Patents by Inventor Toshihiko KAKINOKI

Toshihiko KAKINOKI 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: 20230355947
    Abstract: A medical connector includes: a first connection section that defines a first passage, the first connection section comprising a first tubular portion; a second connection section that defines a second passage communicating with the first passage, the second connection section comprising a second tubular portion inserted into the first tubular portion; and a rotation control section that controls relative rotation of the first connection section and the second connection section in a connection state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihiko KAKINOKI, Kazuya Akiyama
  • Patent number: 11766551
    Abstract: A medical device including a connector portion having a distal end and a proximal end, and a screw groove configured for fluid communication between the connector portion and another medical device. The screw groove has a first side wall provided close to the distal end and a second side wall provided close to the proximal end. The first side wall has a stop portion whose lead angle has been reduced or eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshihiko Kakinoki
  • Patent number: 11738189
    Abstract: A medical connector includes: a first connection section that defines a first passage; a second connection section that defines a second passage communicating with the first passage; and a rotation control section that controls relative rotation of the first and second connection sections. The second connection section includes a first wall face configured to abut on the first connection section to restrict the first connection section from moving in a direction to be separated from the second connection section. In a state in which the first wall face abuts on the first connection section, the rotation control section allows the second connection section to rotate relative to the first connection section in a first circumferential direction about the axis and restricts the second connection section from rotating relative to the first connection section in a second circumferential direction opposite to the first circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihiko Kakinoki, Kazuya Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20230001173
    Abstract: A connector set includes a male connector; and a female connector. The male connector includes: a hollow rod-shaped flow path connection portion that defines a first flow path therein and that has a first axis as a center, and a lock protrusion that has an inner peripheral edge extending in a circumferential direction around the first axis. The female connector includes: a cap, a housing, and a valve body. The cap includes: a top wall, and a cylindrical outer peripheral wall extending from an outer peripheral edge of the top wall and that has a second axis as a center. The housing includes: a cylindrical wall, and an engagement protrusion protruding from an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical wall so as to form a lower surface configured to engage with the lock protrusion to lock the male connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tasuku KURIYAMA, Toshihiko KAKINOKI
  • Publication number: 20230001175
    Abstract: A female connector that allows connection of a male connector including a lock claw and a channel connection. The female connector includes a cap including a top provided with an opening and a peripheral wall extending from an outer peripheral edge of the top; a housing including a cylindrical wall and an engaging protrusion protruding from an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical wall to form a lower surface engaged with the lock claw; and a valve including a portion sandwiched between the top and the cylindrical wall and a portion penetrating the valve in up-and-down direction. A boundary is formed between an upper surface of the engaging protrusion and a lower end face of the peripheral wall. The lower end face is smaller than the upper surface in outer diameter. The engaging protrusion has an outer peripheral surface including a portion with a diameter increasing downward from the boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tasuku KURIYAMA, Toshihiko KAKINOKI
  • Publication number: 20220339421
    Abstract: A medical device including a connector portion having a distal end and a proximal end, and a screw groove configured for fluid communication between the connector portion and another medical device. The screw groove has a first side wall provided close to the distal end and a second side wall provided close to the proximal end. The first side wall has a stop portion whose lead angle has been reduced or eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshihiko KAKINOKI
  • Patent number: 11458291
    Abstract: A connector includes an elastic valve body that includes a top face on which a slit is formed and a bottom face opposite the top face; and a holding section that is in contact with the top face and the bottom face of the elastic valve body and holds the elastic valve body. The holding section surrounds the slit, and the elastic valve body includes a peripheral section that is positioned outward of a portion of the elastic valve body that is held by the holding section. The elastic valve body and the holding section are configured such that a volume of the peripheral section in a state in which the elastic valve body is held by the holding section is larger than a volume of the peripheral section in a state in which the elastic valve body is not held by the holding section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ueda, Toshihiko Kakinoki, Ryouhei Fujieda
  • Patent number: 11452856
    Abstract: A medical device including a connector portion having a distal end and a proximal end, and a screw groove configured for fluid communication between the connector portion and another medical device. The screw groove has a first side wall provided close to the distal end and a second side wall provided close to the proximal end. The first side wall has a stop portion whose lead angle has been reduced or eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshihiko Kakinoki
  • Patent number: 11273297
    Abstract: A medical device includes a connector portion. The connector portion includes an inner cylinder connectable to another medical device having an elastic valve, a valve body against which the elastic valve is pressed from a distal end side due to connection of the inner cylinder and another medical device, and an outer cylinder disposed radially outside the inner cylinder, and the connector portion is configured to provide fluid communication between the connector portion and another medical device by moving the inner cylinder in an axial direction with respect to the outer cylinder in a state where the inner cylinder is connected with another medical device. The connector portion further includes an anchor that suppresses movement of the valve body with respect to the inner cylinder toward a proximal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshihiko Kakinoki
  • Publication number: 20210402168
    Abstract: A medical device according to the disclosure includes: two members that are made of materials having different flexural moduli and are connected to each other, in which a soft member made of a material having a low flexural modulus of the two members includes a cylindrical portion, a hard member made of a material having a high flexural modulus of the two members includes a cylindrical support portion that supports the cylindrical portion, and the cylindrical support portion includes an inner surface support portion that supports an inner surface of the cylindrical portion, and an outer surface support portion that supports an outer surface of the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshihiko KAKINOKI
