Patents Assigned to Nihon Kohden Corporation
  • Publication number: 20190282108
    Abstract: Brain motion monitoring systems and methods are disclosed that can detect interpret and/or display normal and abnormal brain motions. The devices and methods can detect Cerebrovascular Stenosis and provide for Noninvasive Intracranial Pressure Measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kirk Watson BEACH, Mitsuhiro OURA
  • Patent number: 10413697
    Abstract: An oxygen mask can include an oxygen supply unit and an attachment unit which is to be attached to a periphery of a nose or a nose and a mouth of a patient. The attachment unit can include an opening which communicates with external air and which is formed at a position to which, when the oxygen mask is attached to the patient, at least one of the nose and the mouth of the patient is opposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiko Takatori, Shinji Yamamori, Masayuki Inoue
  • Patent number: 10413717
    Abstract: A pain sensory nerve stimulation apparatus includes: an electrode portion including: a first electrode, a tip end of which is adapted to be inserted into a skin; and at lease one second electrode which is disposed in a circumference of the first electrode without being electrically conductive with the first electrode, and which is adapted to be in contact with a skin; and a pulse signal supplier, supplying a pulse signal in which an electrical polarity of the first electrode is set as a anode and an electrical polarity of the second electrode is set as a cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPORATION NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF NATURAL SCIENCES, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Inui, Yasuyuki Takeshima, Jun Motogi, Yoshinobu Ono, Takeshi Kojima, Ryosuke Ushijima, Katsumi Nakaichi, Kazuwa Shibuya
  • Patent number: 10398322
    Abstract: A biological information measuring apparatus includes a blood pressure pulse wave measuring unit configured to measure a blood pressure pulse wave of a subject, a unit pulse wave producing unit configured to produce unit pulse waves of a certain unit from the blood pressure pulse wave based on an analysis of heart beats of the subject, a unit pulse wave extracting unit configured to analyze the unit pulse waves produced by the unit pulse wave producing unit and to extract only necessary unit pulse waves in accordance with the analysis, and an output unit configured to perform an output based on the unit pulse waves extracted by the unit pulse wave extracting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yukio Koyama
  • Patent number: 10390719
    Abstract: A patch-type module includes a substrate provided with one surface and another surface that is a sticky surface; an air cell mounted to the substrate; a seal that blocks air from entering the air cell whose first surface is attached to the air cell; an electronic component mounted on the substrate; and a protection sheet that is attached to the sticky surface of the substrate through an adhesion layer, wherein a second surface of the seal is attached to the protection sheet through the adhesion layer, wherein when the protection sheet is peeled, the adhesion layer and the seal are peeled together to expose the sticky surface of the substrate and start introduction of air inside the air cell so that electric power is capable of being power supplied to the electronic component from the air cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Kubota, Norihito Konno
  • Publication number: 20190250073
    Abstract: An aseptic sampling flow path kit to be applied to an isolator having a liquid delivery port includes a sampling section, a first flow path that communicates with the sampling section, and that connects an inside of the isolator to an outside of the isolator through the liquid delivery port, and at least one one-way valve which is disposed in the first flow path, and that limits flow of fluid in the first flow path to a direction from the sampling section toward the liquid delivery port. In the kit, at least a part of the first flow path is a germicidal flow path to which a germicidal unit is applicable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicants: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hodaka MAKINO, Hirotsugu KUBO, Masahiro KINOOKA
  • Publication number: 20190247842
    Abstract: An aseptic sampling apparatus includes an isolator, a liquid delivery port that is disposed in the isolator, a sampling section that is disposed inside the isolator, a first flow path that communicates with a discharge flow path of the sampling section, and that connects an inside and outside of the isolator to each other through the liquid delivery port, a fluid supplying unit that supplies a fluid to the sampling section, a gas supplying unit that communicates with the fluid supplying unit, and a seal member that prevents the fluid supplied from fluid supplying unit to the discharge flow path from leaking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicants: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hodaka MAKINO, Hirotsugu KUBO, Tetsuya OGAWA, Masahiro KINOOKA
  • Patent number: 10376830
    Abstract: A gas analysis system includes a gas analyzer which analyzes a gas acquired from a living body and a liquid separator which is detachably attached to the gas analyzer, and which separates a liquid component from the gas. In the gas analysis system, the liquid separator includes a magnet, and the gas analyzer includes a magnetic sensor which detects magnetism generated by the magnet, and a determining section which, based on the magnetism detected by the magnetic sensor, determines that the liquid separator is attached to the gas analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Yasumura, Katsumi Nakaichi, Shinya Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10365264
