Patents Assigned to Canon Medical Systems Corporation
  • Publication number: 20250114729
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a separation apparatus includes a filter configured to separate a white blood cell from blood sent from a blood container, and a first flow channel through which the blood container and the filter are in communication with each other. The separation apparatus introduces, through the first flow channel, the blood into the filter from below and in an anti-gravity direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicants: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Yuhi HIGUCHI, Tsutomu MIKI
  • Publication number: 20250115861
    Abstract: A cell handling system includes a cell handling device and a cell handling control apparatus. The cell handling device is configured so that cell handling is performed inside the cell handling device. The cell handling device includes an information presenter configured to present identification information for identifying a process performed in the cell handling device. The cell handling control apparatus is configured to control the cell handling performed in the cell handling device. The cell handling control apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to acquire the identification information presented by the information presenter and determine a parameter relating to control of the cell handling based on the acquired identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicants: Canon Medical Systems Corporation, CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinya SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20250115858
    Abstract: A culture apparatus according to embodiments includes a gas supplier, a culture chamber, a first flow path, and a gas suction equipment. The gas supplier is configured to supply gas. The culture chamber is configured to culture a culture. The first flow path is configured to allow gas supplied by the gas supplier to flow to the culture chamber. The gas suction equipment is configured to allow gas in the culture chamber to be discharged to the outside through a second flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noritaka UKIYO, Yosuke YAMAGUCHI, Hirotoshi TAHARA
  • Publication number: 20250115844
    Abstract: A cell culture apparatus includes: a casing that, while a cartridge has a culturing vessel used for culturing cells, forms a chamber space in which at least a part of the cartridge including the culturing vessel is installed; an opening configured to allow communication between the inside and the outside of the chamber space and provided for the purpose of installing said at least a part of the cartridge in the chamber space; a moving equipment configured to move the cartridge, for the purpose of installing or ejecting said at least a part of the cartridge into or from the chamber space via the opening; and an opening cover configured to open the opening in association with a moving operation of the moving equipment to install the cartridge and/or configured to close the opening in association with a moving operation of the moving equipment to eject the cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicants: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro ISHII, Kazutaka YANAGITA, Noritaka UKIYO
  • Publication number: 20250116663
    Abstract: An analysis substrate according to an embodiment is an analysis substrate for performing analysis on fine particles, and includes a plurality of capture regions that capture the fine particles; and a plurality of first isolators whose wettability changes in response to a stimulus, the plurality of first isolators being provided along a first direction between the capture regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicants: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei WATANABE, Noriyuki KASAGI, Satoru KOMATSU, Tomoki FUJITO, Hyungsoon IM
  • Publication number: 20250118400
    Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry configured to acquire examination data including examination values of biological examinations performed on the same subject at a plurality of time points; create a map based on the examination data, the map including a time-series element group in which a plurality of elements corresponding to the biological examinations performed at the plurality of time points and having a visual representation according to a degree of risk are arranged in a time-series order along a first direction; and control a display unit to display the map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kanako AIZAWA, Kohei WATANABE, Mami TAKAHASHI, Mayumi SAKAGAMI, Tomoki FUJITO, Satoru KOMATSU
  • Publication number: 20250115849
    Abstract: A culture system according to the present embodiment includes a supply unit, a discharge unit, a collection unit, and a housing. The supply unit supplies a culture vessel with a culture medium for culturing of cells. The discharge unit discharges liquid droplets for detaching the cells placed in the culture vessel. The collection unit that collects the cells which have been detached in the culture vessel. The housing has the culture vessel, the supply unit, the discharge unit, and the collection unit disposed therein. In the state in which the supply unit has been moved away from the fluid level of the culture medium, the housing is tilted to position the collection unit at a lower level than the supply unit, and then the culture medium and the cells are collected using the collection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki HANEISHI, Tetsuya SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20250117934
    Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a first analysis unit, a second analysis unit, a determination unit, and a third analysis unit. The first analysis unit executes a first analysis based on a medical image of a subject. The second analysis unit executes a second analysis based on a specimen examination result of the subject. The determination unit determines a matching degree between the result of the first analysis by the first analysis unit and the result of the second analysis by the second analysis unit. The third analysis unit executes a third analysis based on the medical image and the specimen examination result according to analysis conditions based on the determination result of the matching degree by the determination unit, and determines diagnosis support information based on the medical image and the specimen examination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicants: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S HOSPITAL, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuko FUJISAWA, Mami TAKAHASHI, Kei MORI, David R. WALT
  • Publication number: 20250115851
    Abstract: A cartridge used for cell preparation or cell processing includes a first container configured to store a liquid; an air filter arranged at an opening; a first passage connected to the first container and the opening and configured to allow the liquid suctioned from the first container to flow in; a second passage connected to the first passage and the opening and configured to allow the liquid to flow in from the first passage; and a second container connected to the second passage and configured to allow the liquid to flow in from the second passage if the first passage is pressurized with the liquid having flown into the first passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicants: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Akane KUBOYAMA, Tetsuya SAKAI, Kazutaka YANAGITA, Yuhi HIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 12268536
