Patents Assigned to Nihon Kohden Corporation
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Patent number: 11020061Abstract: A first vital signs information detecting sensor and a second vital signs information sensor are attached to a living body. The first vital signs information detecting sensor detects over time first vital signs information and first motion information of the living body. The first vital signs information and the first motion information are transmitted from the first vital signs information detecting sensor to a receiver. The second vital signs information detecting sensor detects over time second vital signs information and second motion information of the living body. The second vital signs information and the second motion information are transmitted from the second vital signs information detecting sensor to the receiver. The first vital signs information and the second vital signs information are displayed on a display of the receiver in a synchronized state, on the basis of the first motion information and the second motion information.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Norihito Konno, Yosuke Nagasawa
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Patent number: 11013422Abstract: A blood pressure measurement apparatus includes a pressure controller that controls an internal pressure of a cuff, an oscillation acquiring section that acquires an oscillation corresponding to a pressure vibration, a pulse wave signal acquiring section that acquires a pulse wave signal of the subject from a probe, a processor, and a memory that stores instructions executable by the processor. In the apparatus, when the instructions are executed by the processor, the apparatus causes the pressure controller to inflate the internal pressure, determines whether a first condition is satisfied or not, determines whether a second condition is satisfied or not, and if the first condition and the second condition are satisfied, determines a mean blood pressure of the subject based on the internal pressure.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinori Ueda, Kazumasa Ito, Takashi Usuda
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Publication number: 20210150344Abstract: A method for generating a trained model is applied to an estimation apparatus configured to estimate a probability that a value of a predetermined physiological parameter is correctly calculated based on waveform data acquired from a subject being tested. The method includes: acquiring first data corresponding to a value of a first physiological parameter that has been correctly calculated from first waveform data; inputting second waveform data to an algorithm automatically calculating a value of a second physiological parameter acquired from input waveform data and to output second data; generating third data including a training label indicating whether the value of the second physiological parameter corresponding to the second data is a correct answer or an incorrect answer by comparing the second data with the first data; and training a neural network by using the second waveform data and the third data, to generate a trained model.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: Nihon Kohden CorporationInventors: Takuya KAWASHIMA, Wataru MATSUZAWA, Hiroto SANO
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Patent number: 11002382Abstract: A cable guide is configured to be detachably attached to a detection device having a cable lead-out portion from which a cable extends in a predetermined direction. The cable guide includes a guide portion configured to change a lead-out direction of the cable with respect to the cable lead-out portion, and an attachment portion configured to attach the guide portion to the detection device.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Fumihiko Takatori, Masayuki Inoue
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Publication number: 20210128008Abstract: A muscle relaxation monitoring apparatus includes: a stimulating circuit that stimulates a nerve of a living body; a signal detecting circuit that detects an electric signal generated by a muscle reacting to the stimulation performed by the stimulating circuit; a reaction time calculating circuit that calculates a reaction time which elapses from the stimulation of the nerve by the stimulating circuit until the electric signal is detected by the signal detecting circuit; and a relaxation degree determining circuit that determines a muscle relaxation degree of the living body based on the length of the reaction time calculated by the reaction time calculating circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicants: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, Shunichi TAKAGI, KAWASAKI GAKUEN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONInventors: Hiroshi YOSHIHARA, Shigeyoshi KITAMURA, Kazuya NAGASE, Shunji IWATA, Shunichi TAKAGI, Hideki NAKATSUKA
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Patent number: 10966618Abstract: A light-emitting section (21) emits light to be irradiated on a body of a patient (100). A light-receiving section (22) outputs a signal corresponding to an intensity of light which has been transmitted through or reflected from the body of the patient (100). A pulse-amplitude Index acquiring section (32) analyzes amplitude of the signal to acquire a pulse-amplitude Index of the patient (100). A pulse determining section (33) determines presence or absence of a pulse of the patient (100) in accordance with the pulse-amplitude Index. A notifying section (34) notifies a result of determination made by the pulse determining section (33).Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2016Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignees: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, KYOTO UNIVERSITYInventors: Tomoyoshi Natsui, Satoshi Hayashi, Tsutomu Wakabayashi, Taku Iwami, Toshihiro Hatakeyama, Tetsuro Nishimura, Takayuki Otani
