A61C 8/005
Connecting devices for joining an upper structure with an implant member
Official title: {Connecting devices for joining an upper structure with an implant member, e.g. spacers}
A61C8/005 (Connecting devices for joining an upper structure with an implant member) appears on 1,310 US grants and 1,801 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 1,310
- Published applications
- 1,801
- Assignees
- 551
- Inventors
- 2,028
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 37 | 41 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61C 8/0068With an additional screw561
- A61C 8/0069Tapered or conical connection484
- A61C 8/006With polygonal positional means467
- A61C 8/0066With positioning means343
- A61C 8/0054Having a cylindrical implant connecting part322
- A61C 8/0074With external threads167
- A61C 8/0059With additional friction enhancing means166
- A61C 8/0053With angular adjustment means152
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Bracket for permitting tipping and limiting uprighting452US 4,877,398 ATP Orthodontics, Inc. · 1989
- self-taping screw-in bone implant for dental purposes331US 4,863,383 A1989
- Bone anchoring apparatus and method305US 5,584,695 AMemory Medical Systems, Inc. · 1996
- Submergible screw-type dental implant and method of utilization253US 4,713,004 AVent-Plant Corporation · 1987
- Ceramic endosseous implant243US 4,259,072 AKyoto Ceramic Co., Ltd. · 1981