Patents by Inventor Akihiro SHIMAZU
Akihiro SHIMAZU 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).
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Patent number: 11911020Abstract: A needle holder includes: a flexible sheath portion which is capable of being inserted into an instrument channel of a flexible endoscope; a first grasping member which is rotatably coupled with a distal end portion of the flexible sheath portion; and a second grasping member which is provided in the distal end portion of the flexible sheath portion. In a state where a curved needle is grasped by a first grasping surface of the first grasping member and a second grasping surface of the second grasping member, the second grasping surface inclines such that a grasped region of the curved needle that is grasped by the first grasping surface and the second grasping surface is positioned between a distal end of the second grasping member and a needle tip of the curved needle in a direction of a center axis of the second grasping member.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Akihiro Shimazu
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Publication number: 20210236116Abstract: A needle holder includes: a flexible sheath portion which is capable of being inserted into an instrument channel of a flexible endoscope; a first grasping member which is rotatably coupled with a distal end portion of the flexible sheath portion; and a second grasping member which is provided in the distal end portion of the flexible sheath portion. In a state where a curved needle is grasped by a first grasping surface of the first grasping member and a second grasping surface of the second grasping member, the second grasping surface inclines such that a grasped region of the curved needle that is grasped by the first grasping surface and the second grasping surface is positioned between a distal end of the second grasping member and a needle tip of the curved needle in a direction of a center axis of the second grasping member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Akihiro SHIMAZU
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Patent number: 11020105Abstract: A needle holder includes: a flexible sheath portion which is capable of being inserted into an instrument channel of a flexible endoscope; a first grasping member which is rotatably coupled with a distal end portion of the flexible sheath portion; and a second grasping member which is provided in the distal end portion of the flexible sheath portion. In a state where a curved needle is grasped by a first grasping surface of the first grasping member and a second grasping surface of the second grasping member, the second grasping surface inclines such that a grasped region of the curved needle that is grasped by the first grasping surface and the second grasping surface is positioned between a distal end of the second grasping member and a needle tip of the curved needle in a direction of a center axis of the second grasping member.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2018Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Akihiro Shimazu
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Publication number: 20180338760Abstract: A needle holder includes: a flexible sheath portion which is capable of being inserted into an instrument channel of a flexible endoscope; a first grasping member which is rotatably coupled with a distal end portion of the flexible sheath portion; and a second grasping member which is provided in the distal end portion of the flexible sheath portion. In a state where a curved needle is grasped by a first grasping surface of the first grasping member and a second grasping surface of the second grasping member, the second grasping surface inclines such that a grasped region of the curved needle that is grasped by the first grasping surface and the second grasping surface is positioned between a distal end of the second grasping member and a needle tip of the curved needle in a direction of a center axis of the second grasping member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Akihiro SHIMAZU
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Patent number: 9737295Abstract: A suture-needle holder includes: a sheath part; a grasping portion; an operation wire; and an operation part body formed to extend along a longitudinal axis, and connected such that the sheath part is movable in a direction aligned with the longitudinal axis and rotatable around the longitudinal axis. A first groove part having a distal end and a proximal end and extending along the longitudinal axis, and a second groove part having one end connected to the proximal end of the first groove part and the other end at a position separated from the one end in the direction aligned with the longitudinal axis and in a circumferential direction of the longitudinal axis, and extending from the one end to the other end are formed in the operation part body.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki Ichikawa, Akihiro Shimazu
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Publication number: 20170095249Abstract: A suture-needle holder includes: a sheath part; a grasping portion; an operation wire; and an operation part body formed to extend along a longitudinal axis, and connected such that the sheath part is movable in a direction aligned with the longitudinal axis and rotatable around the longitudinal axis. A first groove part having a distal end and a proximal end and extending along the longitudinal axis, and a second groove part having one end connected to the proximal end of the first groove part and the other end at a position separated from the one end in the direction aligned with the longitudinal axis and in a circumferential direction of the longitudinal axis, and extending from the one end to the other end are formed in the operation part body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki ICHIKAWA, Akihiro SHIMAZU
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Patent number: 8419452Abstract: An electric connector portion includes first and second electric contact portions which are connectable to first and second target electric contact portions, respectively, and a protective member which is movable from a protecting position where the first and second electric contact portions are protected to an opening position where the first and second electric contact portions are opened in a moving direction extending from the first electric contact portion side to the second electric contact portion side, wherein the protective member includes an opening portion which is configured to open the second electric contact portion when the protective member is arranged at the opening position.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2012Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignees: Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Olympus CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Hino, Takashi Sawai, Akihiro Shimazu, Tsuyoshi Mandai
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Publication number: 20120208403Abstract: An electric connector portion includes first and second electric contact portions which are connectable to first and second target electric contact portions, respectively, and a protective member which is movable from a protecting position where the first and second electric contact portions are protected to an opening position where the first and second electric contact portions are opened in a moving direction extending from the first electric contact portion side to the second electric contact portion side, wherein the protective member includes an opening portion which is configured to open the second electric contact portion when the protective member is arranged at the opening position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Kazuhiko HINO, Takashi SAWAI, Akihiro SHIMAZU, Tsuyoshi MANDAI