Patents by Inventor Akio Nakada
Akio Nakada 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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Publication number: 20230231410Abstract: An appliance management method is designed to make power distribution equipment, provided on a power supply channel, control and/or monitor an appliance to be electrically connected to the power distribution equipment. The appliance management method includes an authentication step and a management step. The authentication step includes allowing a high-order system to perform authentication on the power distribution equipment by making the power distribution equipment access the high-order system via a public network after the power distribution equipment has been energized. The management step includes making the power distribution equipment that has been authenticated in the authentication step control and/or monitor the appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Akio NAKADA, Eisuke TABARU
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Publication number: 20230123403Abstract: Electrical equipment includes a housing and serves as power distribution equipment provided on a power supply channel. The electrical equipment further includes an execution unit and a processing unit. The execution unit controls and/or monitors an appliance to be electrically connected to the electrical equipment. The processing unit performs information processing related to the appliance. The execution unit and the processing unit are held by the housing. The execution unit controls and/or monitors the appliance based on a result of the information processing performed by the processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2021Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Akio NAKADA, Eisuke TABARU
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Patent number: 6383183Abstract: A high frequency treatment apparatus of the present invention comprises a high frequency generation section for supplying high frequency power, a control section, which is connected to the high frequency generation section, and which controls output of the high frequency generation section, having a first control mode in which the maximal output value of high frequency power supplied from the high frequency generation section is confined to be equal to or less than a first predetermined value and a second control mode in which the maximal output value of high frequency power supplied from the high frequency generation section is confined to be equal to or less than a second predetermined value which is less than the first predetermined value, a treatment tool, which is connected to the high frequency generation section, and which performs a treatment of a diseased part by supplying high frequency power from the high frequency generation section controlled by the control section to the diseased part, and a conType: GrantFiled: April 7, 1999Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naomi Sekino, Yasuhiko Kikuchi, Kazuya Hijii, Masahide Ohyama, Kouji Yamauchi, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Takahiro Kogasaka, Akio Nakada, Takeaki Nakamura, Masatoshi Tonomura, Hideto Yoshimine, Hiroaki Matsumoto
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Patent number: 6371968Abstract: A cavity-retaining tool for bone surgery includes a cavity-retaining sheath which is inserted into the body and forms a cavity to act as a work space for bone surgery, a treatment channel which is placed in the cavity-retaining sheath and guides treatment tools necessary for the treatment of a bone into the space for bone surgery, an observation tool which is attached to the cavity-retaining sheath and by which to observe the operation field within the space for bone surgery, and a fitting portion which is placed at a tip of the cavity-retaining sheath and fits the tip of the cavity-retaining sheath to a bone.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 1997Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Kogasaka, Akihisa Ogawa, Akio Nakada, Shuichi Kimura, Norio Kobayashi, Makoto Kuramochi
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Publication number: 20020004786Abstract: An information offering method including: disclosing summary information about a designated product via a designated communication line; judging whether or not the user reading said summary information disclosed by said summary information disclosing step and desiring to read detailed product information about the product about which said summary information is disclosed is a user who is permitted to read detailed information; and disclosing detailed information about the product about which said summary information is disclosed, to the user who is judged to be permitted to read detailed information by said judgment step.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2001Publication date: January 10, 2002Applicant: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO LTDInventors: Motoyuki Tagawa, Takeaki Nakamura, Akio Nakada, Norio Seki, Seiji Kuramoto, Naoki Mori, Takao Tabata, Yukiko Furukawa
