Patents Assigned to Shofu, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20250064686
    Abstract: To provide a dental curable composition having excellent solubility of an ultraviolet absorber, sunlight stability, fluorescence property, and mechanical property. To provide a dental curable composition comprising, (A) polymerizable monomer, (B) polymerization initiator, (C) fluorescent agent, and (D) ultraviolet absorber, wherein, the dental curable composition comprises, as the (D) ultraviolet absorber, (D-1) compound having at least one first absorption maximum in the wavelength region of 250 to 320 nm and at least one second absorption maximum in the wavelength region of 320 to 400 nm, wherein the ratio of an absorbance of the first absorption maximum to an absorbance of the second absorption maximum is within the range of 1 to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: SHOFU INC
    Inventors: Shunsuke Miyata, Akiko MATSUMOTO, Kenzo YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 12213849
    Abstract: To provide a dental zirconia blank which has high permeability, can reproduce a color tone close to a natural tooth and a strength to be able to tolerate in oral cavity. Furthermore, to provide a dental zirconia blank from which a prosthesis device of 4 or more units having high strength can be prepared. To provide a dental zirconia blank having a plurality of layers, comprising; a first layer consisting of a high permeability ceramic containing 91.6 to 96.5 mol % of zirconium oxide and 3.5 to 8.4 mol % of yttrium oxide, and a second layer consisting of a low permeability ceramic containing 95.6 to 98.5 mol % of zirconium oxide and 1.5 to 4.4 mol % of yttrium oxide, wherein a content rate of yttrium oxide in the low permeability ceramic is lower than a content rate of yttrium oxide in the high permeability ceramic by 0.5 to 5.4 mol %, and the first layer is positioned at one end of the plurality of layers in a layering direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Rieko Aiba, Shuhei Takahashi, Toshio Kitamura
  • Patent number: 12194112
    Abstract: To provide a liquid for improving translucency for dental zirconia calcined body which may impart high translucency which is similar to an enamel of a natural tooth to a zirconia sintered body and a method for using thereof. The liquid for improving translucency for dental zirconia calcined body of the present disclosure contains a solvent and an indium compound, wherein a content of the indium compound based on the total amount of the liquid improving translucency for dental zirconia calcined body is within a range of 2.0 wt. % to 20.0 wt. % in terms of indium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kazumichi Nonaka, Shuhei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12193897
    Abstract: To provide a zirconia perfect sintered body which has a chroma of an excellent color tone and excellent translucency as compared with a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining prepared from a zirconia raw material powder containing various stabilizing materials while maintaining high strength, and does not cause deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Seiji Ban, Shuhei Takahashi, Toshio Kitamura, Rieko Aiba
  • Publication number: 20240400739
    Abstract: [Problem] It has been difficult to prepare a mill blank for dental cutting and machining in a state of no cracks or breaks. [Solution] To provide a curable composition for use in a mill blank for dental cutting and machining, comprising 14 to 36% by mass of (A) bifunctional urethane methacrylate monomer represented by Formula 1, 2 to 12% by mass of (B) bifunctional methacrylate monomer not containing a urethane group, 60 to 80% by mass of (C) inorganic filler, 0.1 to 0.5% by mass of (D) thermal polymerization initiator, and 0.1 to 0.5% % by mass of (E) chain transfer agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro FUKAMI, Keita KAWATA
  • Patent number: 12115032
    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. There is provided a dental cutting zirconia blank wherein the dental cutting zirconia blank has at least one layer consisting of zirconia powder containing 4 to 15 mol % of yttria or erbium oxide as a stabilizer, a relationship among pre-sintering density, final-sintering density and relative density satisfies the following relation: 54?Relative density (%)={(Pre-sintering density)/(Perfect-sintering density)}×100?70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Toshio Kitamura, Rieko Aiba
  • Publication number: 20240325256
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a photopolymerizable composition that has excellent formability in 3D printer and can prepare a three-dimensional modeled object with excellent toughness by using optical stereolithography (stereolithography). [Solution] To provide a dental photopolymerizable composition for 3D printer, comprising (a) (meth)acrylic polymerizable compound having an allophanate group, (b) (meth)acrylic polymer having one or two (meth)acryloyloxy groups, and (c) photoinitiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Mamoru HOSOKAWA, Fumio IMAHORI, Hidefumi FUJIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240315815
