Patents Assigned to Shofu, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20190209439
    Abstract: A composite material including silanated filler and mixed polymerizable monomer, having a stable pasty property which keeps well and has a consistent usability. A composite material containing a silanated filler, a polymerizable monomer, and a polymerization initiator, and may be produced by a process which includes in order of a mixed polymerizable monomer preparing step, a mixed polymerizable monomer preserving step, a composite material preparing step, a composite material preserving step, a composite material filling step, and a small quantity preserving container preserving step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Yusei KADOBAYASHI, Masako SHIGEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190202731
    Abstract: To provide An Al2O3-free dental lithium silicate glass composition comprising the following components: SiO2: 60.0 to 80.0% by weight Li2O: 10.0 to 17.0% by weight K2O: 0.5 to 10.0% by weight a nucleating agent: 1.0 to 6.0% by weight a colorant: 0.0 to 10.0% by weight, and, a metal oxide Me(tetravalent)O2: 5.0 to 10.0% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki YAMAMOTO, Daisuke TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190192257
    Abstract: To provide a resin cured body for dental cutting processing used for cutting and machining using a dental CAD/CAM system, wherein the resin cured body consists of the cured body of a composition comprising: (a) an inorganic filler containing 55 wt. % or more of an element belonging to group II and/or group XIII of the periodic table in terms of an oxide, (b) a polymerizable monomer, and (c) a polymerization initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Mamoru HOSOKAWA, Toshio KITAMURA
  • Patent number: 10311753
    Abstract: The compression molded tooth used for practicing dental cutting treatment of the present invention comprises a composition containing a powder or powders of saccharide, polysaccharide, protein, and/or glycoprotein each having a particle size of 1 to 100 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Yusei Kadobayashi, Masako Shigezawa
  • Patent number: 10307344
    Abstract: To provide a two-paste type sealer composition for root canal filling consisting of a first paste containing a polymer (a) of an acid group-containing polymerizable monomer in which a portion or the entirety of the acidic group in a molecule forms a salt with an alkaline metal, a non-acid reactive powder (b) and water (c), wherein the pH of the first paste is in the range from 3.5 to 5.5, and a second paste containing an acid reactive inorganic powder (d), water (c) and a thickener (e), wherein, a cured product of a kneaded material of the first paste and the second paste comprises 3 to 20 part by weight of the polymer (a), 15 to 60 part by weight of the water (c), and 30 to 70 part by weight of the acid reactive inorganic powder (d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Shuji Sakamoto, Katsuya Kimoto, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka
  • Patent number: 10265248
    Abstract: A composite material including silanated filler and mixed polymerizable monomer, having a stable pasty property which keeps well and has a consistent usability. A composite material containing a silanated filler, a polymerizable monomer, and a polymerization initiator, and may be produced by a process which includes in order of a mixed polymerizable monomer preparing step, a mixed polymerizable monomer preserving step, a composite material preparing step, a composite material preserving step, a composite material filling step, and a small quantity preserving container preserving step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Yusei Kadobayashi, Masako Shigezawa
  • Patent number: 10206857
    Abstract: A primer composition for a resin cured material according to the present disclosure comprising (A) a polymerizable monomer having a solubility parameter (an SP value) in the range of from 7.0 to 10.0, (B) a volatile organic solvent, (C) a polymerization catalyst and/or a polymerization accelerator, and (D) a polymerizable monomer having at least two polymerizable group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Hara, Naoya Kitada
  • Patent number: 10188491
    Abstract: A dental restoration producing system of producing a dental restoration from a dental mill blank with one or more through-holes according to one embodiment, when the dental restoration includes no through-hole of the dental restoration, the superposed data generating section generates a superposed data in which at least one through-hole of the dental mill blank is not superposed with the dental restoration, when the dental restoration includes a through-hole of the dental restoration, the superposed data generating section generates a superposed data in which at least one through-hole of the dental mill blank is not superposed with the dental restoration and the through-hole of the dental restoration, or a superposed data in which at least one through-hole of the dental mill blank is included in the through-hole of the dental restoration which is larger than the at least one through-hole of the dental mill blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Norihiro Matsui, Yusei Kadobayashi