    Abstract: An X-ray diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes an X-ray limiter having four diaphragm blades; and a console on which four physical operating units that correspond to the four diaphragm blades are placed at four positions. When viewed from the side of the operator of the console, the four operating units are placed on the far side, the near side, the left side, and the right side. The far-side operating unit, the near-side operating unit, the left-side operating unit, and the right-side operating unit correspond to the upper diaphragm blade, the lower diaphragm blade, the left-side diaphragm blade, and the right-side diaphragm blade, respectively, with reference to an X-ray image displayed in a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Kobayashi, Keisuke Sugawara, Yosuke Kayukawa, Hiroshi Komatsu
  • Patent number: 12268544
    Abstract: A medical system according to an embodiment is a system in which at least one medical image diagnosis apparatus and a server are connected via a network and the medical system includes a storage circuit, a processing circuit, and a display circuit. The storage circuit stores information on examinations that are performed by the at least one medical image diagnosis apparatus. The processing circuit generates proposal information based on information on the examinations. The display circuit displays the proposal information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keisuke Oishi
  • Patent number: 12271441
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical data processing apparatus includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: obtain first medical data; generate, based on the first medical data, a derived model from a trained model; obtain second medical data for a same subject as a subject of the first medical data and with an acquisition parameter different from an acquisition parameter of the first medical data; and apply the second medical data to the derived model to generate third medical data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Hidenori Takeshima
  • Patent number: 12268542
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry calculates a plurality of bases by performing a basis conversion on signal data. The processing circuitry selects one or more specific bases with contribution rates lower than a reference from among the bases. The processing circuitry executes data processing utilizing the specific bases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Hidenori Takeshima
  • Publication number: 20250111514
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate, from a plurality of medical X-ray fluoroscopic images, a size of a thrombus removal device that has been placed in a blood vessel of a subject and appears in the medical X-ray fluoroscopic image. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate change information indicating a change in the size from the plurality of medical X-ray fluoroscopic images. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate first time information indicating a time period during which the thrombus removal device is left in place in the subject, based on the change information. The processing circuitry is configured to perform control to output the first time information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo SHIROISHI, Takuya SAKAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 12263039
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry extracts an odd harmonic component from a reflected wave signal received by each element of an ultrasonic probe. The processing circuitry determines whether the reflected wave signal is saturated or not using the extracted odd harmonic component. The processing circuitry multiplies the reflected wave signal of an element for which the reflected wave signal is determined to be saturated by a weight coefficient. The processing circuitry generates reflected wave data by performing phasing addition on the reflected wave signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Takahashi, Gen Nagano
  • Publication number: 20250104825
    Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to: receive protein-protein interaction data; estimate, using the protein-protein interaction data, a first set of proteins based on the first drug and a second set of proteins based on the second drug; and determine, based on the first set of proteins and the second set of proteins, if there is at least one protein which is influenced by both the first drug and the second drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Russell HUNG, Simon FISHER
  • Publication number: 20250104850
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an emergency support system includes an emergency transport system configured to support emergency transport and a medical institution system provided in a medical institution that is a destination of transport. The emergency transport system transmits, to the medical institution system to which a patient is to be transported, patient information acquired from an emergency service worker and status confirmation results of the patient including vital information acquired from the emergency service worker. The medical institution system outputs one or more recommended response measures for the patient based on the patient information and the status confirmation results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoma HARADA, Yasuyuki MEGURO, Masanobu NAKACHI, Kenta SHIMONISHI, Tomoyuki SIBATA
  • Publication number: 20250104878
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus for obtaining an output corresponding to a medical text input, the apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to: provide a medical text input, or data derived from the medical text input, to a trained model; provide instructions to the trained model to repeatedly assess layers of a hierarchical ontology that comprises a plurality of nodes at each of a plurality of layers, thereby to determine path(s) through the layers via node(s) in successive layers that are connected according to the hierarchical ontology and that match the medical text input; select at least one node from the node(s) at the end or other point(s) of the determined path(s), or select no nodes if there are no suitable matches of the medical text input to nodes; and output text, or other data, associated with the selected at least one node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph S. BOYLE, Alison O'NEIL
  • Patent number: 12257089
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a detector module includes a direct-conversion semiconductor crystal, a first electrode provided on a first surface side of the semiconductor crystal, and a plurality of second electrodes provided on a second surface side of the semiconductor crystal opposite to the first electrode with the semiconductor crystal therebetween. The first electrode includes a first partial electrode and a second partial electrode which are applied with a high voltage independently of each other and divided at least in a channel direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Nishijima
  • Patent number: 12257108
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of an embodiment includes an ultrasonic probe and processing circuitry. The ultrasonic probe repeatedly performs scanning in which a plane wave or a diffused wave is continuously transmitted a plurality of times in the same direction in a plurality of directions. The processing circuitry performs processing of applying a moving target indicator (MTI) filter to an unequal interval data sequence in the same direction obtained by the scanning and extracting a blood flow signal in each of the plurality of directions, performs processing of generating an autocorrelation signal by performing an autocorrelation operation on a plurality of blood flow signals in the same direction for each of the directions, and estimates a velocity value of blood flow on the basis of a complex signal generated by performing complex addition of a plurality of autocorrelation signals generated for the plurality of directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Sato