Patents by Inventor Shunsuke Minakuchi

Shunsuke Minakuchi 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: 20210015592
    Abstract: Removable denture data of a removable denture is produced, and disk frame data of a disk frame in which the removable denture is accommodated is produced, thereby building the disk frame based on the disk frame data. Next, a resin disk in which artificial teeth are embedded is produced by arranging the artificial teeth in the disk frame and curing a base resin, and a denture base is milled by milling the resin disk based on the removable denture data, thereby manufacturing the removable denture in which a base side of the artificial teeth is embedded in the denture base. As a result, artificial teeth having an excellent aesthetics may be used, it is possible to firmly join the artificial teeth and the denture base to each other, and it is possible to manufacture a removable denture with a favorable restoration accuracy of the artificial teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University
    Inventors: Manabu KANAZAWA, Yumika SOEDA, Maiko IWAKI, Toshio ARAKIDA, Tamaki HADA, Shunsuke MINAKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170007381
    Abstract: An object is to provide an artificial tooth that can be attached to a denture base designed by CAD/CAM to be formed easily and accurately when the artificial tooth is arranged on the denture base. In an artificial tooth (21) that has a shape corresponding to a denture base that is designed on CAD based on three-dimensional data and is cut out, a regulator (21a to 21h) that regulates the rotation on the axis of the tooth as the center is provided for a portion to touch the denture base, and the regulator has a shape so as not to engage with the denture base in the direction of the axis of the tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Shunsuke MINAKUCHI, Manabu KANAZAWA, Shinta YAMAMOTO, Takayuki MICHII, Tomohiro KUMAGAI, Daisuke MATSUURA
  • Publication number: 20140316303
    Abstract: Provided is a method for creating a color scale that can be used as more objective assessment criteria used for the evaluation of the masticatory force by a color-changeable chewing gum by analyzing the characteristics of the color change in the gum along with the progress in mastication in people having toothed jaws. A method for creating a color scale, comprising having a plurality of people having toothed jaws masticate color-changeable chewing gums, obtaining a regression equation for the color presented by the masticated gum and the color difference between the gum before and the gum after mastication, and further, obtaining a regression equation for the number of times of mastication and the color difference between the gum before and the gum after mastication, to thereby obtain the number of times of mastication performed by the people having toothed jaws and the color difference in the color presented by the masticated gum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Makoto Sato, Takumi Tokumoto, Yasutaka Hiraoka, Ryota Sasaki, Daigo Sugita, Shunsuke Minakuchi, Tatsuro Uchida, Manabu Kanazawa, Yohei Hama
  • Publication number: 20130101778
    Abstract: To provide a most suitable block body for producing a denture base used when producing a denture base by cutting, the block body for producing a denture base is produced by polymerizing a (meth)acrylate monomer so as to have a color tone within a range that L* is 40 to 55, a* is 14 to 31, and b* is 5 to 20 when the color tone is measured with a sample thickness of 4 mm based on JIS Z8729, and to be preferably in a cylindrical shape having a diameter of 8 to 15 cm and a height of 1.5 to 5 cm, or in an elliptical-cylindrical shape having a major diameter and minor diameter of 8 to 15 cm and a height of 1.5 to 5 cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicants: National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University, GC Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Minakuchi, Manabu Kanazawa, Muzuki Nakayama, Tomohiro Kumagai
  • Publication number: 20120253232
    Abstract: A method for creating a color scale which can be used as a more objective determination criteria in order to analyze the color change characteristics of a gum with the progression of mastication of individuals with healthy teeth and jaw and to use for evaluation of masticatory performance by a color-changeable chewing gum is provided. A method for creating a color scale in which the number of times of mastication by individuals with healthy teeth and jaw and the color difference of the color developed by the gum after mastication are determined by having a plurality of individuals with healthy teeth and jaw masticate a color-changeable chewing gum to determine a regression equation of the color developed by the gum after mastication and the color difference of gums before and after mastication and further determining a regression equation of the number of times of mastication and the color difference of gums before and after mastication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Shunsuke Minakuchi, Tatsuro Uchida, Manabu Kanazaka, Makoto Sato, Yasutaka Hiraoka, Ryota Sasaki, Daigo Sugita
  • Publication number: 20110236856
    Abstract: A removable denture includes a denture base that is made of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene and is formed in a predetermined shape by a molded object of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene being cut; and artificial teeth that are arrayed at the denture base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Manabu Kanazawa, Shunsuke Minakuchi, Yusuke Sato, Kei Ohya, Masanao Inokoshi