Patents by Inventor Shingo Ikuma

Shingo Ikuma 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).

  • Blood purification apparatus and method of trapping bubbles therein
    Patent number: 11964089
    Abstract: A blood purification apparatus that includes a blood circuit including an arterial blood circuit and a venous blood circuit and having a flow route that allows a patient's blood to extracorporeally circulate from a distal end of the arterial blood circuit to a distal end of the venous blood circuit; a blood purifier connected to a proximal end of the arterial blood circuit and to a proximal end of the venous blood circuit and that purifies the blood flowing through the blood circuit; an air-trap chamber connected to the blood circuit and that traps bubbles contained in liquid flowing in the flow route of the blood circuit; and a blood pump provided to the arterial blood circuit and being capable of delivering the liquid within the blood circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Nikkiso Company Limited
    Inventor: Shingo Ikuma
  • Blood Purification Apparatus and Method of Trapping Bubbles Therein
    Publication number: 20200405941
    Abstract: A blood purification apparatus that includes a blood circuit including an arterial blood circuit and a venous blood circuit and having a flow route that allows a patient's blood to extracorporeally circulate from a distal end of the arterial blood circuit to a distal end of the venous blood circuit; a blood purifier connected to a proximal end of the arterial blood circuit and to a proximal end of the venous blood circuit and that purifies the blood flowing through the blood circuit; an air-trap chamber connected to the blood circuit and that traps bubbles contained in liquid flowing in the flow route of the blood circuit; and a blood pump provided to the arterial blood circuit and being capable of delivering the liquid within the blood circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Shingo Ikuma