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Patent number: 5976146Abstract: A surgical operation apparatus of this invention includes an operation sheath having a cavity securing portion that is inserted into vital tissue through the skin to secure a working cavity for a surgical operation in the body, and a sheet member that allows an operation tool to be inserted from outside the body into the cavity. The operation sheath is guided into the vital tissue by guide tools such as a dilator, a soft tube, and a mandrin.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 1998Date of Patent: November 2, 1999Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihisa Ogawa, Takahiro Kogasaka, Akio Nakada, Ryoichi Konou
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Patent number: 5906625Abstract: A surgical instrument for fastening together opposing portions of a body organ. The instrument comprises a first support for supporting the first opposing portion of the body organ, a second support opposing the first support, for supporting the second opposing portion of the body organ, and a displacement-preventing member connected to the first or second support for preventing the supports from displacing relative to each other. The member comprises a pin protruding from one of the supports and a hole formed in the other of the supports. The pin is made of thermoplastic resin. When heated, the pin is softened and deformed, whereby the first and second supports are secured to each other, fastening together the opposing portions of the body organ.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 1997Date of Patent: May 25, 1999Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shiro Bito, Isami Hirao, Kazuhiko Oozeki, Minoru Tsuruta, Akito Mukaizawa, Akio Nakada, Tsuyoshi Tsukagoshi, Toshihiko Suzuta, Shuichi Kimura, Seiji Kuramoto, Naoki Uchiyama, Norikiyo Shibata
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Patent number: 5876325Abstract: A surgical manipulator system comprising at least one surgical manipulator, at least one guide, a detector, and a drive controller. The surgical manipulator has a surgical device for performing a desired operation. The guide guides the surgical device. The detector detects a position and/or orientation relationship between the surgical device and the guide, and/or a position and/or orientation relationship between the surgical device and another surgical device. The drive controller controls the surgical manipulator such that the surgical device is guided by the guide.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1997Date of Patent: March 2, 1999Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi Mizuno, Yuuichi Ikeda, Akihiro Horii, Shuichi Takayama, Akio Nakada, Naoki Uchiyama, Yasuhiro Ueda, Koichi Umeyama, Sakae Takehana
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Patent number: 5797931Abstract: A surgical instrument for fastening together opposing portions of a body organ. The instrument comprises a first support for supporting the first opposing portion of the body organ, a second support opposing the first support, for supporting the second opposing portion of the body organ, and a displacement-preventing member connected to the first or second support for preventing the supports from displacing relative to each other. The member comprises a pin protruding from one of the supports and a hole formed in the other of the supports. The pin is made of thermoplastic resin. When heated, the pin is softened and deformed, whereby the first and second supports are secured to each other, fastening together the opposing portions of the body organ.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 1996Date of Patent: August 25, 1998Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shiro Bito, Isami Hirao, Kazuhiko Oozeki, Minoru Tsuruta, Akito Mukaizawa, Akio Nakada, Tsuyoshi Tsukagoshi, Shuichi Kimura, Toshihiko Suzuta, Seiji Kuramoto, Naoki Uchiyama
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Patent number: 5720706Abstract: A stereoscopic endoscope including an objective lens system for forming an image of an object which objective lens system is arranged at the front end of an inserting section and has a single optical axis; an image transmission device coaxially arranged with the objective lens system and adapted to transmit the image formed by the objective lens system; a pupil dividing device for dividing the image transmitted through the objective lens system and the image transmission device so as to obtain left and right images of the object; an image sensing device for picking up the left and right images obtained by the pupil dividing device; a first support structure containing at least the objective lens system; and a second support structure containing at least the pupil dividing device and the image sensing device, wherein the first and second support structures are rotatable relative to each other around an axis extending along the longitudinal dimension of the endoscope.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 1995Date of Patent: February 24, 1998Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Susumu Takahashi, Masao Uehara, Shingo Kato, Atsushi Kidawara, Katsuyuki Saito, Masahito Goto, Wataru Ohno, Iwao Kanamori, Toyoharu Hanzawa, Kenji Yoshino, Akio Nakada, Akihiro Taguchi, Nobuaki Akui, Hitoshi Karasawa, Toshihiko Hashiguchi, Akihiko Mochida, Takashi Fukaya, Shinji Yamashita, Akira Murata, Hideki Koyanagi, Keisuke Saito
