A61C 7/02
Tools for manipulating or working with an orthodontic appliance
Official title: Tools for manipulating or working with an orthodontic appliance {(tools for placement of brackets A61C7/146; instruments for attaching elastic bands A61C7/306)}
A61C7/02 (Tools for manipulating or working with an orthodontic appliance) appears on 377 US grants and 419 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 377
- Published applications
- 419
- Assignees
- 133
- Inventors
- 660
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2023 | 19 | 22 |
| 2024 | 29 | 25 |
| 2025 | 19 | 13 |
| 2026 | 13 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Orthodontic devices and methods for using those devices8 Sep 2026US 12,727,968 B2Ormco Corporation
- Dental coil spring extension device1 Sep 2026US 12,721,699 B2
- Dental appliance hook placement and visualization25 Aug 2026US 12,714,541 B2Align Technology, Inc.
- Bone anchor with a drilling template connecting to this bone anchor and method for manufacturing the bone anchor and the drilling template30 Jun 2026US 12,667,374 B2Tita-Link B.V.
- Systems and methods for controlling a cutting head of a cutting device26 May 2026US 12,636,126 B1Oxilio Ltd
- Oral appliances23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207304 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Reference Picture Management in Video Coding18 Jun 2026US 2026/0172545 A1Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Dental appliances and associated methods of manufacturing11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157823 A1Brius Technologies, Inc.
- Reference Picture Management in Video Coding28 May 2026US 2026/0149802 A1Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Reference Picture Management in Video Coding21 May 2026US 2026/0143110 A1Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Orthodontic appliance debonder510US 5,645,421 AGreat Lakes Orthodontics, Ltd. · 1997
- Dental apparatus for bending and twisting wire pieces507US 4,656,860 A1987
- Bite control point and a method to form a projection on tooth surface440US 5,964,587 A1999
- Dental articulator, new bite registration guide, and diagnostic procedure associated with stereodont orthodontic study model419US 3,983,628 A1976
- Pliers for forming orthodontic wires306US 7,967,602 B22011