A61C 9/0053
Optical means or methods
Official title: {Optical means or methods, e.g. scanning the teeth by a laser or light beam}
A61C9/0053 (Optical means or methods) appears on 1,572 US grants and 2,320 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 1,572
- Published applications
- 2,320
- Assignees
- 453
- Inventors
- 2,315
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- 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.
- System, device and methods for dental digital impressions8 Sep 2026US 12,727,966 B2Luminx Il Ltd
- Three-dimensional scanner and control method8 Sep 2026US 12,727,975 B2J. Morita Mfg. Corp.
- 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
- Enamel width and dentin shape from near infrared scans24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283577 A1
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- Methods for manufacturing a dental implant drill guide and a dental implant superstructure891US 5,725,376 A1998
- Method of and apparatus for making a prosthesis, especially a dental prosthesis806US 4,663,720 A1987
- Dental modeling simulator711US 5,338,198 ADACIM Laboratory Inc. · 1994
- Method for facilitating dental diagnosis and treatment692US 5,562,448 A1996