Patents by Inventor Ryoichi Soba

Ryoichi Soba 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).

  • Composite material for medical devices and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 10363122
    Abstract: A composite material for medical devices includes a superelastic shape memory alloy configured or constituting a matrix and a metal oxide which is dispersed in the matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryoichi Soba
  • COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR MEDICAL DEVICES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140087325
    Abstract: A composite material for medical devices includes a superelastic shape memory alloy configured or constituting a matrix and a metal oxide which is dispersed in the matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryoichi SOBA
  • COMPOSITE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20130228099
    Abstract: To realize an improved plateau region stress level in a composite material that includes a superelastic shape memory alloy as a matrix, the composite material is a composite material including a superelastic shape memory alloy as a matrix, with carbon nanomaterials dispersed in the matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryoichi Soba, Hiraku Murayama
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENT, AND MEDICAL INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20130004362
    Abstract: A process for producing a medical instrument, such as a stent and a guide wire, which has an excellent fatigue life; and a medical instrument, such as a stent and a guide wire, which has an excellent fatigue life. The process for producing a medical instrument includes: a preparation step of preparing a medical instrument including a NiTi-based alloy as a base material; and an ion irradiation step of irradiating the medical instrument prepared in the preparation step with Xe ions. The medical instrument is produced by irradiating a medical instrument including a NiTi-based alloy as a base material with Xe ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicants: NAGATA SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryoichi Soba, Hiraku Murayama, Kensuke Uemura