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Patent number: 5679216Abstract: A multi-degree-of-freedom manipulator includes a flexible tube having a plurality of flex portions provided therealong, a plurality of actuators made of shape memory alloy and respectively provided near the flex portions to correspond to the flex portions, for flexing the flex portions, two common energy transmission paths, extending along the flexible tube, for transmitting an energy to the actuators, and selective energy supply members, provided between the common energy transmission paths and the actuators in series, for controlling the energy supplied from the common energy transmission path to the actuators, thereby respectively independently driving the actuators to bend the flexible tube.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 1995Date of Patent: October 21, 1997Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuichi Takayama, Takeaki Nakamura, Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Akio Nakada, Yasuhiro Ueda, Hideyuki Adachi, Katsunori Sakiyama, Yasukazu Tatsumi, Koji Fujio, Masaaki Hayashi, Shinji Kaneko, Yasuo Hirata, Toshimasa Kawai
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Patent number: 5658300Abstract: A surgical instrument for fastening together opposing portions of a body organ. The instrument comprises a first support for supporting the first opposing portion of the body organ, a second support opposing the first support, for supporting the second opposing portion of the body organ, and a displacement-preventing member connected to the first or second support for preventing the supports from displacing relative to each other. The member comprises a pin protruding from one of the supports and a hole formed in the other of the supports. The pin is made of thermoplastic resin. When heated, the pins is softened and deformed, whereby the first and second supports are secured to each other, fastening together the opposing portions of the body organ.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 1995Date of Patent: August 19, 1997Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shiro Bito, Isami Hirao, Kazuhiko Oozeki, Minoru Tsuruta, Akito Mukaizawa, Akio Nakada, Tsuyoshi Tsukagoshi, Shuichi Kimura, Toshihiko Suzuta, Seiji Kuramoto
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Patent number: 5649937Abstract: A surgical instrument for fastening together opposing portions of a body organ. The instrument comprises a first support for supporting the first opposing portion of the body organ, a second support opposing the first support, for supporting the second opposing portion of the body organ, and a displacement-preventing member connected to the first or second support for preventing the supports from displacing relative to each other. The member comprises a pin protruding from one of the supports and a hole formed in the other of the supports. The pin is made of thermoplastic resin. When heated, the pins is softened and deformed, whereby the first and second supports are secured to each other, fastening together the opposing portions of the body organ.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1995Date of Patent: July 22, 1997Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shiro Bito, Isami Hirao, Kazuhiko Oozeki, Minoru Tsuruta, Akito Mukaizawa, Akio Nakada, Tsuyoshi Tsukagoshi, Shuichi Kimura, Toshihiko Suzuta, Seiji Kuramoto
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Patent number: 5630795Abstract: A cleaning tube apparatus for an endoscope, comprises the endoscope having an observation optical system for observing a subject part at a forward-end portion, a cleaning tube detachable with respect to said endoscope, said cleaning tube being provided with a plurality of fluid jetting openings in a peripheral direction at one end of said cleaning tube, said fluid jetting openings being provided for leading cleaning fluid at least to said observation optical system, and a fluid supply unit connected to said cleaning tube, for supplying the cleaning fluid to said cleaning tube.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 1995Date of Patent: May 20, 1997Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seiji Kuramoto, Ryoji Masubuchi, Akio Nakada, Yasuhiko Omagari, Ichiro Nakamura, Nobuhiko Washizuka, Yoshinao Oaki
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Patent number: 5624380Abstract: A multi-degree-of-freedom manipulator includes a flexible tube having a plurality of flex portions provided therealong, a plurality of actuators made of shape memory alloy and respectively provided near the flex portions to correspond to the flex portions, for flexing the flex portions, two common energy transmission paths, extending along the flexible tube, for transmitting an energy to the actuators, and selective energy supply members, provided between the common energy transmission paths and the actuators in series, for controlling the energy supplied from the common energy transmission path to the actuators, thereby respectively independently driving the actuators to bend the flexible tube.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 1995Date of Patent: April 29, 1997Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuichi Takayama, Takeaki Nakamura, Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Akio Nakada, Yasuhiro Ueda, Hideyuki Adachi, Katsunori Sakiyama, Yasukazu Tatsumi, Koji Fujio, Masaaki Hayashi, Shinji Kaneko, Yasuo Hirata, Toshimasa Kawai
