A61C 3/025
Instruments acting like a sandblast machine
Official title: Instruments acting like a sandblast machine, e.g. for cleaning, polishing or cutting teeth
A61C3/025 (Instruments acting like a sandblast machine) appears on 207 US grants and 183 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 207
- Published applications
- 183
- Assignees
- 103
- Inventors
- 345
- Latest grant
- 9 Jun 2026
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| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026 | 1 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Oral care device and method9 Jun 2026US 12,649,067 B2Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Cyclodextrins as dental cleaning powders25 Nov 2025US 12,478,573 B2Ferton Holding S.A.
- Method for installing ceramic veneers without tooth-grinding2 Sep 2025US 12,402,992 B2
- Powder chamber for an air-polishing device and air-polishing device12 Aug 2025US 12,383,376 B2Ferton Holding S.A.
- Coated abrasive tool, method for producing the same and abrasive dental product24 Jun 2025US 12,338,534 B2ecoCOAT GmbH
- Dental air-abrasion handle capable of illumination8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306214 A1Guilin Woodpecker Medical Instrument Co., Ltd.
- Dental micro-abrasive delivery device6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224328 A1
- Device to allow a cleaning of a nozzle of a dental tool and a system including the nozzle element and the device28 May 2026US 2026/0145212 A1Ferton Holding S.A.
- Fluid on-off control structure and air polishing dental apparatus23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108325 A1Guilin Woodpecker Medical Instrument Co., Ltd.
- System for producing a powder-gas jet for performing a dental treatment5 Feb 2026US 2026/0033930 A1Ferton Holding S.A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus, method and expedient materials for ultrasonic preparation of human and animal hard or soft tissues and of dental or bone replacement materials as well as object obtained thereby585US 6,139,320 A2000
- Single multi-function handpiece for dental instruments237US 4,820,152 ADentsply Research & Development Corp. · 1989
- Dental prophylactic apparatus196US 4,492,575 AElectro Medical Systems, Inc. · 1985
- Acoustic tooth cleaner178US 4,331,422 AThe United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1982
- Nozzle head for the hand piece of a dental prophylactic apparatus162US 4,676,749 AEMS Electro Medical Systems, S.A. · 1987