Patents by Inventor Kazue Tanaka
Kazue Tanaka 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: 9878183Abstract: A surgical operation system includes a US signal output section, an HV signal output section, a probe having a treatment section which has an HV signal applied thereto and vibrates by ultrasound, an HV signal main control section that performs feedback control of the HV signal output section based on the HV signal, a US signal main control section that performs feedback control of the US signal output section based on a US signal, and an HV signal auxiliary control section that controls the HV signal output section based on the US signal, and has a response time shorter than that of the HV signal main control section.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2013Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazue Tanaka, Takashi Mihori, Yoshitaka Honda, Ryoichi Honda
-
Publication number: 20170245923Abstract: A treatment instrument includes: a first holding surface including a first high frequency electrode portion; a second holding surface configured to hold living tissue cooperatively with the first holding surface and including a second high frequency electrode portion; a blade configured to apply pressure to the living tissue held between the first and second holding surfaces by a projected surface; and a heater which is capable of heating the first holding surface to a second temperature higher than the first temperature and sufficient to incise the living tissue held between the first and second holding surfaces by the blade, upon receipt of energy supplied at the same time as or after energy supply to the first and second high frequency electrode portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2017Publication date: August 31, 2017Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoyuki TAKASHINO, Yusuke TAKEI, Kazuhiro TANAKA, Kazue TANAKA
-
Publication number: 20170224407Abstract: A heating treatment apparatus to treat a living tissue by heating the living tissue includes a first holding member and a second holding member, a first heat generating element provided on the first holding member, a second heat generating element provided on the second holding member, a power supply unit supplying electric power to cause the first heat generating element and the second heat generating element to generate heat, and a control unit controlling operations of the power supply unit. The control unit switches a mode between a first mode and a second mode during treatment of the living tissue. Temperatures of the first heat generating element and the second heat generating element are controlled to the same temperature in the first mode and to different temperatures in the second mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Sadayoshi TAKAMI, Yoshitaka HONDA, Takashi IRISAWA, Kazue TANAKA, Toshifumi KATSURAGI
-
Publication number: 20160310207Abstract: A therapeutic treatment system includes a holding section configured to hold a biological tissue, electrodes provided in the holding section and capable of outputting first high-frequency energy for sealing the biological tissue at a first sealing temperature and second high-frequency energy for dissecting the biological tissue at a first dissection temperature higher than the first sealing temperature, electrodes provided in the holding section and capable of outputting first thermal energy for sealing the biological tissue at a second sealing temperature higher than the first sealing temperature and second thermal energy for dissecting the biological tissue at a second dissection temperature lower than the first dissection temperature and higher than the second sealing temperature, and a control section configured to control temperature of each of the electrodes to output the second thermal energy after the output of the first high-frequency energy.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka HONDA, Tsuyoshi HAYASHIDA, Kazue TANAKA, Sumihito KONISHI
-
Patent number: 9414882Abstract: A treatment system includes a power source for heat generation which outputs power for heat generation, a grasping member having a heating element which applies the power for heat generation as thermal energy to a living tissue, and a control section which performs constant temperature control on the power source for heat generation on the basis of temperature of the heating element, and controls the power source for heat generation so as to finish application of the thermal energy and complete treatment if the power for heat generation becomes not more than predetermined threshold power which is independent of a type of the living tissue or if a rate of decrease in the power for heat generation becomes not more than a predetermined threshold rate.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2013Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazue Tanaka, Yoshitaka Honda, Takashi Irisawa, Sadayoshi Takami
-
Publication number: 20160143684Abstract: A living tissue bonding system including: a sandwiching section for sandwiching living tissue; a power source for supplying to the living tissue treatment energy for bonding the living tissue sandwiched by the sandwiching section; a temperature measuring section for measuring a temperature of the living tissue sandwiched by the sandwiching section; a calculation section calculating, from the temperature of the living tissue measured by the temperature measuring section and a time period of applying the treatment energy, a time integral value of the temperature of the living tissue; a comparison section comparing the time integral value of the temperature of the living tissue calculated by the calculation section with a predetermined setting value; and an instruction section giving an instruction based on a result of the comparison by the comparison section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2016Publication date: May 26, 2016Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka HONDA, Takashi IRISAWA, Kazue TANAKA, Sadayoshi TAKAMI, Toshifumi KATSURAGI, Hiroko SAKAMOTO, Satomi SAKAO
-
Publication number: 20160106492Abstract: A living tissue bonding system includes a treatment instrument having a heating element which applies thermal energy to living tissue, an element temperature measuring section configured to measure an element temperature T1 of the heating element, a power source configured to generate power, a first calculating section configured to estimate a temperature difference ?T between the element temperature T1 and a temperature T2 of the living tissue using a table or an equation stored beforehand in order to estimate the temperature difference ?T based on an output value of the power source, a second calculating section configured to estimate the tissue temperature T2 from the element temperature T1 and the temperature difference ?T estimated by the first calculating section, and a control section configured to control the power source based on the tissue temperature T2 estimated by the second calculating section.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2015Publication date: April 21, 2016Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka HONDA, Takashi IRISAWA, Kazue TANAKA, Sadayoshi TAKAMI, Toshifumi KATSURAGI
