Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Sekino

Hirokazu Sekino 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: 20160284238
    Abstract: A simulated organ includes two simulated blood vessels intersecting with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Hirokazu SEKINO, Koichiro MIYAZAKI, Jiro ITO
  • Publication number: 20160284243
    Abstract: A simulated organ includes a coloring member. The coloring member is arranged inside a simulated blood vessel and presents a different color from the simulated blood vessel at a site exposed from the simulated blood vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Hirokazu SEKINO, Jiro ITO
  • Publication number: 20160284244
    Abstract: A simulated organ includes a simulated blood vessel in which light is discharged from a damaged site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Hirokazu SEKINO, Takeshi SETO, Jiro ITO
  • Publication number: 20160284242
    Abstract: A simulated organ includes a plurality of simulated blood vessels having different strengths from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Hirokazu SEKINO, Jiro ITO, Takuya FUJITA
  • Patent number: 9402946
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: an inflow channel to which liquid is supplied; an outflow channel communicated with a nozzle; a liquid chamber formed with a spiral flow channel having a substantially constant cross-sectional area between the inflow channel and the outflow channel and having a given volume; a volume changing portion configured to deform the liquid chamber so as to change the volume of the liquid chamber to a volume smaller than the given volume; and an ejection control unit configured to cause the liquid to be ejected from the nozzle in a pulsed manner by driving the volume changing portion in a state in which the liquid chamber is filled with the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Seto, Hirokazu Sekino, Kazuaki Uchida, Kazuo Kawasumi
  • Publication number: 20160081707
    Abstract: A liquid injection device includes an injection unit which injects a liquid, a liquid supply instrument which supplies the liquid to the injection unit, and a control unit which controls operation of the injection unit and the liquid supply instrument, wherein the injection unit includes a distal end portion where a nozzle for injecting the liquid is formed, and a body portion in which the distal end portion is removably loaded, at the distal end portion, a distal end-side memory is provided in which first startup data is written, and the control unit is a control unit which reads and writes the first startup data from and to the distal end-side memory in the distal end portion loaded in the body portion and manages use time of the distal end portion based on the first startup data that is read out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Tsunemori ASAHI, Hirokazu SEKINO
  • Patent number: 9237901
    Abstract: A liquid injection device includes an injection unit which injects a liquid, a liquid supply instrument which supplies the liquid to the injection unit, and a control unit which controls operation of the injection unit and the liquid supply instrument, wherein the injection unit includes a distal end portion where a nozzle for injecting the liquid is formed, and a body portion in which the distal end portion is removably loaded, at the distal end portion, a distal end-side memory is provided in which first startup data is written, and the control unit is a control unit which reads and writes the first startup data from and to the distal end-side memory in the distal end portion loaded in the body portion and manages use time of the distal end portion based on the first startup data that is read out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tsunemori Asahi, Hirokazu Sekino
  • Publication number: 20150238225
    Abstract: A fluid ejection device includes a fluid ejection tube having a forward end nozzle inserted into an abdominal cavity. The fluid ejection tube, accommodated in a cylindrical casing section, is movable in an extending direction. The fluid ejection tube moves in the extending direction, interlocked with a sliding operation of a sealing state switching operation section on the outside of the casing section. Fixed and sliding sealing sections, which seal the inside of the abdominal cavity off from outside, are arranged between the fluid ejection tube and an inner wall surface of the casing section. The fixed and sliding sealing sections shift from a first sealing state with a first airtightness to a second sealing state with a higher airtightness, through movement of the fluid ejection tube by the sealing state switching operation section. The fluid ejection device is electrically drivable when the second sealing state is established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Hirokazu SEKINO, Hideki KOJIMA, Koichiro MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20150238210
