A61C 7/125
Mouth tissue protecting means
Official title: {Mouth tissue protecting means, e.g. bracket caps}
A61C7/125 (Mouth tissue protecting means) appears on 86 US grants and 106 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 86
- Published applications
- 106
- Assignees
- 29
- Inventors
- 144
- Latest grant
- 31 Mar 2026
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| 2020 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2022 | 3 | 6 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Orthodontic appliance with snap fitted, non-sliding archwire31 Mar 2026US 12,588,980 B2University of Southern California
- Orthodontic cord segment methods9 Sep 2025US 12,409,016 B2
- Orthodontic appliance with snap fitted, non- sliding archwire22 Apr 2025US 12,279,925 B2University of Southern California
- Orthodontic appliance with non-sliding archform14 Jan 2025US 12,193,908 B2Swift Health Systems Inc.
- Powder coated malleable hydrophobic orthodontic device shield29 Oct 2024US 12,127,907 B1OrVance, LLC
- Orthodontic chew, comfort tape, and sticker for therapeutic use and wound care28 May 2026US 2026/0144617 A1Orthonu, LLC
- Orthodontic Cord Segment1 Jan 2026US 2026/0000489 A1
- Orthodontic strip, space measuring device, and method13 Nov 2025US 2025/0345148 A1
- Orthodontic bracket28 Nov 2024US 2024/0390115 A1Medicen Co., Ltd
- Orthodontic Chew, Orthodontic Tape, Orthodontic Chew, and Therapeutic Sticker for Use in the Mouth4 Jul 2024US 2024/0216108 A1Orthonu, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Orthodontic finishing positioner and method of construction533US 4,856,991 AGreat Lakes Orthodontics, Ltd. · 1989
- Orthodontic finishing positioner and method of construction524US 5,035,613 AGreat Lakes Orthodontics, Ltd. · 1991
- Orthodontic finishing positioner and method of construction459US 5,186,623 AGreat Lakes Orthodontics, Ltd. · 1993
- Orthodontic finishing positioner and method of construction440US 5,059,118 AGreat Lakes Orthodontics, Ltd. · 1991
- Interproximal reduction templates100US 10,813,720 B2Align Technology, Inc. · 2020