Patents by Inventor Tomonao Shimizu

Tomonao Shimizu 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: 20220054371
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tooth cleaning composition containing a weakly acidic hypochlorite solution that has an effective chloride concentration of 100-2000 (mass ppm) and a pH of 3.0-6.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki OYA, Hideki KAZAMA, Kouichirou HIRATA, Jyunichirou YAMAGAWA, Tomonao SHIMIZU, Ryuuta KIRA, Ayumu TAKAHASHI, Eibu SAKATA
  • Patent number: 10993889
    Abstract: A polyaryletherketone resin material is provided for dental use having high color tone stability in the case of exposure to visible light. The polyaryletherketone resin material for dental use includes a polyaryletherketone resin, which is a thermoplastic resin containing at least an aromatic group, an ether group (ether bond), and a ketone group (ketone bond) in its structural unit, and having a b* value of 10.0 or more in terms of colorimetric value of a 1.0 mm molded body in a CIELab color system under a black background condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventors: Tomonao Shimizu, Junichiro Yamagawa, Yuko Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 10813850
    Abstract: A dental resin composite material is provided that is reduced in darkness of its color tone, and also reduced in burning and color unevenness. Specifically provided are a dental resin composite material including 100 parts by mass of a polyaryletherketone resin, 10 parts by mass to 300 parts by mass of inorganic particles, and 90 ppm or less of an impurity having an aromatic ring, a method of producing the dental resin composite material, and a polyaryletherketone resin for producing a dental resin composite material, to be used for producing the dental resin composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichiro Yamagawa, Tomonao Shimizu, Yuko Nagasawa, Anna Uehara
  • Patent number: 10639131
    Abstract: A resin block that can be favorably used for obtaining dental prosthetics through the milling work, containing very little voids, having excellent property for being cut, exhibiting excellent appearance and mechanical strength, and without permitting the formation of defective products. The resin block contains a thermoplastic resin having a fluidizing temperature in a range of 310 to 500° C. and inorganic particles in an amount of 30 to 150 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of said thermoplastic resin. The inorganic particles are at least one kind of inorganic oxide particles selected from the group consisting of silica particles, silica composite particles of silica and other metal oxides, titania particles, and titania composite particles of titania and other metal oxides. The resin block has a thick portion of a thickness of at least not less than 5 mm, and does not contain any void whose length is not less than 1.0 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Tokuyama Dental Corporation
    Inventors: Junichiro Yamagawa, Tomonao Shimizu, Yuko Nagasawa
  • Publication number: 20190282455
    Abstract: A polyaryletherketone resin material is provided for dental use having high color tone stability in the case of exposure to visible light. The polyaryletherketone resin material for dental use includes a polyaryletherketone resin, which is a thermoplastic resin containing at least an aromatic group, an ether group (ether bond), and a ketone group (ketone bond) in its structural unit, and having a b* value of 10.0 or more in terms of colorimetric value of a 1.0 mm molded body in a CIELab color system under a black background condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Tomonao SHIMIZU, Junichiro YAMAGAWA, Yuko NAGASAWA
  • Publication number: 20190274931
    Abstract: A dental resin composite material is provided that is reduced in darkness of its color tone, and also reduced in burning and color unevenness. Specifically provided are a dental resin composite material including 100 parts by mass of a polyaryletherketone resin, 10 parts by mass to 300 parts by mass of inorganic particles, and 90 ppm or less of an impurity having an aromatic ring, a method of producing the dental resin composite material, and a polyaryletherketone resin for producing a dental resin composite material, to be used for producing the dental resin composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Junichiro YAMAGAWA, Tomonao SHIMIZU, Yuko NAGASAWA, Anna UEHARA
  • Patent number: 10285914
    Abstract: To enable firm bonding to a member including a polyaryl ether ketone resin. A bonding method including: a bonding material applying step for applying, to the surface of a member including a polyaryl ether ketone resin, a bonding material including (A) a polymerizable monomer and (B) at least a portion of components for configuring a polymerization initiator, the content ratio of polymerizable monomers at least having two or more polymerizable functional groups in a (p2) molecule among all polymerizable monomers being 50% by mass or greater, and the content ratio of polymerizable monomers at least having one or more polymerizable functional groups and one or more functional groups capable of hydrogen bonding in a (p1h1) molecule being 5% by mass or greater; and a curing step for curing the bonding material. A bonding material and bonding kit using the bonding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonao Shimizu, Junichiro Yamagawa
  • Publication number: 20180303587
