Patents by Inventor Masahiro Todoh

Masahiro Todoh 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).

  • Laser processing apparatus, osseointegration method, implant material, and implant-material fabrication method
    Patent number: 9192418
    Abstract: A method of integrating bone and implant material includes drilling a hole in either one of the bone and the implant material through to a junction of the bone and the implant material by applying a laser beam to either one of the bone and the implant material and integrating the bone and the implant material by applying a laser beam to the junction through the hole drilled at the drilling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Kanaoka, Taira Ogita, Tooru Murai, Shigeru Tadano, Masahiro Todoh
  • LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS, OSSEOINTEGRATION METHOD, IMPLANT MATERIAL, AND IMPLANT-MATERIAL FABRICATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20140277455
    Abstract: An apparatus for integrating bone and implant material and a method for fabricating an implant material are provided. The apparatus includes a laser applying unit that applies the laser beam to a junction of the bone and the implant material to drill a hole in the bone and melt the implant material, a processing-condition setting unit that sets a processing condition for at least one of the bone and the implant material, and a control unit that controls an application of the laser beam based on the processing condition. The method includes burning a bone by applying a heat source to the bone, foamed-layer forming including melting sintered implant material by applying the heat source to the implant material in a gas atmosphere produced by burning the bone, and forming a foamed layer on melted implant material in which foamed air bubbles are confined and coagulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru KANAOKA, Taira OGITA, Tooru MURAI, Shigeru TADANO, Masahiro TODOH
  • LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS, OSSEOINTEGRATION METHOD, IMPLANT MATERIAL, AND IMPLANT-MATERIAL FABRICATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20100049179
    Abstract: A method of integrating bone and implant material includes drilling a hole in either one of the bone and the implant material through to a junction of the bone and the implant material by applying a laser beam to either one of the bone and the implant material and integrating the bone and the implant material by applying a laser beam to the junction through the hole drilled at the drilling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Masaru Kanaoka, Taira Ogita, Tooru Murai, Shigeru Tadano, Masahiro Todoh