Patents by Inventor Kazunari Matoba

Kazunari Matoba 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: 11925516
    Abstract: A root canal treatment instrument 100 continues drive of a cutting tool 5 in forward rotation drive until reaching 180 degrees, and when a load applied to the cutting tool 5 is equal to or greater than a reference load, drive of the cutting tool 5 is switched to reverse rotation drive until reaching 90 degrees. In the root canal treatment instrument 100, when a cumulative amount of rotation is equal to or greater than a reference amount of rotation, change to a drive pattern is made, forward rotation drive is continued until reaching 90 degrees, and when a load applied to the cutting tool 5 is equal to or greater than the reference load, drive of the cutting tool 5 is switched to reverse rotation drive until reaching 180 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Kazunari Matoba, Kyohei Kato
  • Patent number: 11801118
    Abstract: A dental treatment apparatus includes a handpiece holding a cutting tool in its head, a drive portion driving the cutting tool held by the head, and a control portion controlling the drive portion in accordance with a drive sequence. The drive sequence includes at least one forward rotation drive for rotating the cutting tool in a cutting direction to cut a treatment portion and at least one reverse rotation drive for rotating the cutting tool in a non-cutting direction. Under the control of the drive portion in accordance with the drive sequence, a cumulative amount of rotation which is an accumulation of an amount of rotation in forward rotation drive and an amount of rotation in reverse rotation drive does not exceed a set value at any time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Kyohei Kato, Naoki Katsuda, Kazunari Matoba
  • Publication number: 20230173268
    Abstract: A treatment device that shortens the time period until healing is determined even when a bone defect or a root apex lesion is generated in an apical area. The treatment device includes a file holder, a high-frequency signal generating circuit, and a control circuit. The file holder holds a file to be located in the site to be treated. The high-frequency signal generating circuit passes a high frequency current through the file. The control circuit controls a frequency of the high frequency current to be passed through the file from the high-frequency signal generating circuit. The control circuit controls the frequency of the high frequency current to be passed through the file within a range of 1.001 MHz to 11.700 MHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicants: J. MORITA MFG. CORP., National University Corporation Hokkaido University
    Inventors: Tsutomu SUGAYA, Keita YAMADA, Shingo BAN, Kei DOKAI, Tomoaki UEDA, Shunsuke YAMAGUCHI, Kazunari MATOBA
  • Publication number: 20220160465
    Abstract: A dental treatment apparatus includes a holder, a high-frequency signal generation circuit, a detector, and a control circuit. The holder holds an electrode placed at a dental treatment site. A power supply energizes the electrode with a high-frequency current. A detector detects a current value which energizes the electrode. A control circuit causes, based on the current value detected by detector, the power supply to control a current value of the high-frequency current which energizes the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Tomoaki UEDA, Koichiro ADACHI, Kyohei KATO, Seiichiro YAMASHITA, Kazunari MATOBA
  • Publication number: 20220160417
    Abstract: A dental treatment apparatus is a dental treatment apparatus that energizes a dental treatment site such as a root canal with a high-frequency current. Included are a holder that holds an electrode placed at the dental treatment site, a power supply that energizes the electrode with the high-frequency current, and control circuitry that causes, during the energization operation, the power supply to provide stop period where the energization of the electrode with the high-frequency current is stopped between single energization period and next single energization period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Tomoaki UEDA, Kyohei KATO, Kazunari MATOBA
  • Publication number: 20220160487
    Abstract: A dental treatment apparatus includes a holder, a power supply, root canal length measurement circuitry, and control circuitry. The holder holds an electrode placed in a root canal. The power supply energizes file with a high-frequency current. The root canal length measurement circuitry electrically measures a position of a distal end of electrode in the root canal. The control circuitry causes, in accordance with information on the position of the distal end of the electrode measured by root canal length measurement circuitry, the power supply to control a current value of the high-frequency current which energizes the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Tomoaki UEDA, Koichiro ADACHI, Kazunari MATOBA
  • Publication number: 20220142732
    Abstract: A dental treatment apparatus includes: a handpiece including a head that holds a cutting tool; a drive unit capable of performing forward rotation driving for rotating the cutting tool held at the head in a cutting direction, and reverse rotation driving for rotating the cutting tool held at the head in a non-cutting direction; an operation receiving unit that receives an operation of an operator; and a controller that controls the drive unit that drives the cutting tool, according to the operation received by the operation receiving unit. Only when a prescribed condition is satisfied, the controller sets the operation received by the operation receiving unit as an operation to drive the cutting tool by reverse rotation driving, or as an operation to drive the cutting tool by twist driving by which the forward rotation driving and the reverse rotation driving are alternately performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Kyohei Kato, Kazunari Matoba
