Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kamohara

Hiroshi Kamohara 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: 8420712
    Abstract: To provide a silicone impression material having high viscosity of a kneaded material before curing and low hardness after curing. A dental silicone impression material composition includes: A) an organopolysiloxane mixture comprising a) an organopolysiloxane having at least two aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbons in one molecule and having viscosity of 1,000,000 mPa·s or more at 25° C., and b) an organopolysiloxane having at least one aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbon in one molecule and having viscosity of 100 to 5,000 mPa·s at 25° C., wherein a ratio of a):b) is 1:0.5 to 10; B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least three hydrogen atoms directly bonded to a silicon atom in one molecule; C) a silicone-soluble platinum compound; D) an organopolysiloxane not having a functional group; and E) an inorganic filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kamohara, Shouichi Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20120079961
    Abstract: An indicator is useful for detecting pressure points on a denture. The indicator is made of a composition that easily adheres to oral mucosa, has a proper viscosity in an oral cavity environment, can be properly spread between an oral mucosa surface and a denture base, and easily specifies an affected part. The composition includes a fatty acid ester having a melting point of 30 to 50° C., a water-soluble high polymer, and a metal oxide. Preferably, the fatty acid is 40 to 95% by weight of the composition, the water-soluble high polymer is 1 to 59% by weight of the composition, and the metal oxide is 0.1 to 50% by weight of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka SHINOZAKI, Hiroshi Kamohara
  • Publication number: 20120083549
    Abstract: To provide a silicone impression material having high viscosity of a kneaded material before curing and low hardness after curing. A dental silicone impression material composition includes: A) an organopolysiloxane mixture comprising a) an organopolysiloxane having at least two aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbons in one molecule and having viscosity of 1,000,000 mPa·s or more at 25° C., and b) an organopolysiloxane having at least one aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbon in one molecule and having viscosity of 100 to 5,000 mPa·s at 25° C., wherein a ratio of a):b) is 1:0.5 to 10; B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least three hydrogen atoms directly bonded to a silicon atom in one molecule; C) a silicone-soluble platinum compound; D) an organopolysiloxane not having a functional group; and E) an inorganic filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi KAMOHARA, Shouichi Fukushima
  • Patent number: 8043093
    Abstract: To provide a dental root canal-filling composition which is generally formed in a point shape, has high strength, is properly deformed so as to afford easy operativity for filling in a root canal, has improved wetting and adhering properties with a root canal-filling sealer and is less deteriored by sterilization or chemical disinfection, the dental root canal-filling composition comprises one or more kinds of polyolefin resins selected from the group of polyethylene, polypropylene, and a copolymer of polyethylene and polypropylene, a styrene block copolymer, one or more kinds of thermoplastic resins selected from the group of ester gum, rosin, an alicyclic saturated hydrocarbon resin, a terpene resin, and an aliphatic petroleum resin, and one or more kinds of inorganic fillers selected from the group of zinc oxide, barium sulfate, zirconium oxide, titanium oxide, ytterbium fluoride, a barium glass, and an aluminosilicate glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Shinozaki, Hiroshi Kamohara
  • Publication number: 20110244431
    Abstract: To provide a dental hydraulic temporary sealing material composition setting faster than conventional composition, excellent adhesiveness with cavity, and extremely good operativity of filling in an oral cavity, the dental hydraulic temporary sealing material composition includes calcium sulfate, a vinyl acetate resin, an inorganic filler, alcohols having a boiling point of 110° C. or more, and a nonionic surfactant, whereby water on a cavity can adhere, without being repelled, to a paste surface due to hydrophilic effect between an organic solvent having proper hydrophilicity and the nonionic surfactant, the water can permeate and diffuse rapidly and stably through the inside of the paste by the hydrophilic effect so as to set faster than conventional composition, and since the hydrophilic effect is effective for adhesiveness with cavity, filling property in an oral cavity becomes extremely good.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Shinozaki, Shouichi Fukushima, Hiroshi Kamohara
  • Publication number: 20110077335
    Abstract: To afford a higher initial adhesion property, quicker dry and a higher safety for a living body than conventional adhesive agents, an adhesive agent for a silicone rubber, which is used to adhere a silicon rubber to an impression tray or a denture for an impression making or a denture relining in a dental care, includes (A) 99 to 40 weight % of methyl acetate, and (B) 1 to 60 weight % of one kind or more of adhesive imparting agents selected from a silicone resin, a silicone raw rubber, a silicone denatured acrylic resin, a silane coupling agent, an organopolysiloxane having an alkenyl group, an organopolysiloxane having at least two hydrogen atoms in one molecule, and a silicone soluble platinum compound, and may further include (C) 0.1 to 3 weight % of one kind or more of a coloring agent, an antioxidant and a fragrance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: GC Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi KAMOHARA