  • Patent number: 10149802
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a deagglomerated glass filler for sustained ion release for imparting ion sustained-release property to a dental material for use in the dental field. The dental material means a material for use in filling, prosthetic repair, temporary sealing, temporary bonding, preparation of a prosthetic appliance, adhesion/luting, pit and fissure sealing, or the like in a dental treatment. A glass filler for sustained ion release that sufficiently continuously releases a metal ion present in a glass composition as compared with a conventional glass filler for sustained ion release has been demanded in the field of a dental material. Such an object is achieved by a glass filler for sustained ion release that is obtained by performing a silane compound treatment step and an acidic polymer treatment step and that is controlled to satisfy a specific D50 particle size relationship in each of the steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Hara, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Yusei Kadobayashi
  • Publication number: 20180344579
    Abstract: To provide a dental composition wherein the acid buffering capacity can be attained and the acid resistance of the tooth substance can be improved while maintaining very high foul breath inhibition capacity. A dental composition including: ion sustained-release glass; and a carrier for supporting the ion sustained-release glass, wherein the ion sustained-release glass is fluoroaluminoborosilicate glass having a composition range of: 15% to 35% by mass SiO2; 15% to 30% by mass Al2O3; 5% to 20% by mass B2O3; 20% to 45% by mass SrO; 5% to 15% by mass F; and 0% to 10% by mass Na2O.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke HARA, Yuji SADAKANE, Katsura ISHIKAWA, Hidefumi FUJIMURA, Shuji SAKAMOTO, Akihiro NAGAFUJI, Toshiyuki NAKATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20180333337
    Abstract: To provide a phosphate-based dental investment material which can used for metal and press ceramic and especially can impart the lubricity to the surface of a press ceramic, and a phosphate-based dental investment material which can be subjected to a flash heating for press ceramic, can obtain sufficient the hardening expansion, and can easily remove the investment material after press molding. A phosphate-based dental investment material of the present disclosure comprising a powder material and a liquid material, wherein the powder material contains (a) magnesium oxide: 5 to 20 wt. %; (b) ammonium dihydrogenphosphate: 8 to 25 wt. % and the liquid material contains (c) aqueous solution including a cation-treated colloidal silica.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Toshio KITAMURA, Masahiro KAZAMA
  • Patent number: 10130564
    Abstract: Provided are dental polymerizable monomers that can give cured products having high toughness and high rigidity, dental polymerizable monomer compositions containing the polymerizable monomers, and dental compositions containing the dental polymerizable monomer compositions, and cured products thereof having high mechanical properties. The dental polymerizable monomer (A) which includes a urethane acrylate obtained from an appropriately rigid diisocyanate and an appropriately flexible hydroxyacrylate is used to prepare a dental polymerizable monomer composition containing the dental polymerizable monomer, and a dental composition containing the dental polymerizable monomer composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., SHOFU INC., SUN MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Yoshinaga, Hiroshi Naruse, Mitsuji Teramae, Kiyomi Fuchigami, Hidefumi Fujimura, Masuji Tsuchikawa, Hirofumi Imai
  • Patent number: 10130563
    Abstract: Provided are dental polymerizable monomer compositions that can give cured products having high toughness and high rigidity, and dental compositions containing such dental polymerizable monomer compositions and cured products thereof having high mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., SHOFU INC., SUN MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Yoshinaga, Hiroshi Naruse, Mitsuji Teramae, Kiyomi Fuchigami, Hidefumi Fujimura, Masuji Tsuchikawa, Hirofumi Imai
  • Publication number: 20180280254
    Abstract: The present invention provides the dental primer for modifying surface of a dental restoration, comprising: an organic solvent, a silane coupling agent and an acid anhydride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Yusei KADOBAYASHI, Masako SHIGEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20180280253
