Patents by Inventor Manabu Arinobe

Manabu Arinobe 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: 11938305
    Abstract: A syringe assembly includes a plate-shaped seal member that seals a distal opening of a distal nozzle portion of a syringe; and a tubular cover member. The cover member has a base portion and a mounting portion. The mounting portion has two claw portions, two first column portions arranged on both sides of one of the two claw portions, and two second column portions arranged on both sides of the other of the two claw portions. An outer peripheral portion of the mounting portion has two outer peripheral notch portions. An inner peripheral portion of the mounting portion has two inner peripheral recessed portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Manabu Arinobe, Yusuke Hyakkan, Eri Oya, Taeko Masuda, Junichi Ogawa, Yoichiro Iwase
  • Publication number: 20240016728
    Abstract: A continuous administration device configured to be indwelled in a living body for sustained release of a substance to be administered, the continuous administration device including: a cylindrical main body portion having an inner cavity; a plug slidable in the inner cavity in a liquid-tight manner; a pressing portion disposed on an upstream side with respect to the plug and configured to press the plug toward a downstream side; the substance to be administered, which is stored in the inner cavity on the downstream side with respect to the plug and released into the living body by the plug sliding toward the downstream side; and a sliding solid coating layer that reduces initial sliding resistance and normal sliding resistance of the plug, on at least one of an outer surface of the plug or a region where the plug slides in the inner cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takumi MITSUOKA, Hiroki YOSHIKAWA, Hiroshi ITO, Yusuke HYAKKAN, Manabu ARINOBE, Satoshi YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11724025
    Abstract: An administering instrument is disclosed, which is capable of preventing a needle tube from coming out of a living body during administration of a drug solution and a drug solution administering system including the administering instrument and a medicinal solution administering device. The administering instrument includes a puncture part that has a contact surface contacting a body surface H of a user, a needle holding part for holding a needle tube, and a communication passage communicating with a lumen of the needle tube. The puncture part includes a fixing part that is disposed above the contact surface and fixes the first end part of the tube to the puncture part in a state where the first end part of the tube is inclined toward the contact surface of the puncture part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Manabu Arinobe, Yusuke Hyakkan
  • Publication number: 20220016340
    Abstract: A liquid medicine administration device configured to prevent leakage of liquid medicine when a blockage occurs in a delivery path of the medicine includes: a liquid medicine container having an opening at a tip end through which liquid medicine can be discharged; a gasket slidable in the container for expelling the liquid medicine; a plunger to press the gasket; a housing; a drive mechanism that advances the plunger toward the container tip; and a rotation restriction unit that restricts rotation of the plunger with respect to the housing. The drive mechanism includes: a motor a feed screw rotatable in response to motor rotation; and a transmission unit that transmits drive torque from the motor to the feed screw. The transmission unit includes a canceling unit that cancels transmission of drive torque from the motor to the feed screw, when receiving torque equal to or greater than a preset cancellation torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke HYAKKAN, Yoichiro IWASE, Manabu ARINOBE, Minami MAEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220008650
    Abstract: This liquid medicine administration device includes a liquid medicine container, a gasket for expelling the liquid medicine in the liquid medicine container, a plunger that moves the gasket, a housing, a drive mechanism that advances the plunger, and a rotation restriction unit that restricts rotation of the plunger. The drive mechanism includes a motor and a feed screw. The plunger includes: a threaded portion threadedly engaged with the feed screw; and a plunger body that advances with feed screw rotation and that moves the gasket, while rotation of the plunger relative to the housing is restricted by the rotation restriction unit. The plunger includes a canceling mechanism that cancels transmission of a pressing force from the plunger body to the gasket when the plunger body receives an axial reaction force equal to or greater than a preset pressing force from the gasket during advancement with the feed screw rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Manabu ARINOBE, Yusuke HYAKKAN, Minami MAEKAWA, Yoichiro IWASE
  • Publication number: 20220008653
    Abstract: An indwelling needle for subcutaneous administration configured to be indwelled in subcutaneous tissue for subcutaneously administering a medicinal solution includes an inner needle including an inner needle main body at a distal end of which a sharp needle tip is formed, and an inner needle hub on a proximal end side of the inner needle main body, and an outer needle including an outer needle main body having a lumen through which the inner needle is inserted, and an outer needle hub on a proximal end side of the outer needle main body in which a hub insertion portion in which the inner needle hub is mounted is formed. The needle tip of the inner needle protrudes 2.5 to 9 mm in an axial direction from a distal end of the outer needle in a state in which the inner needle hub is mounted in the outer needle hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Minami MAEKAWA, Manabu ARINOBE, Yoichiro IWASE
  • Publication number: 20210008276
