Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Nakatsuka

Toshiyuki Nakatsuka 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: 20170231874
    Abstract: To provide a sealer composition for root canal filling consisting of a liquid material 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 and water (b), wherein the pH of the liquid material is in the range from 3.5 to 5.5, and a powder material containing an acid reactive inorganic powder (c), wherein, a cured product of a kneaded material of the liquid material and the powder material comprises 3 to 20 part by weight of the polymer (a), 10 to 60 part by weight of the water (b), and 30 to 85 part by weight of the acid reactive inorganic powder (c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Shuji SAKAMOTO, Katsuya KIMOTO, Toshiyuki NAKATSUKA
  • Patent number: 9526677
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dental curing composition to restore a lost portion of a tooth generated due to dental caries, tooth fracturing, etc. The dental curing composition has packability suitable for restoring a posterior tooth; has a paste character of avoiding stickiness to a filling instrument; has excellent shaping properties; has very little paste character over time; and has a low polymerization shrinkage property. The dental curing composition comprises: (a) a matrix resin whose viscosity at 25° C. is 10,000 to 17,000 mPa·s, (b) an organic-inorganic composite filler, (c) an inorganic filler, and (d) a polymeric initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SHOFU
    Inventors: Yuji Sadakane, Hideto Kasaba, Shunsuke Miyata, Katsuya Kimoto, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka
  • Patent number: 9511005
    Abstract: A single-paste, self-adhesive dental curable composition that has strong self-adhesion to biological hard tissues (such as enamel and dentin of teeth) and good color tone adaptability suitable for use for aesthetic restoration is provided. A dental curable composition contains: an inorganic particle (A) with an average grain size in the range of 0.1 to 50 ?m; an inorganic particle (B) with an average grain size in the range of 0.1 to 50 ?m; a polymerizable monomer (C); and a polymerization catalyst (D). The refractive index na of the inorganic particle (A) and the refractive index nb of the inorganic particle (B) meet the relationship of na>nb. A cured resin material (E), which is obtained by curing a polymerizable composition containing the polymerizable monomer (C) and the polymerization catalyst (D), has a refractive index ne that meets the relationship (1): 0?|na?ne|<0.01?ne?nb?0.05??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Kazuya Shinno, Satoshi Fujiwara, Daisuke Hara
  • Patent number: 9456964
    Abstract: A dental resin temporary sealing material composition that is excellent in adhesion to the tooth substance and removability of the hardened material and has a preventive function of releasing various ions including a fluoride ion is provided. The adhesion to cavity walls can be improved and, since there is little dimensional change during hardening, excellent sealability in a cavity can be attained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Yuji Sadakane, Katsura Ishikawa, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka
  • Publication number: 20160213576
    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: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Hara, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Yusei Kadobayashi
  • Patent number: 9393082
    Abstract: A viscous material container that makes it unlikely that air remains in a housing when a piston is inserted from an insertion port of the housing. A first section of the housing is formed with two groove portions communicating with a first passage to discharge air in the first passage when a piston is inserted from an insertion port. The two groove portions communicate with the insertion port, and extend along a first imaginary center line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: SHOFU, INC.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sasaki, Ryouji Takei, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Katsuya Kimoto, Hideto Kasaba
  • Patent number: 9345555
    Abstract: Provided herein is a viscous material container that is not likely to form continuous streaks or asperities on the surface of a viscous material discharged from the viscous material container even if the viscous material is highly viscous. A third section of a housing includes a wall having a wall portion that is positioned radially outwardly of a continuous angular portion with respect to a second imaginary center line, and extends along the continuous angular portion. The wall portion is configured to expand radially outward when a dental viscous material pushed out from a discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sasaki, Ryouji Takei, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Katsuya Kimoto, Hideto Kasaba
  • Patent number: 9345646
    Abstract: A dental curable composition that allows easily identifying the presence of the dental curable composition in an oral cavity is provided. A dental visible-light curable composition contains a fluorescent substance that generates fluorescence when irradiated with visible light. The fluorescent substance is a compound of formula A3B2C3O12 containing Ce, absorbs visible light with a peak wavelength in a wavelength range of 380 to 500 nm, and generates fluorescence with a peak wavelength in a wavelength range of 550 to 780 nm. In formula A3B2C3O12, A, B, and C are a dodecahedral eight-coordinate Y element, an octahedral six-coordinate Al element, and a tetrahedral four-coordinate Al element, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Kazuya Shinno, Akihiro Nagafuji, Shingo Tateishi
  • Patent number: 9271807
    Abstract: Provided is a nozzle mounting structure of a component container by which a nozzle configured to rotate between a first position and a second position may be mounted to a housing without the need for a high processing precision and a high assembly precision. A pair of shaft portions support a body with the nozzle unitarily formed therewith. The nozzle rotates between the first position and the second position. A curved convex surface provided on the body is pressed against a curved concave surface provided on a first bottom wall portion of a housing by a pressing force imparted from a support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sasaki, Ryouji Takei, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Shuji Sakamoto, Satoshi Takano, Satoshi Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20160030299
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dental curing composition to restore a lost portion of a tooth generated due to dental caries, tooth fracturing, etc. PROBLEM To provide a dental curing composition that has packability suitable for restoring a posterior tooth, that has a paste character of avoiding stickiness to a filling instrument, that is excellent in the form shaping property, whose paste character varies little over time, and that has a low polymerization shrinkage property. SOLUTION The problem is solved by a dental curing composition that includes components (a) to (d): (a) a matrix resin whose viscosity at 25° C. is 10,000 to 17,000 mPa·s, (b) an organic-inorganic composite filler, (c) an inorganic filler, and (d) a polymeric initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Yuji SADAKANE, Hideto KASABA, Shunsuke MIYATA, Katsuya KIMOTO, Toshiyuki NAKATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20160000660
