Patents by Inventor Akihiro Nagafuji

Akihiro Nagafuji 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: 20230255857
    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: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke HARA, Yuji SADAKANE, Katsura ISHIKAWA, Hidefumi FUJIMURA, Shuji SAKAMOTO, Akihiro NAGAFUJI, Toshiyuki NAKATSUKA
  • Patent number: 11648184
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Hara, Yuji Sadakane, Katsura Ishikawa, Hidefumi Fujimura, Shuji Sakamoto, Akihiro Nagafuji, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka
  • Patent number: 11559471
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Hara, Yuji Sadakane, Katsura Ishikawa, Hidefumi Fujimura, Shuji Sakamoto, Akihiro Nagafuji, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka
  • Publication number: 20180344579
    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: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke HARA, Yuji SADAKANE, Katsura ISHIKAWA, Hidefumi FUJIMURA, Shuji SAKAMOTO, Akihiro NAGAFUJI, Toshiyuki NAKATSUKA
  • Patent number: 9668943
    Abstract: A dental conditioning composition that enhances the adhesiveness of any dental material for a tooth surface by suppressing any excessive demineralization for the tooth surface and improving the polymerization activity of a dental adhesive composition by causing a polymerization catalyst included in the dental conditioning composition of the present invention to remain on the tooth surface. A dental conditioning composition having a gel character, that includes a polymerization catalyst, an acidic compound, water, and a thickening agent, and whose pH (the hydrogen ion exponent) is in a range from 0.1 to 0.9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SHOFU
    Inventors: Kazuya Shinno, Akihiro Nagafuji, Shingo Tateishi, Daisuke Hara, Yoshiyuki Jogetsu
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20160030294
    Abstract: Problem An object of the present invention is to provide a dental conditioning composition that enhances the adhesiveness of any dental material for a tooth surface by suppressing any excessive demineralization for the tooth surface and improving the polymerization activity of a dental adhesive composition by causing a polymerization catalyst included in the dental conditioning composition of the present invention to remain on the tooth surface. Solution A dental conditioning composition having a gel character, that includes a polymerization catalyst, an acidic compound, water, and a thickening agent, and whose pH (the hydrogen ion exponent) is in a range from 0.1 to 0.9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuya SHINNO, Akihiro NAGAFUJI, Shingo TATEISHI, Daisuke HARA, 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
  • 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: 20140120499
    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: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Kazuya Shinno, Akihiro Nagafuji, Shingo Tateishi
  • Publication number: 20090299006
    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: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Kazuya Shinno, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Akihiro Nagafuji
  • Patent number: 6063830
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dental curable material suitable for a production of an artificial teeth having a strong toughness, wear resistance, transparency and moldability, which comprises a silane-treated silica uniformely dispersed in urethane (meth)acrylate (a): said silica has a 1 to 85 nm, with at least one silane compound represented by the formula (1):YnSiX.sub.4-n (1)wherein Y is a hydrocarbon group or a reactive group containing a vinyl-polymerizable group; X is a hydrolyzable group; and n is an integer of 1, 2 or 3, and is uniformly dispersed in a urethane (meth)acrylte (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Shofu
    Inventors: Mikito Deguchi, Hiroyuki Shioi, Akihiro Nagafuji