Patents by Inventor Kiyohiro Horikawa

Kiyohiro Horikawa 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: 8877130
    Abstract: A partition wall is provided between a display section and a sensor mount inside a main case. A control board housing chamber is disposed on the display unit side of the partition wall, and a measurement board housing chamber is disposed on the sensor mount side of the partition wall. A control board is housed in the control board housing chamber, and a measurement board and a temperature sensor are housed in the measurement board housing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Takeuchi, Toshiki Matsumoto, Eiji Okuda, Kiyohiro Horikawa, Takahiro Watanabe, Kaoru Shigematsu, Yoshinori Amano, Shinichi Kojima
  • Patent number: 8764682
    Abstract: Disclosed are a measurement device and a puncture device that prevent thermal loss and enable decreased cost in laser units. A laser unit (200) of a measurement device (100) is equipped with a lens barrel (210), a laser rod (220) disposed inside the lens barrel (210), a flash lamp (230) which is disposed opposite the laser rod (220) inside the lens barrel (210) and in which an inert gas is sealed inside a hard glass tube (231), and supports (241, 242, 243, 244), which are made from a material with thermal conductivity of 100 W/(mK) or more, at least parts of which are disposed outside of the lens barrel (210), and which support the circumferential surface of the hard glass tube (231) in a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Horikawa, Takeshi Nishida, Yoshinori Amano, Tetsuya Takashima, Keisuke Matsumura, Masahiro Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20130108510
    Abstract: With this device for measuring a biological sample, a partition wall (14) is provided between a display section (2) and a sensor mount (5) inside a main case (1). A control board housing chamber (15) is disposed on the display unit (2) side of the partition wall (14), and a measurement board housing chamber (16) is disposed on the sensor mount (5) side of the partition wall (14). A control board (6) is housed in the control board housing chamber (15), and a measurement hoard (7) and a temperature sensor (13) are housed in the measurement board housing chamber (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Yoshiki Takeuchi, Toshiki Matsumoto, Eiji Okuda, Kiyohiro Horikawa, Takahiro Watanabe, Kaoru Shigematsu, Yoshinori Amano, Shinichi Kojima
  • Patent number: 8414504
    Abstract: A blood test device using a laser as a puncture member. More specifically, in a blood test device using a laser as a puncture member, the skin can be fixed at a definite position by raising the punctured skin under negative pressure, and thus the skin is brought into close contact with a blood sensor and the laser is focused on the vicinity of the blood sensor face. Thus, it is possible to provide a blood test device of the laser puncture type in which the skin can be surely punctured while giving little pain to a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Fujiwara, Yoshinori Amano, Takeshi Nishida, Toshihiro Akiyama, Masataka Nadaoka, Toshiki Matsumoto, Kenichi Hamanaka, Kiyohiro Horikawa, Koji Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 8394085
    Abstract: A laser perforation device that has a simple structure and with which pain to a person in skin perforation is reduced. In the device, a laser beam emitted from a laser emitting device is branched into laser beam paths by splitters and mirrors and pierces skin by applying the split beams to the same position on the skin. Since the skin is pierced by a laser beam with a low output, pain to the person can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Horikawa, Takeshi Nishida, Kenichi Hamanaka, Toshihiro Akiyama, Koji Miyoshi, Yoshinori Amano
  • Publication number: 20110288439
    Abstract: Disclosed are a measurement device and a puncture device that prevent thermal loss and enable decreased cost in laser units. A laser unit (200) of a measurement device (100) is equipped with a lens barrel (210), a laser rod (220) disposed inside the lens barrel (210), a flash lamp (230) which is disposed opposite the laser rod (220) inside the lens barrel (210) and in which an inert gas is sealed inside a hard glass tube (231), and supports (241, 242, 243, 244), which are made from a material with thermal conductivity of 100 W/(mK) or more, at least parts of which are disposed outside of the lens barrel (210), and which support the circumferential surface of the hard glass tube (231) in a housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Horikawa, Takeshi Nishida, Yoshinori Amano, Tetsuya Takashima, Keisuke Matsumura, Masahiro Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20100234835
    Abstract: A laser perforation device that has a simple structure and with which pain to a person in skin perforation is reduced. In the device, a laser beam emitted from a laser emitting device (33) is branched into laser beam paths by splitters (170a, 170b, 170c) and mirrors (171a, 171b, 171c) and pierces skin (13) by applying the split beams to the same position (177) on the skin (13). Since the skin is pierced by a laser beam with a low output, pain to the person can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Horikawa, Takeshi Nishida, Kenichi Hamanaka, Toshihiro Akiyama, Koji Miyoshi, Yoshinori Amano
  • Publication number: 20100210970
    Abstract: A piercing device, a blood inspection device, and a piercing method that facilitate timing management for piercing. The piercing device has a housing (22), a laser emission device (26) being piercing means provided in the housing (22), a holding section (25) provided facing the laser emission device (26), negative pressure means (28) for applying negative pressure to a negative pressure chamber (28a) provided at the holding section (25), an electric circuit section (27) for controlling the negative pressure means (28), a first skin sensor (28b) for causing the laser emission device (26) to prepare for operation, and a timer (27k) for automatically outputting a preparation-for-piercing-is-ready signal based on an output from the first skin sensor (28b). Based on the output from the timer (27k), the laser emission device (26) being the piercing means emits a laser beam (26h) to perform piercing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Horikawa, Yoshinori Amano, Toshiki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20100106144
    Abstract: A puncture device 21 comprises capacitors 24 and 33 to which voltage is applied, a laser puncture unit 25 to which the output of these capacitors 24 and 33 is supplied, a trigger circuit 30 that applies a trigger voltage to the laser puncture unit 25, and a controller 35 that controls this trigger circuit 30. The puncture device 21 further comprises switches 29 and 32 that switch the connection of the capacitors 24 and 33. The switches 29 and 32 are controlled by the controller 35 so as to carry out a first puncture, which is performed with the capacitors 24 and 33 connected in parallel, and a second puncture, which is performed with the capacitors 24 and 33 connected in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Keisuke Matsumura, Kiyohiro Horikawa
  • Publication number: 20090318834
    Abstract: A blood test device using a laser as a puncture means. More specifically, it is intended to provide a blood test device using a laser as a puncture means by which the skin can be fixed at a definite position by raising up the punctured skin under negative pressure and thus bringing it into close contact with a blood sensor and in which the laser is focused into the vicinity of the blood sensor face. Thus, it is possible to provide a blood test device of the laser puncture type whereby the skin can be surely punctured while giving little pain to a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Fujiwara, Yoshinori Amano, Takeshi Nishida, Toshihiro Akiyama, Masataka Nadaoka, Toshiki Matsumoto, Kenichi Hamanaka, Kiyohiro Horikawa, Koji Miyoshi