Patents by Inventor Toru Suguro

Toru Suguro 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: 7678152
    Abstract: An artificial knee joint including a femoral component and a tibial component which are in relation of making relative rotation, in which the tibial component has a post that has an outwardly curving posterior surface and is disposed approximately in the longitudinal center between the articular surfaces so that the post is inside an intercondylar groove that is between the medial and lateral condyles and extends from the posterior end to the anterior end of the femoral component; and the femoral component has a cam that is disposed at the posterior portion of the intercondylar groove and comes into contact with the posterior surface of the post when the above-described rotation proceeds; and the post and the cam are shaped so that the femoral component is turned outwardly when the cam comes into contact with the post as a result of the rotation and as the rotation proceeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignees: Nakashima Propeller Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Suguro, Koichi Kuramoto, Keitaro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7264635
    Abstract: An artificial knee joint including a femoral component to be attached to a femur and a tibial component to be attached to a tibia, wherein in the femur component a medial condyle thereof is thicker than a lateral condyle thereof; in the tibial component, a medial articular surface thereof, which supports the medial condyle of the femur component, is thinner or deeper than a lateral articular surface thereof, which supports the lateral condyle of the femur component; and a joint line joining the lowest points of contact surfaces between the medial and lateral condyles of the femur component and the medial and lateral articular surfaces of the tibial component in a longitudinal cross section in a medial-lateral direction is inclined inward at virtually the same angle over the entire region of an angle of flexion-extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignees: Nakashima Propeller Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Suguro, Koichi Kuramoto, Keitaro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20050209701
    Abstract: An artificial knee joint including a femoral component and a tibial component which are in relation of making relative rotation, in which the tibial component has a post that has an outwardly curving posterior surface and is disposed approximately in the longitudinal center between the articular surfaces so that the post is inside an intercondylar groove that is between the medial and lateral condyles and extends from the posterior end to the anterior end of the femoral component; and the femoral component has a cam that is disposed at the posterior portion of the intercondylar groove and comes into contact with the posterior surface of the post when the above-described rotation proceeds; and the post and the cam are shaped so that the femoral component is turned outwardly when the cam comes into contact with the post as a result of the rotation and as the rotation proceeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Toru Suguro, Koichi Kuramoto, Keitaro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20040249468
    Abstract: A femoral component of an artificial knee joint that is to be attached to a distal end of a femur having a peg or pegs installed in the inner surface of the femoral component so as to be located in an area of a front half of the femoral component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicants: Nakashima Propeller Co., Ltd., Toru Suguro
    Inventors: Toru Suguro, Koichi Kuramoto, Keitaro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20030153977
    Abstract: An artificial knee joint including a femoral component to be attached to a femur and a tibial component to be attached to a tibia, wherein in the femur component a medial condyle thereof is thicker than a lateral condyle thereof; in the tibial component, a medial articular surface thereof, which supports the medial condyle, is thinner than a lateral articular surface thereof, which supports the lateral condyle; and a joint line joining lowest points of contact surfaces between the medial and lateral condyles and the medial and lateral articular surfaces in a longitudinal cross section in a medial-lateral direction is inclined inward at virtually the same angle over the entire region of an angle of flexion-extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: Nakashima Propeller Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Suguro, Koichi Kuramoto, Keitaro Yamamoto