Patents by Inventor Chisato Karasawa

Chisato Karasawa 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: 20230082982
    Abstract: A suture method includes a first arrangement step of using a first treatment device including first/second grasping pieces to hook the first grasping piece to a first position of peripheral tissues of a lesion; a second arrangement step of hooking the second grasping piece to a second position of the peripheral tissues; a grasping step of grasping the first position and the second position while pressing the first position and the second position to the peripheral tissues; a retracting step of retracting the lesion site toward a proximal end side of the first treatment device while drawing the first position and the second position grasped by the first treatment device; and a suturing step of suturing a first suturing position at an external side of the first position and a second suturing position at an external side of the second position in the peripheral tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Chisato KARASAWA, Satoru NONAKA, Ichiro ODA
  • Publication number: 20110294203
    Abstract: A cell cluster from which unwanted components are removed by efficiently washing the cell cluster is collected. Provided is a cell washing method including a centrifuging step (S1) of collecting a cell suspension in a centrifuge container having a washing fluid discharge port opposing a bottom part and centrifugally separating cells at the bottom part by rotating in such a manner that the bottom part faces outward in the radial direction; a supernatant ejecting step (S2) of ejecting a supernatant centrifugally separated in the centrifuging step (S1); and a washing step (S3) of discharging the washing fluid from the discharge port while rotating the centrifuge container while ejecting the supernatant in the supernatant ejecting step (S2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicants: CYTORI THERAPEUTICS, INC., OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki TSUCHIDA, Chisato KARASAWA, Kazuhiro YOSHIDA, Robert K. SHANAHAN, Lucas V. FORNACE
  • Publication number: 20100021994
    Abstract: To enable to yield a group of fat-derived stem cells of constant quality regardless of the individual difference in fat tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chisato Karasawa