    Abstract: A resin block that can be favorably used for obtaining dental prosthetics through the milling work, containing very little voids, having excellent property for being cut, exhibiting excellent appearance and mechanical strength, and without permitting the formation of defective products. The resin block contains a thermoplastic resin having a fluidizing temperature in a range of 310 to 500° C. and inorganic particles in an amount of 30 to 150 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of said thermoplastic resin. The inorganic particles are at least one kind of inorganic oxide particles selected from the group consisting of silica particles, silica composite particles of silica and other metal oxides, titania particles, and titania composite particles of titania and other metal oxides. The resin block has a thick portion of a thickness of at least not less than 5 mm, and does not contain any void whose length is not less than 1.0 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Junichiro YAMAGAWA, Tomonao SHIMIZU, Yuko NAGASAWA
  • Patent number: 9987199
    Abstract: Provided are a dental adhesive composition, a dental adhesive primer, a dental adhesive bonding material, a dental adhesive composite resin, and a dental adhesive resin cement each having an excellent adhesive force and excellent adhesion durability. Specifically, provided are a dental adhesive composition, including (A) a polymerizable monomer containing an acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer, and (B) a dendritic polymer, and a dental adhesive primer, a dental adhesive bonding material, a dental adhesive composite resin, and a dental adhesive resin cement each using the dental adhesive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Inaki, Tomonao Shimizu, Kouichirou Hirata
  • Publication number: 20170156991
    Abstract: To enable firm bonding to a member including a polyaryl ether ketone resin. A bonding method including: a bonding material applying step for applying, to the surface of a member including a polyaryl ether ketone resin, a bonding material including (A) a polymerizable monomer and (B) at least a portion of components for configuring a polymerization initiator, the content ratio of polymerizable monomers at least having two or more polymerizable functional groups in a (p2) molecule among all polymerizable monomers being 50% by mass or greater, and the content ratio of polymerizable monomers at least having one or more polymerizable functional groups and one or more functional groups capable of hydrogen bonding in a (p1h1) molecule being 5% by mass or greater; and a curing step for curing the bonding material. A bonding material and bonding kit using the bonding method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonao SHIMIZU, Junichiro YAMAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20170044348
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composite material that has more excellent toughness than that of a related-art resin composite material, and hence, while having rigidity, does not undergo breakage even when a certain strain is applied thereto. Specifically, provided is a resin composite material, including: (A) 100 parts by volume of a polyaryletherketone resin having a melt viscosity of from 210 [Pa·s] to 350 [Pa·s] at a temperature of 370° C. and a shear rate of 1,220 [1/s]; and (B) 20 parts by volume to 60 parts by volume of inorganic particles. Also provided is a method of manufacturing the resin composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichiro YAMAGAWA, Tomonao SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 9114080
    Abstract: A dental curable composition includes: a radically polymerizable monomer; a polymerization initiator; and a hyperbranched polymer, in which the hyperbranched polymer includes a unit structure represented by the general formula (I) and unit structures represented by the general formula (IIA) and/or the general formula (IIB) (in the general formula (I), A represents a single bond for bonding C and R1, >C?O, —O—, or —COO—, R1 represents a divalent saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group or a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and in the general formula (IIA) and the general formula (IIB), R3, R4, and R5 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryl group, or a cyano group, and R6 represents an alkylene group).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonao Shimizu, Tatsuya Yamazaki, Hideki Kazama, Hironobu Akizumi
  • Publication number: 20150190313
    Abstract: Provided are a dental adhesive composition, a dental adhesive primer, a dental adhesive bonding material, a dental adhesive composite resin, and a dental adhesive resin cement each having an excellent adhesive force and excellent adhesion durability. Specifically, provided are a dental adhesive composition, including (A) a polymerizable monomer containing an acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer, and (B) a dendritic polymer, and a dental adhesive primer, a dental adhesive bonding material, a dental adhesive composite resin, and a dental adhesive resin cement each using the dental adhesive composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Inaki, Tomonao Shimizu, Kouichirou Hirata
  • Publication number: 20130324635
    Abstract: A dental curable composition includes: a radically polymerizable monomer; a polymerization initiator; and a hyperbranched polymer, in which the hyperbranched polymer includes a unit structure represented by the general formula (I) and unit structures represented by the general formula (IIA) and/or the general formula (IIB) (in the general formula (I), A represents a single bond for bonding C and R1, >C?O, —O—, or —COO—, R1 represents a divalent saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group or a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and in the general formula (IIA) and the general formula (IIB), R3, R4, and R5 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryl group, or a cyano group, and R6 represents an alkylene group).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonao Shimizu, Tatsuya Yamazaki, Hideki Kazama, Hironobu Akizumi