Patents by Inventor Akibiko Toda

Akibiko Toda 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).

  • Patent number: 7299741
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressure actuator having an inner tube and a mesh sleeve covering the outer periphery of the inner tube and longitudinally extendable by pressure fluid fed into the inner tube, wherein a low friction body formed in an elastic cylindrical body by knitting fine fibers in a circumferential direction without a seam is disposed between the inner tube and the mesh sleeve, and the low friction body contributes to an increase in the life of the hydraulic pressure actuator repeatedly performing extension/retraction motions. The hydraulic pressure actuator is used as an actuator for driving a CPM device which supports the extremity of a human body by ay least one of a plurality of members combined with each other and performs the rehabilitation of the joints of a handicapped by operating the member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuaki Hiramatsu, Makoto Konami, Yutaka Satoh, Taisuke Matsushita, Shigekazu Suzuki, Katsuhiro Kuroda, Kazuo Ooki, Akibiko Toda
  • Publication number: 20060249017
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressure actuator having an inner tube and a mesh sleeve covering the outer periphery of the inner tube and longitudinally extendable by pressure fluid fed into the inner tube, wherein a low friction body formed in an elastic cylindrical body by knitting fine fibers is disposed between the inner tube and the mesh sleeve, and the low friction body contributes to an increase in the life of the hydraulic pressure actuator repeatedly performing extension/retraction motions. The hydraulic pressure actuator is used as an actuator for driving a CPM device which supports the extremity of a human body by ay least one of a plurality of members combined with each other and performs the rehabilitation of the joints of a handicapped by operating the member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Kazuaki Hiramatsu, Makoto Konami, Yutaka Satoh, Taisuke Matsushita, Shigekazu Suzuki, Katsuhiro Kuroda, Kazuo Ooki, Akibiko Toda