Patents by Inventor Rieko AIBA

Rieko AIBA 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: 20230255734
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dental cutting zirconia blank having high relative density for preparing a dental restoration. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a dental cutting zirconia blank which consists of a zirconia ceramics used for the cutting with the CAD/CAM system in the dental field, a semi-sinter zirconia blank (pre-sintered body) of which has high relative density, and which can provide a prosthesis device having high aesthetics after sintering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Toshio KITAMURA, Rieko AIBA
  • Patent number: 11660172
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dental cutting zirconia blank having high relative density for preparing a dental restoration. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a dental cutting zirconia blank which consists of a zirconia ceramics used for the cutting with the CAD/CAM system in the dental field, a semi-sinter zirconia blank (pre-sintered body) of which has high relative density, and which can provide a prosthesis device having high aesthetics after sintering. There is provided a dental cutting zirconia blank wherein the dental cutting zirconia blank has at least one layer consisting of zirconia powder containing 4 to 15 mol % of yttria or erbium oxide as a stabilizer, a relationship among pre-sintering density, final-sintering density and relative density satisfies the following relation: 54?Relative density(%)={(Pre-sintering density)/(Perfect-sintering density)}×100?70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Toshio Kitamura, Rieko Aiba
  • Publication number: 20200113658
    Abstract: To provide a zirconia perfect sintered body which has a chroma of an excellent color tone and excellent translucency as compared with a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining prepared from a zirconia raw material powder containing various stabilizing materials while maintaining high strength, and does not cause deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Seiji BAN, Shuhei TAKAHASHI, Toshio KITAMURA, Rieko AIBA
  • Publication number: 20190380815
    Abstract: To provide a dental zirconia blank which has high permeability, can reproduce a color tone close to a natural tooth and a strength to be able to tolerate in oral cavity. Furthermore, to provide a dental zirconia blank from which a prosthesis device of 4 or more units having high strength can be prepared. To provide a dental zirconia blank having a plurality of layers, comprising; a first layer consisting of a high permeability ceramic containing 91.6 to 96.5 mol % of zirconium oxide and 3.5 to 8.4 mol % of yttrium oxide, and a second layer consisting of a low permeability ceramic containing 95.6 to 98.5 mol % of zirconium oxide and 1.5 to 4.4 mol % of yttrium oxide, wherein a content rate of yttrium oxide in the low permeability ceramic is lower than a content rate of yttrium oxide in the high permeability ceramic by 0.5 to 5.4 mol %, and the first layer is positioned at one end of the plurality of layers in a layering direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Rieko AIBA, Shuhei TAKAHASHI, Toshio KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180125616
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dental cutting zirconia blank having high relative density for preparing a dental restoration. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a dental cutting zirconia blank which consists of a zirconia ceramics used for the cutting with the CAD/CAM system in the dental field, a semi-sinter zirconia blank (pre-sintered body) of which has high relative density, and which can provide a prosthesis device having high aesthetics after sintering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Toshio KITAMURA, Rieko AIBA