Patents by Inventor Akihito Kano
Akihito Kano 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).
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Publication number: 20230337621Abstract: The present invention provides a tomato plant which is resistant to ToBRFV. A Tobamovirus resistant tomato plant of the present invention is with loss of function for a SlTOM1a gene, a SlTOM1c gene, and a SlTOM1d gene.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2020Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicants: National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Takii & Company LimitedInventors: Masayuki Ishikawa, Kazuhiro Ishibashi, Akihito Kano
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Publication number: 20230200836Abstract: An ultrasonic treatment tool includes: an ultrasonic oscillator in which a plurality of piezoelectric elements configured to generate ultrasonic oscillation are arranged along a longitudinal axis direction of the ultrasonic oscillator, the ultrasonic oscillator being configured to transmit the ultrasonic oscillation from a proximal end side to a distal end side of the ultrasonic oscillator; a contact receiver configured to transmit power and a control signal to the ultrasonic oscillator; and a floating structure configured to suppress transmission of ultrasonic oscillation generated by the ultrasonic oscillator to the contact receiver or dampen the ultrasonic oscillation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Akinori KOBAYASHI, Satoshi MIYAJIRI, Akihito KANO, Tsubasa NIIYAMA, Yusuke INUI
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Patent number: 11484357Abstract: A high frequency treatment instrument can be opened and closed between a first grasping jaw and a second grasping jaw. A lumen is formed inside the first grasping jaw. The first grasping jaw includes an electrode disposed on a side toward which the first gasping jaw is closed, with respect to the lumen. The electrode has an electrode surface arranged opposite the second grasping jaw and extending from a proximal end portion to a distal end portion of the first grasping jaw. The first grasping jaw has a distal end wall disposed opposing from a distal end side of the first grasping jaw toward a distal end edge of the electrode surface, and a clearance between the distal end edge of the electrode surface and the distal end wall communicates to the lumen and opens toward the side toward which the first grasping jaw is closed.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Akihito Kano, Mizuki Komiya, Ryuhei Shimada
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Patent number: 11317964Abstract: A fluid supply instrument for a treatment instrument that is mounted on a grasping section of the treatment instrument capable of grasping a living tissue includes a port configured to receive a fluid, and a cover continuous to the port and configured to be covering a back surface on an opposite side of a grasping surface of the grasping section that is capable of grasping a living tissue. The cover forms a fluid channel continuous from the port in cooperation with the grasping section, and allows the fluid received from the port to flow out from between a cover edge adjacent to the grasping surface and an edge portion of the grasping surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Akihito Kano
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Patent number: 11246276Abstract: The present invention provides to a novel powdery mildew resistance marker for winter squash plants, a powdery mildew resistant winter squash plant, and a method for producing a powdery mildew resistant winter squash plant using the same. The powdery mildew resistance marker for winter squash plants according to the present invention is characterized in that it includes a powdery mildew resistance locus on chromosome 3.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: TAKII & COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Hisanori Shin, Keitaro Sakaguchi, Hiroshi Asami, Shintaro Matsui, Akihito Kano, Sayaka Kodani
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Patent number: 10835308Abstract: A tube configured to be mounted on an outer side of a shaft of a treatment instrument includes a tube main body, and a convex portion that is provided along a longitudinal axis of the tube main body and is protruded inwards in a radial direction of the tube main body with respect to an inner peripheral surface of the tube main body.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Akihito Kano
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Patent number: 10772273Abstract: The present disclosure provides a novel powdery mildew resistance marker for melon plants, a powdery mildew resistant melon plant including a powdery mildew resistance locus; and a method for producing a powdery mildew resistant melon plant using the same.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Takii & Company LimitedInventors: Kazuo Kosugi, Ryohei Arimoto, Daisuke Maeda, Akihito Kano, Ryuji Ikesue
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Publication number: 20200205362Abstract: The present invention provides to a novel powdery mildew resistance marker for winter squash plants, a powdery mildew resistant winter squash plant, and a method for producing a powdery mildew resistant winter squash plant using the same. The powdery mildew resistance marker for winter squash plants according to the present invention is characterized in that it includes a powdery mildew resistance locus on chromosome 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: Takii & Company LimitedInventors: Hisanori Shin, Keitaro Sakaguchi, Hiroshi Asami, Shintaro Matsui, Akihito Kano, Sayaka Kodani
