025/0330754 A1
- Visual Intraoral Dental Examination Device, Method, System and Kit7 Aug 2025US 2025/0248592 A1Hunte Innovations, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
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- Electronic periodontal probe with a constant force applier121US 4,791,940 AFlorida Probe Corporation · 1988
- Analysis system86US 4,764,114 AFoster-Miller, Inc. · 1988
- Laser excisional new attachment procedure86US 5,642,997 A1997