  • Publication number: 20220087777
    Abstract: A dental treatment apparatus according to the present invention includes a drive unit that includes a micromotor, a motor driver, and the like, a controller, and a root canal length measurement circuit. The controller controls the cutting tool to be held at a head forward driven in a direction of cutting of an object to be cut. The controller also controls the cutting tool to be reverse driven in a direction reverse to forward rotation drive when the cutting tool is forward driven and the root canal length measurement circuit detects a tip end of the cutting tool reaching a reference position. The controller further carries out a fail-safe control when the cutting tool is reverse driven and the root canal length measurement circuit detects movement of the tip end of the cutting tool toward a root apex position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Kyohei Kato, Kazunari Matoba
  • Patent number: 10813717
    Abstract: In a dental treatment apparatus, a control circuit controls a drive motor in accordance with a drive sequence. The drive sequence includes a plurality of drive patterns and at least one of the plurality of drive patterns is different from other drive pattern. The plurality of drive patterns include at least one drive pattern having such drive that a cutting tool is rotated in a cutting direction for cutting a treatment portion and drive for rotating the cutting tool in a non-cutting direction which is reverse to the cutting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Kyohei Kato, Tomoaki Ueda, Seiichiro Yamashita, Kazunari Matoba
  • Publication number: 20200155273
    Abstract: A dental treatment apparatus includes a handpiece holding a cutting tool in its head, a drive portion driving the cutting tool held by the head, and a control portion controlling the drive portion in accordance with a drive sequence. The drive sequence includes at least one forward rotation drive for rotating the cutting tool in a cutting direction to cut a treatment portion and at least one reverse rotation drive for rotating the cutting tool in a non-cutting direction. Under the control of the drive portion in accordance with the drive sequence, a cumulative amount of rotation which is an accumulation of an amount of rotation in forward rotation drive and an amount of rotation in reverse rotation drive does not exceed a set value at any time point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Kyohei Kato, Naoki Katsuda, Kazunari Matoba
  • Publication number: 20200155269
    Abstract: A root canal treatment instrument 100 continues drive of a cutting tool 5 in forward rotation drive until reaching 180 degrees, and when a load applied to the cutting tool 5 is equal to or greater than a reference load, drive of the cutting tool 5 is switched to reverse rotation drive until reaching 90 degrees. In the root canal treatment instrument 100, when a cumulative amount of rotation is equal to or greater than a reference amount of rotation, change to a drive pattern is made, forward rotation drive is continued until reaching 90 degrees, and when a load applied to the cutting tool 5 is equal to or greater than the reference load, drive of the cutting tool 5 is switched to reverse rotation drive until reaching 180 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Kazunari Matoba, Kyohei Kato
  • Publication number: 20190380813
    Abstract: The A root canal treatment apparatus includes: a handpiece configured to hold a cutting tool in a head in a drivable manner; a motor driver and a micromotor configured to drive the cutting tool; a root canal length measurement circuit; and a control portion. The root canal length measurement circuit is configured to electrically detect a position of a tip end of the cutting tool in a root canal, using the cutting tool as a measuring electrode. The control portion is configured to perform drive for reversely rotating the cutting tool by a predetermined set angle (180 degrees) when the position of the tip end of the cutting tool detected by the root canal length measurement circuit reaches a predetermined set position, and then, stopping rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Kyohei Kato, Naoki Katsuda, Seiichiro Yamashita, Kazunari Matoba
  • Publication number: 20170265961
    Abstract: In a dental treatment apparatus, a control circuit controls a drive motor in accordance with a drive sequence. The drive sequence includes a plurality of drive patterns and at least one of the plurality of drive patterns is different from other drive pattern. The plurality of drive patterns include at least one drive pattern having such drive that a cutting tool is rotated in a cutting direction for cutting a treatment portion and drive for rotating the cutting tool in a non-cutting direction which is reverse to the cutting direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Kyohei Kato, Tomoaki Ueda, Seiichiro Yamashita, Kazunari Matoba
  • Patent number: 9192450
    Abstract: A dental treating apparatus has a head unit having a holder for drivably holding a cutting tool, a hand piece body connected to the head unit for transmitting power to drive the cutting tool, and a controller for controlling the driving of the cutting tool. The dental treating apparatus further has a conductive body disposed in an inside of the hand piece body for transmitting an electric signal, contact members electrically connecting the cutting tool or the holder with the conductive body, a connection failure detector for applying a predetermined input signal to the conductive body and detecting a connection failure of the contact members based on a response to the input signal obtained via the cutting tool, and a notifier for notifying a user based on the detection result of the connection failure detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichiro Yamashita, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Minoru Imazato, Kazunari Matoba