    Abstract: A measuring apparatus relates to a contractile ability of a spontaneously pulsating myocardial tissue. The measuring apparatus includes a measurement table and a pressure sensor. The measurement table includes a storage section having an opening and configured to hold liquid inside the storage section, and an attaching portion on which the myocardial tissue is attached around the opening. The pressure sensor is disposed inside the storage section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignees: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kubo, Tatsuya Shimizu, Tetsutaro Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10349842
    Abstract: A blood pressure measuring apparatus, which measures a blood pressure of a living body, includes: a cuff-pressure control unit which controls a cuff pressure of a cuff that presses a part of the living body; an oscillation signal detection unit which detects an oscillation signal from the cuff pressure; a blood pressure specification unit which specifies systolic and diastolic blood pressures as the blood pressure of the living body from the oscillation signal; and a blood pressure determination unit which determines whether systolic and diastolic blood pressures are appropriate or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Usuda, Yoshiharu Kikuchi, Hideaki Hirahara, Naoki Kobayashi, Katsuyoshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10349897
    Abstract: A biological signal measuring system includes: first and second optical sensors attached to first and second body portions of a subject; a first average oxygen saturation acquiring section acquiring a first average value corresponding to an average value of the first oxygen saturation corresponding to an arterial oxygen saturation in the first body portion in a predetermined time period starting at a first time; a second average oxygen saturation acquiring section acquiring a second average value corresponding to an average value of the second oxygen saturation corresponding to an arterial oxygen saturation in the second body portion in the predetermined time period starting at a second time that is different from the first time; and a difference value acquiring section acquiring a difference value, to be displayed, between the first average value and the second average value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Kobayashi, Teiji Ukawa, Kazumasa Ito, Masahiro Takeuchi, Yoshinori Ueda, Hiroko Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 10342465
    Abstract: A medical photometer includes a processor and a memory that stores an instruction readable by a computer. When the instruction is executed by the processor, the medical photometer acquires a first light attenuation of a first light beam that is transmitted through or reflected from a tissue of a living body, and that has a first wavelength, based on a first intensity signal corresponding to an intensity of the first light beam, acquires a second light attenuation of a second light beam that is transmitted through or reflected from the tissue, and that has a second wavelength, based on a second intensity signal corresponding to an intensity of the second light beam, and calculates a light absorber amount that is an amount of a first light absorber in the tissue, based on a ratio of the first light attenuation and the second light attenuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ueda, Teiji Ukawa, Kazumasa Ito, Hideki Fujisaki
  • Patent number: 10335071
    Abstract: A physiological parameter measuring apparatus is configured to perform a screening for a likelihood of the critical congenital heart disease, based on the oxygen saturations at two locations on a body of a patient and the difference between the oxygen saturations, and to display the likelihood as a result of the screening. The physiological parameter measuring apparatus manages, with respect to each patient, a scheduled time for starting the screening, the result of the screening, and information relating to the patient. The physiological parameter measuring apparatus can display a first screen containing information relating to the scheduled time, a second screen for receiving the instruction to perform the screening, and a third screen containing the result of the screening. A physiological parameter measuring system includes sensors to be attached to the body at the two locations, and the physiological parameter measuring apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihiko Sugihara, Kazumasa Ito, Osamu Kamataki, Hiroko Hagiwara, Rie Muneshima
  • Publication number: 20190192054
    Abstract: A peg (3) is placed on a peg board (2) by a subject. A detection unit (32) detects a contact state between a peg body (31) and a body portion of the subject. A signal transmission unit (33) transmits a signal indicative of a detection result from the detection unit (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicants: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, KEIO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Junichi USHIBA, Shohei TSUCHIMOTO, Meigen LIU, Michiyuki KAWAKAMI, Tatsuo YOSHIDA, Yoshinobu ONO, Yoshiyuki FUJITA, Kaoru IMAJO, Fumihiko MURAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190120742