  • Patent number: 11207514
    Abstract: A male connector is connectable to a female connector and includes: a flow path tubular member that has an opening at an end portion; a valve body that closes the opening; a housing main body; and a moving body that moves with respect to the housing main body and deforms the valve body so as to change a mode between a first mode in which the opening is closed by the valve body and a second mode in which the opening is open from the valve body. The moving body includes a locking portion that locks the female connector in a state in which the valve body and an elastic valve body of the female connector abut on each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshihiko Kakinoki
  • Patent number: 11167120
    Abstract: A medical device includes: a first member including: a body portion, and an anchor, wherein a resin material of the anchor is different from a resin material of the body portion, and wherein the anchor is interlinked to the body portion; and a second member including a connecting portion that is connected to the anchor, wherein a resin material of the second member is the same as the resin material of the anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ken Tsunoda, Toshihiko Kakinoki
  • Publication number: 20200316361
    Abstract: A medical connector includes: a first connection section that defines a first passage; a second connection section that defines a second passage communicating with the first passage; and a rotation control section that controls relative rotation of the first and second connection sections. The second connection section includes a first wall face configured to abut on the first connection section to restrict the first connection section from moving in a direction to be separated from the second connection section. In a state in which the first wall face abuts on the first connection section, the rotation control section allows the second connection section to rotate relative to the first connection section in a first circumferential direction about the axis and restricts the second connection section from rotating relative to the first connection section in a second circumferential direction opposite to the first circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihiko KAKINOKI, Kazuya AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200238069
    Abstract: A connector includes an elastic valve body that includes a top face on which a slit is formed and a bottom face opposite the top face; and a holding section that is in contact with the top face and the bottom face of the elastic valve body and holds the elastic valve body. The holding section surrounds the slit, and the elastic valve body includes a peripheral section that is positioned outward of a portion of the elastic valve body that is held by the holding section. The elastic valve body and the holding section are configured such that a volume of the peripheral section in a state in which the elastic valve body is held by the holding section is larger than a volume of the peripheral section in a state in which the elastic valve body is not held by the holding section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro UEDA, Toshihiko KAKINOKI, Ryouhei FUJIEDA
  • Publication number: 20200179672
    Abstract: A medical device includes a connector portion. The connector portion includes an inner cylinder connectable to another medical device having an elastic valve, a valve body against which the elastic valve is pressed from a distal end side due to connection of the inner cylinder and another medical device, and an outer cylinder disposed radially outside the inner cylinder, and the connector portion is configured to provide fluid communication between the connector portion and another medical device by moving the inner cylinder in an axial direction with respect to the outer cylinder in a state where the inner cylinder is connected with another medical device. The connector portion further includes an anchor that suppresses movement of the valve body with respect to the inner cylinder toward a proximal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshihiko KAKINOKI
  • Patent number: 10661069
    Abstract: A connector includes an elastic valve body that includes a top face on which a slit is formed and a bottom face opposite the top face; and a holding section that is in contact with the top face and the bottom face of the elastic valve body and holds the elastic valve body. The holding section surrounds the slit, and the elastic valve body includes a peripheral section that is positioned outward of a portion of the elastic valve body that is held by the holding section. The elastic valve body and the holding section are configured such that a volume of the peripheral section in a state in which the elastic valve body is held by the holding section is larger than a volume of the peripheral section in a state in which the elastic valve body is not held by the holding section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yashuhiro Ueda, Toshihiko Kakinoki, Ryouhei Fujieda
  • Publication number: 20190388673
    Abstract: A medical device including a connector portion having a distal end and a proximal end, and a screw groove configured for fluid communication between the connector portion and another medical device. The screw groove has a first side wall provided close to the distal end and a second side wall provided close to the proximal end. The first side wall has a stop portion whose lead angle has been reduced or eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshihiko KAKINOKI
  • Publication number: 20190240473
    Abstract: A medical device includes: a first member including: a body portion, and an anchor, wherein a resin material of the anchor is different from a resin material of the body portion, and wherein the anchor is interlinked to the body portion; and a second member including a connecting portion that is connected to the anchor, wherein a resin material of the second member is the same as the resin material of the anchor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ken TSUNODA, Toshihiko KAKINOKI
  • Publication number: 20190184152
    Abstract: A male connector is connectable to a female connector and includes: a flow path tubular member that has an opening at an end portion; a valve body that closes the opening; a housing main body; and a moving body that moves with respect to the housing main body and deforms the valve body so as to change a mode between a first mode in which the opening is closed by the valve body and a second mode in which the opening is open from the valve body. The moving body includes a locking portion that locks the female connector in a state in which the valve body and an elastic valve body of the female connector abut on each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshihiko KAKINOKI
  • Publication number: 20170014614
    Abstract: A connector includes an elastic valve body that includes a top face on which a slit is formed and a bottom face opposite the top face; and a holding section that is in contact with the top face and the bottom face of the elastic valve body and holds the elastic valve body. The holding section surrounds the slit, and the elastic valve body includes a peripheral section that is positioned outward of a portion of the elastic valve body that is held by the holding section when the elastic valve body is viewed from the top face side. The elastic valve body and the holding section are configured such that a volume of the peripheral section in a state in which the elastic valve body is held by the holding section is larger than a volume of the peripheral section in a state in which the elastic valve body is not held by the holding section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro UEDA, Toshihiko KAKINOKI, Ryouhei FUJIEDA