    Abstract: An administering instrument is disclosed, which is capable of preventing a needle tube from coming out of a living body during administration of a drug solution and a drug solution administering system including the administering instrument and a medicinal solution administering device. The administering instrument includes a puncture part that has a contact surface contacting a body surface H of a user, a needle holding part for holding a needle tube, and a communication passage communicating with a lumen of the needle tube. The puncture part includes a fixing part that is disposed above the contact surface and fixes the first end part of the tube to the puncture part in a state where the first end part of the tube is inclined toward the contact surface of the puncture part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Manabu ARINOBE, Yusuke HYAKKAN
  • Publication number: 20210008277
    Abstract: An administering instrument is disclosed, which is capable of preventing a needle tube from coming out of a living body during administration of a drug solution and a drug solution administering system including the administering instrument and a drug solution administering device. The administering instrument includes a first end part connected to a puncture part holding the needle tube, a second end part connected to a connector connectable to the drug solution administering device, and a tube body communicating from the first end part to the second end part, a tube configured to supply the drug solution from a lumen of a drug solution container to the needle tube via a communication part of the connector and a communication passage of the puncture part, and the tube body has a total length longer than a straight-line distance between the first end part and the second end part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Manabu ARINOBE, Yusuke HYAKKAN, Hitoshi OKIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210001050
    Abstract: A syringe assembly has a body section including a lumen fillable with 0.3 to 1 mL of drug solution. The total length of the syringe assembly is 30 to 40 mm. The body section has an inner diameter of 8.0 to 9.0 mm and an outer diameter of 10 to 12 mm. The ratio of the outer diameter of the body section and the total length of the syringe assembly is 1:2.5 to 1:4. A flange portion includes two major diameter forming portions that are symmetrically provided with an axis of the body section interposed therebetween to form a major diameter of the syringe assembly. A minor diameter of the syringe assembly is 10 to 13 mm and is equal to or larger than the outer diameter of the body section. The major diameter is 12 to 15 mm and is larger than the minor diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Manabu ARINOBE, Yusuke HYAKKAN, Eri OYA, Taeko MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20210001049
    Abstract: A syringe assembly includes a plate-shaped seal member that seals a distal opening of a distal nozzle portion of a syringe; and a tubular cover member. The cover member has a base portion and a mounting portion. The mounting portion has two claw portions, two first column portions arranged on both sides of one of the two claw portions, and two second column portions arranged on both sides of the other of the two claw portions. An outer peripheral portion of the mounting portion has two outer peripheral notch portions. An inner peripheral portion of the mounting portion has two inner peripheral recessed portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Manabu ARINOBE, Yusuke HYAKKAN, Eri OYA, Taeko MASUDA, Junichi OGAWA, Yoichiro IWASE
  • Patent number: 10842942
    Abstract: A drug solution injection device is provided with a barrel, a gasket, and a plunger mechanism. The plunger mechanism is provided with a rotation member, a first moving member, and a second moving member. The plunger mechanism is configured to perform a first extension operation and a second extension operation. In the first extension operation, the first moving member advances to a predetermined position with respect to the rotation member and the second moving member in conjunction with rotation of the rotation member. In the second extension operation, the second moving member advances with respect to the rotation member together with the first moving member after the first extension operation, in conjunction with rotation of the rotation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ruriko Iibuchi, Manabu Arinobe, Taeko Masuda
  • Patent number: 10485929
    Abstract: A liquid administration device includes: a structure that includes: a cylindrical body including a bottom part in a distal portion and an opening in a proximal portion, a needle tube positioned in the distal portion of the cylindrical body, the needle tube having a sharp needle tip at a distal end, wherein a proximal end of the needle tube is communicable with an inside of the cylindrical body, and a gasket installed in the cylindrical body, the gasket being slidable in an axial direction of the cylindrical body; an operation member configured to perform a pressing operation by pressing the gasket such that a liquid is discharged from the needle tube; a pressing mechanism configured to generate a pressing force for pressing the gasket; and a pressing force transmission inhibiting mechanism configured to inhibit transmission of the pressing force to the gasket during the pressing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeaki Fuke, Masaomi Imai, Manabu Arinobe
  • Patent number: 10238815
    Abstract: A puncture assisting device includes a pair of plate-like pinching portions that face each other, and that are attached to each other so as to be openable and closeable; a biasing portion that biases the pair of pinching portions to be in a closed position; a pair of gripping portions configured to operate the pair of pinching portions to be in an open position; and a rod insertion portion that is disposed between the pair of pinching portions, the rod insertion portion being configured such that a rod portion of a syringe is insertable into the rod insertion portion to widen a gap between the pair of pinching portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaomi Imai, Ruriko Iibuchi, Manabu Arinobe
  • Publication number: 20190030255
