Patents by Inventor Shota Nakao

Shota Nakao 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).

  • Patent number: 8609022
    Abstract: A medical heat exchanger includes a thin tube bundle 2 in which a plurality of heat transfer thin tubes 1 for letting heat medium liquid flow therethrough are arranged and stacked, seal members 3a to 3c sealing the thin tube bundle while allowing both ends of the heat transfer thin tubes to be exposed and forming a blood channel 5 which allows blood to flow therethrough so that the blood comes into contact with each outer surface of the heat transfer thin tubes; a housing 4 containing the seal members and the thin tube bundle and provided with an inlet port 8 and an outlet port 9 of the blood positioned respectively at both ends of the blood channel; and a pair of heat transfer thin tube headers 6, 7 forming flow chambers 14a, 14b, 15a, 15b that respectively surround both ends of the thin tube bundle and having an inlet port 6a and an outlet port 7a of the heat medium liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: JMS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shota Nakao, Tomokazu Niitsuma, Hideki Izumida
  • Patent number: 8162152
    Abstract: A blood filter device includes: a housing that includes a dome 2 provided with a blood inlet, a filter retaining portion 3 that is positioned below the dome, and a bottom portion 4 provided with a blood outlet; and a filter 8 that is mounted in a cavity of the filter retaining portion and partitions a cavity of the housing into a dome side and a bottom portion side. A sheet-like filter member 8a of the filter forms a plurality of pleats, and ridgelines of the respective pleats traverse the filter retaining portion in parallel respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: JMS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Omori, Shota Nakao, Yutaka Katsuno
  • Patent number: 8162870
    Abstract: A blood filter device has a housing that includes: a head portion (2) provided with a blood inlet (5) and forming an upper structure of the housing, a filtration portion (3) positioned below the head portion and forming a middle structure of the housing, and a bottom portion (4) disposed below the filtration portion and provided with a blood outlet (7); and a filter (8) mounted in a cavity of the filtration portion and partitioning a cavity of the housing into a head portion side and a bottom portion side. The filter is formed of a filter sheet folded to have a plurality of pleats, and disposed so that ridgelines of the plurality of pleats traverse respectively the cavity of the filtration portion in parallel. The bottom portion has a conical portion (4a) on the inner bottom face protruding downward to form a conical face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: JMS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shota Nakao, Yutaka Katsuno, Masayoshi Omori
  • Publication number: 20100290947
    Abstract: A medical heat exchanger includes a thin tube bundle 2 in which a plurality of heat transfer thin tubes 1 for letting heat medium liquid flow therethrough are arranged and stacked, seal members 3a to 3c sealing the thin tube bundle while allowing both ends of the heat transfer thin tubes to be exposed and forming a blood channel 5 which allows blood to flow therethrough so that the blood comes into contact with each outer surface of the heat transfer thin tubes; a housing 4 containing the seal members and the thin tube bundle and provided with an inlet port 8 and an outlet port 9 of the blood positioned respectively at both ends of the blood channel; and a pair of heat transfer thin tube headers 6, 7 forming flow chambers 14a, 14b, 15a, 15b that respectively surround both ends of the thin tube bundle and having an inlet port 6a and an outlet port 7a of the heat medium liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: JMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shota Nakao, Tomokazu Niitsuma, Hideki Izumida
  • Publication number: 20100179465
    Abstract: A blood filter device has a housing that includes: a head portion (2) provided with a blood inlet (5) and forming an upper structure of the housing, a filtration portion (3) positioned below the head portion and forming a middle structure of the housing, and a bottom portion (4) disposed below the filtration portion and provided with a blood outlet (7); and a filter (8) mounted in a cavity of the filtration portion and partitioning a cavity of the housing into a head portion side and a bottom portion side. The filter is formed of a filter sheet folded to have a plurality of pleats, and disposed so that ridgelines of the plurality of pleats traverse respectively the cavity of the filtration portion in parallel. The bottom portion has a conical portion (4a) on the inner bottom face protruding downward to form a conical face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: JMS CO., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shota Nakao, Yutaka Katsuno, Masayoshi Omori
  • Publication number: 20100163163
    Abstract: A blood filter device includes: a housing (1) that includes a dome portion (2), a filter retaining portion (3), and a bottom portion (4); an inlet (5) provided on a lateral portion of the dome portion so as to allow blood to flow into the dome portion horizontally and along an inner wall of the dome portion; an air vent (6) provided at a top of the dome portion; a filter (8) for filtering a foreign substance in the blood, which is disposed in the filter retaining portion; and an outlet (7) for the blood, which is provided in the bottom portion. The blood filter device is configured so that the blood flows into the dome portion from the inlet, passes through the filter retaining portion, and then flows out from the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: JMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki KAWARABATA, Yutaka KATSUNO, Shota NAKAO
  • Publication number: 20090045131
    Abstract: A blood filter device includes: a housing that includes a dome 2 provided with a blood inlet, a filter retaining portion 3 that is positioned below the dome, and a bottom portion 4 provided with a blood outlet; and a filter 8 that is mounted in a cavity of the filter retaining portion and partitions a cavity of the housing into a dome side and a bottom portion side. A sheet-like filter member 8a of the filter forms a plurality of pleats, and ridgelines of the respective pleats traverse the filter retaining portion in parallel respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: JMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Omori, Shota Nakao, Yutaka Katsuno
  • Publication number: 20060191841
    Abstract: A blood filter device includes: a housing (1) that includes a dome portion (2), a filter retaining portion (3), and a bottom portion (4); an inlet (5) provided on a lateral portion of the dome portion so as to allow blood to flow into the dome portion horizontally and along an inner wall of the dome portion; an air vent (6) provided at a top of the dome portion; a filter (8) for filtering a foreign substance in the blood, which is disposed in the filter retaining portion; and an outlet (7) for the blood, which is provided in the bottom portion. The blood filter device is configured so that the blood flows into the dome portion from the inlet, passes through the filter retaining portion, and then flows out from the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2004
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Shigeki Kawarabata, Yutaka Katsuno, Shota Nakao