  • Patent number: 8920166
    Abstract: The present invention provides a root canal length measuring apparatus and a root canal treatment apparatus which can acquire a position of a measurement electrode with high reproducibility in the same root canal. The root canal length measuring apparatus includes a measurement electrode which is inserted into a root canal, an oral electrode which is held in an oral cavity, a measuring section which applies an electric measuring signal between the measurement electrode and the oral electrode and specifies an apex position so as to measure a root canal length, a memory means which stores position data corresponding to a position of the measurement electrode in a root canal acquired by the measuring section, and an operating means which instructs the memory means to store the position data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichiro Yamashita, Hiroaki Kusakabe, Kazunari Matoba, Tetsuzo Ito
  • Patent number: 8385617
    Abstract: An imaging device for dental treatment for use in an instrument for dental treatment with a head to which a rotary cutting tool can be attached. The imaging device for dental treatment comprises: an imaging module with an imaging element; and a mounting section through which the imaging module is detachably attached to the instrument for dental treatment such that the imaging module is on the bottom side or on the lateral side of the head, and that the imaging module is in a posture that causes the imaging axis of the imaging module and the rotary axis of the rotary cutting tool to be substantially parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Okawa, Seiichiro Yamashita, Kazunari Matoba
  • Patent number: 8371848
    Abstract: A diagnostic/treatment instrument such as a handpiece equipped with a dental treatment tool, etc. is provided with a light radiating unit that can distinctively detect a dental lesion, to facilitate the treatment of the lesion. A light source for emitting light that can distinctively detect the lesion is mounted near the head of the handpiece to which a diagnostic/treatment tool can be attached. The light emitted from the light source illuminates an area forward of the diagnostic/treatment tool. Alternatively, the light source comprises a plurality of light-emitting devices which are arranged around the periphery of the forward end of the handpiece head in such a manner as to encircle the diagnostic/treatment tool, and radiates light to illuminate the area forward of the diagnostic/treatment tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Okawa, Kenji Kino, Kazunari Matoba
  • Patent number: 8192359
    Abstract: A functional module type medical apparatus for use in medical treatment and/or diagnosis and a functional module with individual function of medical treatment and/or diagnosis are disclosed. The functional module type medical apparatus comprises a common functional body with a module connection part, having at least one of a display section for displaying necessary information relating to medical treatment and/or diagnosis, an operation section for medical treatment and/or diagnosis, and a power source section for supplying driving power to the medical apparatus, in which the module connection part is constructed such that the corresponding connection part of a functional module having medical treatment and/or diagnosis is replaceably connected thereto, whereby the common functional body cooperatively functions in accordance with its individual function of the functional module when the functional module is connected thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kusakabe, Naoki Katsuda, Seiichiro Yamashita, Kazunari Matoba
  • Publication number: 20110229839
    Abstract: A treatment unit includes: a communication part that receives through a communication cable information about a root canal length acquired by a root canal length measuring unit as an external diagnostic unit; a display device on which the information about a root canal length is displayed; and a treatment unit body to which a file for root canal enlargement is attached. The treatment unit body forms a holding part held by a user. The display device is provided on the outer circumference of the holding part. The user can visually recognize a root canal length displayed on the display device while performing root canal enlargement with the treatment unit held by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichiro YAMASHITA, Hiroaki Kusakabe, Kazunari Matoba
  • Patent number: 7922346
    Abstract: An object of the preset invention is to provide a medical lighting apparatus capable of illuminating an affected part with proper illuminance while assuring a work space for an operator near the affected part. A medical lighting apparatus for irradiating an affected part with light includes: a light source (a light emitting element); a light condenser (a collimate lens and a condenser lens) for condensing light emitted from the light source; an image forming unit (an image lens) for forming an image on the affected part from the light condensed by the light condenser; and an aperture portion provided between the light condenser and the image forming unit and regulating passage of the light condensed by the light condenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Katsuda, Shusuke Hashimoto, Kazunari Matoba, Shinichi Okawa, Hiroaki Kusakabe, Yuzo Nakayama