Patents by Inventor Akio Nagao

Akio Nagao 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: 11064923
    Abstract: This liquid sample measurement device is provided with: a lancet mounting part to and from which a lancet device having a skin contact section for puncturing skin can be attached and detached; a sensor mounting part to which a biosensor, which is spotted with blood that comes out from the punctured skin, can be attached; and a measurement part that uses the biosensor attached to the sensor mounting part to measure the amounts of substances in the blood. The liquid sample measurement device includes a feature that makes it necessary to replace a lancet device that has been attached to the lance mounting part and has punctured skin, each time a lancet device is used to puncture skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: PHC Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Terashima, Akio Nagao, Masataka Nadaoka, Yoshimasa Oda
  • Publication number: 20180279933
    Abstract: This liquid sample measurement device is provided with: a lancet mounting part to and from which a lancet device having a skin contact section for puncturing skin can be attached and detached; a sensor mounting part to which a biosensor, which is spotted with blood that comes out from the punctured skin, can be attached; and a measurement part that uses the biosensor attached to the sensor mounting part to measure the amounts of substances in the blood. The liquid sample measurement device includes a feature that makes it necessary to replace a lancet device that has been attached to the lance mounting part and has punctured skin, each time a lancet device is used to puncture skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Noriyoshi TERASHIMA, Akio NAGAO, Masataka NADAOKA, Yoshimasa ODA
  • Patent number: 10016155
    Abstract: This liquid sample measurement device is provided with: a lancet mounting part to and from which a lancet device having a skin contact section for puncturing skin can be attached and detached; a sensor mounting part to which a biosensor, which is spotted with blood that comes out from the punctured skin, can be attached; and a measurement part that uses the biosensor attached to the sensor mounting part to measure the amounts of substances in the blood. The liquid sample measurement device includes a feature that makes it necessary to replace a lancet device that has been attached to the lance mounting part and has punctured skin, each time a lancet device is used to puncture skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: PHC Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Terashima, AKio Nagao, Masataka Nadaoka, Yoshimasa Oda
  • Patent number: 9649060
    Abstract: A puncture needle cartridge (1) includes: a lancet body (5) mounted with a puncture needle (3) on a front end side and having a mount (4) on a rear end side; and a plate-like first case (6) and second case (7) covering the lancet body (5) from above and below and arranged slidably back and forth along each other. The puncture needle cartridge (1) is configured such that the first case (6) is slid forward of the second case (7), and in this slid state, the first case (6) and the second case (7) are secured to each other when ejected from the puncture instrument (10). This can make the puncture needle cartridge (1) impossible to mount again on the puncture instrument (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akio Nagao
  • Patent number: 9486166
    Abstract: A puncture needle cartridge (2) comprises: a columnar lancet body (6) having a puncture needle on the front end side and a puncture instrument mount (5) on the rear end side; a protective cap (13) covering the puncture needle and having a shape extending toward the front end; a skin contact part (10) placed in front of the tip of the puncture needle, having a planar shape perpendicular to the puncture needle, and formed with a through hole to put the protective cap (13) through; an elongate plate-like extension (9) extending from the skin contact part (10) toward the rear end; and an elastic object (8) for coupling the extension (9) to the lancet body (6) and making the tip of the puncture needle be biased to be located in the rear end side behind the skin contact part (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akio Nagao
  • Patent number: 9332932
    Abstract: Provided are a blood collecting puncture device having high safety which can hygienically maintain the inside of a magazine and prevent infection, and the magazine. A blood collecting puncture device has a blood collecting puncture device body removably incorporating a magazine for housing lancets for puncturing human skin. The blood collecting puncture device body has a first housing section for housing not-yet-used lancets and a second housing section for housing used lancets to be disposed of. When a rotor is rotated, individual lancets are sequentially conveyed on a one-by-one basis to a stock position, a puncture position, and a disposal position, and this causes a not-yet-used lancet to be housed in the first housing section and also causes a used lancet to be housed in the second housing section, so that the lancets are separately housed in spaces isolated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Okuyama, Akio Nagao, Yoshiki Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 9237904
    Abstract: A puncturing instrument includes a cylindrical main body case having a puncture aperture on a lower end side; a needle holder provided on a puncture aperture side inside the cylindrical main body case; a first elastic object for moving the needle holder to the puncture aperture side; and a second elastic object for pulling the needle holder back to an upper end side inside the cylindrical main body case, from a state in which the needle holder is moved to the puncture aperture side by the first elastic object. A rotator rotates around a rotation shaft fixed to the cylindrical main body case, and is coupled with a coupling portion of the needle holder on a first one of two sides of the rotator with the rotation shaft interposed therebetween and is coupled with the second elastic object on a second one of the two sides of the rotator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi Shima, Akio Nagao
