A61C 7/026
For twisting orthodontic ligature wires
Official title: {for twisting orthodontic ligature wires}
A61C7/026 (For twisting orthodontic ligature wires) appears on 20 US grants and 17 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 20
- Published applications
- 17
- Assignees
- 6
- Inventors
- 36
- Latest grant
- 7 Oct 2025
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| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2017 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
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- Apparatus for processing wire preventing z-axis bending19 Oct 2023US 2023/0329840 A1Yoat Co., Ltd.
- Tool for use with orthodontic brackets12 Jan 2023US 2023/0008397 A1World Class Technology Corporation
- Closure devices including incremental release mechanisms and methods therefor26 Aug 2021US 2021/0259366 A1Boa Technology Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Closure devices including incremental release mechanisms and methods therefor79US 9,706,814 B2Boa Technology Inc. · 2017
- Closure devices including incremental release mechanisms and methods therefor24US 10,251,451 B2Boa Technology Inc. · 2019
- Crimpable retraction loop23US 10,278,792 B22019
- Ligature tying instrument15US 4,392,494 A1983
- Closure devices including incremental release mechanisms and methods therefor10US 10,959,492 B2Boa Technology Inc. · 2021