Patents by Inventor Genyo Midorikawa

Genyo Midorikawa 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).

  • Patent number: 10993799
    Abstract: It is provided an intraocular lens insertion system that achieves a preferable insertion of an intraocular lens without using viscoelastic material in an eyeball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kobayashi, Shuji Abe, Genyo Midorikawa
  • Patent number: 10751168
    Abstract: An intraocular lens insertion apparatus includes an apparatus body configured to include a housing member for housing an intraocular lens and an insertion tube member for ejecting the intraocular lens into an eyeball of a patient, a plunger configured to move in the apparatus body, and a hook member formed on the apparatus body for a user of the intraocular lens insertion apparatus to hook a finger when the user moves the plunger. The plunger is moved to a side of the insertion tube member, the intraocular lens housed in the housing member is pushed by a distal end of the plunger, and the intraocular lens is ejected from the insertion tube member, and a connecting member configured to connect an operability enhancing member for enhancing an operability of the plunger when the plunger is moved with the apparatus body is provided for the apparatus body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Genyo Midorikawa
  • Patent number: 10507099
    Abstract: An intraocular lens insertion apparatus includes a distal end member which is inserted through an incision in an eyeball of a patient, an opening member provided for the distal end member through which an intraocular lens is ejected, and an indicator provided for the distal end member. The indicator is used for indicating that an entire part of the opening member is inside a cornea of the eyeball or inside a sclerocornea of the eyeball with respect to an external flap of the incision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Kowa Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kobayashi, Shuji Abe, Genyo Midorikawa
  • Patent number: 10213295
    Abstract: Intraocular lens insertion apparatus includes a cylindrical body member configured to retain an intraocular lens, a fore-end opening provided for a tip of the body member, and a planate protrusion provided for a tip of the fore-end opening. Further, an end surface of the fore-end opening is an oblique surface which is oblique to a plane perpendicular to a central axis of the body member, and a fore-end area including a pair of lateral walls which are parallel to each other across the central axis is formed on a side of the tip of the fore-end opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Kowa Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kobayashi, Genyo Midorikawa
  • Publication number: 20180296321
    Abstract: It is provided an intraocular lens insertion system that achieves a preferable insertion of an intraocular lens without using viscoelastic material in an eyeball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Kenichi KOBAYASHI, Shuji ABE, Genyo MIDORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180098842
    Abstract: An intraocular lens insertion apparatus includes an apparatus body configured to include a housing member for housing an intraocular lens and an insertion tube member for ejecting the intraocular lens into an eyeball of a patient, a plunger configured to move in the apparatus body, and a hook member formed on the apparatus body for a user of the intraocular lens insertion apparatus to hook a finger when the user moves the plunger. The plunger is moved to a side of the insertion tube member, the intraocular lens housed in the housing member is pushed by a distal end of the plunger, and the intraocular lens is ejected from the insertion tube member, and a connecting member configured to connect an operability enhancing member for enhancing an operability of the plunger when the plunger is moved with the apparatus body is provided for the apparatus body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventor: Genyo Midorikawa
  • Publication number: 20170319331
    Abstract: An intraocular lens insertion apparatus includes a distal end member which is inserted through an incision in an eyeball of a patient, an opening member provided for the distal end member through which an intraocular lens is ejected, and an indicating means provided for the distal end member. The indicating means is used for indicating that an entire part of the opening member is inside a cornea of the eyeball or inside a sclerocornea of the eyeball with respect to an external flap of the incision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kobayashi, Shuji Abe, Genyo Midorikawa
  • Patent number: 9801759
    Abstract: Provided is a configuration in which when a positioning member is removed from an intraocular lens insertion tool, restrictions on the position and posture of an intraocular lens can be lifted smoothly without exerting influence on the intraocular lens and the insertion tool itself. The present invention is provided with: an approximately cylindrical nozzle body (10); a stage part which is provided in the nozzle body (10) and houses an intraocular lens; a plunger which presses the intraocular lens housed in the stage part by the forward end thereof to discharge the intraocular lens into an eyeball; and a positioning member (60) which restricts the initial position and posture of the intraocular lens by being mounted to the stage part from the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Kowa Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Genyo Midorikawa
  • Publication number: 20160175090
    Abstract: Intraocular lens insertion apparatus includes a cylindrical body member configured to retain an intraocular lens, a fore-end opening provided for a tip of the body member, and a planate protrusion provided for a tip of the fore-end opening. Further, an end surface of the fore-end opening is an oblique surface which is oblique to a plane perpendicular to a central axis of the body member, and a fore-end area including a pair of lateral walls which are parallel to each other across the central axis is formed on a side of the tip of the fore-end opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Kenichi Kobayashi, Genyo Midorikawa
  • Publication number: 20150157500
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with: an approximately cylindrical nozzle body; a stage part which is provided in the nozzle body and houses an intraocular lens; a plunger which presses the intraocular lens housed in the stage part by the forward end thereof to discharge the intraocular lens into an eyeball; and a positioning member which restricts the initial position and posture of the intraocular lens by being mounted to the stage part from the outside. Rib sections are formed so as to extend in the front-back direction of the nozzle body at the outer periphery of the stage part, and side wall parts and rotation prevention wall parts are formed in the positioning member so as to sandwich the rib sections from both sides, thereby restricting the rotation of the positioning member with respect to the stage part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventor: Genyo Midorikawa