Patents by Inventor Kazuki Honda

Kazuki Honda 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: 8216128
    Abstract: A medical system includes an endoscope which is a first medical instrument, a gas supply apparatus which is a second medical instrument that supplies a gas to an insertion site at which an insertion portion of the endoscope is inserted, a biological information acquiring apparatus which is a biological information detection section that detects a blood flow rate at the insertion site as a biological information detected value, a manipulation information acquiring apparatus which is a manipulation information detection section that contacts the insertion portion of the endoscope and is combined with a roller that rotates as the insertion portion moves forward or backward to detect an amount of rotation of the roller as manipulation information, and a system control apparatus provided with a control section that outputs an instruction signal for changing an amount of gas supply to the gas supply apparatus according to the detected value detected by the biological information acquiring apparatus and the manipula
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Wataru Matsuura, Kazuki Honda, Yasuhito Kura, Yuji Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20120157773
    Abstract: An insertion portion, a projecting portion that projects forward from a first distal end surface of the insertion portion, a forward observing lens that faces a second distal end surface of the projecting portion, a dual purpose lens a light receiving surface of which faces an outer peripheral side surface of the projecting portion along the outer peripheral side surface of the projecting portion, a first forward illuminating lens that faces the first distal end surface, and a light shielding portion 20m that is located on a phantom line that linearly connects an end portion at a distal end side of the dual purpose lens and an end portion at an outer side in a diameter direction K in the first forward illuminating lens are included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Kazuki HONDA, Yuichi IKEDA, Yasuhito KURA
  • Patent number: 8180096
    Abstract: A loudspeaker includes a first bar magnet having a longitudinal direction, a second bar magnet having a longitudinal direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the first bar magnet, a third bar magnet forming a second magnetic gap between the first bar magnet and the third bar magnet, a diaphragm arranged to vibrate in a vibrating direction, a case accommodating the first bar magnet, the second bar magnet, the third bar magnet, and the diaphragm , and the voice coil fixed to the diaphragm and located in the first and second magnetic gaps. The second bar magnet has a longitudinal direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the first bar magnet, and has both ends in the longitudinal direction. The third bar magnet has a longitudinal direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the first bar magnet, and has both ends in the longitudinal direction. The diaphragm is located between the first and second bar magnets and between the first and third bar magnents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Sano, Kazuki Honda, Satoshi Itoh, Masashi Kawabe
  • Publication number: 20120116166
    Abstract: A two-part bending endoscope includes: a first bending part which configures one side of a bending portion; a second bending part which configures the other end side of the bending portion; and a bending portion operation apparatus including a first operation device for causing the first bending part to perform a bending action and a second operation device for causing the second bending part to perform a bending action, wherein the bending portion operation apparatus includes a selective power-transmitting mechanism section which enables at least a bending action of the first bending part by the first operation device, and an interlocking operation of the second bending part and the first bending part by the second operation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Wataru MATSUURA, Yasuhito KURA, Kazuki HONDA
  • Publication number: 20120114166
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a loudspeaker in the acoustic field and the information communication field. The invention provides a loudspeaker that can realize a thinner size. To achieve this, the loudspeaker of the present invention is structured so that a part of a diaphragm is inserted to a dent or an opening formed at the center poles of a lower plate of a magnetic circuit. This structure allows the diaphragm to be stored within the height of the magnetic circuit, thus allowing the loudspeaker to have a thinner size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouzi Sano, Masahide Sumiyama, Takanori Fukuyama, Takeshi Shimokawatoko, Kazutaka Kubo, Satoshi Itoh, Kazuki Honda
  • Patent number: 8160292
    Abstract: In a loudspeaker, three magnets are disposed to provide magnetic gaps therebetween and a voice coil is fit therein. The magnets disposed at both sides are magnetized so that their opposing poles exhibit the same magnetic polarity. The magnet in the middle has its magnetic poles in the direction perpendicular to the line connecting the poles of the side magnets. The side magnets are fixed to a plate made of non-magnetic material. Those magnetic poles of the side magnets and the middle magnet not facing the magnetic gaps are magnetically coupled by a magnetic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Sano, Kazuki Honda, Masashi Kawabe, Mamiko Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 8105230
    Abstract: A medical system according to the present invention includes: a medical instrument provided with a treatment portion for performing treatment operations on living body tissue; a treatment portion displacement mechanism for displacing the position of the treatment portion of the medical instrument; a treatment detection portion that detects whether the treatment portion is in a treatment state or a non-treatment state; and a control portion that controls displacement of the treatment portion by controlling the treatment portion displacement mechanism according to detection results from the treatment detection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Kazuki Honda, Yasuhito Kura, Takaaki Komiya, Kazushi Murakami, Hiroaki Ichikawa, Tsutomu Okada, Yoshio Onuki
