Patents by Inventor Aiji OHTSUKA

Aiji OHTSUKA 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).

  • Method of evaluating lymphatic system function
    Patent number: 11246948
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a method of evaluating a lymphatic system function including: selecting one or a plurality of lymphatic routes to be evaluated from a plurality of lymphatic routes existing in four limbs; determining an injection site of a visualization agent based on information on the selected lymphatic route and injection sites of peripheries of the four limbs corresponding to the selected lymphatic route; injecting the visualization agent from the selected injection site; and visualizing the injected visualization agent and evaluating functions of the one or plurality of lymphatic routes to be evaluated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: National University Corporation Okayama University, HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Akira Shinaoka, Yoshihiro Kimata, Aiji Ohtsuka, Takahiro Shikayama
  • METHOD OF EVALUATING LYMPHATIC SYSTEM FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20190201555
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a method of evaluating a lymphatic system function including: selecting one or a plurality of lymphatic routes to be evaluated from a plurality of lymphatic routes existing in four limbs; determining an injection site of a visualization agent based on information on the selected lymphatic route and injection sites of peripheries of the four limbs corresponding to the selected lymphatic route; injecting the visualization agent from the selected injection site; and visualizing the injected visualization agent and evaluating functions of the one or plurality of lymphatic routes to be evaluated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicants: National University Corporation Okayama University, HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Akira SHINAOKA, Yoshihiro KIMATA, Aiji OHTSUKA, Takahiro SHIKAYAMA