Patents by Inventor Kazumitsu Nakatsuka

Kazumitsu Nakatsuka 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: 7655722
    Abstract: The present invention relates to adhesive compositions having: a phosphate group-containing monomer (a) having a fluorocarbon group represented by Chemical Formula 1; and a solvent (b), where R is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, n, p and q are natural numbers 2?n?10, p+q?n and p+q+n?13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Kuraray Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Kazumitsu Nakatsuka, Naoki Nishigaki, Mitsunobu Kawashima
  • Patent number: 7615582
    Abstract: A hydrophobic acidic group-containing polymeric monomer (a); a water-soluble polymeric monomer (b); water (c); a photopolymerization initiator (d); an aromatic tertiary amine (e) having an electron-withdrawing group; a cross-linkable polymeric monomer (f); and a basic compound (g) for producing a water-soluble salt through a reaction with a part of the hydrophobic acidic group-containing polymeric monomer (a) are included as essential compounding ingredients. A one-part dental adhesive composition that exhibits high adhesive strength and high storage stability in adhesion between a teeth, and more particularly enamel or dentine, and a dental repairing material, and more particularly a resin material, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Kuraray Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Kazumitsu Nakatsuka, Naoki Nishigaki
  • Publication number: 20090023856
    Abstract: The invention provides an adhesive composition including a specific phosphate group-containing monomer (a) having a fluorocarbon group, and a solvent (b). An adhesive composition that is suitably used in the fields of medical care, electronic industry, precision machinery industry, jewel industry and so on, exhibits high bond strength and high adhesive durability and is minimally varied in bond strength is provided. The adhesive composition of this invention exhibits high adhesive durability and high coloring resistance on dental restorative materials such as ceramics, a composite resin cured substance, porcelain and a metal, and in particular, on a novel dental restorative material such as hybrid ceramics or a metal oxide-based high strength ceramics, and therefore it is suitably used in the dental field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: Kuraray Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Kazumitsu Nakatsuka, Naoki Nishigaki, Mitsunobu Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20070100020
    Abstract: A hydrophobic acidic group-containing polymeric monomer (a); a water-soluble polymeric monomer (b); water (c); a photopolymerization initiator (d); an aromatic tertiary amine (e) having an electron-withdrawing group; a cross-linkable polymeric monomer (f); and a basic compound (g) for producing a water-soluble salt through a reaction with a part of the hydrophobic acidic group-containing polymeric monomer (a) are included as essential compounding ingredients. A one-part dental adhesive composition that exhibits high adhesive strength and high storage stability in adhesion between a teeth, and more particularly enamel or dentine, and a dental repairing material, and more particularly a resin material, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: Kuraray Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Kazumitsu Nakatsuka, Naoki Nishigaki
  • Patent number: 6939901
    Abstract: An adhesive composition comprising (a) an acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer; (b) a polymerizable monomer represented by the general formula (I): wherein R1 is hydrogen atom or methyl group; R2 is a halogen atom, hydroxyl group, mercapto group or —O—R3—OH group, wherein R3 is an alkylene group having 6 to 25 carbon atoms; and Y is oxygen atom or sulfur atom; and (c) a hydrophilic polymerizable monomer, wherein the weight ratio of the polymerizable monomer (b)/acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer (a) is 0.001 to 0.5. The adhesive composition of the present invention can be suitably used for bonding a hard tissue with a resin material in the medical field and the dental field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Kuraray Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazumitsu Nakatsuka, Koichi Okada
  • Patent number: 6790877
    Abstract: An antibacterial bonding compositions for dental use, which comprises (A) an antibacterial primer that comprises an antibacterial polymerizable monomer having an ethylenic unsaturated group and at least one or more cationic groups selected from the group consisting of ammonium bases, pyridinium bases and phosphonium bases, and a volatile solvent, and (B) an adhesive composition comprising an acid group having polymerizable monomer, a polymerizable monomer, and a polymerization initiator; and an adhesive compositions for dental use, which comprises (P) an adhesive primer comprising an acid group having polymerizable monomer, a hydrophilic polymerizable monomer, and water, and (Q) a bonding agent comprising a polymerizable monomer, and an acylphosphine oxide compound and an &agr;-diketone compound both serving as a polymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumitsu Nakatsuka, Koichi Okada, Satoshi Imazato, Shigeyuki Ebisu, Yasuhiko Tsuchitani
  • Publication number: 20030064102
    Abstract: An antibacterial composition comprising (a) an antibacterial salt compound, (b) an acid group-having polymerizable monomer, (c) a hydrophilic polymerizable monomer, (d) water, and (e) a basic compound selected from alkali metal hydroxides, strong basic acid salts not having an aromatic group, and aliphatic amines has good antibacterial properties, and, in addition, the composition discolors little and its adhesiveness lowers little even when stored or heated for a long period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventor: Kazumitsu Nakatsuka
  • Patent number: 6512068
    Abstract: Provided are a substantially transparent adhesive composition for hard tissue, and a method for producing it; the adhesive composition exhibits good adhesiveness to hard tissue, especially to both enamel and dentin, and has the advantage of improved bonding durability especially in water; this contains (a) a substantially water-insoluble, acid group-containing polymerizable monomer which has, in the molecule, at least one hydrocarbon group selected from an alkylene group having from 8 to 25 carbon atoms, an alkyl group having from 8 to 25 carbon atoms and an aromatic group, and/or its salt, and (b) water, and has pH of from 1.0 to 6.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazumitsu Nakatsuka
  • Publication number: 20020198284
    Abstract: An adhesive composition comprising (a) an acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer; (b) a polymerizable monomer represented by the general formula (I): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: KURARAY CO. LTD,
    Inventors: Kazumitsu Nakatsuka, Koichi Okada
  • Publication number: 20020035169
    Abstract: An antibacterial bonding compositions for dental use, which comprises (A) an antibacterial primer that comprises an antibacterial polymerizable monomer having an ethylenic unsaturated group and at least one or more cationic groups selected from the group consisting of ammonium bases, pyridinium bases and phosphonium bases, and a volatile solvent, and(B) an adhesive composition comprising an acid group having polymerizable monomer, a polymerizable monomer, and a polymerization initiator; and an adhesive compositions for dental use, which comprises (P) an adhesive primer comprising an acid group having polymerizable monomer, a hydrophilic polymerizable monomer, and water, and (Q) a bonding agent comprising a polymerizable monomer, and an acylphosphine oxide compound and an &agr;-diketone compound both serving as a polymerization initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kazumitsu Nakatsuka, Koichi Okada, Satoshi Imazato, Shigeyuki Ebisu, Yasuhiko Tsuchitani
  • Patent number: 6355704
    Abstract: An antibacterial bonding compositions for dental use, which comprises (A) an antibacterial primer that comprises an antibacterial polymerizable monomer having an ethylenic unsaturated group and at least one or more cationic groups selected from the group consisting of ammonium bases, pyridinium bases and phosphonium bases, and a volatile solvent, and(B) an adhesive composition comprising an acid group having polymerizable monomer, a polymerizable monomer, and a polymerization initiator; and an adhesive compositions for dental use, which comprises (P) an adhesive primer comprising an acid group having polymerizable monomer, a hydrophilic polymerizable monomer, and water, and (Q) a bonding agent comprising a polymerizable monomer, and an acylphosphine oxide compound and an &agr;-diketone compound both serving as a polymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumitsu Nakatsuka, Koichi Okada, Satoshi Imazato, Shigeyuki Ebisu, Yasuhiko Tsuchitani