Patents by Inventor Ojiro KITAMURA
Ojiro KITAMURA 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).
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Publication number: 20210315602Abstract: A treatment tool includes: a sheath that extends along a first axis; an end effector that is arranged on the sheath, the end effector being configured to apply energy to living tissue according to power that is supplied; a first operation portion into which the sheath is inserted and that is rotatable on the first axis together with the sheath; a housing configured to support the first operation portion; a conductive wire that is laid at least in the housing and in the first operation portion, is electrically connected to the end effector, and serves as a path via which the power is supplied; and a rotation portion that is at least partially positioned in the housing, that is rotatable on the first axis together with the sheath and the first operation portion, and around which the conductive wire is wound in the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Ojiro KITAMURA, Kazuhiro TANAKA
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Patent number: 11134972Abstract: A treatment tool includes a housing, a sheath rotatable around a predetermined axis of rotation with respect to the housing. An end effector is disposed on a distal-end portion of the sheath and rotatable in unison with the sheath around the axis of rotation. A locking member for restraining rotation of the sheath with respect to the housing by engaging the sheath. A manipulating member is mounted on the housing and moves with respect to the housing for causing the locking member and the sheath to switch between engaging and disengaging positions.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Tanaka, Yusuke Takei, Ojiro Kitamura, Akinori Kobayashi, Tatsuro Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11109876Abstract: A surgical treatment instrument includes a holdable housing, a shaft, an end effector configured to perform a bending movement with respect to the shaft, a rotor configured to rotate about a rotation axis in response to an operation input performed through an operation member, and a transmission member configured to transmit a driving force for causing the end effector to perform the bending movement to the end effector. The operation member and the transmission member are configured to rotate together with the shaft and the end effector in response to the operation input, and the rotor is configured to not rotate together with the shaft and the end effector when the operation input is performed.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Ojiro Kitamura, Yusuke Takei, Yuki Kawaguchi
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Patent number: 11109877Abstract: A treatment instrument includes a sheath having a longitudinal axis, an end effector provided on one end of the sheath, a housing to which the other end of the sheath is connected, and an operation dial provided to be rotatable relative to the housing around a first rotational axis. The operation dial includes a first outer peripheral surface provided around the first rotational axis, and a second outer peripheral surface spaced apart from the first outer peripheral surface in a direction along the first rotational axis and provided around the first rotational axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Ojiro Kitamura, Reisuke Osada
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Patent number: 10980559Abstract: In a treatment instrument, one of a pair of jaws is supported by a supporter while being pivot able around the supporter with respect to the supporter. A drive member moves along a longitudinal axis so that the pair of the jaws are closed with respect to each other, thereby applying an axial force onto an elongated member from the drive member by way of the one of the jaws and the supporter in a direction along the longitudinal axis. A contact surface of the elongated member abuts on a housing when the elongated member moves with respect to the housing under the axial force, thereby suppressing rotation of the elongated member around the longitudinal axis with respect to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Tanaka, Yusuke Takei, Ojiro Kitamura, Akinori Kobayashi, Tatsuro Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20200237391Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical device includes: a sheath with a distal end and a proximal end; a housing provided at the proximal end of the sheath; an end effector provided at the distal end of the sheath, the end effector capable of flexing or curving with respect to the sheath; a flexural drive unit including a drive member configured to move relative to the sheath and thereby flex or curve the end effector with respect to the sheath; and a support member mounted inside the housing with a part of the flexural drive unit mounted inside the support member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Ojiro KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20200121377Abstract: The disclosed technology is directed to a surgical instrument comprises a sheath having respective opposed proximal and distal ends. A pair of grasps is disposed on the distal-end portion of the sheath gripping a treatment target therebetween. A drive shaft is coupled to at least one of the pair of grasps to open or to close the pair of grasps by being moved along the longitudinal axis with respect to the sheath. Electric elements are used to apply treatment energy to the treatment target. A first operating device supplies the electric energy to the electric elements in a first supply state. A first member produces a force to open or close the pair of grasps and applies the force to the drive shaft. A second member is disposed in line with the first member and applies a force to the drive shaft in response to the operation input.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventor: Ojiro Kitamura
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Patent number: 10617437Abstract: A medical treatment implement including: a shaft extending along a longitudinal axis; a housing having distal and proximal portions, a proximal end of the shaft being attached to the distal portion of the housing to extend from the distal to the proximal portion, the elongated shaft being rotatable about the longitudinal axis relative to the housing; an effector attached to a distal end of the shaft, the effector articulating relative to the longitudinal axis; a drive mechanism having an output connected to the effector to articulate the effector relative to the shaft; and an input unit attached to the housing at a position closer to the proximal portion than the distal portion, wherein the input unit receives an operation input and directly inputs the drive mechanism in response to the input, wherein the input unit rotates about the longitudinal axis together with the shaft relative to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki Kawaguchi, Ojiro Kitamura
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Publication number: 20200093491Abstract: The disclosed technology is directed to a treatment instrument comprises an end effector having a pair of clamping members configured to pivot with respect to one another. A sheath is attached to the end effector along a longitudinal axis so that the end effector can be bent or curved. A drive shaft is connected to the end effector so as to guide the end effector to open or close the pair of clamping members relative to one another when moved in a longitudinal direction relative to the sheath. An elongated member is connected to the end effector and is configured to make the end effector bend or curve with respect to the sheath when moved in the longitudinal direction relative to the sheath. First and second members are configured to produce first and second forces sufficient to open or close the pair of clamping members.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventor: Ojiro Kitamura
