A61C 7/148
With occlusal or gingival archwire slot opening
Official title: {with occlusal or gingival archwire slot opening (A61C7/145 takes precedence)}
A61C7/148 (With occlusal or gingival archwire slot opening) appears on 55 US grants and 65 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 55
- Published applications
- 65
- Assignees
- 26
- Inventors
- 86
- Latest grant
- 25 Nov 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Dental appliances and associated systems and methods25 Nov 2025US 12,478,456 B2Brius Technologies, Inc.
- Bracket28 Oct 2025US 12,453,620 B2Swissodont GmbH
- Systems and methods for orthodontic bracket design9 Sep 2025US 12,409,014 B2LightForce Orthodontics, Inc.
- Orthodontic treatment system18 Feb 2025US 12,226,278 B2KLOwen Braces, Inc.
- Dental appliances and associated systems and methods19 Nov 2024US 12,144,700 B2Brius Technologies, Inc.
- Systems and methods for orthodontic bracket design8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306219 A1LightForce Orthodontics, Inc.
- Additively manufactured orthodontic appliances7 May 2026US 2026/0124023 A1LightForce Orthodontics, Inc.
- Systems and methods for orthodontic bracket design5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060783 A1LightForce Orthodontics, Inc.
- Dental appliances and associated systems and methods11 Dec 2025US 2025/0375266 A1Brius Technologies, Inc.
- Slide-type self-ligating orthodontic bracket assembly1 May 2025US 2025/0134631 A1Gni. Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System for automatically preventing overtipping and/or overuprighting in the begg technique474US 4,664,626 A1987
- Modular system for customized orthodontic appliances172US 6,776,614 B2Lingualcare, Inc. · 2004
- Retainer members for orthodontic brackets67US 4,144,642 A1979
- Modular system for customized orthodontic appliances62US 7,811,087 B23M Innovative Properties Company · 2010
- Modular system for customized orthodontic appliances62US 7,850,451 B23M Innovative Properties Company · 2010