  • Patent number: 7875695
    Abstract: A hydrophilic organopolysiloxane composition of the hydrosilylation reaction cure type for use as dental impression material is characterized by comprising as essential components (A) a diorganopolysiloxane having at least 0.1 silicon-bonded alkenyl group in a molecule, (B) a liquid or solid organopolysiloxane having average compositional formula (1), comprising SiO2 units and R3SiO1/2 units (R is a monovalent hydrocarbon, alkoxy or hydroxyl group) and having a viscosity of at least 10 mPa-s at 23° C., (C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms in a molecule, (D) a hydrosilylation catalyst, and (E) a polyether having average compositional formula (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignees: GC Corporation, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kamohara, Toshiyuki Ozai, Hideki Sugahara
  • Patent number: 7819963
    Abstract: To provide a dental alginate impression material composition capable of solving a problem that the permeation rate of water with respect to the whole powder of an alginate impression material is slow at the time of use so that a kneading time is long and a sufficient operational time cannot be secured, and a problem that a kneaded material drops into a throat due to aging of the material at the time of taking an impression, the dental alginate impression material composition comprises 0.001 to 1% by weight of one or more kinds selected from oils mainly consisting of a fatty acid and an ester of alcohol, waxes mainly consisting of a fatty acid and an ester of glycerin, and a fatty acid ester; 0.01 to 10% by weight of a surfactant; and 0.01 to 10% by weight of one or more kinds of specific polysaccharides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kamohara, Hiroki Morita
  • Publication number: 20100081113
    Abstract: To provide a dental root canal-filling composition which is generally formed in a point shape, has high strength, is properly deformed so as to afford easy operativity for filling in a root canal, has improved wetting and adhering properties with a root canal-filling sealer and is less deteriored by sterilization or chemical disinfection, the dental root canal-filling composition comprises one or more kinds of polyolefin resins selected from the group of polyethylene, polypropylene, and a copolymer of polyethylene and polypropylene, a styrene block copolymer, one or more kinds of thermoplastic resins selected from the group of ester gum, rosin, an alicyclic saturated hydrocarbon resin, a terpene resin, and an aliphatic petroleum resin, and one or more kinds of inorganic fillers selected from the group of zinc oxide, barium sulfate, zirconium oxide, titanium oxide, ytterbium fluoride, a barium glass, and an aluminosilicate glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka SHINOZAKI, Hiroshi Kamohara
  • Publication number: 20100069525
    Abstract: A hydrophilic organopolysiloxane composition of the hydrosilylation reaction cure type for use as dental impression material is characterized by comprising as essential components (A) a diorganopolysiloxane having at least 0.1 silicon-bonded alkenyl group in a molecule, (B) a liquid or solid organopolysiloxane having average compositional formula (1), comprising SiO2 units and R3SiO1/2 units (R is a monovalent hydrocarbon, alkoxy or hydroxyl group) and having a viscosity of at least 10 mPa·s at 23° C., (C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms in a molecule, (D) a hydrosilylation catalyst, and (E) a polyether having average compositional formula (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicants: GC Corporation, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kamohara, Toshiyuki Ozai, Hideki Sugahara
  • Publication number: 20090247663
    Abstract: To provide a dental silicone-based fitting check material composition capable of confirming a precise difference of film thicknesses and having a wide confirmation range of the film thicknesses, the dental silicone-based fitting check material includes 100 weight parts of organopolysiloxane having at least two aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbons in one molecule, 0.1 to 30 weight parts of organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least three hydrogen atoms directly bonding to silicon atoms in one molecule, 10 ppm to 1 weight parts of a silicone-soluble platinum compound with respect to the total weight of the above two components, 0.05 to 20 weight parts of powdery palladium, 10 to weight parts of an inorganic filler, and 0.01 to 10 weight parts of a pigment selected from phthalocyanine blue, cobalt blue, and ultramarine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi KAMOHARA, Yutaka SHINOZAKI
  • Patent number: 7456246
    Abstract: A hydrophilic polyorganosiloxane composition comprising (A) a curable organopolysiloxane containing at least 5 mol % of diphenylsiloxane units or at least 10 mol % of methylphenylsiloxane units, (B) a curing agent, and (C) a specific polyether cures into an elastomeric or gel-like silicone product having excellent hydrophilic properties and prevents separation of the polyether over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignees: GC Corporation, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kamohara, Toshiyuki Ozai
