Patents by Inventor Eiichi Terakawa

Eiichi Terakawa 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).

  • Patent number: 9993394
    Abstract: Provided is a dental restorative composition that has good handling properties when in the form of a paste having yet to be cured and that has light diffusion ability and transparency when in the form of a cured product. The dental restorative composition includes a polymerizable monomer, a polymerization initiator, an inorganic filler (C) having an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 1 ?m, an organic-inorganic composite filler (D) having an average particle diameter of 1 ?m or more and less than 10 ?m, and an organic-inorganic composite filler (E) having an average particle diameter of 10 to 50 ?m. An absolute value of a difference between a refractive index (Cd) of the inorganic filler (C) and a refractive index (Ad) of a polymer of the polymerizable monomer is 0.01 or less, an absolute value of a difference between the refractive index (Ad) and one of a refractive index (Dd) of the organic-inorganic composite filler (D) and a refractive index (Ed) of the organic-inorganic composite filler (E) is 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kita, Michiya Kawana, Eiichi Terakawa
  • Patent number: 9675527
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dental color tone adjustment material kit that has improved properties in terms of surface drying and of discoloration after curing and that enables adjustment to a desired color tone. The present invention relates to a dental color tone adjustment material kit including: a primer composition (A) including an acid group-containing polymerizable monomer (a) and a volatile organic solvent (b); and a dental color tone adjustment material B including a polymerizable monomer (d), a polymerization initiator (e), particle aggregates (f) that are chain aggregates of ultrafine filler particles having an average primary particle diameter of 1 to 50 nm, titanium dioxide (g), and a pigment (h). The monomer (a) accounts for 0.05 to 45 weight % of the primer composition (A), and the organic solvent (b) accounts for 55 to 99.95 weight % of the primer composition (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kita, Eiichi Terakawa, Mizuko Oshita
  • Publication number: 20170049665
    Abstract: Provided is a dental restorative composition that has good handling properties when in the form of a paste having yet to be cured and that has light diffusion ability and transparency when in the form of a cured product. The dental restorative composition includes a polymerizable monomer, a polymerization initiator, an inorganic filler (C) having an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 1 ?m, an organic-inorganic composite filler (D) having an average particle diameter of 1 ?m or more and less than 10 ?m, and an organic-inorganic composite filler (E) having an average particle diameter of 10 to 50 ?m. An absolute value of a difference between a refractive index (Cd) of the inorganic filler (C) and a refractive index (Ad) of a polymer of the polymerizable monomer is 0.01 or less, an absolute value of a difference between the refractive index (Ad) and one of a refractive index (Dd) of the organic-inorganic composite filler (D) and a refractive index (Ed) of the organic-inorganic composite filler (E) is 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC.
    Inventors: Hirotaka KITA, Michiya KAWANA, Eiichi TERAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160250107
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dental color tone adjustment material kit that has improved properties in terms of surface drying and of discoloration after curing and that enables adjustment to a desired color tone. The present invention relates to a dental color tone adjustment material kit including: a primer composition (A) including an acid group-containing polymerizable monomer (a) and a volatile organic solvent (b); and a dental color tone adjustment material B including a polymerizable monomer (d), a polymerization initiator (e), particle aggregates (f) that are chain aggregates of ultrafine filler particles having an average primary particle diameter of 1 to 50 nm, titanium dioxide (g), and a pigment (h). The monomer (a) accounts for 0.05 to 45 weight % of the primer composition (A), and the organic solvent (b) accounts for 55 to 99.95 weight % of the primer composition (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC.
    Inventors: Hirotaka KITA, Eiichi TERAKAWA, Mizuko OSHITA
  • Publication number: 20130134188
    Abstract: A cartridge-type dispenser has a cartridge main body with a filling space, an extrusion nozzle on the front, and a piston slidably disposed in the filling space. The piston extrudes contents of the filling space from the extrusion nozzle by applying a push-in force. The piston includes a trunk portion having an outer circumferential wall running along an inner wall of the main body with a gap therebetween, a front wall on one end of the trunk portion directly contacting the contents of the filling space, and a rear wall on the other end whereon a rod of a push-in tool applies the push-in force on the piston. On the outer circumferential wall of the trunk portion, protrusions are provided, which contact the inner circumferential wall of the main body. The points of contact form sliding parts of the piston but do not seal the main body interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicants: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD., KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC.
    Inventors: Eiichi Terakawa, Taizo Nakao, Toru Toma
  • Patent number: 8124669
    Abstract: A composition for dental use containing a polymerizable monomer (a) having an aromatic ring and a hydroxyl group, a polymerizable monomer (b) having an aromatic ring without having any hydroxyl groups, and a polymerizable monomer (c) other than the polymerizable monomers (a) and (b), wherein the composition for dental use contains the polymerizable monomers (a), (b), and (c) in an amount of from 10 to 30% by weight, from 50 to 70% by weight, and from 10 to 30% by weight, respectively, of all the polymerizable monomers. The composition for dental use of the present invention can be suitably used as a product capable of substituting a part or all of a natural tooth in the field of dental therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Kuraray Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Eiichi Terakawa, Akiko Ota, Takahiro Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20110003267
    Abstract: A composition for dental use containing a polymerizable monomer (a) having an aromatic ring and a hydroxyl group, a polymerizable monomer (b) having an aromatic ring without having any hydroxyl groups, and a polymerizable monomer (c) other than the polymerizable monomers (a) and (b), wherein the composition for dental use contains the polymerizable monomers (a), (b), and (c) in an amount of from 10 to 30% by weight, from 50 to 70% by weight, and from 10 to 30% by weight, respectively, of all the polymerizable monomers. The composition for dental use of the present invention can be suitably used as a product capable of substituting a part or all of a natural tooth in the field of dental therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: KURARAY MEDICAL INC.
    Inventors: Eiichi Terakawa, Akiko Ota, Takahiro Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 6458868
    Abstract: An organic phosphate compound having at least one radically polymerizable double bond, at least one phosphate residue having one or two hydroxyl groups, and at least one hydrocarbon group having 4 or more carbon atoms in a molecule, wherein a 10% by weight methanol solution of the organic phosphate compound has an electric conductivity at 25° C. of 0.5 mS/cm or less, and/or the organic phosphate compound has a light transmittance at 455 nm of 90% or more; a process for preparing the organic phosphate compound; a dental polymerizable composition comprising (a) the organic phosphate compound and (b) a polymerizable monomer capable of copolymerizing with the organic phosphate compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Okada, Junichi Ohtsuki, Koji Takahashi, Yasuji Minami, Eiichi Terakawa, Miho Harada
  • Patent number: D698446
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc.
    Inventor: Eiichi Terakawa
  • Patent number: D710505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc.
    Inventor: Eiichi Terakawa
  • Patent number: D737982
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc.
    Inventor: Eiichi Terakawa
  • Patent number: D737983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc.
    Inventor: Eiichi Terakawa
  • Patent number: D737984
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc.
    Inventor: Eiichi Terakawa