    Abstract: To provide a zirconia perfect sintered body which has a chroma of an excellent color tone and excellent translucency as compared with a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining prepared from a zirconia raw material powder containing various stabilizing materials while maintaining high strength, and does not cause deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Seiji Ban, Shuhei Takahashi, Toshio Kitamura, Rieko Aiba
  • Publication number: 20240315816
    Abstract: To provide a zirconia perfect sintered body which has a chroma of an excellent color tone and excellent translucency as compared with a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining prepared from a zirconia raw material powder containing various stabilizing materials while maintaining high strength, and does not cause deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Seiji BAN, Shuhei TAKAHASHI, Toshio KITAMURA, Rieko AIBA
  • Publication number: 20240307273
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a dental porcelain paste that can maintain a constant paste property even during long-term storage, and that hardly generates carbonization and bubbles during firing even in the case of containing organic components. [Solution] To provide a dental porcelain paste for preparing a dental prosthesis device, comprising (a) base material glass having an average particle diameter D50 of 1 to 20 ?m, (b) hydrophobized fine particle silica having an average primary particle diameter of 1 to 50 nm, (c) organic solvent having a boiling point of 100 to 300° C., and (d) inorganic salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Yosuke TANAKA, Masanori GOTO
  • Patent number: 12064493
    Abstract: To provide a dental photocurable composition having good storage stability of a matrix containing a polymerizable monomer and a polymerization initiator, etc. and excellent mechanical strength of a dental photocurable composition comprising a mixture of the matrix and a filler. The dental photocurable composition of the present disclosure comprises a matrix containing (A) polymerizable monomer, (B) photosensitizer, (C) photoacid generator and (D) photopolymerization accelerator, and (E) filler, wherein, the dental photocurable composition comprises (A1) polymerizable monomer having an acidic group as the (A) polymerizable monomer, and the dental photocurable composition comprises (D1) tertiary aliphatic amine compound having Log P of 2 or more and pKa of 10 or less as the (D) photopolymerization accelerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Naoya Kitada, Rei Nishimura, Daisuke Hara, Kenzo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20240270654
    Abstract: To provide a preparing method of a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining having any one or more of translucency gradation, color gradation and strength gradation after perfect sintering by impregnating a zirconia calcined body with a plurality of impregnating solutions, which can suppress deterioration of the fitting property of a dental prosthesis device prepared from the zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining and a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining having any one or more of translucency gradation, color gradation and strength gradation after perfect sintering and suppressing deterioration of the fitting property of a dental prosthesis device prepared from the zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kazumichi NONAKA, Shuhei TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20240261070
    Abstract: To provide a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining that can impart translucency gradation and color gradation similar to a natural tooth to a zirconia perfect sintered body without the need for special equipment. To provide a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining comprising two opposing surfaces and a side surface between the two opposing surfaces, wherein the side surface has a rectangular shape in a side view of the zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining, and in a case in which one of the two opposing surfaces is defined as surface A, the other surface of the two opposing surfaces is defined as surface B, a surface which is parallel to the surface A and is located at a position of 1.0 mm to 1.5 mm from the surface A toward the surface B in a direction parallel to the side surface is defined as surface C, points which are set to having 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kazumichi NONAKA, Shuhei TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20240252280