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Publication number: 20190350643Abstract: A surgical device includes a housing, a rotator provided on the housing and rotatable about a first axis with respect to the housing, and an operator provided on the rotator and rotatable with respect to the rotator about a second axis intersecting the first axis. The operator includes a spherical band having a spherical outer surface. The spherical band includes an exposed portion which is exposed to the outside of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Reisuke OSADA, Ojiro KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20190307475Abstract: A treatment instrument includes a sheath having a longitudinal axis, an end effector provided on one end of the sheath, a housing to which the other end of the sheath is connected, and an operation dial provided to be rotatable relative to the housing around a first rotational axis. The operation dial includes a first outer peripheral surface provided around the first rotational axis, and a second outer peripheral surface spaced apart from the first outer peripheral surface in a direction along the first rotational axis and provided around the first rotational axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Ojiro KITAMURA, Reisuke OSADA
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Publication number: 20190231376Abstract: A surgical treatment instrument includes a holdable housing, a shaft, an end effector configured to perform a bending movement with respect to the shaft, a rotor configured to rotate about a rotation axis in response to an operation input performed through an operation member, and a transmission member configured to transmit a driving force for causing the end effector to perform the bending movement to the end effector. The operation member and the transmission member are configured to rotate together with the shaft and the end effector in response to the operation input, and the rotor is configured to not rotate together with the shaft and the end effector when the operation input is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Ojiro KITAMURA, Yusuke TAKEI, Yuki KAWAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20190223941Abstract: A surgical treatment instrument includes an elongated member an end effector that is bendable with respect to the elongated member, a bending operator operable to bend the end effector, a rotor rotatable about a rotation axis in response to operation of the bending operator, and a transmitter that transmits a driving force to bend the end effector. The bending operator, the rotor, and the transmitter are rotatable about the longitudinal axis together with the elongated member and the end effector.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Ojiro KITAMURA, Yusuke TAKEI, Yuki KAWAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20190175257Abstract: A treatment instrument includes a rotating body and a housing. The rotating body includes a connecting portion including: a supported portion having a cylindrical outer peripheral surface, and an engaged portion that is adjacent to the supported surface. The housing includes a supporting portion that is configured to support the supported portion of the rotating body, the supporting portion being rotatable around a predetermined rotation axis; and an engaging portion that is configured to generate a frictional force larger than a frictional force between the supporting portion and the supported portion by coming into contact with the engaged portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro TANAKA, Yuki KAWAGUCHI, Yusuke TAKEI, Ojiro KITAMURA, Akinori KOBAYASHI, Tomoyuki TAKASHINO, Tatsuro YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20190159822Abstract: A control device for use with a treatment tool that includes a heating element to apply heat to a treatment target. The control device comprises a processor configured to set a target temperature for the heating element and to control the heating element so that temperature of the heating element follows the target temperature. The processor is configured to switch the control of the heating element from a first phase to a second phase. A first followability of the temperature of the heating element in the first phase is higher than a second followability of the temperature in the second phase. The processor is configured to terminate the controlling of following the temperature of the heating element to the target temperature when a parameter is beyond a predetermined range wherein the parameter being defined as a fluctuation between the temperature of the heating element and the target temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2019Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Honda, Ojiro Kitamura
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Publication number: 20190117246Abstract: In a treatment instrument, one of a pair of jaws is supported by a supporter while being pivot able around the supporter with respect to the supporter. A drive member moves along a longitudinal axis so that the pair of the jaws are closed with respect to each other, thereby applying an axial force onto an elongated member from the drive member by way of the one of the jaws and the supporter in a direction along the longitudinal axis. A contact surface of the elongated member abuts on a housing when the elongated member moves with respect to the housing under the axial force, thereby suppressing rotation of the elongated member around the longitudinal axis with respect to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro TANAKA, Yusuke TAKEI, Ojiro KITAMURA, Akinori KOBAYASHI, Tatsuro YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20190117248Abstract: A treatment tool includes a housing, a sheath rotatable around a predetermined axis of rotation with respect to the housing. An end effector is disposed on a distal-end portion of the sheath and rotatable in unison with the sheath around the axis of rotation. A locking member for restraining rotation of the sheath with respect to the housing by engaging the sheath. A manipulating member is mounted on the housing and moves with respect to the housing for causing the locking member and the sheath to switch between engaging and disengaging positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Tanaka, Yusuke Takei, Ojiro Kitamura, Akinori Kobayashi, Tatsuro Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20190083119Abstract: A treatment tool includes a rotary member that is rotatable in unison with an elongated member such as a sheath or shaft and an end effector around a predetermined axis of rotation with respect to a housing. The rotary member has a ridge projecting toward an outer circumferential side and extending from a proximal-end side toward a distal-end side. The treatment tool includes a cavity that is concave toward an inner circumferential side. The cavity is contiguous to the distal-end side of the ridge on the rotary member or is disposed on the distal-end side from the ridge on the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventor: Ojiro Kitamura
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Publication number: 20170071617Abstract: A medical treatment implement including: a shaft extending along a longitudinal axis; a housing having distal and proximal portions, a proximal end of the shaft being attached to the distal portion of the housing to extend from the distal to the proximal portion, the elongated shaft being rotatable about the longitudinal axis relative to the housing; an effector attached to a distal end of the shaft, the effector articulating relative to the longitudinal axis; a drive mechanism having an output connected to the effector to articulate the effector relative to the shaft; and an input unit attached to the housing at a position closer to the proximal portion than the distal portion, wherein the input unit receives an operation input and directly inputs the drive mechanism in response to the input, wherein the input unit rotates about the longitudinal axis together with the shaft relative to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki KAWAGUCHI, Ojiro KITAMURA