  • Publication number: 20150190082
    Abstract: A puncture needle cartridge (1) comprises: a lancet body (5) mounted with a puncture needle (3) on the front end side and having a mount (4) on the rear end side; and a plate-like first case (6) and second case (7) covering the lancet body (5) from above and below and arranged slidably back and forth along each other. The puncture needle cartridge (1) is configured such that the first case (6) is slid forward of the second case (7) and in this slid state the first case (6) and the second case (7) are secured to each other when ejected from the puncture instrument (10). This can make the puncture needle cartridge (1) impossible to mount again on the puncture instrument (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventor: Akio Nagao
  • Publication number: 20150142037
    Abstract: A puncture needle cartridge (2) comprises: a columnar lancet body (6) having a puncture needle on the front end side and a puncture instrument mount (5) on the rear end side; a protective cap (13) covering the puncture needle and having a shape extending toward the front end; a skin contact part (10) placed in front of the tip of the puncture needle, having a planar shape perpendicular to the puncture needle, and formed with a through hole to put the protective cap (13) through; an elongate plate-like extension (9) extending from the skin contact part (10) toward the rear end; and an elastic object (8) for coupling the extension (9) to the lancet body (6) and making the tip of the puncture needle be biased to be located in the rear end side behind the skin contact part (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: Akio Nagao
  • Patent number: 8915937
    Abstract: A puncture needle cartridge including a puncture needle, a lancet body adapted to cover part or all of a tip of the puncture needle, a cylindrical puncture needle holder disposed on an outer surface of the lancet body to permit the lancet body to move in an axial direction of the puncture needle; and a protective cap that is separable from the puncture needle holder. The protective cap includes a base adapted to cover an opening in the puncture needle holder, a shaft protruding from the base, and arms mounted on the shaft and configured to abut an inner circumferential surface of the opening in the puncture needle holder by spreading in the opening. A space between tips of the arms is larger than an inside diameter of the opening in the puncture needle holder, and is reduced by elastic deformation when the arms are housed in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Nagao, Kouji Miyata
  • Publication number: 20140364767
    Abstract: This liquid sample measurement device is provided with: a lancet mounting part to and from which a lancet device having a skin contact section for puncturing skin can be attached and detached; a sensor mounting part to which a biosensor, which is spotted with blood that comes out from the punctured skin, can be attached; and a measurement part that uses the biosensor attached to the sensor mounting part to measure the amounts of substances in the blood. The liquid sample measurement device includes a feature that makes it necessary to replace a lancet device that has been attached to the lance mounting part and has punctured skin, each time a lancet device is used to puncture skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Terashima, Akio Nagao, Masataka Nadaoka, Yoshimasa Oda
  • Patent number: 8883087
    Abstract: A biological sample measurement apparatus includes container (10) having an opening in a top surface thereof and right and left accommodation chambers (12) and (13) formed by separating an inner space and the opening in container (10) by partition wall (11a), measurement device (1) accommodated in accommodation chamber (12) of container (10), and a holder accommodated in accommodation chamber (13) of container (10) and holding measurement device (1). Provided are recesses (15, 16) configuring holding means holding measurement device (1) on an outer peripheral wall configuring accommodation chamber (12) or in accommodation chamber (12) in a state where sensor mounting section (4) of measurement device (1) is projected to an outside of accommodation chamber (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hamamoto, Akio Nagao, Masumi Aono
  • Patent number: 8679145
    Abstract: A puncture device capable of preventing needle stick accidents and of reducing the burden on patients during operation. In this puncture device, a puncture needle cartridge comprises: a lancet body having a puncture needle at one end with the other end being to be held by a puncture instrument body; a protective cap; and a puncture needle holder engaged with the lancet body to rotate together with the lancet body about a rotation axis P. A mounting member rotates together with the puncture needle holder with a boss guided by a slit through being pressed by the puncture needle cartridge in a direction of mounting in a case, and is mounted in the case. The protective cap, formed integrally with the lancet body, is prevented from rotating by being grasped and is separated from the lancet body with the rotation of the mounting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Okuyama, Akio Nagao, Yoshiki Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20130331879
    Abstract: To provide a puncture needle cartridge which can prevent a used lancet from being reused. A puncture needle cartridge includes a puncture needle holder configured to be cylindrical, placed on an outer circumferential surface of a lancet body, and provided with an opening through which a puncture needle is allowed to protrude, and a protective cap adapted to cover and protect the opening and configured to be separable from the puncture needle holder. The protective cap includes a base adapted to cover the opening when the protective cap is joined and a pair of raised walls which protrude from the base toward the puncture needle holder and whose tip portions are placed facing each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Akio NAGAO, Kouji MIYATA