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Patent number: 10660664Abstract: A vibration transmitting member for use with a clamp member. The vibration transmitting member provided with vibration from an ultrasonic transducer and including: a body having a distal portion with a surface and an opposite surface, the body further having a proximal portion; wherein: the body extending along a longitudinal axis extending from the proximal toward the distal portion, the surface opposes the clamp member and having a ridge extending along the longitudinal axis, the ridge extends toward the clamp member in a thickness direction more than other portions of the surface, the opposite surface opposes the surface and having a projection extending along the longitudinal axis, the projection protrudes more than other portions of the opposite surface in the thickness direction, and a maximum thickness of the distal portion is smaller than a maximum width of the distal portion in a width direction perpendicular to the thickness direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Akihito Kano, Tsunetaka Akagane
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Publication number: 20200100832Abstract: The disclosed technology is directed to a treatment system comprises a power supply apparatus and a treatment instrument configured to communicate electrically so as to perform an operation on a biological tissue. The treatment instrument includes an end effector that transmits a high-frequency current to the biological tissue. An ultrasonic transducer is disposed in the treatment instrument. The ultrasonic transducer generates ultrasonic vibration when a second electrical energy is supplied. The ultrasonic transducer delivers the ultrasonic vibration to the end effector. The power supply apparatus includes a processor that supplies the first electrical energy to the end effector with a first voltage waveform about which a crest factor is equal to or lower than 1.5 and controls output of the first electrical energy in a manner that the biological tissue is degenerated and coagulated due to flowing of the high-frequency current in the biological tissue with no discharge occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventors: Mizuki Hanawa, Akihito Kano
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Publication number: 20190117294Abstract: A grasping treatment instrument can be opened and closed between a first grasping jaw and a second grasping jaw. The first grasping jaw includes, on its outer front surface, a grasping surface opposing the second grasping jaw, a back surface facing an opposite side to the grasping surface, and inclined surfaces arranged extending from a side of the back surface toward a side of the grasping surface as the inclined surfaces become away from a central position in a width direction, and are inclined relative to the back surface. In the first grasping jaw, a liquid is supplied from a liquid inlet portion onto the inclined surfaces by way of the back surface, and the liquid flows out from the inclined surfaces toward the side of the grasping surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventors: Akihito Kano, Mizuki Komiya, Ryuhei Shimada
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Publication number: 20190117293Abstract: A high frequency treatment instrument can be opened and closed between a first grasping jaw and a second grasping jaw. A lumen is formed inside the first grasping jaw. The first grasping jaw includes an electrode disposed on a side toward which the first gasping jaw is closed, with respect to the lumen. The electrode has an electrode surface arranged opposite the second grasping jaw and extending from a proximal end portion to a distal end portion of the first grasping jaw. The first grasping jaw has a distal end wall disposed opposing from a distal end side of the first grasping jaw toward a distal end edge of the electrode surface, and a clearance between the distal end edge of the electrode surface and the distal end wall communicates to the lumen and opens toward the side toward which the first grasping jaw is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventors: Akihito Kano, Mizuki Komiya, Ryuhei Shimada
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Publication number: 20190090937Abstract: A fluid supply instrument for a treatment instrument that is mounted on a grasping section of the treatment instrument capable of grasping a living tissue includes a port configured to receive a fluid, and a cover continuous to the port and configured to be covering a back surface on an opposite Side of a grasping surface of the grasping section that is capable of grasping a living tissue. The cover forms a fluid channel continuous from the port in cooperation with the grasping section, and allows the fluid received from the port to flow out from between a cover edge adjacent to the grasping surface and an edge portion of the grasping surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Akihito KANO
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Publication number: 20190090938Abstract: A tube configured to be mounted on an outer side of a shaft of a treatment instrument includes a tube main body, and a convex portion that is provided along a longitudinal axis of the tube main body and is protruded inwards in a radial direction of the tube main body with respect to an inner peripheral surface of the tube main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Akihito KANO