    Abstract: An operation instrument includes an electric surgical knife, a fluid ejection surgical knife, and a gripper mechanism. The gripper mechanism including a pair of gripper strips configured to be openable and closable so as to grip a living tissue and at least one of which is a movable portion. The gripper strips each are provided with an electrode for the electric surgical knife. An ejection opening for the fluid ejection surgical knife is formed in a first gripper strip, and the ejection opening is formed at a position retracted from an end portion on a distal end side of the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuaki UCHIDA, Hideki KOJIMA, Hirokazu SEKINO
  • Publication number: 20150238215
    Abstract: A fluid ejecting apparatus includes a handpiece, a fluid supply portion, and a bubble generating portion. The handpiece has a fluid chamber filled with a fluid, and a nozzle for ejecting the fluid in the fluid chamber. The fluid supply portion supplies the fluid to the fluid chamber at a predetermined flow rate through a supply tube. The bubble generating portion ejects the fluid from the nozzle by periodically generating a bubble in the fluid chamber. In a case where a frequency when a bubble is generated by the bubble generating portion is f (Hz) and a maximum volume of a bubble when the bubble during one cycle of driving of the bubble generating portion becomes the maximum is V (ml), the fluid supply portion supplies the fluid to the fluid chamber at the predetermined flow rate exceeding V×f (ml/s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Hideki KOJIMA, Hirokazu SEKINO
  • Patent number: 9055968
    Abstract: A liquid injection device includes: a chamber which supply of the liquid and connects with the injection nozzle; a chamber volume varying unit to which driving voltage is applied to reduce the volume of the chamber to a volume smaller than the volume of the chamber before the driving voltage is applied; a driving voltage applying unit which applies the driving voltage to the chamber volume varying unit with the liquid supplied to the chamber; a pseudo noise data memory unit which stores sound data of pseudo noise having audible frequency components contained in driving noise generated when the driving voltage is applied to the chamber volume varying unit; and a pseudo noise outputting unit which outputs the pseudo noise by using the sound data of the pseudo noise such that the sound pressure of the driving noise decreases within the audible frequency range when the driving voltage is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Sekino, Takeshi Seto, Hideki Kojima, Takahiro Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20150133961
    Abstract: A robotic surgical apparatus including a robot arm portion, an operation portion that receives an input by a user, and a tool control portion configured to operate the robot arm portion based on the input which the operation portion receives from a user. The robotic surgical apparatus includes a fluid chamber, a pulsating flow-provision portion configured to provide a fluid within the fluid chamber with a pulsating flow, a fluid ejection tube which includes a fluid ejection port for ejecting a fluid, a fluid supply portion which supplies a fluid to the fluid chamber, and a fluid ejection control portion which controls the pulsating flow-provision portion. The fluid ejection tube is mechanically fixed to the robot arm portion, and the fluid ejection control portion is configured such that the ejection amount of a fluid per unit time is changed in accordance with the movement speed of the fluid ejection port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuaki UCHIDA, Hideki KOJIMA, Hirokazu SEKINO, Takeshi SETO
  • Publication number: 20150088123
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus for medical treatment includes a liquid ejecting scalpel that ejects a liquid, an ultrasonic scalpel that generates an ultrasonic wave, an inner body that accommodates the liquid ejecting scalpel and the ultrasonic scalpel and includes a first opening portion allowing a distal end portion of the liquid ejecting scalpel or a distal end portion of the ultrasonic scalpel to protrude therethrough, an outer body that accommodates the inner body and includes a second opening portion at a position corresponding to the first opening portion, a suctioning path that is made by an aperture formed between the inner body and the outer body, and a manipulation section that is arranged in the outer body and selectively causes the distal end portion of the liquid ejecting scalpel or the distal end portion of the ultrasonic scalpel to protrude through the first opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Hirokazu SEKINO, Koichiro MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20150088130
