Patents by Inventor Jingo Kusukawa

Jingo Kusukawa 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: 20200121494
    Abstract: A mouthpiece with which the advancement amount of a lower jaw mouthpiece can be more easily adjusted, without increasing the size of the mouthpiece, is provided. The mouthpiece has: a pair of upper jaw and lower jaw mouthpieces facing each other; a male screw; a female screw; a front holding part provided to one of the mouthpieces, holding the male screw or the female screw; and a rear holding part provided to the other mouthpiece, holding the female screw or the male screw further rearward than the front holding part. The female screw and the male screw position the lower jaw mouthpiece in the front-rear direction with respect to the upper jaw mouthpiece, as a result of the turning of the male screw which is screwed into the female screw at a denture tooth surface or further rearward than the denture tooth surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Jingo KUSUKAWA, Ryuichiro TANOUE, Kinuko OGATA, Kohei YAZAKI, Daigo HAMA, Junji OOWA, Takashi YUKITA, Hideyuki NAGAI, Akira HASEGAWA, Yasufumi TSUCHIYA
  • Patent number: 10376411
    Abstract: In an adjuster for an airway securing device, a base member fixed to one of an upper jaw side attachment body and a lower jaw side attachment body is provided with a base member side half tube part and a slide member fixed to the other of the upper jaw side attachment body and the lower jaw side attachment body is provided with a slide member side half tube part. The base member side half tube part and the slide member side half tube part form a tube part in which an adjusting bolt is disposed on its inner peripheral side. A base member side flange part is formed at a base end of the base member side half tube part and a slide member side flange part shape is formed at a base end of the slide member side half tube part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignees: Takashima Sangyo Co. Ltd., Kurume University
    Inventors: Junji Oowa, Jingo Kusukawa, Ryuichiro Tanoue, Kinuko Ogata
  • Publication number: 20170135849
    Abstract: In an adjuster for an airway securing device, a base member fixed to one of an upper jaw side attachment body and a lower jaw side attachment body is provided with a base member side half tube part and a slide member fixed to the other of the upper jaw side attachment body and the lower jaw side attachment body is provided with a slide member side half tube part. The base member side half tube part and the slide member side half tube part form a tube part in which an adjusting bolt is disposed on its inner peripheral side. A base member side flange part is formed at a base end of the base member side half tube part and a slide member side flange part shape is formed at a base end of the slide member side half tube part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Junji OOWA, Jingo KUSUKAWA, Ryuichiro TANOUE, Kinuko OGATA
  • Patent number: 7836889
    Abstract: Provided is an airway maintenance apparatus that draws the lower jaw forward to forcibly maintain an airway during sleep, designed to allow quick and easy setting of a drawing extent for the lower-jaw side attachment suitable for each patient. The airway maintenance apparatus contains an upper-jaw side attachment 1 to be attached to the upper jaw side in the oral cavity, and a lower-jaw side attachment 2 provided separately from the upper-jaw side attachment 1, and to be attached to the lower jaw side in the oral cavity, the lower-jaw side attachment 2 being connected to the upper-jaw side attachment 1 via a stepless adjusting device 3 capable of moving the lower-jaw side attachment 2 in a stepless manner in the direction of drawing the lower jaw forward relative to the upper-jaw side attachment 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Kurume University
    Inventor: Jingo Kusukawa
  • Publication number: 20080105268
    Abstract: Provided is an airway maintenance apparatus that draws the lower jaw forward to forcibly maintain an airway during sleep, designed to allow quick and easy setting of a drawing extent for the lower-jaw side attachment suitable for each patient. The airway maintenance apparatus contains an upper-jaw side attachment 1 to be attached to the upper jaw side in the oral cavity, and a lower-jaw side attachment 2 provided separately from the upper-jaw side attachment 1, and to be attached to the lower jaw side in the oral cavity, the lower-jaw side attachment 2 being connected to the upper-jaw side attachment 1 via a stepless adjusting device 3 capable of moving the lower-jaw side attachment 2 in a stepless manner in the direction of drawing the lower jaw forward relative to the upper-jaw side attachment 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventor: Jingo Kusukawa
  • Patent number: D811601
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignees: Takashima Sangyo Co., Ltd., Kurume University
    Inventors: Junji Oowa, Jingo Kusukawa, Ryuichiro Tanoue, Kinuko Ogata