Patents by Inventor Akira Kawamata

Akira Kawamata 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: 11877764
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coronary artery bypass surgery treatment tool or the like including a flexible tube, a suction cup in which an opening portion is formed to communicate with the flexible tube and which is provided at a distal end of the flexible tube, a joint portion which has a suction path, a male connector which is provided in one of a proximal end of the flexible tube and a distal end of the suction path of the joint portion, and a female connector which is provided in the other thereof and is detachably connected to the male connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirokuni Arai, Toshifumi Sakate, Akira Kawamata, Shinetsu Harata
  • Patent number: 11832842
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coronary artery bypass surgery treatment tool or the like including a flexible tube, a suction cup in which an opening portion is formed to communicate with the flexible tube and which is provided at a distal end of the flexible tube, a joint portion which has a suction path, a male connector which is provided in one of a proximal end of the flexible tube and a distal end of the suction path of the joint portion, and a female connector which is provided in the other thereof and is detachably connected to the male connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirokuni Arai, Toshifumi Sakate, Akira Kawamata, Shinetsu Harata
  • Publication number: 20230277361
    Abstract: This organ protecting member (1) is used when an opening portion (36a) is formed in an abdominal wall (30) and an intestinal tract (32) is exposed to a body surface (33) from the opening portion (36a) to temporarily construct an artificial anus (34). The organ protecting member (1) includes a movement restricting part (support string (12)) configured to restrict movement of a portion of the lifted intestinal tract (32) on which the artificial anus (34) is constructed toward an abdominal cavity (35); and a cover (11) disposed between the intestinal tract (32) and an inner wall surface (36b) of the opening portion (36a) of the abdominal wall (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicants: National Cancer Center, SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki ITO, Hiro HASEGAWA, Zenetsu SUZUKI, Akira KAWAMATA
  • Patent number: 10729418
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided an artificial tendon-forming auxiliary instrument in which a valve cusp of a cardiac valve and a papillary muscle can be joined together with an artificial tendon through an easy procedure and the artificial tendon can be finished so as to have a desired length. According to an aspect of the present invention, an auxiliary instrument (100) is used for joining a valve cusp (210) of the cardiac valve and a papillary muscle (212) with an artificial tendon (200). A pair of end-portion support portions (20) and (21) respectively supporting the valve cusp (210) and the papillary muscle (212) is provided at both ends in a longitudinal direction. The auxiliary instrument (100) includes first and second tendon insertion ports through which the artificial tendon (200) is inserted, a tendon guide portion (30), and an instrument holding portion (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Oi, Kei Hyugaji, Keitaro Sugita, Akira Kawamata, Takashi Sato
  • Publication number: 20200197037
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coronary artery bypass surgery treatment tool or the like including a flexible tube, a suction cup in which an opening portion is formed to communicate with the flexible tube and which is provided at a distal end of the flexible tube, a joint portion which has a suction path, a male connector which is provided in one of a proximal end of the flexible tube and a distal end of the suction path of the joint portion, and a female connector which is provided in the other thereof and is detachably connected to the male connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicants: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirokuni ARAI, Toshifumi SAKATE, Akira KAWAMATA, Shinetsu HARATA
  • Publication number: 20170333025
