A61C 7/18
Specially adapted to be fixed to teeth with a band
Official title: specially adapted to be fixed to teeth with a band; Bands therefor
A61C7/18 (Specially adapted to be fixed to teeth with a band) appears on 61 US grants and 69 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 61
- Published applications
- 69
- Assignees
- 26
- Inventors
- 109
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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