  • Publication number: 20080249205
    Abstract: To provide a silicone composition which does not adhere on a set material mainly including silicone, such as a silicone impression material used in the dental operation field, when being built on the set material mainly including silicone, the silicone composition includes (A) 100 weight parts of organopolysiloxane having at least two aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbons in one molecule, (B) 0.1 to 50 weight parts of organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least three hydrogen atoms, which directly bond to a silicon atom, in one molecule and including SiO2 units, (C) 0.1 to 50 weight parts of fine silica powder having a BET specific surface area of 50 to 500 m2/g and being subjected to a hydrophobic treatment on the surface thereof, and 10 to 800 ppm of a silicone-soluble platinum compound with respect to 100 weight parts of the total of the (A) and (B) components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: GC Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi KAMOHARA
  • Patent number: 7380977
    Abstract: To provide a dental impression material kneading device for discharging each paste of a dental impression material comprising two kinds of pastes having different fluidities at the time of feed start with a mixing ratio selected and set among two or more gradual mixing ratios, and mixing and kneading each paste in a mixer body, the device comprises a prescribed rate feed pump 4 for feeding one paste at a fixed flow rate, a set rate feed pump 5 for feeding another paste at a flow rate more than that of the prescribed rate feed pump 4, and a control means 8 for rotatively driving a rotational axis for engaging a stirring rod 2a when receiving a signal from a starting switch 8a, collating starting times of both pumps 4 and 5 corresponding to mixing ratio selected and set by a mixing ratio selection switch 6 corresponding to two or more gradual mixing ratios memorized in the starting time memory means 7, starting the both pump 4 and 5, and feeding the paste at the flow rate corresponding to the selected and set m
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: GC Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kamohara
  • Publication number: 20080081852
    Abstract: A mouth guard composition comprises 39 to 98% by weight of styrene block copolymer; 1 to 60% by weight of one or more kinds of thermoplastic resins selected from the group consisting of aliphatic cyclic saturated hydrocarbon resin, terpene resin, aliphatic petroleum resin and ester gum; and 0.1 to 40% by weight of one or more kinds of waxes selected from the group consisting of mineral wax, synthetic wax, plant wax, and animal wax, said composition further comprising 0.1 to 20% by weight of polyolefin resin, thereby providing the mouth guard composition which is not largely distorted when extremely strong impact force is applied thereto during the use of the mouth guard and can protect teeth and jaws, and little wearing is caused when repetitive force is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi KAMOHARA, Shouichi Fukushima, Miyuki Tsunooka
  • Publication number: 20080057465
    Abstract: To provide a dental alginate impression material composition capable of solving a problem that the permeation rate of water with respect to the whole powder of an alginate impression material is slow at the time of use so that a kneading time is long and a sufficient operational time cannot be secured, and a problem that a kneaded material drops into a throat due to aging of the material at the time of taking an impression, the dental alginate impression material composition comprises 0.001 to 1% by weight of one or more kinds selected from oils mainly consisting of a fatty acid and an ester of alcohol, waxes mainly consisting of a fatty acid and an ester of glycerin, and a fatty acid ester; 0.01 to 10% by weight of a surfactant; and 0.01 to 10% by weight of one or more kinds of specific polysaccharides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi KAMOHARA, Hiroki Morita
  • Publication number: 20070232717
    Abstract: To provide an adhesive composition for an alginate impression material having excellent adhesive property to materials of various kinds of impression tray such as metal, plastic and the like, and having an effect to a paste type alginate impression material which does not conventionally have sufficient holding force to an impression tray, an adhesive composition for an alginate impression material, has the feature that 1-50 weight % of one or more kinds of compound selected from rosin, ester gum and polyamide resin are dissolved in an organic solvent, where isopropyl alcohol, ethyl acetate, toluene and the like can be used as the organic solvent, and the organic solvent obtained by combining isopropyl alcohol and ethyl acetate or isopropyl alcohol and toluene is preferable, although those can be independently used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: GC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kamohara, Makiko Takeo, Shouichi Fukushima
  • Patent number: D686327
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Hidefumi Marumori, Hiroshi Kamohara
  • Patent number: D686732
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Hidefumi Marumori, Hiroshi Kamohara
  • Patent number: D686733
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Hidefumi Marumori, Hiroshi Kamohara