Patents by Inventor Tomokane Kurosawa

Tomokane Kurosawa 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: 8968214
    Abstract: A protector which is used to cover a distal portion of a guide wire protruding from a distal opening of a tube body includes a first half body and a second half body which are movable between an open state and a closed state. Each of the first half body and the second half body includes a guide wire sandwiching and holding portion which mutually sandwich and hold the distal portion of the guide wire cooperatively in the closed state of the protector. Each of the first half body and the second half body also includes a tube body sandwiching and holding portion which mutually sandwich and hold the tube body cooperatively in the closed state of the protector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeki Numata, Toshihiko Asao, Katsuhiro Shirakawa, Tomokane Kurosawa, Satoru Kanuka
  • Patent number: 8517959
    Abstract: A guide wire for medical treatment includes a straight-line shaped proximal section and a distal section which is continuous with the distal side of the proximal section and whose most distal portion faces toward the proximal direction. The distal section includes a curved portion continuous with the proximal section and a distal portion continuous with the distal side of the curved portion, the proximal section and at least a portion on the proximal side of the curved portion continuous with the proximal section are positioned on an identical plane, and the distal portion is extended toward a direction backing away from the plane and includes the most distal portion in a section of a direction to which the curved portion is curved with respect to an plane n an axis core of the proximal section orthogonal to the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomokane Kurosawa, Yutaka Tano
  • Publication number: 20130018280
    Abstract: A guide wire includes a core wire which forms a line shape formed from a flexible metal material. A distal portion of the core wire is arranged in an axial line direction of the core wire and includes a plurality of deformable portions, which are easily-deformable in a specific direction on a plane (x-y plane) with the axial line of the core wire being a normal line, and easily-deformable directions of the adjacent easily-deformable portions among the respective easily-deformable portions are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yutaka TANO, Tomokane KUROSAWA
  • Publication number: 20120029478
    Abstract: A guide wire for medical treatment includes a straight-line shaped proximal section and a distal section which is continuous with the distal side of the proximal section and whose most distal portion faces toward the proximal direction. The distal section includes a curved portion continuous with the proximal section and a distal portion continuous with the distal side of the curved portion, the proximal section and at least a portion on the proximal side of the curved portion continuous with the proximal section are positioned on an identical plane, and the distal portion is extended toward a direction backing away from the plane and includes the most distal portion in a section of a direction to which the curved portion is curved with respect to an plane n an axis core of the proximal section orthogonal to the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomokane KUROSAWA, Yutaka TANO
  • Publication number: 20110178506
    Abstract: A protector which is used to cover a distal portion of a guide wire protruding from a distal opening of a tube body includes a first half body and a second half body which are movable between an open state and a closed state. Each of the first half body and the second half body includes a guide wire sandwiching and holding portion which mutually sandwich and hold the distal portion of the guide wire cooperatively in the closed state of the protector. Each of the first half body and the second half body also includes a tube body sandwiching and holding portion which mutually sandwich and hold the tube body cooperatively in the closed state of the protector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeki NUMATA, Toshihiko ASAO, Katsuhiro SHIRAKAWA, Tomokane KUROSAWA, Satoru KANUKA
  • Patent number: D611601
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriyuki Tamai, Katsuhiro Shirakawa, Hiroshi Yagi, Tomokane Kurosawa