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Patent number: 5588948Abstract: A stereoscopic endoscope including an objective lens system for forming an image of an object which objective lens system is arranged at the front end of an inserting section and has a single optical axis; an image transmission device coaxially arranged with the objective lens system and adapted to transmit the image formed by the objective lens system; a pupil dividing device for dividing the image transmitted through the objective lens system and the image transmission device so as to obtain left and right images of the object; an image sensing device for picking up the left and right images obtained by the pupil dividing device; a first support structure containing-at least the objective lens system; and a second support structure containing at least the pupil dividing device and the image sensing device, wherein the first and second support structures are rotatable relative to each other around an axis extending along the longitudinal dimension of the endoscope.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 1993Date of Patent: December 31, 1996Assignee: Olympus Optical Co. Ltd.Inventors: Susumu Takahashi, Masao Uehara, Shingo Kato, Atsushi Kidawara, Katsuyuki Saito, Masahito Goto, Wataru Ohno, Iwao Kanamori, Toyoharu Hanzawa, Kenji Yoshino, Akio Nakada, Akihiro Taguchi, Nobuaki Akui, Hitoshi Karasawa, Toshihiko Hashiguchi, Akihiko Mochida, Takashi Fukaya, Shinji Yamashita, Akira Murata, Hideki Koyanagi, Keisuke Saito
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Patent number: 5577991Abstract: A three-dimensional vision endoscopic apparatus according to the present invention comprises a pair of optical systems for transmitting an image of a subject as two subject images having a parallax between them, a pair of imaging devices for picking up subject images transmitted by the optical systems, at least one visual field mask, a display unit for displaying the two subject images alternately or concurrently, an adjusting mechanism for adjusting the position of one or both of the imaging devices so that the display images will become consistent on the screen of the display unit, and an adjusting mechanism for adjusting the relative position of the visual field mask.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 1995Date of Patent: November 26, 1996Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuaki Akui, Satoshi Honma, Iwao Kanamori, Susumu Takahashi, Toyoharu Hanzawa, Takashi Fukaya, Hitoshi Karasawa, Tetsumaru Kubota, Toshihiko Hashiguchi, Akihiko Mochida, Akihiro Taguchi, Akio Nakada, Kenji Yoshino, Atsushi Kidawara
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Patent number: 5467911Abstract: Disclosed herein is a surgical device for applying surgical fasteners to body tissues in order to fasten the body tissues together. The device comprises an operation section having a housing having an inner space completely sealed from the outside, drive elements electrically driven and arranged in the inner space of the operation section, an insertion section including a housing which has a first end portion containing the fasteners and having an opening through which the fasteners are to be applied, and a second end portion removably coupled to the housing of the operation section, fastener-applying elements located in the housing of the insertion section, for applying the fasteners from the opening to body tissues, and force-transmitting elements for transmitting drive force from the drive elements to the fastener-applying elements.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 1994Date of Patent: November 21, 1995Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Minoru Tsuruta, Toshihiko Suzuta, Akio Nakada, Seiji Kuramoto, Hiroki Hibino, Shiro Bito, Akito Mukaizawa
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Patent number: 5423848Abstract: A trocar comprises an obturator having a piercing tip, and a cannula for forming a passage in tissue that is punched by the piercing tip. The cannula is formed from a flexible tube or a coil tube and transforms and libitum in accordance with the shape of the surgical tool that is to be inserted into the body cavity through the cannula. Therefore, the trocar of the invention allows insertion of a surgical tool curved in a circular arc into the body cavity without requiring no enlargement of the inside diameter of the cannula.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1994Date of Patent: June 13, 1995Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuhiko Washizuka, Yasuhiko Oomagari, Tsuruo Hatori, Tsuyoshi Tsukagoshi, Minoru Tsuruta, Seiji Kuramoto, Shuichi Kimura, Akio Nakada, Shiro Bito, Shinichi Nishigaki, Kenji Yoshino, Keisuke Saito, Yasuo Goto
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Patent number: 5395030Abstract: A surgical device for stapling and fastening body tissues, which comprises a staple-applying section containing a plurality of staples, a staple pusher incorporated in the staple-applying section, for applying the staples, an anvil section for deforming the staples, thereby to staple the body tissues together, an operation section for operating the staple pusher and the anvil section, an observation window located near the anvil section, and an ocular section for displaying images supplied from the observation window.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1993Date of Patent: March 7, 1995Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seiji Kuramoto, Shiro Bito, Minoru Tsuruta, Shuichi Kimura, Akito Mukaizawa, Tsuyoshi Tsukagoshi, Akihiro Taguchi, Akio Nakada