  • Patent number: 8083669
    Abstract: A medical device of the invention includes: a treatment instrument including a treatment portion which is used extended from a distal end of an endoscope insertion portion having a treatment instrument channel, an operation portion for operation of advancing/retreating an operation wire coupled to the treatment portion, and a treatment instrument insertion portion in which the operation wire is advanceably/retreatably inserted, the treatment instrument insertion portion having a predetermined flexibility and inserted into the treatment instrument channel; a detecting portion for detecting advancing/retreating moving amount of the treatment instrument insertion portion; a treatment portion operating device to which the operation portion is installed, the treatment portion operating device advancing/retreating the operation wire to operate the treatment portion; an operation instructing portion for instructing operation of the treatment portion; and a control device for judging a state of the treatment instrume
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Kazushi Murakami, Yoshio Onuki, Takaaki Komiya, Hiroaki Ichikawa, Yasuhito Kura, Kazuki Honda, Takehiro Nishiie
  • Patent number: 8075474
    Abstract: An endoscope system according to the present invention includes: an endoscope equipped with a long insertion portion; a medical instrument which includes a treating portion installed in a distal part and used to perform various treatments in a body cavity and a long sheath including a rigid portion with predetermined flexibility and a flexible portion more flexible than the rigid portion, the rigid portion and flexible portion being installed consecutively starting from a distal side, where the sheath is inserted in a channel of the insertion portion of the endoscope; an operation instruction apparatus used to give commands regarding operation of the medical instrument; a first medical instrument drive apparatus which operates the treating portion of the medical instrument; and a second medical instrument drive apparatus which moves the sheath forward and backward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Kazuki Honda, Kazushi Murakami, Hiroaki Ichikawa, Takehiro Nishiie, Yasuhito Kura, Yoshio Onuki, Takaaki Komiya
  • Patent number: 8075475
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided an endoscope system including: an endoscope having an elongated insertion portion; a medical instrument configured to be inserted in a channel of the insertion portion of the endoscope and to have an elongated flexible sheath; and an advancing and retracting apparatus configured to advance and retract the sheath of the medical instrument in the channel with two rollers, wherein the sheath of the medical instrument is configured to have an outer diameter larger than the distance between the roller surfaces of the two rollers, and to have a frictional resistance increasing unit for increasing frictional resistance between the respective roller surfaces and the outer peripheral surface of the sheath in contact with the respective roller surfaces in a state where the sheath is inserted between the two rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Kazuki Honda, Kazushi Murakami, Hiroaki Ichikawa, Takehiro Nishiie, Yasuhito Kura, Yoshio Onuki, Takaaki Komiya
  • Publication number: 20110230712
    Abstract: A medical system includes an endoscope which is a first medical instrument, a gas supply apparatus which is a second medical instrument that supplies a gas to an insertion site at which an insertion portion of the endoscope is inserted, a biological information acquiring apparatus which is a biological information detection section that detects a blood flow rate at the insertion site as a biological information detected value, a manipulation information acquiring apparatus which is a manipulation information detection section that contacts the insertion portion of the endoscope and is combined with a roller that rotates as the insertion portion moves forward or backward to detect an amount of rotation of the roller as manipulation information, and a system control apparatus provided with a control section that outputs an instruction signal for changing an amount of gas supply to the gas supply apparatus according to the detected value detected by the biological information acquiring apparatus and the manipula
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 1911
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Wataru MATSUURA, Kazuki HONDA, Yasuhito KURA, Yuji SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 8023685
    Abstract: An electroacoustic transducer has a magnetic circuit, a frame combined with the magnetic circuit, a diaphragm combined with a periphery of the frame, a voice coil, a terminal, and a holder covering the frame. The voice coil is combined with the diaphragm and a part of the voice coil is arranged in a magnetic gap of the magnetic circuit. The terminal, made of a metal plate having spring property and electric conductivity, electrically connects an outside circuit and the voice coil utilizing spring pressure generated when the metal plate is bent. The holder forms a stopper for restricting a bend of the metal plate forming the terminal to within a reversible limit of a metallic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Honda, Takanori Fukuyama, Koji Sano, Hiroshi Yano, Takeshi Shimokawatoko, Kazuya Yamasaki, Kazutaka Kubo, Masahide Sumiyama
  • Publication number: 20110208000
    Abstract: A medical system includes: a first operation apparatus used when a first doctor operates a medical instrument; a second operation apparatus that outputs a control instruction signal for controlling a motion of the medical instrument, and is operated by a second doctor; at least one medical action information detection section that detects medical action information based on the motion of the medical instrument when the first doctor operates the medical instrument using the first operation apparatus; a storage apparatus that stores reference information set by the second doctor according to the first doctor for comparing with the medical action information detected by the medical action information detection section; a switching signal generation apparatus that is connected to the second operation apparatus, and switches an output destination of the control instruction signal based on the medical action information detected by the medical action information detection section and the reference information store
