Patents by Inventor Joichi Tamura

Joichi Tamura 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: 6095685
    Abstract: An X-ray radioscopic photographing apparatus comprises a top-board support frame for supporting a top board in the body axis direction of an examinee, a stand for supporting the top-board support frame so as to be rotatable about the body axis, a support for holding an X-ray tube unit and an X-ray image intensifier so as to be faced each other, a support member for holding the stand and supporting the support so as to be movable in the body axis direction, and a base portion for supporting the support member tiltably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventor: Joichi Tamura
  • Patent number: 5448610
    Abstract: A digital X-ray photography device, including an X-ray tube unit, a rotation supporting unit for rotating around a subject, an image system unit installed on the rotation supporting unit, for detecting X-rays transmitted through the subject, a first image processing unit, installed on the rotation supporting unit, for constructing a rotational stereoscopic image of the subject based on a signal from the image system unit, an X-ray detector, installed on the rotation supporting unit, for detecting X-rays transmitted through the subject, a second image processing unit, installed on the rotation supporting unit, for constructing a CT image of the subject based on a signal from the X-ray detector, and a unit for controlling pulse-shaped X-rays to be continuously radiated during a forward rotation and a backward rotation of the rotation supporting unit in order to perform a rotational stereoscopic photographing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Yamamoto, Masami Shimizu, Joichi Tamura, Shyunpei Nishimura