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Publication number: 20180325057Abstract: The present disclosure provides a novel powdery mildew resistance marker for melon plants, a powdery mildew resistant melon plant including a powdery mildew resistance locus; and a method for producing a powdery mildew resistant melon plant using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2016Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: Takii & Company LimitedInventors: Kazuo Kosugi, Ryohei Arimoto, Daisuke Maeda, Akihito Kano, Ryuji Ikesue
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Publication number: 20160374713Abstract: A vibration transmitting member for use with a clamp member. The vibration transmitting member provided with vibration from an ultrasonic transducer and including: a body having a distal portion with a surface and an opposite surface, the body further having a proximal portion; wherein: the body extending along a longitudinal axis extending from the proximal toward the distal portion, the surface opposes the clamp member and having a ridge extending along the longitudinal axis, the ridge extends toward the clamp member in a thickness direction more than other portions of the surface, the opposite surface opposes the surface and having a projection extending along the longitudinal axis, the projection protrudes more than other portions of the opposite surface in the thickness direction, and a maximum thickness of the distal portion is smaller than a maximum width of the distal portion in a width direction perpendicular to the thickness direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Akihito KANO, Tsunetaka AKAGANE
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Patent number: 8702700Abstract: A surgical treatment device which is used together with an endoscope, includes a sheath, a treatment portion which is arranged at the distal end portion of the sheath and includes first to third electrodes configured to treat a living tissue by using electrical energy, an operation portion which is arranged at a proximal end portion of the sheath and which is configured to operate the treatment portion, and a switching portion which is configured to switch between a first mode in which a treatment is given by using the first electrode and at least one of the second and third electrodes in the treatment portion and a second mode in which a treatment is given by using the second and third electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2012Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignees: Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation, Olympus Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Seiji Maeda, Hideyuki Kasahara, Akihito Kano, Hiroaki Ichikawa, Susumu Komagata, Randal J. Kadykowski
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Patent number: 8465488Abstract: An endoscopic surgical instrument includes an insertion section which is inserted into a body cavity, and a surgical section which is disposed on a tip of the insertion section and treats an object. The surgical section includes a body section, and a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode which are disposed on the body section. The surgical section coagulates and cuts the object by using a combination of not less than two of the first electrode, the second electrode, and the third electrode.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2010Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignees: Olympus Medical Systems Corporation, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems CorporationInventors: Seiji Maeda, Hideyuki Kasahara, Ken Yamatani, Akihito Kano, Randal James Kadykowski, Lyne Madeleine Charron-Keller
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Patent number: 8298229Abstract: A cutter for a blood vessel tissue harvesting instrument is disposed at the distal end of an insertion member. A cutter body projecting from the distal end of the insertion member includes a slit that extends from the distal end toward a base edge. High-frequency electrodes are disposed along the sides of the slit. A feeding mechanism has rotating surfaces which are rotated as a result of being pressed by the tissue, and which feed the tissue toward the base edge of the slit. The rotating surfaces are provided by two rotary members disposed opposite each other along the two side edges of the slit, respectively, so that the first and second rotating surfaces move in a direction from the opening of the slit toward the base edge of the slit.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2008Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignees: Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation, Olympus Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Akihito Kano, Hideyuki Kasahara, Seiji Maeda, Randal J. Kadyowski, Lyne M. Charron-Keller
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Publication number: 20120035606Abstract: The body tissue harvesting instrument is provided with a cutter which is disposed at the distal end of an insertion member that is inserted into the body to sever tissue inside the body. The cutter includes a slit that extends from the distal end toward the base end; a first high-frequency electrode disposed along the two side edges of the slit on the outer surface of the cutter body and a second high-frequency electrode disposed at the base end of the slit; and a mechanism which is disposed on both sides of the distal end of the slit in the projection of the cutter body which rotates as a result of being pressed by the tissue, and which feeds the tissue toward the interior of the slit. Parts located on both sides of the distal end of the slit in the projection may mutually separate in the thickness direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicants: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, TERUMO CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Akihito Kano, Hideyuki Kasahara, Seiji Maeda, Randal J. Kadykowski, Lyne M. Charron-Keller