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus for medical treatment includes a liquid ejecting scalpel that ejects a liquid, an ultrasonic scalpel that generates an ultrasonic wave, an outer case that accommodates the liquid ejecting scalpel and the ultrasonic scalpel and includes an opening portion allowing a distal end portion of the liquid ejecting scalpel or a distal end portion of the ultrasonic scalpel to protrude therethrough, a guide portion that is arranged in the outer case and guides the distal end portion of the liquid ejecting scalpel or the distal end portion of the ultrasonic scalpel to the opening portion, and a manipulation section that is arranged in the outer case and selectively causes the distal end portion of the liquid ejecting scalpel or the distal end portion of the ultrasonic scalpel to protrude through the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Hirokazu SEKINO, Koichiro MIYAZAKI, Atsuya HIRABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20150075367
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: an inflow channel to which liquid is supplied; an outflow channel communicated with a nozzle; a liquid chamber formed with a spiral flow channel having a substantially constant cross-sectional area between the inflow channel and the outflow channel and having a given volume; a volume changing portion configured to deform the liquid chamber so as to change the volume of the liquid chamber to a volume smaller than the given volume; and an ejection control unit configured to cause the liquid to be ejected from the nozzle in a pulsed manner by driving the volume changing portion in a state in which the liquid chamber is filled with the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Takeshi SETO, Hirokazu SEKINO, Kazuaki UCHIDA, Kazuo KAWASUMI
  • Publication number: 20150080923
    Abstract: A liquid injection device that injects a liquid includes a liquid chamber, a first channel connected to the liquid chamber and feeding a liquid to the liquid chamber, a second channel connected to the liquid chamber, to which the liquid is fed from the liquid chamber, and an injection tube that communicates with the second channel and injects the liquid, and the second channel has a curved shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Hideki KOJIMA, Hirokazu SEKINO
  • Publication number: 20150069163
    Abstract: A medical instrument storage apparatus includes a storage portion configured to store a tube which constitutes part of the medical instrument therein, and a drag generating mechanism configured to generate a force acting against a force in a direction of removal of the tube stored in the storage portion from the storage portion if generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Hirokazu SEKINO, Atsuya HIRABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20150073456
    Abstract: A liquid injection apparatus which includes a varying portion configured to vary a pressure in an interior of a liquid chamber in accordance with a drive signal, an injection tube having an injection port configured to inject liquid from the liquid chamber, a liquid supply unit configured to supply liquid to the liquid chamber, and a control unit configured to adjust the pressure in an interior of the liquid chamber by controlling the varying portion and the liquid supply unit. The control unit changes a rise time, which is a time period required for a drive signal to reach a second predetermined voltage from a first predetermined voltage in accordance with a speed of movement of the injection port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Hirokazu SEKINO, Hideki KOJIMA, Kazuaki UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150073452
    Abstract: A liquid is supplied to a liquid chamber, the pressure in a liquid chamber fluctuates according to a drive signal, and the liquid of the liquid chamber is ejected from an ejection port at the tip of an ejection pipe by fluctuation of the pressure in the liquid chamber. At this time, the relationship between the amount of variation of the moving speed of the ejection port and the amount of change of a parameter (drive signal) involved in fluctuation of the state of the liquid ejected from the ejection port is set, and the parameter is changed according to the relative speed of the ejection port using the set relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuaki UCHIDA, Hirokazu SEKINO
  • Publication number: 20150073453
    Abstract: A medical device that ejects a fluid includes a fluid ejection portion having an ejection tube having an opening for ejecting the fluid and a pulsation generation portion that generates pulsation to the fluid. A control portion controls a pulsation frequency by controlling the pulsation generation portion. A measurement portion measures movement velocity of the fluid ejection portion. A receiving portion receives instructions for setting a specific frequency and a specific movement velocity from a user. A setting portion sets the specific frequency and movement velocity based on the instruction from a user. A calculation portion calculates a control constant using the specific frequency and movement velocity. The control portion controls the frequency in accordance with the movement velocity so that a value calculated by the same method as calculation of the control constant using the frequency and movement velocity falls within a predetermined range including the control constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Hideki KOJIMA, Kazuaki UCHIDA, Takeshi SETO, Hirokazu SEKINO