Patents by Inventor Takeaki Nakamura

Takeaki Nakamura 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).

  • Publication number: 20080255410
    Abstract: A fitting section at which a cylindrical cover is fitted into a transparent cover, the cylindrical cover containing therein a CCD imager, and the transparent cover making visible light from a subject incident on the CCD imager, and being formed of a member transmitting laser light, is irradiated with laser light from the outside of an endoscope casing, thereby welding the cylindrical cover and the transparent cover together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Koji Okuzumi, Jun Matsumoto, Takeaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20080161658
    Abstract: The medical device data analysis device (57, 22) of the present invention are used for analyzing plural kinds of data of plural medical devices which have been obtained during an operation, and includes a data input portion for inputting the plural kinds of data outputted from the plural medical devices respectively, a data storage portion for storing the plural kinds of data outputted from the medical devices and inputted through the data input portion, and a display processing portion for processing the plural kinds of data stored in the data storage portion so as to be displayed, wherein the display processing portion executes a graph display processing for allowing display of the plural kinds of data stored in the data storage portion in a graph with a same time axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Koichi Tashiro, Akinobu Uchikubo, Masakazu Gotanda, Chie Imamiya, Takeaki Nakamura, Takashi Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20080133602
    Abstract: An operation data recording device 22 according to the invention includes a setting unit for setting operation data to be recorded out of inputted operation data, and an operation data recording unit for recording the operation data set by the setting unit in a recording device in association with a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Koichi Tashiro, Akinobu Uchikubo, Takashi Ozaki, Chie Imamiya, Takeaki Nakamura, Masakazu Gotanda
  • Publication number: 20080021483
    Abstract: According to the invention, an infrared communication port of a system controller performs infrared communication with a mobile remote controller, which allows function assignment to the mobile remote controller. The mobile remote controller requests controllable appliance list data to the system controller in response to an operation on a key input select button in a fixed key display area. Then, the mobile remote controller receives the controllable appliance list data, and an appliance operation button is assigned to a function key display area. Thus, multiple controllable appliances can be controlled easily through one mobile remote controller by allowing assigning control functions for the multiple controllable appliances easily to the mobile remote controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Koichi Tashiro, Akinobu Uchikubo, Takeaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20080004492
    Abstract: A colorant is incorporated into thermoplastic resin, thermosetting resin or rubber constituting an endoscope (3), and a pulse laser beam (2) of YAG or YVO4 having a wavelength of 355, 532 or 1064 nm is irradiated onto a portion incorporated with the colorant, whereby a marking including letters or symbols is enabled to color-develop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Jun Matsumoto, Takeaki Nakamura, Noboru Yamada
  • Publication number: 20070188604
    Abstract: The endoscope system of the present invention includes: an endoscope that has an image pickup device that picks up an observation image of a test object; an image display unit that converts image pickup signals that have been sent from the image pickup device into images and then displays these images; a first mounting portion that is provided in an operating section of the endoscope and on which the image display unit is mounted; and a second mounting portion that is provided in the operating section of the endoscope and on which the image display unit is mounted in a different position from that of the first mounting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Miyamoto, Takayuki Kameya, Katsushi Watanabe, Kazutaka Matsumoto, Takeaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20070173689
    Abstract: An object observation system of the present invention has an observation apparatus for observing a body to be examined, a three-dimensional image recording apparatus for recording three-dimensional images, which are obtained in advance, of the body to be examined, and an image constructing apparatus for constructing a three-dimensional image based on images in synchronization with the observation apparatus, which are recorded in the three-dimensional image recording apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Takashi Ozaki, Koichi Tashiro, Masaya Fujita, Masakazu Gotanda, Akinobu Uchikubo, Takeaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20070083480
    Abstract: An operation information analysis device according to the present invention includes: a medical information input section for inputting various kinds of medical information during an operation from a system controller; a data storage section for adding time information such as a time stamp to the various kinds of medical information during the operation, and for constructing databases specified for each medical procedure by making the various kinds of medical information into files for each kind of medical information and storing the databases; a data analysis section for analyzing the medical information which is stored in the data storage section and which is formed into the databases, for each medical procedure; an analysis condition input section for inputting various information to the data analysis section; and a display device for displaying results of analysis performed by the data analysis section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Takashi Ozaki, Koichi Tashiro, Chie Imamiya, Akinobu Uchikubo, Masakazu Gotanda, Takeaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20070078328
    Abstract: A medical operation assisting system for displaying, based on medical image data, a virtual body-cavity image of a region on and surrounding a location to be operated within a body cavity of a subject, includes an image data generator for generating data of the virtual body-cavity image of the region on and surrounding the location to be operated, based on the medical image data, a storage device for storing optical characteristic data of an endoscope, and a controller for retrieving the optical characteristic data of the endoscope from the storage device, and causing the image data generator to generate the virtual body-cavity image data based on the optical characteristic data of the endoscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ozaki, Akinobu Uchikubo, Koichi Tashiro, Takeaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20070030344
    Abstract: An endoscope device having an imaging element for imaging an observation image of a subject, an endoscope having a grippable operation section, a video image displaying device for converting an image signal from imaging means into a video image and displaying it, a first supporting section for supporting the video image displaying device so that the video image displaying device is pivotable about its longitudinal axis or about an axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, and video image rotating means for rotating the image of the subject displayed on the video image displaying device about an axis substantially orthogonal to the screen of the video image displaying device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Miyamoto, Hideaki Kinouchi, Takeaki Nakamura, Katsushi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20060287645