-
Patent number: 9204992Abstract: A treatment system includes a holding section that has a heat generation section for applying thermal energy and holds a living tissue, a signal output section that supplies a drive signal to the heat generation section, a signal detection section that detects the drive signal, a signal extraction section that extracts an extracted signal of a predetermined frequency band from the drive signal detected by the signal detection section, a fault detection section that detects when a precursory phenomenon of a fault of the heat generation section the extracted signal reaches or exceeds a predetermined threshold, and a control section that performs control, when the fault detection section detects the precursory phenomenon, so as to reduce power of the drive signal supplied from the signal output section to the heat generation section.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2014Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka Honda, Takashi Irisawa, Sadayoshi Takami, Toshifumi Katsuragi, Kazue Tanaka
-
Patent number: 9198710Abstract: A treatment system includes a treatment instrument that has a pair of freely openable/closable holding sections for applying thermal energy generated by a heat generation section to a living tissue LT held between the holding sections, a signal output section that supplies an alternating current drive signal to the heat generation section, a setting section that sets a target temperature of the heat generation section, a signal detection section that detects a current and a voltage of the drive signal, a control section that controls a temperature of the heat generation section by adjusting power of the drive signal, a signal extraction section that extracts a direct current component from the drive signal detected by the signal detection section and a fault detection section that detects a precursory phenomenon of a fault of the heat generation section based on the extracted signal extracted by the signal extraction section.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2014Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka Honda, Takashi Irisawa, Sadayoshi Takami, Toshifumi Katsuragi, Kazue Tanaka
-
Publication number: 20150327916Abstract: A treatment system includes a power source for heat generation which outputs power for heat generation, a grasping member having a heating element which applies the power for heat generation as thermal energy to a grasped living tissue and is disposed at a grasping surface, and a control section which repeats a first control mode of performing control such that the heating element reaches a first temperature and a second control mode of performing control such that the heating element becomes lower than the first temperature, and controls the power source for heat generation according to a temperature change parameter based on change in temperature of the heating element in the first control mode or the second control mode so as to end application of the thermal energy.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Yoshitaka Honda, Kazue Tanaka, Takashi Irisawa, Sadayoshi Takami
-
Patent number: 9155884Abstract: A treatment system includes a power source for heat generation which outputs power for heat generation, a grasping member having a heating element which applies the power for heat generation as thermal energy to a grasped living tissue, a storage section storing a power decrease pattern which is a prediction about a change state of the power for heat generation, and a control section which performs pattern control on the power source for heat generation on the basis of the power decrease pattern acquired from the storage section.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka Honda, Takashi Irisawa, Kazue Tanaka, Sadayoshi Takami
-
Patent number: 9119619Abstract: A treatment system includes a power source for heat generation which outputs power for heat generation, a grasping member having a heating element which applies the power for heat generation as thermal energy to a grasped living tissue and is disposed at a grasping surface, and a control section which repeats a first control mode of performing control such that the heating element reaches a first temperature and a second control mode of performing control such that the heating element becomes lower than the first temperature, and controls the power source for heat generation according to a temperature change parameter based on change in temperature of the heating element in the first control mode or the second control mode so as to end application of the thermal energy.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2013Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Yoshitaka Honda, Kazue Tanaka, Takashi Irisawa, Sadayoshi Takami
-
Patent number: 9028434Abstract: An ultrasound operation apparatus comprises: an ultrasound transducer; a driving section that drives the ultrasound transducer by a drive signal; a probe having a proximal end section provided with the ultrasound transducer and a distal end section to which ultrasound oscillation is transmitted, the probe performing a treatment on a living tissue using ultrasound oscillation at the distal end section; a detecting section that detects, from a drive signal, a physical quantity which varies due to cavitation generated by ultrasound oscillation of the distal end section; and an output control section that controls an output of the driving section in accordance with the detected physical quantity.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2009Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.Inventor: Kazue Tanaka
-
Patent number: 9023029Abstract: A treatment system includes a holding section that has a heat generation section, a signal output section that supplies a drive signal to the heat generation section, a setting section that sets a target temperature of the heat generation section, a signal detection section that detects the drive signal, a signal extraction section that extracts an extracted signal of a predetermined frequency band from the drive signal detected by the signal detection section, a fault detection section that detects a precursory phenomenon of a fault of the heat generation section when the extracted signal reaches a predetermined threshold, and a control section that controls the drive signal to the heat generation section in a treatment mode for treating the living tissue at the target temperature or in a test mode for detecting the precursory phenomenon.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2014Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.Inventors: Yoshitaka Honda, Takashi Irisawa, Sadayoshi Takami, Toshifumi Katsuragi, Kazue Tanaka
