Patents by Inventor Akihiro Uehara

Akihiro Uehara 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: 7337008
    Abstract: A visual restoration aiding device for restoring vision of a patient comprises: a plurality of substrates which are placed on or under a retina of a patient's eye; a plurality of electrodes which are mounted on each substrate to apply an electrical stimulation pulse signal to cells constituting the retina; and a connecting unit which has flexibility and connects the substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Nidek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Terasawa, Hiroyuki Tashiro, Kenzo Shodo, Jun Ohta, Takashi Tokuda, Keiichiro Kagawa, Akihiro Uehara, Toru Yagi
  • Publication number: 20070038267
    Abstract: A vision regeneration assisting apparatus includes: a substrate which is to be placed in a body of a patient; a plurality of electrode groups each having a plurality of electrodes which are arranged on the substrate, the electrodes applying electrical stimulation pulse signals to cells forming a retina of the patient; and a plurality of switch units which are arranged on the substrate and of which one is provided for each electrode group, the switch units selectively switching output of the electrical stimulation pulse signals from each of the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Kenzo Shodo, Akihiro Uehara, Jun Ohta, Takashi Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20050004626
    Abstract: A visual restoration aiding device for restoring vision of a patient comprises: a plurality of substrates which are placed on or under a retina of a patient's eye; a plurality of electrodes which are mounted on each substrate to apply an electrical stimulation pulse signal to cells constituting the retina; and a connecting unit which has flexibility and connects the substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Terasawa, Hiroyuki Tashiro, Kenzo Shodo, Jun Ohta, Takashi Tokuda, Keiichiro Kagawa, Akihiro Uehara, Toru Yagi
  • Patent number: 6290166
    Abstract: A wire-winding device is characterized, by including a stand, a wire reel carried to the stand with an axis, a carrier with an axis parallelly arranged to that of the wire reel, a guide reel having a drum formed in a beer barrel with side-flanges and rotary supported to the carrier, an apparatus for movably supporting the carrier, and an apparatus for biasing the carrier in such a manner that a wire to be wound is maintained so as to be turned to the wire reel at a predetermined turning point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Aramaki Technica Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Aramaki, Akihiro Uehara
  • Patent number: D324893
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Tomy Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Uehara, Hiroshi Okawa