    Abstract: An operating room controlling system includes: a first controller connected to a medical apparatus provided in an operating room; a second controller connected to a non-medical apparatus provided in an operating room; and an operation direction inputting section to which operational directions to the medical and non-medical apparatuses are inputted, and which sends the content of the inputted operational direction to the first controller. The first controller sends to the second controller a first control signal corresponding to the operational direction of the non-medical apparatus inputted to the operation direction inputting section. When there are a plurality of non-medical apparatuses, the second controller converts the first control signal to a second control signal, and sends the second control signal to a non-medical apparatus determined out of the plurality of non-medical apparatuses based on predetermined priorities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Koichi Tashiro, Akinobu Uchikubo, Takeaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20060264750
    Abstract: A game board including a playing surface having an elevated rail around the board sides. A striker provided to sit upon and slide on the elevated game board rails facilitating striker movement, control and striking accuracy. The striker fitted with extended tabs that can contact a playing piece sitting on the game board-playing surface. A round, half round or flat playing piece provided which is unobstructed by the striker body during game play and can move freely under the rail elevated striker body except in the striker tab locations. The playing pieces including coins struck and directed by the extended striker tabs on the board surface according to game rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Norihiro Yamada, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Haruhiko Ueno, Hiroyoshi Watanabe, Keita Suzuki, Takeaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20060264787
    Abstract: An ultrasonic treatment apparatus includes an ultrasonic generating unit which generates an ultrasonic vibration for giving ultrasonic treatment to a desired part in a body cavity; a supporting member which rotatably supports the ultrasonic generating unit at an ultrasonic vibration node; and an operation wire which operates the ultrasonic generating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: Olympus Intellectual Property Services Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihiro Yamada, Keita Suzuki, Takeaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20060242096
    Abstract: A medical operation system includes a controller for controlling a plurality of medical equipments, a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data between each of the plurality of medical equipments and the controller in two-way communications, an information recorder which records, together with time information, information regarding the plurality of medical equipments transmitted and received by the communication unit, a signal processor which extracts predetermined information from the information recorded on the information recorder and processes the predetermined information to generate time-series data, and a display output unit for visualizing the time-series data output from the signal processor and outputting the visualized time-series data to a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ozaki, Akinobu Uchikubo, Koichi Tashiro, Chie Imamiya, Takeaki Nakamura, Masakazu Gotanda
  • Publication number: 20060183972
    Abstract: The operation apparatus controller controls a group of apparatuses including multiple medical apparatuses, which respectively can store patient IDs. Also, the operation apparatus controller has a patient ID comparing section which compares the patient ID stored in the various apparatuses within the group of apparatuses and a notifying section which notifies that the compared patient ID matches or does not match, based on the comparison results of the patient ID.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Tashiro, Akinobu Uchikubo, Takeaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20060184160
    Abstract: A surgery data storing device according to the present invention comprises a surgery data storing section which associates surgery data to a predetermined time and stores this to a storing device, and an event data storing section which associates the event data to the predetermined time according to an occurrence of a predetermined event and stores this.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ozaki, Akinobu Uchikubo, Koichi Tashiro, Chie Imamiya, Takeaki Nakamura, Masakazu Gotanda
  • Publication number: 20060184407
    Abstract: An operation information management device for managing a use history of multiple medical apparatuses has a management item setting section for setting management items which classify the use history of the various medical apparatuses, a management item storing section for storing the use history information of the various medical apparatuses based on the management items as a database, an analysis designating section for designating analysis items based on the use history of the various medical apparatuses, and an analysis information creating section for searching use history information of the multiple medical apparatuses stored by the management item storing section based on the analysis items and for generating and outputting analysis information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ozaki, Akinobu Uchikubo, Koichi Tashiro, Chie Imamiya, Takeaki Nakamura, Masakazu Gotanda
  • Patent number: 7063692
    Abstract: A plurality of handpieces used to perform an operation is connected to a main operation apparatus, which generates a driving signal, through connectors formed on the main apparatus. When an operator holds a handpiece he/she wants to use, an output line over which the driving signal is transmitted is routed to the held handpiece owing to an output of a sensor that detects a change in capacitance stemming from the hold. The operator therefore need not manually set a mode in which the driving signal is applied to the handpiece he/she wants to use. Moreover, a port number assigned to a port to which the output line is routed is indicated on a display device. The operator can readily identify the usable handpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohisa Sakurai, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Masaru Sudo, Takeaki Nakamura, Keiji Shioda, Takashi Ozaki, Makoto Miyawaki
  • Patent number: 6985765
    Abstract: A three-dimensional observation apparatus is provided which includes an optical reflection member which reflects a light beam and converges the light beam after the reflection, and image projectors for right and left eyes which project a medical image for the right and left eyes on the optical reflection member and forms an exit pupil for the right and left eyes at a position apart from the optical reflection member by a predetermined distance. The apparatus also includes a holding member which keeps a positional relationship of the image projector for the right eye to the optical reflection member and a positional relationship of the image projector for the left eye to the optical reflection member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Morita, Susumu Takahashi, Masahiro Kudo, Nobuaki Akui, Hiroyuki Kuroda, Kazuo Banju, Shingo Nogami, Takahiro Kogasaka, Takechiyo Nakamitsu, Takeaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20050288545
    Abstract: A flexible tube for endoscope comprising a helical tube, a net tube put on the helical tube, an outer skin put on an outer peripheral surface of the net tube, and a topcoat put on a surface of the outer skin. The outer skin and the topcoat are molded substantially simultaneously or successively by the two-coat molding method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: Jun Matsumoto, Yasushi Machida, Takeaki Nakamura