-
Patent number: 8858439Abstract: An ultrasound operation apparatus includes an ultrasound transducer; a drive section that drives the ultrasound transducer using a drive signal; a probe that has a proximal end section in which the ultrasound transducer is provided and a distal end section to which ultrasound vibrations are transmitted, and that performs treatment for living tissue by using ultrasound vibrations at the distal end section; a resonance frequency tracking section that drives so as to cause ultrasound vibrations to be generated at a resonance frequency; a detection section that detects a frequency component signal of a frequency component other than a resonance frequency of the drive signal; and a cavitation suppression control section that controls so as to suppress or eliminate cavitations according to the detection result.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2009Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.Inventors: Kazue Tanaka, Yukihiko Sawada, Satoshi Honma
-
Patent number: 8845537Abstract: An ultrasound operation apparatus includes an ultrasound transducer; a drive section that drives the ultrasound transducer by means of a drive signal; a probe that has a proximal end section in which the ultrasound transducer is provided and a distal end section to which ultrasound vibrations are transmitted, and that performs treatment for living tissue by using ultrasound vibrations at the distal end section; a detection section that detects from the drive signal a physical quantity that changes due to cavitations generated by ultrasound vibrations of the distal end section and an output control section that controls the output of the drive section so as to generate cavitations or to increase or maintain a generation amount in accordance with the detected physical quantity.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2009Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.Inventors: Kazue Tanaka, Yukihiko Sawada, Satoshi Honma
-
Publication number: 20140236140Abstract: A treatment system includes a holding section that has a heat generation section, a signal output section that supplies a drive signal to the heat generation section, a setting section that sets a target temperature of the heat generation section, a signal detection section that detects the drive signal, a signal extraction section that extracts an extracted signal of a predetermined frequency band from the drive signal detected by the signal detection section, a fault detection section that detects a precursory phenomenon of a fault of the heat generation section when the extracted signal reaches a predetermined threshold, and a control section that controls the drive signal to the heat generation section in a treatment mode for treating the living tissue at the target temperature or in a test mode for detecting the precursory phenomenon.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Yoshitaka HONDA, Takashi IRISAWA, Sadayoshi TAKAMI, Toshifumi KATSURAGI, Kazue TANAKA
-
Patent number: 8808286Abstract: A surgical system includes a surgical instrument including a conducting section transmitting ultrasound vibration generated by an ultrasound transducer to a distal end portion and transmitting a high-frequency output signal to the distal end portion, an ultrasound drive section outputting an ultrasound drive signal to the ultrasound transducer, a high-frequency output section outputting a high-frequency output signal to the conducting section, a detection section detecting an ultrasound impedance of a surgical site to which ultrasound energy and high-frequency energy are provided from the distal end portion by outputting both signals simultaneously to the surgical instrument, a determination section determining whether the detected ultrasound impedance is in a predetermined range, and a control section performing control to increase a high-frequency output value by a first predetermined amount or decrease the high-frequency output value by a second predetermined amount when the detected ultrasound impedance iType: GrantFiled: January 10, 2013Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.Inventors: Kazue Tanaka, Satoshi Honda, Hideo Sanai
-
Publication number: 20140214142Abstract: A treatment system includes a holding section that has a heat generation section for applying thermal energy and holds a living tissue, a signal output section that supplies a drive signal to the heat generation section, a signal detection section that detects the drive signal, a signal extraction section that extracts an extracted signal of a predetermined frequency band from the drive signal detected by the signal detection section, a fault detection section that detects when a precursory phenomenon of a fault of the heat generation section the extracted signal reaches or exceeds a predetermined threshold, and a control section that performs control, when the fault detection section detects the precursory phenomenon, so as to reduce power of the drive signal supplied from the signal output section to the heat generation section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Yoshitaka HONDA, Takashi IRISAWA, Sadayoshi TAKAMI, Toshifumi KATSURAGI, Kazue TANAKA
-
Publication number: 20140207132Abstract: A treatment system includes a treatment instrument that has a pair of freely openable/closable holding sections for applying thermal energy generated by a heat generation section to a living tissue LT held between the holding sections, a signal output section that supplies an alternating current drive signal to the heat generation section, a setting section that sets a target temperature of the heat generation section, a signal detection section that detects a current and a voltage of the drive signal, a control section that controls a temperature of the heat generation section by adjusting power of the drive signal, a signal extraction section that extracts a direct current component from the drive signal detected by the signal detection section and a fault detection section that detects a precursory phenomenon of a fault of the heat generation section based on the extracted signal extracted by the signal extraction section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Yoshitaka HONDA, Takashi IRISAWA, Sadayoshi TAKAMI, Toshifumi KATSURAGI, Kazue TANAKA