    Abstract: The present invention provides the dental primer for modifying surface of a dental restoration, comprising: an organic solvent, a silane coupling agent and a weakly acidic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Yusei KADOBAYASHI, Masako SHIGEZAWA
  • Patent number: 10085923
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dental curable composition that can be suitably used as a dental material that can substitute part or all of a natural tooth, in particular, a resin material for dental cutting and machining in the field of dental care. An object of the present invention is to provide a dental curable composition in which, when a block shape usable as a resin material for dental cutting and machining is produced while mechanical properties such as hardness, bending strength and compressive strength as well as aesthetic property required for a crown prosthetic appliance are maintained, the dental curable composition can be molded and processed with pressure and heating while strain generated in the block is reduced and no cracks and chipping occur. There is provided a dental curable composition including (a) a polymerizable monomer and (b) a filler in a weight ratio of 10:90 to 70:30, and including 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of (c) a polymerization initiator and 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Toshio Kitamura, Masanori Goto, Tomohiro Kai, Satoshi Takano, Yoshiyuki Jogetsu
  • Patent number: 10010382
    Abstract: A paste-type dental material is filled from an opening portion of a cartridge into a cylindrical portion by moving the opening portion of the cylindrical portion of the cartridge along a kneading surface, on which the paste-type dental material is kneaded, with the opening portion being inclined. The piston is placed on the kneading surface with a circular end surface of the piston contacting the kneading surface. The piston is inserted into the cylindrical portion by moving the opening portion of the cylindrical portion of the cartridge closer to the piston located on the kneading surface such that a piston-side tapered surface or the piston-side curved surface of the piston is fitted into the opening portion, and thereafter moving the one of the two ends of the cylindrical portion toward the kneading surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Ryouji Takei, Akira Yoneda, Shuji Sakamoto, Yusei Kadobayashi
  • Publication number: 20180147034
    Abstract: A dental mill blank having a multi-layer structure has been required to improve the reproducibility of a color tone of the natural tooth in a dental crown restoration cut by CAD/CAM technique. Especially, a reproduction of the color tone of a cavity or a groove is required in a dental crown form of the molar tooth. The present disclosure provides a dental mill blank having three or more layers wherein a color of a 30% position layer which includes a 30% position which is a position spaced from a surface of the dental mill blank of a W layer-side by 30% satisfies a specified relational expression, and a contrast ratio of the 30% position layer is within a range of the contrast ratio of the D layer×(0.70 to 1.00).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro TORITA, Yusei KADOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9975140
    Abstract: A cartridge fitting portion of a cylindrical syringe made of a resin includes an end surface opening portion, a continuous opening portion continuous with the end surface opening portion, opened in a radial direction, and extending in an extending direction, and a recess portion configured to communicate with the end surface opening portion, the continuous opening portion, and an internal passage in a cylindrical body. The recess portion includes a flange fitting recess to be fitted with a flange portion of a cartridge, and a cylindrical portion fitting recess that communicates with the flange fitting recess and is fitted with a part of the cylindrical portion. A wall portion surrounding the cylindrical portion fitting recess of the cartridge fitting portion is configured to warp into snap engagement with the part of the cylindrical portion when the part of the cylindrical portion is inserted from the continuous opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Ryouji Takei, Akira Yoneda, Shuji Sakamoto, Yusei Kadobayashi
  • Publication number: 20180125616
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dental cutting zirconia blank having high relative density for preparing a dental restoration. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a dental cutting zirconia blank which consists of a zirconia ceramics used for the cutting with the CAD/CAM system in the dental field, a semi-sinter zirconia blank (pre-sintered body) of which has high relative density, and which can provide a prosthesis device having high aesthetics after sintering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Toshio KITAMURA, Rieko AIBA