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Patent number: 10952639Abstract: A mask configured to be attached to the face of a subject includes a wall section that defines an internal space and covers at least a portion of a nose and a mouth of the subject, an expired gas introduction section that is disposed in the internal space and introduce the subject's expired gas, and a communication section defining a communication channel through which the subject's expired gas introduced from the expired gas introduction section is introduced into an expired gas concentration detection sensor. The position of the expired gas introduction section in the internal space is variable.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2017Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventor: Masayuki Inoue
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Patent number: 10952610Abstract: A portable biological signal measurement/transmission system includes: a body unit; and at least one biological signal processing unit detachably connected to the body unit, and including a signal processor which processes a biological signal, the biological signal processing unit including a first transmitter which transmits the biological signal to the body unit when the biological signal processing unit is connected to the body unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2011Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Hirokazu Ogino, Takaya Arimitsu
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Publication number: 20210074433Abstract: A vital sign information sensor for acquiring vital sign information from a physiological tissue of a subject includes: a sensor element configured to acquire the vital sign information from the subject; and a memory storing URI information. The URI information is capable of gaining access to an electronic content provided by a WEB server disposed on a communication network. When the vital sign information sensor is communicably connected to a vital sign information display apparatus, the URI information is transmitted from the memory to the vital sign information display apparatus. The electronic content includes information relevant to the vital sign information sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2019Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Tomomi MUROZONO, Makiko FUMOTO, Hideki FUJISAKI
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Patent number: 10937297Abstract: A patient monitoring system includes a patient monitor configured to display physiological information of a subject, and a signal relay apparatus configured to communicate with the patient monitor. The signal relay apparatus includes a sensor interface configured to receive a signal from a sensor attached to the subject, an analyzer configured to analyze the signal to acquire data corresponding to the physiological information, a communication interface configured to transmit at least one of the signal and the data to the patient monitor, and a controller configured to perform a notification when a display of the physiological information on the patient monitor meets a first abnormality condition.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroshi Kubo
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Patent number: 10925507Abstract: Provided is a physiological information detection sensor capable of implementing miniaturization by substantially securing a creepage distance and an air distance (e.g., implementing defibrillation protection). The physiological information detection sensor includes: a plurality of first substrates arranged in multiple tiers; a second substrate; a first connecting portion that electrically connects adjacent first substrates to each other among the plurality of first substrates; and an insulating member. Each of the plurality of first substrates has a defibrillation protection resistor mounted thereon and electrically connected to a physiological information detection unit. The second substrate has a circuit mounted thereon to process physiological information input from the physiological information detection unit via the defibrillation protection resistor. The insulating member is disposed between adjacent first substrates among the plurality of first substrates.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Nihon Kohden CorporationInventors: Norihito Konno, Minori Hosoi
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Patent number: 10912912Abstract: A gas measurement adapter includes a flow tube portion configured to allow gas to pass through the flow tube portion, and a window portion configured to allow measurement light for measuring a component of the gas passing through the flow tube portion to pass through the window portion. The window portion is thinner than the flow tube portion and is molded integrally with the flow tube portion. The window portion comprises an effective portion configured to allow the measurement light to pass through the effective portion and an outer peripheral portion provided on an outer periphery of the effective portion. An inner surface of the window portion is configured such that an outer perimeter of the effective portion is contiguously coplanar with the outer peripheral portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Yuya Baba, Masayuki Inoue, Hidetoshi Dainobu, Kenichiro Kabumoto, Fumihiko Takatori, Takayuki Aoyagi
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Patent number: 10905893Abstract: A method of controlling a defibrillator with a function of analyzing an electrocardiogram, includes: dividing an electrocardiogram of a patient into a plurality of analysis zones; executing analysis of the electrocardiogram in each of the divided analysis zones; based on a result of the analysis of the electrocardiogram in each of the analysis zones, executing determination whether electric shock on the patient is necessary or not, and calculating reliability of the determination; and based on a combination of the determination and the reliability, instructing a first procedure to be performed on the patient.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2013Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Hayashi, Tsutomu Wakabayashi, Hideo Ozawa