    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: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Toshiyuki NAKATSUKA, Toshio KITAMURA, Masanori GOTO, Tomohiro KAI, Satoshi TAKANO, Yoshiyuki JOGETSU
  • Publication number: 20150342838
    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: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Daisuke HARA, Yuji SADAKANE, Katsura ISHIKAWA, Hidefumi FUJIMURA, Shuji SAKAMOTO, Akihiro NAGAFUJI, Toshiyuki NAKATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20150342840
    Abstract: A dental resin temporary sealing material composition that is excellent in adhesion to the tooth substance and removability of the hardened material and has a preventive function of releasing various ions including a fluoride ion is provided. The adhesion to cavity walls can be improved and, since there is little dimensional change during hardening, excellent sealability in a cavity can be attained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Yuji SADAKANE, Katsura ISHIKAWA, Toshiyuki NAKATSUKA
  • Patent number: 9162199
    Abstract: Provided is a two-component mixing container in which a piston member may be capable of a rotation motion operation and a linear motion operation without the need for a complex guide groove. Two or more spring structure portions are provided at the piston member. The two or more spring structure portions impart a pressing force on an inner wall surface of the third cylindrical portion. Two or more fitting grooves are formed in the third cylindrical portion. In this fitting state, the piston member and a second-component containing member rotate together without contact portions getting out of the fitting grooves. When a force of a predetermined level or higher toward a third bottom wall portion is applied to an operating rod portion with a second-component containing chamber and a mixing chamber being communicable with each other, the contact portions get out of the fitting grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sasaki, Ryouji Takei, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Shuji Sakamoto, Satoshi Takano, Satoshi Kawahara
  • Patent number: 9156014
    Abstract: Provided is a two-component mixing container in which a communication passage may be formed between a partition wall member and a second-component containing member without the need for a high processing precision and a high assembly precision. A columnar portion provided at the central portion of a second bottom wall portion of a partition wall member and a circular through hole provided in the central portion of a third bottom wall portion of a second-component containing member are fitted. A first communication passage and a second communication passage are communicated with each other, using a fitting surface formed between the columnar portion and the circular through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sasaki, Ryouji Takei, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Shuji Sakamoto, Satoshi Takano, Satoshi Kawahara
  • Patent number: 9066852
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dental adhesive primer composition for use in dental fields employed to bond dental materials, such as restoration materials, dental crown materials, prosthetic materials, esthetic materials, orthodontic materials, preventive materials, core build-up materials and root canal materials, to ceramics, metals, resins, composite resins, glass ionomer cements, and hard biotissues (enamel or dentin of natural tooth). The present invention also relates to a dental adhesive primer composition including a dental adhesive composition which can be used not only in combination with another adhesive composition but also alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SHOFU
    Inventors: Kazuya Shinno, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Akihiro Nagafuji
  • Publication number: 20150090745
    Abstract: Provided is a nozzle mounting structure of a component container by which a nozzle configured to rotate between a first position and a second position may be mounted to a housing without the need for a high processing precision and a high assembly precision. A pair of shaft portions support a body with the nozzle unitarily formed therewith. The nozzle rotates between the first position and the second position. A curved convex surface provided on the body is pressed against a curved concave surface provided on a first bottom wall portion of a housing by a pressing force imparted from a support portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicants: SHOFU INC., PENTEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sasaki, Ryouji Takei, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Shuji Sakamoto, Satoshi Takano, Satoshi Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20150093715
    Abstract: Provided herein is a viscous material container that is not likely to form continuous streaks or asperities on the surface of a viscous material discharged from the viscous material container even if the viscous material is highly viscous. A third section of a housing includes a wall having a wall portion that is positioned radially outwardly of a continuous angular portion with respect to a second imaginary center line, and extends along the continuous angular portion. The wall portion is configured to expand radially outward when a dental viscous material pushed out from a discharge port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sasaki, Ryouji Takei, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Katsuya Kimoto, Hideto Kasaba
  • Publication number: 20150090616
    Abstract: Provided is a two-component mixing container in which a piston member may be capable of a rotation motion operation and a linear motion operation without the need for a complex guide groove. Two or more spring structure portions are provided at the piston member. The two or more spring structure portions impart a pressing force on an inner wall surface of the third cylindrical portion. Two or more fitting grooves are formed in the third cylindrical portion. In this fitting state, the piston member and a second-component containing member rotate together without contact portions getting out of the fitting grooves. When a force of a predetermined level or higher toward a third bottom wall portion is applied to an operating rod portion with a second-component containing chamber and a mixing chamber being communicable with each other, the contact portions get out of the fitting grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicants: SHOFU INC., PENTEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sasaki, Ryouji Takei, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Shuji Sakamoto, Satoshi Takano, Satoshi Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20150090742
    Abstract: A viscous material container that makes it unlikely that air remains in a housing when a piston is inserted from an insertion port of the housing. A first section of the housing is formed with two groove portions communicating with a first passage to discharge air in the first passage when a piston is inserted from an insertion port. The two groove portions communicate with the insertion port, and extend along a first imaginary center line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sasaki, Ryouji Takei, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Katsuya Kimoto, Hideto Kasaba