A61C 9/004
Means or methods for taking digitized impressions
Official title: {Means or methods for taking digitized impressions}
A61C9/004 (Means or methods for taking digitized impressions) appears on 2,316 US grants and 3,301 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 2,316
- Published applications
- 3,301
- Assignees
- 630
- Inventors
- 3,182
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 234 | 320 |
| 2025 | 227 | 262 |
| 2026 | 129 | 179 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Selecting tool heads for a tooth preparation6 Oct 2026US 12,751,793 B2Exocad GmbH
- Computer-implemented dental restoration design6 Oct 2026US 12,751,800 B2James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.
- Oral image processing device and oral image processing method29 Sep 2026US 12,745,911 B2Medit Corp.
- Acquisition kit29 Sep 2026US 12,746,105 B2Dental Monitoring
- Systems and methods for identifying and correcting food traps22 Sep 2026US 12,740,712 B2Align Technology, Inc.
- Method for analyzing an image of a dental arch1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294595 A1Dental Monitoring
- Manufacturing method of transparent orthodontic device apparatus using 3D printer1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294596 A1Ods Co., Ltd.
- Generation of a three-dimensional representation of a dental object during scanning with a dental imaging device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294597 A13Shape A/S
- Image-based longitudinal analysis1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294598 A1Align Technology, Inc.
- 3d scanner for minimizing motion blur1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303972 A13Shape A/S
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device for obtaining three dimensional contour data and for operating on a patient and related method1,551US 5,343,391 A1994
- Method and system for incrementally moving teeth987US 5,975,893 AAlign Technology, Inc. · 1999
- Method and apparatus for the fabrication of custom-shaped implants938US 4,575,805 A1986
- Methods for manufacturing a dental implant drill guide and a dental implant superstructure891US 5,725,376 A1998
- Method for making a perfected medical model on the basis of digital image information of a part of the body850US 5,768,134 AMaterialise, Naamloze Vennootschap · 1998