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Patent number: 10905384Abstract: Herein disclosed is a monitor, including: a measurement section that acquires measured values of a plurality of parameters showing a health state of a living body; a classification setting section that classifies a relationship among the measured values of the plurality of parameters into a plurality of types of detection states; a status setting section that respectively assigns any of a plurality of types of alarm statuses to the plurality of types of detection states; a state specifying section that specifies one of the plurality of types of detection states on the basis of the measured values acquired by the measurement section; and an annunciation section that outputs an alarm corresponding to the alarm status assigned to the specified detection state.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2013Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Ei Nomura, Masami Tanishima, Hiroko Hagiwara
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Patent number: 10898098Abstract: A myocardial excitation determining apparatus which can support the determination of excitation dynamics of the myocardium during atrial fibrillation is provided. A myocardial excitation determining apparatus has: an acquiring section 2 which acquires an intracardiac electrocardiogram of a subject; a processing section 3 which computes to produce visualized data indicating a state of excitation in the myocardium, based on the intracardiac electrocardiogram; and a determining section 4 which determines the type of excitation dynamics of the myocardium based on the visualized data.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2017Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignees: SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, Takeshi TSUCHIYA, NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTERInventors: Takashi Ashihara, Koji Takizawa, Tatsuo Nishihara, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Yuuho Iwanaga, Akio Ota, Takeshi Tsuchiya, Kazuo Nakazawa, Shin Inada
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Patent number: 10888223Abstract: A vital signs sensor includes an identifier storage device that stores an identifier of a subject, and a signal processing device that acquires a vital sign from the subject, and that wirelessly transmits the vital sign and the identifier that is stored in the identifier storage device, with correlating the vital sign with the identifier, wherein the identifier storage device has a structure where the identifier storage device is attachable to and detachable from the signal processing device.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2016Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Norihito Konno, Hirohiko Ikeya
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Publication number: 20200397325Abstract: An intrathoracic pressure sensor includes: a first tube that is adapted to be inserted into a trachea of a patient to define a first gas passage configured to communicate with the trachea; a first cuff disposed in a portion of the first tube which is to be placed in the trachea, the first cuff being inflatable and deflatable; a second tube that defines a second gas passage configured to communicate with an interior of the first cuff; and a transducer configured to output a signal corresponding to a pressure in the second gas passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicants: Yoshitsugu YAMADA, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshitsugu YAMADA
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Publication number: 20200397386Abstract: A patient monitor includes an acquiring section that acquires physiological information of a plurality of patients, a displaying section, a screen controller and an inputting section. The inputting section through which instructions for moving a display area for a patient are input. In accordance with instructions input through the inputting section, the screen controller executes one of processes of: interchanging a display area for a specific patient with a display area for another patient, and displaying a resulting image on the screen; deleting a display area for a specific patient from the screen; a process of moving a display area for a specific patient, and displaying a resulting image on the screen; and inserting a display area for a specific patient, and displaying a resulting image on the screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshinori Enomoto
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Patent number: 10859591Abstract: A blood analyzing method for detecting a short sample of blood in a suction tube, when blood is sucked by the suction tube constituting a blood analyzing apparatus, includes measuring a first blood parameter by using blood that is present in a first area of a blood analysis area, blood in the blood analysis area being used to analyze the blood in the suction tube, measuring a second blood parameter by using blood that is present in a second area of the blood analysis area, the second area being different from the first area, and detecting the short sample of blood based on the first blood parameter and the second blood parameter.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2016Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Masuda, Hyuga Masu, Satoshi Suzuki, Rikiya Tanabe
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Patent number: 10860174Abstract: A biological information displaying apparatus which is configured to display biological information measured by a sensor adapted to be attached to a patient, includes: a displaying unit which is configured to display the biological information on a screen; an operation menu storing unit which is configured to store a plurality of operation menus for operating the biological information displaying apparatus; an operation menu priority determining unit which is configured to determine priorities of the operation menus stored in the operation menu storing unit, based on a predetermined condition; and a preferential-shortcut menu displaying unit which, based on the priorities determined by the operation menu priority determining unit, is configured to select a first part of the operation menus as a first shortcut menu, and which is configured to display the first shortcut menu on the screen.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2015Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventor: Norihito Konno