Patents Assigned to Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Publication number: 20230218819
    Abstract: A self-retaining device (medicine administration device) includes a main body and a main-body-side attachment sheet. The main-body-side attachment sheet has a first section that fixes a back surface of the main body, a second section that is adjacent to the first section and allows the main body to rise, and a periphery section that projects outward of the first section and the second section and is configured to be attached to a body surface. In the lateral extension parts of the periphery section, a width of a boundary adjacent part overlapping an extension line of a boundary between the first section and the second section is wider than a width of a second section adjacent part positioned on a side closer to the second section than the extension line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro HATTORI, Ryoichi SAWAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230222760
    Abstract: An information processing device including: a control unit configured to: acquire at least one frame image generated by using line data indicating intensity of a reflection wave with respect to an ultrasound radially transmitted from an ultrasound transducer moving inside a biological tissue, and extract a specific region from the at least one frame image based on a ratio between an average of luminance in a region of interest included in the at least one frame image and a dispersion of luminance in the region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hijiri SHIMIZU, Koichi INOUE, Yujiro MATSUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20230210690
    Abstract: A medicine administration tool configured for use in a transocular iontophoresis device for forming an electric circuit between a first electrode and a second electrode and supplying medicine to an eyeball, includes: a tubular member having a first lower end configured to face the eyeball; an inner member having a second lower end configured to face the eyeball, the inner member being accommodated in a space of the tubular member and forming a medicine accommodating chamber for accommodating the medicine between the inner member and the tubular member; and a support member movably supporting the inner member with respect to the tubular member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihisa SHIMAMURA, Yusuke HYAKKAN, Ryo TANAKA, Eriko ITO, Yoichiro IWASE
  • Patent number: 11690983
    Abstract: Provided are a drug layer applying device and a method for forming a drug layer which can quickly and easily apply or provide an appropriate amount of a drug on a surface of a medical instrument such as a balloon. A drug layer applying device that applies a drug layer on a surface of a balloon to be inserted into a living body, includes: a deformable porous body capable of holding a coating solution containing a drug and a solvent; a removal unit that is flexibly deformable and arranged alongside the porous body; and a holding base that holds the porous body and the removal unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuo Kurosaki, Hiroshi Goto, Yuno Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 11690638
    Abstract: A medical device to be inserted into a blood vessel for effectively removing an object flowing in a biological lumen while reducing the burden on the living body includes an elongated shaft portion, and an expansion portion which is an elastically deformable cylindrical body having a plurality of gaps and in which a proximal portion or a distal portion of the cylindrical body is interlocked with the shaft portion. The expansion portion has a ring-shaped or annular bent portion which protrudes toward a proximal side position radially outside the expansion portion in a bent state of being bent along an axial direction, and an axial length of a second portion from the bent portion to a proximal end of the expansion portion is shorter than an axial length of a first portion from the bent portion to the distal end of the expansion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaomi Imai, Takahiro Chida, Yuki Masubuchi, Takashi Kitaoka, Kazuaki Kanamoto
  • Publication number: 20230200748
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable program, an information device, and an information processing method that causes a computer processor to execute a process that includes: receiving an input of a voice from a subject; converting the input voice into a text; detecting an abnormal point from the text; and displaying the text indicating a character string corresponding to the abnormal point in a display mode different from display modes of other character strings on a display unit when the abnormal point is detected. An input of a voice of a message with respect to a chat group in which a plurality of users including the subject participate is received from the subject, and the message is converted into the text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki HONMA, Naoyuki MAEDA, Takayuki UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230200377
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a unit capable of efficiently and quickly detaching a graft from a device without causing damage or wrinkles. The above problem has been solved by a medical device that transfers a graft to a target site, the medical device including the graft and a support with the graft placed on one surface, in which the graft and the support are frozen in a state where the graft is placed, and the graft can be detached from the support and transferred to the target site by thawing the frozen graft placed on the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Fumiya OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230207073
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium, an information processing device, and an information processing method that causes a computer processor to execute a process that includes: outputting a first question by voice; receiving an answer to the first question from a subject; outputting a second question by text; receiving an answer to the second question from the subject; determining whether or not the answers to the first and second questions are correct; and estimating a possibility of a brain dysfunction of the subject based on correctness or incorrectness of the answers to the first and second questions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuyuki HONMA, Naoyuki MAEDA, Takayuki UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230200825
    Abstract: A hemostatic device is disclosed that includes: a pressing member configured to compress a patient's first puncture site; a first band body configured to be connectable to the pressing member; a second band body configured to be connectable to the pressing member; and a third band body configured to be connectable to the pressing member. The first band body has a first one end portion connected to the pressing member and having a first rotation axis and a free first other end portion. The second band body has a second one end portion connected to the pressing member and having a second rotation axis and a free second other end portion. The first band body and the second band body are configured to be rotatable about the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis so as to rotate toward or rotate away from the third band body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji UMETA, Tatsuya OUCHI, Mizuki KABE, Yuna HIDAKA
  • Publication number: 20230201555
