Patents by Inventor Sumihiko Maeno

Sumihiko Maeno has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20130013082
    Abstract: A metal material for a bioimplant which is excellent in biointegration according to the present invention has a surface treated by sandblasting, and the surface has an average roughness Ra of 1 to 2.5 ?m and is made free from residual abrasive used in the sandblasting treatment by washing with water after the sandblasting treatment and the composition of the metal material surface does not change before and after the sandblasting treatment. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a bioimplant metal material from which an abrasive used for sandblasting treatment can be easily removed by washing with water and which is excellent in biointegration to a bone or the like since having a good roughened surface and a production method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Ishiai, Noriyuki Ishida, Fusako Shibata, Sumihiko Maeno
  • Patent number: 8252061
    Abstract: A femoral stem including a stem member having a distal part of the stem member which is inserted in a medullary cavity of a femur and fixed therein and a proximal part of the stem member which has a neck for fixing an artificial head and is positioned at a proximal end of the distal part. The distal part and the proximal part are integrated or separable. Also, a plate fixing portion is detachably attached at a top of the proximal part, and a greater trochanter plate is provided for depressing the greater trochanter. The greater trochanter is fixed to the plate fixing portion at a certain angle or is fixed to the plate fixing portion so as to adjust an angle of the trochanter plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignees: Japan Medical Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mikami, Sumihiko Maeno
  • Publication number: 20090164026
    Abstract: A femoral stem 2 for artificial hip joint is provided that is capable of tightly fixing a greater trochanter and is suitable for treatment of transcervical fracture where it is necessary to fix the greater trochanter. The femoral stem 2 comprising: a stem member 20 including a distal part 21 of the stem member which is inserted in a medullary cavity of a femur and fixed therein and a proximal part 22 of the stem member which has a neck 26 for fixing an artificial head and is positioned at a proximal end of the distal part, the distal part and the proximal part being integrated or separable; a plate fixing portion 36 which is detachably attached at a top of the proximal part; and a greater trochanter plate 3 for depressing the greater trochanter 71, the greater trochanter being fixed to the plate fixing portion 36 at a certain angle or fixed to the plate fixing portion so as to adjust an angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mikami, Sumihiko Maeno
  • Patent number: 7237418
    Abstract: It is an object to realize and establish new extrusion technology for manufacturing a light-metal hollow member (product) having excellent mechanical properties with constant stability and also efficiently manufacturing the product having a strength satisfying a required level at low cost, by using a hollow die such as a bridge die. The object is achieved by dividing and joining/welding a light-metal material with a hollow extrusion die and then extruding the light-metal material to form in a desired cross-sectional shape through a die opening, wherein the strain level applied to the light-metal material after the joining/welding is maintained at 1.8 or more and the extrusion is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Sumihiko Maeno, Akira Sakae
  • Publication number: 20060207308
    Abstract: It is an object to realize and establish new extrusion technology for manufacturing a light-metal hollow member (product) having excellent mechanical properties with constant stability and also efficiently manufacturing the product having a strength satisfying a required level at low cost, by using a hollow die such as a bridge die. The object is achieved by dividing and joining/welding a light-metal material with a hollow extrusion die and then extruding the light-metal material to form in a desired cross-sectional shape through a die opening, wherein the strain level applied to the light-metal material after the joining/welding is maintained at 1.8 or more and the extrusion is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Sumihiko Maeno, Akira Sakae