    Abstract: A drug solution injection device is provided with a barrel, a gasket, and a plunger mechanism. The plunger mechanism is provided with a rotation member, a first moving member, and a second moving member. The plunger mechanism is configured to perform a first extension operation and a second extension operation. In the first extension operation, the first moving member advances to a predetermined position with respect to the rotation member and the second moving member in conjunction with rotation of the rotation member. In the second extension operation, the second moving member advances with respect to the rotation member together with the first moving member after the first extension operation, in conjunction with rotation of the rotation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ruriko IIBUCHI, Manabu ARINOBE, Taeko MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20190021946
    Abstract: A rubber stopper includes: a main body; and a cylindrical container insertion portion extending downward from a lower surface of the main body and configured to fit into a neck portion of a drug container. The main body includes a peripheral edge portion that is disposed on a radially outer side of the container insertion portion and that is configured to abut on an upper surface of an opening portion of the drug container when attached to the drug container. The container insertion portion includes: an outer surface portion that is configured to annularly contact an inner surface of the neck portion, an upper inner surface portion that forms a columnar gap portion, and at least one inclined surface extending obliquely downward toward the outer surface portion of the container insertion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ruriko IIBUCHI, Masao KAWAMURA, Manabu ARINOBE
  • Patent number: 10086152
    Abstract: A liquid administration device includes an operation unit; a structure that includes an accommodation body configured to accommodate the liquid therein and a needle tube communicatable with the inside of the accommodation body; a cover member that is movable between a protection position and an exposure position; a biasing member that biases the cover member in a distal direction; an exposure restriction unit configured to restrict movement of the cover member to the exposure position when a movement amount of the cover member with respect to the structure reaches a predetermined exposure restriction operation amount; and a movement amount restriction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaomi Imai, Ruriko Iibuchi, Manabu Arinobe
  • Patent number: 9950124
    Abstract: A liquid administration device includes a structure that includes an accommodation body configured to accommodate liquid therein and a needle configured to communicate with an inside of the accommodation body; an operation unit configured to discharge the liquid inside the accommodation body from the needle by moving toward the structure in a distal direction; a cover member that is movable between a protection position at which the needle is covered and an exposure position at which the needle is exposed; a first biasing member that biases the operation unit toward the structure in the distal direction; and a second biasing member that biases the cover member in the distal direction. The operation unit has a first contact portion and the structure has a second contact portion, the contact portions being configured to come into contact with each other when the operation unit moves toward the structure in the distal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaomi Imai, Ruriko Iibuchi, Manabu Arinobe
  • Patent number: 9919109
    Abstract: A liquid administration tool includes a structure including a tubular body in which liquid is fillable, the tubular body having a bottom portion at a distal end and, an opening portion at a proximal end, and a needle tube positioned at a distal portion of the tubular body, the needle tube having a needle tip at a distal end thereof, and the needle tube being communicable at a proximal end thereof with an inside of the tubular body; an operation member having a pusher; a cover member; a biasing member configured to bias the cover member in the distal direction; a locking unit configured to restrict the movement of the cover member; and a movement amount restriction unit configured to restrict the movement amount of the cover member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Manabu Arinobe, Masaomi Imai
  • Patent number: 9919107
    Abstract: A liquid administration device includes an inner structure that includes a cylindrical body that has a bottom part in a distal portion thereof and an opening portion in a proximal portion thereof, a needle tube that is mounted in the distal portion of the cylindrical body and has a sharp needle tip at a distal end and a proximal end of which is communicatable with an inside of the cylindrical body, and a gasket that is located in the cylindrical body; an operation member that includes a plunger, the operation member being configured to perform a pressing operation in which the plunger is moved relative to the cylindrical body in a distal direction while being pressed; an engagement portion that includes: a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaomi Imai, Shigeaki Fuke, Manabu Arinobe, Kenji Handa
  • Publication number: 20180008513
    Abstract: A resin hollow needle includes a distal end section including a puncture end portion, a large-diameter section having a diameter greater than that of the distal end section, a tapered section that is located between the large-diameter section and the distal end section, and a hub section. The distal end section includes a hole that is provided on a proximal end side in comparison to a distal end and on a distal end side of the tapered section, and communicates with the inside and the outside of a hollow needle, and a tapered puncture end portion. The distal end section has a total length of 7 to 14 mm and a maximum outer diameter of 1.5 to 3.0 mm. The tapered section has a length of 0.3 to 4.7 mm and a taper angle of 10° to 50°. The large-diameter section has a length of 4 mm or greater, and a distal end outer diameter that is greater than the maximum outer diameter of the distal end section by 0.6 to 3.0 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ruriko Iibuchi, Shigeaki Fuke, Manabu Arinobe