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Kazuki Honda, Wataru Matsuura, Yasuhito Kura, Yuji Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 7918785
    Abstract: A biopsy forceps as one of treatment instruments for endoscope includes: a tubular coil sheath introduced into a body cavity through a treatment instrument channel included in an endoscope insertion portion; a treatment portion disposed closer to a distal end side than a distal end surface of the coil sheath; an operation wire for transmitting a turning force to turn the treatment portion in a circumferential direction, the operation wire being inserted in the coil sheath in a forwardly/backwardly movable manner and turned in the circumferential direction; and a turn restricting mechanism portion for restricting a turn position of the treatment portion turned by the turning force transmitted by the operation wire with respect to the coil sheath at a first turn-restricting position or at a second turn-restricting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Okada, Yoshio Onuki, Hiroaki Ichikawa, Kazushi Murakami, Kazuki Honda, Yasuhito Kura, Takaaki Komiya
  • Patent number: 7877856
    Abstract: An edge (29) for supporting a diaphragm assembly (100) with respect to a frame (26) is bonded to the frame (26) along the outer periphery thereof and joined to a diaphragm (27) in a position more peripherally inward than a voice coil (28) along the inner periphery thereof. The edge (29) partly overlaps diaphragm (27). This structure allows downsizing of the speaker, without reducing the sizes of a permanent magnet (21) and the edge (29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Fukuyama, Tomoyasu Takase, Koji Sano, Hiroshi Yano, Masanori Nakano, Shigeru Tomoeda, Kazuki Honda, Kazuya Yamasaki, Kazutaka Kubo, Takeshi Shimokawatoko, Mitsutaka Enomoto, Masahide Sumiyama
  • Publication number: 20110004060
    Abstract: A medical tube includes: a tube main body through which a conduit, through which an insertion portion of a cholangioscope is insertable, is pierced from a distal end to a rear end; a side hole that is formed between the distal end and the rear end of the tube main body and causes an outer circumferential side of the insertion portion and the conduit to communicate with each other; and a hardness changing portion that can change the hardness of at least a part of the tube main body including the side hole according to operation by an operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Kazuki HONDA, Yasuhito KURA, Wataru MATSUURA
  • Publication number: 20100177928
    Abstract: A loudspeaker includes a diaphragm, a voice coil fixed to the diaphragm, a first magnet having a first pole surface facing an inner side of the voice coil, a second magnet located inside the inner side of the voice coil, and a first magnetic fluid provided between the first pole surface of the first magnet and the voice coil. The first magnet has the first pole surface facing the inner side of the voice coil. The second magnet has a second pole surface located inside the inner side of the voice coil such that a magnetic flux passing through the first pole surface of the first magnet crosses the voice coil in a direction perpendicular to the voice coil and a vibration direction. The first magnetic fluid contacts the first pole surface and the voice coil. The loudspeaker has a small thickness but can produce a high audio output, while preventing rolling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Shimokawatoko, Koji Sano, Kazuki Honda, Mitsukazu Kuze, Shinya Mizone
  • Publication number: 20100177927
    Abstract: In a loudspeaker, three magnets are disposed to provide magnetic gaps therebetween and a voice coil is fit therein. The magnets disposed at both sides are magnetized so that their opposing poles exhibit the same magnetic polarity. The magnet in the middle has its magnetic poles in the direction perpendicular to the line connecting the poles of the side magnets. The side magnets are fixed to a plate made of non-magnetic material. Those magnetic poles of the side magnets and the middle magnet not facing the magnetic gaps are magnetically coupled by a magnetic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Sano, Kazuki Honda, Masashi Kawabe, Mamiko Tsutsumi
  • Publication number: 20100172520
    Abstract: A voice coil wound to have a loop having an inner side is fixed to a diaphragm vibrating in a vibration direction. A first magnet having a first pole surface is fixed to an upper case. A second magnet having a second pole surface is fixed to a lower case. A first magnetic fluid is attached to the first pole surface of the first magnet after fixing the first magnet to the upper case. The diaphragm is fixed to the upper case after fixing the voice coil to the diaphragm and after attaching the first magnetic fluid to the first pole surface of the first magnet, such that the first pole surface of the first magnet faces the inner side of the voice coil and that the first magnetic fluid is provided between the first pole surface of the first magnet and the voice coil and contacts the first pole surface and the voice coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Takeshi Shimokawatoko, Koji Sano, Kazuki Honda, Mitzukazu Kuze, Shinya Mizone
  • Publication number: 20100150389
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a speaker for use in audio/video apparatuses and a small-sized speaker device capable of realizing preferable reproduction a bass sounds. In order to attain this, in the present invention, a pressure adjusting body is coupled to a portion of a magnetic circuit or a frame, which is a component of a speaker unit, to constitute the speaker unit. The speaker unit is mounted to a small-sized cabinet to constitute a speaker device, which enables realization of preferable reproduction of bass sounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahide Sumiyama, Satoshi Koura, Yoshimichi Kajihara, Koji Sano, Kazuki Honda, Satoshi Itoh, Shuji Saiki, Toshiyuki Matsumura, Shinya Mizone