A61C 9/008
Mechanical means or methods
Official title: {Mechanical means or methods, e.g. a contact probe moving over the teeth}
A61C9/008 (Mechanical means or methods) appears on 60 US grants and 69 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 60
- Published applications
- 69
- Assignees
- 34
- Inventors
- 128
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2011 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 8 |
| 2018 | 6 | 2 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Dental device with probe and methods associated therewith9 Dec 2025US 12,491,058 B2Dentlytec G.P.L.Ltd
- Method for manufacturing dental implant components21 Jan 2025US 12,202,203 B2Biomet 3i, LLC
- Method for manufacturing dental implant components21 Jan 2025US 12,202,204 B2Biomet 31, LLC
- Dental impression tray10 Sep 2024US 12,082,990 B1King Faisal University
- Gravity-assisted dental design23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207300 A1Modjaw
- Methods for dental appliance retention modified staging11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157822 A1
- Dental device with probe and methods associated therewith11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157837 A1Dentlytec G.P.L.Ltd
- Oral appliances, their components, and methods of use for oral mapping and hygiene23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108335 A1
- Systems and methods for mapping gingival surface9 Apr 2026US 2026/0096873 A1Claronav Inc.
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
- Contact digitizer, particularly for dental applications635US 5,131,844 AFoster-Miller, Inc. · 1992
- Method of forming orthodontic brace576US 5,395,238 AOrmco Corporation · 1995
- Computer aided processing of three-dimensional object and apparatus therefor566US 5,587,912 ANobelpharma AB · 1996