    Abstract: A device for measuring a tension of a sheet-like tissue containing cardiomyocytes includes a first gel adapter holder having a frame member and a first gel holding member protruding toward a part of an inside face of the frame member for fixing one end of a film-like gel; and a second gel adapter holder having a second gel holding member for fixing the other end of the gel and a connection member connected to the second gel holding member. A kit includes the tension measuring device; a substrate having a pair of gel molding protruding members fitted along the inside face of the frame member; and a gel forming lid body having a face parallel to a gel contact face of the substrate so as to form an upper face of the gel. Further, a system for measuring the tension includes the tension measuring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicants: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirotsugu KUBO, Takahiro SHIOYAMA, Yuki KAGAWA, Tatsuya SHIMIZU, Daisuke SASAKI
  • Patent number: 10254211
    Abstract: A flow cell includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The first layer includes a first flow path and a first electrode. The second layer includes a second flow path and a second electrode. The third layer is formed between the first layer and the second layer, and includes a first connection hole connecting the first flow path and the second flow path. The first electrode is disposed in the first flow path at a first side opposite to a second side where a sample is provided to the first flow path with respect to the first connection hole. The second electrode is disposed in the second flow path at a third side opposite to a fourth side where a fluid is discharged from the second flow path with respect to the first connection hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Niiyama, Maki Suezawa
  • Patent number: 10245438
    Abstract: An automated external defibrillator includes a first pad at least partially colored in a first color, a second pad at least partially colored in a second color, and a main unit to which the first pad and the second pad are connected. The main unit has a first guidance surface that indicates how to attach of the first pad and the second pad. The first guidance surface has a first marker in the first color at a position corresponding to an attachment position of the first pad and a second marker in the second color at a position corresponding to an attachment position of the second pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masashi Sato
  • Publication number: 20190090770
    Abstract: To improve convenience of a biopotential detector. A support includes a lower surface and an upper surface. A first detection electrode is exposed on the lower surface. A first signal terminal is exposed on the upper surface and is electrically connected to the first detection electrode. A secondary battery and a charging circuit are supported in the support. A positive electrode terminal is exposed on the upper surface and is electrically connected to the secondary battery. A gel member covering the first detection electrode is attachable/detachable to/from the lower surface. A signal processing device having a connecting part is attachable/detachable to/from the upper surface. When the signal processing device is attached to the upper surface, the first signal terminal and the positive electrode terminal are connected to the connecting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumiyuki Matsumura, Norihito Konno, Minori Hosoi, Shigehiro Nishiwaki
  • Publication number: 20190083016
    Abstract: A medical photometer includes a signal producing section that produces a first control signal to emit a first light having a first wavelength, a second control signal to emit a second light having a second wavelength, a third control signal to emit a third light having a third wavelength, and a fourth control signal to emit a fourth light having a fourth wavelength, a signal acquiring section that acquires a first to fourth intensity signals, a processor, and a memory that stores instructions. In the medical photometer, the first wavelength and the second wavelength are selected as two wavelengths at each of which an extinction coefficient of blood is a first value. The third wavelength and the fourth wavelength are selected as two wavelengths at each of which the extinction coefficient of the blood is a second value which is different from the first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori UEDA, Naoki KOBAYASHI, Kazumasa ITO, Hideki FUJISAKI, Teiji UKAWA
  • Patent number: 10232166
    Abstract: A defibrillation pad for a defibrillator, includes: a pair of electrode pads (10) each including a gel portion (12); lead wires (21, 22); a pair of nonconductive release liners (30A, 30B) each detachably stuck to the corresponding gel portion (12) and each having a through hole (32A, 32B) opposed to the corresponding gel portion; and a connecting member (40) comprising an electric connecting pattern (41) having a predetermined electrical resistance, wherein the pair of gel portions (12), each of which is exposed from the corresponding through hole (32A, 32B), are electrically connected to each other through the electric connecting pattern (41) in a state where each of the pair of release liners (30A, 30B) are stuck to the corresponding gel portion. The connecting member (40) has a cut region (45) by which the pair of gel portions are electrically disconnected to each other when the pair of electrode pads are stuck to a living body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michio Kanemoto, Shigehiro Nishiwaki, Ryugo Odaka, Takeshi Akiyama, Yuya Komeiji, Eishi Harasawa