    Abstract: A hemostatic device is disclosed that includes a pressing member including a pressing portion configured to compress a first puncture site formed in a patient and a support member configured to fix the pressing portion. The support member has a first region where the pressing portion is disposed and a second region positioned outside the first region and configured such that a first band body, a second band body, and a third band body are connectable. At least two of a plurality of hole portions provided in the second region, such that any of the first band body, the second band body, and the third band body connected to the hole portions can be disposed so as to radially change in angle about the pressing portion positioned in the first region, are larger than the widths of the band bodies and configured in a non-linear shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mizuki KABE, Yuna HIDAKA
  • Publication number: 20230201529
    Abstract: A catheter includes: a shaft to be inserted into a blood vessel, the shaft being flexible and having a tubular shape. The shaft comprises: a light emitting portion that is located at a distal end portion of the shaft and is configured to emit near-infrared light by being irradiated with light, and a non-light emitting portion that extends from the light emitting portion toward a proximal end side of the shaft and does not emit the near-infrared light. A length of the light emitting portion in an extending direction of the shaft is six times or less an outer diameter of the non-light emitting portion in an extending direction of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shota YAMAMOTO, Takayuki YOKOTA
  • Publication number: 20230201465
    Abstract: A method for producing a resin syringe includes: a preparation step including: preparing a syringe body made of polyolefin, and preparing an ink comprising components including a volatile solvent that contains a dissolving component for dissolving the polyolefin, chlorinated polypropylene having a degree of chlorination in a range of 15 to 30%, a colorant, and a filler; an application step including applying the ink to at least a part of an outer surface of the syringe body, such that at least a part of the outer surface of the syringe body is dissolved by the dissolving component to form a plurality of recessed portions in the outer surface, each of the plurality of recessed portions is filled with at least one of the components of the ink; and a drying step including drying the applied ink to form a printing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shingo KOYAMA, Kaori ENOMOTO
  • Patent number: 11684756
    Abstract: A catheter assembly includes a first assembly including a catheter and a catheter hub, a second assembly including an inner needle and a housing, and a catheter operating member. The catheter assembly also includes a separation restricting mechanism separate from the housing. The separation restricting mechanism restricts separation of the first assembly and the catheter operating member in an inserted state in which the inner needle is inserted in the catheter, and allows the separation of the first assembly and the catheter operating member in a non-inserted state in which the inner needle is separated from the catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro Ishida
  • Patent number: 11686318
    Abstract: A pump device (10) includes a housing (30) including a blood inflow port (38) through which blood flows in, and having a fixed-side repulsive magnet (44) disposed in an annular manner; and an impeller (14) that is rotatably housed inside the housing (30), and having a movable-side repulsive magnet (56) disposed in an annular manner. The fixed-side repulsive magnet (44) is disposed in a position offset toward the blood inflow port (38) side relative to the movable-side repulsive magnet (56). In the fixed-side repulsive magnet (44) and the movable-side repulsive magnet (56), a fixed-side repulsive surface (44a) and a movable-side repulsive surface (56a) adjacent to each other have the same polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takehisa Mori
  • Publication number: 20230190231
    Abstract: An ultrasound catheter and an ultrasound catheter system that allow an operator to identify a direction of an image acquired by a transducer. The ultrasound catheter includes: an outer sheath including an accommodation lumen extending from a proximal end to a distal end ; a drive shaft movable in an inner sheath along an axial center of the outer sheath; a transducer disposed in the accommodation lumen and fixed to a distal end of the drive shaft; and a radiopaque distal end marker disposed at a distal end portion of the outer sheath, in which the distal end marker includes a marker identification portion extending along the axial center on a part in a circumferential direction, and a marker comparison portion formed in a circumferential direction or a radial direction of the outer sheath with a length and/or an arrangement different from that of the marker identification portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuhiko SHIMIZU, Hiroyuki ISHIHARA, Yasukazu SAKAMOTO, Kazuhiro SATOMI, Yoshinao YAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230190329
    Abstract: A medical device for removing an intravascular thrombus includes: a rotatable tubular driving shaft in which a spiral-shaped carrier is provided on an inner surface thereof; a cutting part that is provided on a distal side of the driving shaft and cuts the thrombus; and an elongated resistive body that is disposed in a lumen of the driving shaft and can be rotated relative to the driving shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuichi TADA, Mizuho HIRAO
  • Publication number: 20230191042
    Abstract: A blood vessel visualization apparatus for visualizing a blood vessel inside a living body with light that has been transmitted through the living body includes: an irradiation unit configured to emit light from a contact portion with skin of the living body, the irradiation unit including: a fixing portion configured to be fixed to a target site of the living body, wherein the fixing portion includes a surface configured to contact the skin of the living body, and a plurality of light sources located in a light source arrangement area at the surface of the fixing portion that is configured to contact the skin of the living body. A brightness and/or a light distribution angle of respective ones of the light sources differ according to positions of the light sources in the light source arrangement area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shota YAMAMOTO, Takayuki YOKOTA
  • Publication number: 20230191043
    Abstract: A blood vessel visualization apparatus, a blood vessel puncture system, and an observation window member include an observation window that contains a wavelength conversion material for converting near infrared light into visible light, and that is configured to visualize an image of the near infrared light that has been radiated from a light source that irradiates with near infrared light a visualization target site at which a blood vessel of a living body is visualized, and that has then passed through the visualization target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shota YAMAMOTO, Takayuki YOKOTA
  • Patent number: D990688
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masakatsu Kawaura, Yuki Soma
  • Patent number: D990689
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masakatsu Kawaura, Yuki Soma