A61C 7/34
Using lock pins
Official title: using lock pins
A61C7/34 (Using lock pins) appears on 26 US grants and 42 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 26
- Published applications
- 42
- Assignees
- 17
- Inventors
- 59
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Orthodontic appliance and orthodontic system15 Sep 2026US 12,734,020 B2Guangzhou Oo Medical Scientific Limited
- Extended buccal tube29 Jul 2025US 12,370,022 B2Thomas F. Gessel, PLLC
- Orthodontic appliance with non-sliding archform17 Sep 2024US 12,090,025 B2Swift Health Systems Inc.
- Self-ligating bracket with cantilever locking beam mechanism and other locking elements for ligating sliding members, and methods of making and use thereof16 Apr 2024US 11,957,537 B2
- Anteroposterior correction devices23 May 2023US 11,654,000 B2Under Dog Media, L.P.
- Orthodontic bracket and method of using same20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240627 A1
- Slide-type self-ligating orthodontic bracket assembly1 May 2025US 2025/0134631 A1Gni. Co., Ltd.
- Orthodontic appliance and orthodontic system30 Jan 2025US 2025/0032224 A1Guangzhou Oo Medical Scientific Limited
- Orthodontic appliance and orthodontic system16 Jan 2025US 2025/0017700 A1Guangzhou Oo Medical Scientific Limited
- Orthodontic appliance with non-sliding archform5 Dec 2024US 2024/0398513 A1Swift Health Systems Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Bracket for orthodontic appliances23US 7,074,037 B22006
- Orthodontic apparatus with self-ligating bracket10US 7,845,939 B22010
- Self-ligating orthodontic brackets10US 9,480,541 B2DENTSPLY International Inc. · 2016
- Orthodontic coupling pin7US 6,234,791 B13M Innovative Properties Company · 2001
- Orthodonic post and pin assembly6US 10,456,219 B2Ortho Solutions, LC · 2019