  • Publication number: 20130323124
    Abstract: A biological sample measurement apparatus includes container (10) having an opening in a top surface thereof and right and left accommodation chambers (12) and (13) formed by separating an inner space and the opening in container (10) by partition wall (11a), measurement device (1) accommodated in accommodation chamber (12) of container (10), and a holder accommodated in accommodation chamber (13) of container (10) and holding measurement device (1). Provided are recesses (15, 16) configuring holding means holding measurement device (1) on an outer peripheral wall configuring accommodation chamber (12) or in accommodation chamber (12) in a state where sensor mounting section (4) of measurement device (1) is projected to an outside of accommodation chamber (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hamamoto, Akio Nagao, Masumi Aono
  • Publication number: 20130253560
    Abstract: The invention comprises: a cylindrical main body case (1) having a puncture aperture (5) on the lower end side; a needle holder (9) provided on the puncture aperture (5) side inside the main body case (1); an elastic object (15) for moving the needle holder (9) to the puncture aperture (5) side; and an elastic object (25) for pulling the needle holder (9), moved to the puncture aperture (5) side by the elastic object (15), back to the upper end side inside the main body case (1), where a rotator (20) which rotates around a rotation shaft (21) fixed to the main body case (1), and where the rotator (20) is coupled with a coupling portion (14) of the needle holder (9) on one of both sides of the rotator (20) with the rotation shaft (21) interposed therebetween and is coupled with the elastic object (25) on the other side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Takumi Shima, Akio Nagao
  • Patent number: 8506587
    Abstract: A puncture needle cartridge includes a puncture needle holder configured to be cylindrical, placed on an outer circumferential surface of a lancet body, and provided with an opening through which a puncture needle is allowed to protrude, and a protective cap adapted to cover and protect the opening and configured to be separable from the puncture needle holder. The protective cap includes a base adapted to cover the opening when the protective cap is joined and a pair of raised walls which protrude from the base toward the puncture needle holder and whose tip portions are placed facing each other. Tip portions of the raised walls pinch the puncture needle holder by spreading against elastic deformation when the protective cap is joined to the puncture needle holder, and when the protective cap is separated from the puncture needle holder, a space between the tip portions becomes smaller than outside diameter of the puncture needle holder due to elastic deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akio Nagao, Kouji Miyata
  • Publication number: 20110196409
    Abstract: To provide a puncture needle cartridge which can prevent a used lancet from being reused. A puncture needle cartridge 101 includes a puncture needle holder 102 configured to be cylindrical, placed on an outer circumferential surface of a lancet body 104, and provided with an opening 102a through which a puncture needle 201 is allowed to protrude, and a protective cap 103 adapted to cover and protect the opening 102a and configured to be separable from the puncture needle holder 102. The protective cap 103 includes a base 103a adapted to cover the opening 102a when the protective cap 103 is joined and a pair of raised walls 203 which protrude from the base 103a toward the puncture needle holder 102 and whose tip portions are placed facing each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Akio Nagao, Kouji Miyata
  • Publication number: 20110022071
    Abstract: Provided are a blood collecting puncture device having high safety which can hygienically maintain the inside of a magazine and prevent infection, and the magazine. A blood collecting puncture device (100) has a blood collecting puncture device body (101) removably incorporating a magazine (107) for housing lancets for puncturing human skin. The blood collecting puncture device body (101) has a first housing section (501) for housing not-yet-used lancets (303) and a second housing section (507) for housing used lancets to be disposed of. When a rotor (402) is rotated, individual lancets are sequentially conveyed on a one-by-one basis to a stock position (502), a puncture position (503), and a disposal position (504), and this causes a not-yet-used lancet to be housed in the first housing section (501) and also causes a used lancet to be housed in the second housing section (507), so that the lancets are separately housed in spaces isolated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Okuyama, Akio Nagao, Yoshiki Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20110015662
    Abstract: A puncture device capable of preventing needle stick accidents and of reducing the burden on patients during operation. In this puncture device, a puncture needle cartridge comprises: a lancet body having a puncture needle at one end with the other end being to be held by a puncture instrument body; a protective cap; and a puncture needle holder engaged with the lancet body to rotate together with the lancet body about a rotation axis P. A mounting member rotates together with the puncture needle holder with a boss guided by a slit through being pressed by the puncture needle cartridge in a direction of mounting in a case, and is mounted in the case. The protective cap, formed integrally with the lancet body, is prevented from rotating by being grasped and is separated from the lancet body with the rotation of the mounting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Okuyama, Akio Nagao, Yoshiki Takeuchi