Patents by Inventor Akari Hashimoto

Akari Hashimoto 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: 20240000670
    Abstract: Provided are a zirconia dental mill blank and a manufacturing method therefor, said mill bank having a to-be-cut part composed of a composite material, which includes fine particles of an inorganic oxide (excluding zirconium oxide, an inorganic oxide functioning as a stabilizer, and aluminum oxide) and a matrix composed of a temporarily sintered body of a crystalline zirconium oxide powder containing a stabilizer and an aluminum oxide additive, wherein the temporarily sintered body is a microporous temporarily sintered body having a relative density of 45-65% and having pores opened outward, and the fine particles of the inorganic oxide are held in the pores of the microporous temporarily sintered body. Moreover, provided are a method for manufacturing a dental zirconia ceramic prosthesis, and a method for manufacturing an article composed of a zirconia composite ceramic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hara, Akari Hashimoto, Kei Nakashima