Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Saruya

Nobuyuki Saruya 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).

  • Endoscope apparatus
    Patent number: 7128709
    Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes at least one of a connector on the side of a scope unit and a connector on the side of a fixed unit in a connector portion disposed in an detachable portion of a base unit and the fixed unit of the scope unit is a movable connector, and in the detachable portion, the base unit is connected to the fixed unit by positioning means for positioning the fixed unit side to the base unit side, when the connector on the fixed unit side is connected to that on the base unit side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Saruya
  • Endoscope apparatus with drum part to wind insertion part therearound
    Patent number: 7104951
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an endoscope system having an insertion member thereof wound about a drum comprises an electronic endoscope, a drum, an angling input unit, a motor-driven angling unit, a camera control unit, a motor-driven angling control circuit unit, and a stowage case. A bending section included in an insertion member of the electronic endoscope is motor-driven to bend, and a solid-state imaging device is incorporated at the tip of the insertion member. The insertion member is wound about the periphery of the drum. The angling input unit is separated from the electronic endoscope, and used to enter a direction of bending in which a user wants to bend the bending section. The motor-driven angling unit is incorporated in the drum, and includes a driving source for driving a driving mechanism that drives the bending section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Seiji Kimura, Nobuyuki Saruya, Shinji Fujikawa, Takakazu Ishigami, Masahiro Kumakura, Yasufumi Shimoe
  • Endoscope apparatus with drum part to wind insertion part therearound
    Patent number: 6846285
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an endoscope system having an insertion member thereof wound about a drum comprises an electronic endoscope, a drum, an angling input unit, a motor-driven angling unit, a camera control unit, a motor-driven angling control circuit unit, and a stowage case. A bending section included in an insertion member of the electronic endoscope is motor-driven to bend, and a solid-state imaging device is incorporated at the tip of the insertion member. The insertion member is wound about the periphery of the drum. The angling input unit is separated from the electronic endoscope, and used to enter a direction of bending in which a user wants to bend the bending section. The motor-driven angling unit is incorporated in the drum, and includes a driving source for driving a driving mechanism that drives the bending section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Seiji Kimura, Nobuyuki Saruya, Shinji Fujikawa, Takakazu Ishigami, Masahiro Kumakura, Yasufumi Shimoe
  • Endoscope apparatus
    Publication number: 20040171913
    Abstract: An endoscope apparatus of the present invention is here disclosed wherein at least one of a connector on the side of a scope unit and a connector on the side of a fixed unit in a connector portion disposed in an detachable portion of a base unit and the fixed unit of the scope unit is a movable connector, and in the detachable portion, the base unit is connected to the fixed unit by positioning means for positioning the fixed unit side to the base unit side, when the connector on the fixed unit side is connected to that on the base unit side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Saruya
  • Endoscope apparatus with drum part to wind insertion part therearound
    Publication number: 20020032365
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an endoscope system having an insertion member thereof wound about a drum comprises an electronic endoscope, a drum, an angling input unit, a motor-driven angling unit, a camera control unit, a motor-driven angling control circuit unit, and a stowage case. A bending section included in an insertion member of the electronic endoscope is motor-driven to bend, and a solid-state imaging device is incorporated at the tip of the insertion member. The insertion member is wound about the periphery of the drum. The angling input unit is separated from the electronic endoscope, and used to enter a direction of bending in which a user wants to bend the bending section. The motor-driven angling unit is incorporated in the drum, and includes a driving source for driving a driving mechanism that drives the bending section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Applicant: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Seiji Kimura, Nobuyuki Saruya, Shinji Fujikawa, Takakazu Ishigami, Masahiro Kumakura, Yasufumi Shimoe
  • Industrial endoscope apparatus
    Patent number: D479604
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Kimura, Nobuyuki Saruya, Shinji Fujikawa, Yoshihiro Hayashi