Patents by Inventor Madoka Sugiura

Madoka Sugiura 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).

  • Position measuring apparatus
    Patent number: 8092471
    Abstract: A position measuring apparatus, for use in an assisting apparatus for surgical opertions, includes a position indicating apparatus for indicating a position and a direction of a tool, and three-dimensional position measuring apparatus for measuring a position and a direction of a surgical field and also the position and the direction of the tool. The position indicating apparatus and the three dimensional position measuring apparatus are unified in one body in the relative position thereof, so that a position for assistance of surgical operation is indicated in the form of an intersection line or an intersection point of the laser beams, irrespective of the position of the position measuring apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Momoi, Madoka Sugiura, Takahiro Ochi, Kazuo Yonenobu, Nobuhiko Sugano, Yoshinobu Sato, Yoshikazu Nakajima, Toshihiko Sasama, Takeyoshi Dohi, Ichiro Sakuma
  • Position measuring apparatus
    Publication number: 20050015099
    Abstract: A position measuring apparatus, for use in an assisting apparatus for surgical opertions, comprises a position indicating means for indicating a position and a direction of a tool, and a three-dimensional position measuring means for measuring a position and a direction of a surgical field and also the position and the direction of the tool. The position indicating means and the three-dimensional position measuring means are unified in one body in the relative position thereof, so that a position for assistance of surgical operation is indicated in the form of an intersection line or an intersection point of the laser beams, irrespective of the position of the position measuring apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Momoi, Madoka Sugiura, Takahiro Ochi, Kazuo Yonenobu, Nobuhiko Sugano, Yoshinobu Sato, Yoshikazu Nakajima, Toshihiko Sasama, Takeyoshi Dohi, Ichiro Sakuma