Patents by Inventor Shin HIRASHIMA

Shin HIRASHIMA 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).

  • Marking method and resecting method
    Patent number: 10537225
    Abstract: A marking method includes: a step of irradiating, with first light (narrow band light) from an endoscope, an observation target site not suitable for spray of a coloring agent in a subject; a step of picking up an image of, through the endoscope, second light (reflected light of the narrow band light) generated at the observation target site through irradiation of the observation target site with the narrow band light; a step of displaying an image in which a site suspected to be a tumor is highlighted by generating the image based on the second light received through the endoscope; and a step of providing a tissue denatured portion around the site suspected to be a tumor by using an energy radiation device while the displayed image is observed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Futatsugi, Shigeru Imai, Shin Hirashima
  • MARKING METHOD AND RESECTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20180146845
    Abstract: A marking method includes: a step of irradiating, with first light (narrow band light) from an endoscope, an observation target site not suitable for spray of a coloring agent in a subject; a step of picking up an image of, through the endoscope, second light (reflected light of the narrow band light) generated at the observation target site through irradiation of the observation target site with the narrow band light; a step of displaying an image in which a site suspected to be a tumor is highlighted by generating the image based on the second light received through the endoscope; and a step of providing a tissue denatured portion around the site suspected to be a tumor by using an energy radiation device while the displayed image is observed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyuki FUTATSUGI, Shigeru IMAI, Shin HIRASHIMA