Patents by Inventor Makoto Michiaki

Makoto Michiaki 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: 8083054
    Abstract: To minimize used titanium materials, a container for an implant fixture has a housing main body 1, an implant fixture holding member 2, and a cap 3, the main body 1 is made of glass or the like and has guide grooves 1a in an axial direction, the holding member 2 is made of titanium and includes a bottom part 2a contacting with a top of a dental implant fixture X, and three or more guide parts 2b surrounding the fixture X, the guide part 2b has an insertion lock part 2ba to be locked in the guide groove 1a, the cap 3 is made of a resin, has a press part 3a, and seals the upper surface of the main body 1, and the press part 3a contacts with an engagement hole Xa and/or an upper surface Xb of the fixture X to press the fixture X.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Kinya Nihei, Tatsunosuke Miyano, Yoshihiro Sakaguchi, Makoto Michiaki
  • Publication number: 20110247947
    Abstract: To minimize used titanium materials, a container for an implant fixture has a housing main body 1, an implant fixture holding member 2, and a cap 3, the main body 1 is made of glass or the like and has guide grooves 1a in an axial direction, the holding member 2 is made of titanium and includes a bottom part 2a contacting with a top of a dental implant fixture X, and three or more guide parts 2b surrounding the fixture X, the guide part 2b has an insertion lock part 2ba to be locked in the guide groove 1a, the cap 3 is made of a resin, has a press part 3a, and seals the upper surface of the main body 1, and the press part 3a contacts with an engagement hole Xa and/or an upper surface Xb of the fixture X to press the fixture X.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Kinya NIHEI, Tatsunosuke Miyano, Yoshihiro Sakaguchi, Makoto Michiaki
  • Patent number: 7921991
    Abstract: To minimize titanium materials and accurately and easily fix a dental implant fixture, a housing container includes a glass housing main body, a resin cap, and a resin implant fixture holding member, the cap includes a press part at an inner surface, the implant fixture holding member fits into the bottom side of the housing main body, the implant fixture holding member has, at an upper surface side, three or more groove parts formed radially from a center to an end side, and titanium plate-like guide parts which include, at the center side, projected portions slightly projecting from the upper surface, and include, at the radial end side, erected portions extending up to at least equal to or more than ? of a height from a tip of the dental implant fixture to erect around an outer peripheral surface of the dental implant fixture are inserted in the groove parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Kimihiko Sato, Kinya Nihei, Makoto Michiaki
  • Publication number: 20100243485
    Abstract: To minimize titanium materials and accurately and easily fix a dental implant fixture, a housing container includes a glass housing main body, a resin cap, and a resin implant fixture holding member, the cap includes a press part at an inner surface, the implant fixture holding member fits into the bottom side of the housing main body, the implant fixture holding member has, at an upper surface side, three or more groove parts formed radially from a center to an end side, and titanium plate-like guide parts which include, at the center side, projected portions slightly projecting from the upper surface, and include, at the radial end side, erected portions extending up to at least equal to or more than ? of a height from a tip of the dental implant fixture to erect around an outer peripheral surface of the dental implant fixture are inserted in the groove parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Kimihiko SATO, Kinya Nihei, Makoto Michiaki
  • Patent number: 6461159
    Abstract: A dental mixing pad whose mixing surface side is constituted by a color having a low reflectance of a light having a wavelength of 470 nm±80 nm, is disclosed. It is preferred that the color having a low reflectance of a light having a wavelength of 470 nm±80 nm, which constitutes the mixing surface side of the dental mixing pad, is satisfied with at least one of the following requirements: that is, in a standard illuminant D65, L* is 80 or less, and C* is less than 20; L* is 80 or less, and h is 50°±80°; and L* is 30 or less, when expressed by an L*C*h color space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Kotaka, Takeo Sasaki, Makoto Michiaki