A61C 7/282
Buccal tubes
Official title: {Buccal tubes}
A61C7/282 (Buccal tubes) appears on 166 US grants and 171 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 166
- Published applications
- 171
- Assignees
- 68
- Inventors
- 276
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Orthodontic appliance and orthodontic system15 Sep 2026US 12,734,020 B2Guangzhou Oo Medical Scientific Limited
- Orthodontic tube system7 Apr 2026US 12,594,149 B2
- Devices, systems, and methods for dental arch expansion31 Mar 2026US 12,588,978 B2Align Technology, Inc.
- Orthodontic brackets, systems, and methods24 Feb 2026US 12,558,194 B2The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Manufacture of patient-specific orthodontic tube11 Nov 2025US 12,465,462 B2LightForce Orthodontics, Inc.
- Devices, systems, and methods for dental arch expansion10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263193 A1
- Buccal tube and method for protecting end of archwire3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256549 A1Shanghai Stomatological Hospital (Shanghai Stomatologic Health Center)
- Systems, methods, and devices for treating mouth and jaw disorders3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256615 A1
- Orthodontic appliance for children's dental crossbite and a preparation method thereof16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199063 A1
- Curable Composition for Producing Transparent Orthodontic Attachments29 Jan 2026US 2026/0028440 A1Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Orthodontic appliance and group standardized brackets therefor and methods of making, assembling and using appliance to straighten teeth581US 5,533,895 AOrmco Corporation · 1996
- Orthodontic appliances for dental arch expansion102US 4,886,451 AGAC International, Inc. · 1989
- Orthodontic bracket and its tool83US 6,368,105 B12002
- Bony anchor positioner78US 5,938,437 A1999
- Fixation mechanism for post and tube dental appliance78US 6,086,364 ARMO, Inc. · 2000