    Abstract: To provide a compule or syringe tip that can discharge viscous material in an intended shape by reducing deformation of the viscous material during discharge, can prevent viscous material from adhering to unintended portion by reducing an amount of viscous material that adheres to a nozzle tip, and can reduce dripping of viscous material to improve the anti-dripping property of the viscous material. To provide a compule or syringe tip having a discharge structure for discharging viscous material from a discharge opening, wherein the discharge structure comprises a flow path that is formed around a virtual central line and allows the viscous material to move, and a tapered flow path formed between the flow path and the discharge opening, wherein a cross-sectional area of the tapered flow path gradually increases toward the discharge opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Toshio SHIGA, Tsukasa SASAKI, Ryoji TAKEI, Toshiyuki NAKATSUKA, Shunsuke MIYATA, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Akiko MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240252292
    Abstract: To provide a ceramic mill blank for dental cutting and machining in which cracks or chips are not caused on the outer edge of the ceramic mill blank even if attaching to and detaching from a dental milling machine are repeated and it is possible to machine the vicinity of the outer edge of the ceramic mill blank. To provide a ceramic mill blank for dental cutting and machining, wherein, the ceramic mill blank for dental cutting and machining comprises a ceramic portion to be cut and machined and one or more seal members, the ceramic portion consists of a ceramic material which is not finally sintered, the ceramic portion has an outer peripheral surface which is engageable with a holding tool, the one or more seal members are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the ceramic portion, and a length of the one or more seal members is 50% or more of a length in a circumferential direction of the outer peripheral surface provided with the one or more seal members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Shuhei TAKAHASHI, Satoshi FUJIWARA, Munehira TAKENAKA
  • Publication number: 20240238068
    Abstract: To provide a syringe tip that can prevent the syringe tip from unintentionally falling-off during filling and prevent viscous material from leaking out from gaps by securely attaching the syringe tip to a syringe and can provide excellent operability without obstructing a surgical field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Toshio SHIGA, Tsukasa SASAKI, Ryoji TAKEI, Toshiyuki NAKATSUKA, Shunsuke MIYATA, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Akiko MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 12011490
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a dental photocurable composition which has sufficient mechanical property and whose rheological property is not deactivated even after long-term storage. [Solution] The dental photocurable composition of the present disclosure comprises (A) polymerizable monomer, (B) photosensitizer, (D) photopolymerization accelerator and (E) filler, wherein, the dental photocurable composition comprises (D1) aliphatic tertiary amine compound represented by formula (1) as the (D) photopolymerization accelerator, and the dental photocurable composition comprises (E1) hydrophobized silica fine particle having an average diameter of primary particle of 1 to 40 nm as the (E) filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kenzo Yamamoto, Hideto Kasaba, Daisuke Hara, Shunsuke Miyata
  • Publication number: 20240173211
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a dental resin-reinforced glass ionomer cement kit which can exhibit high adhesive property to tooth substance by a simple procedure without complicated operations and contains a dental tooth surface treatment material composition and a dental resin-reinforced glass ionomer cement composition. [Solution] To provide a dental resin-reinforced glass ionomer cement kit comprising a dental tooth surface treatment material composition (i) and a dental resin-reinforced glass ionomer cement composition (ii), wherein the dental tooth surface treatment material composition (i) contains (A) water-soluble organic solvent: 20% by mass or more and 79% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Jun UCHIDA, Shuji SAKAMOTO, Masahiro TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240164868
    Abstract: To provide a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining which has excellent machinability in a thin workpiece such as an inlay, an onlay and a veneer, and may impart high strength and high translucency to a zirconia perfect sintered body without a special sintering such as HIP treatment, and a preparing method thereof. The zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining has a porosity within a range of 15 to 30%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kazumichi NONAKA, Shuhei TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11986362
    Abstract: To provide a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining which has excellent machinability in a thin workpiece such as an inlay, an onlay and a veneer, and may impart high strength and high translucency to a zirconia perfect sintered body without a special sintering such as HIP treatment, and a preparing method thereof. The zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining has a porosity within a range of 15 to 30%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kazumichi Nonaka, Shuhei Takahashi