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided an artificial tendon-forming auxiliary instrument in which a valve cusp of a cardiac valve and a papillary muscle can be joined together with an artificial tendon through an easy procedure and the artificial tendon can be finished so as to have a desired length. According to an aspect of the present invention, an auxiliary instrument (100) is used for joining a valve cusp (210) of the cardiac valve and a papillary muscle (212) with an artificial tendon (200). A pair of end-portion support portions (20) and (21) respectively supporting the valve cusp (210) and the papillary muscle (212) is provided at both ends in a longitudinal direction. The auxiliary instrument (100) includes first and second tendon insertion ports through which the artificial tendon (200) is inserted, a tendon guide portion (30), and an instrument holding portion (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji OI, Kei HYUGAJI, Keitaro SUGITA, Akira KAWAMATA, Takashi SATO
  • Patent number: 8114009
    Abstract: A coronary artery bypass grafting device includes a plurality of attachment members each having: a flexible tube (102); a suction cup portion (101) provided in a tip end side of the flexible tube (102); a three-way cock (103) provided in the flexible tube (102); and a holding member (104) that holds the flexible tube (102). At least one of the attachment members further includes a duckbill valve (111) provided in the flexible tube (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Bakelite Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokuni Arai, Akira Kawamata, Hideaki Asai
  • Patent number: 7671122
    Abstract: A process of producing a wax composition mainly comprising a wax, including the step of mixing the wax and a component to be mixed with the wax by applying an external force at a temperature lower than the melting completion temperature of the wax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Odajima, Nobuyuki Isshiki, Hidetoshi Oga, Hitoshi Otsuka, Minoru Goto, Akira Kawamata
  • Publication number: 20090030270
    Abstract: A coronary artery bypass grafting device includes a plurality of attachment members each having: a flexible tube (102); a suction cup portion (101) provided in a tip end side of the flexible tube (102); a three-way cock (103) provided in the flexible tube (102); and a holding member (104) that holds the flexible tube (102). At least one of the attachment members further includes a duckbill valve (111) provided in the flexible tube (102).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Hirokuni Arai, Akira Kawamata, Hideaki Asai
  • Patent number: 7416527
    Abstract: An instrument for coronary artery bypass graft surgery has at least three sets of suction units, respectively provided with a flexible tube; a suction head disposed at an end portion of the flexible tube; a three-way cock mounted on the flexible tube; and a retainer which retains the flexible tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Sumitomo Bakelite Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokuni Arai, Akira Kawamata, Hideaki Asai, Haruhiko Masuda
  • Patent number: 7270683
    Abstract: Provided is a hair dye composition to be used as a mixture of a first part containing an alkali agent and a second part containing an oxidizing agent, wherein the composition comprises (a) a triazacyclononane compound (1) or salt thereof, (b) 0.1 to 12 wt. %, in terms of hydrogen peroxide, of an oxidizing agent, and (c) 0.05 to 10 wt. % of an alkali agent, and the mixture has a pH of from 7.5 to 12. (R1 to R4: H or C1-6 alkyl which may be substituted by OH, R5 to R7: H, (substituted) C1-6 alkyl, (substituted) aralkyl, (substituted) heteroarylalkyl, (substituted) aryl, (substituted) heteroaryl, (substituted) C1-6 acyl, or a group (2) (in which R8 to R12 represents H, C1-6 alkyl, aralkyl or aryl and n stands for 2 to 30). The hair dye composition of the present invention has excellent hair bleaching power, can dye the hair into a bright favorable color tone, and moreover has less hair damage and less scalp irritation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Abe, Akira Kawamata, Akira Kiyomine
  • Publication number: 20060233865
    Abstract: A process of producing a wax composition mainly comprising a wax, including the step of mixing the wax and a component to be mixed with the wax by applying an external force at a temperature lower than the melting completion temperature of the wax.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Odajima, Nobuyuki Isshiki, Hidetoshi Oga, Hitoshi Otsuka, Minoru Goto, Akira Kawamata
  • Publication number: 20050172419
    Abstract: Provided is a hair dye composition to be used as a mixture of a first part containing an alkali agent and a second part containing an oxidizing agent, wherein the composition comprises (a) a triazacyclononane compound (1) or salt thereof, (b) 0.1 to 12 wt. %, in terms of hydrogen peroxide, of an oxidizing agent, and (c) 0.05 to 10 wt. % of an alkali agent, and the mixture has a pH of from 7.5 to 12. (R1 to R4: H or C1-6 alkyl which may be substituted by OH, R5 to R7: H, (substituted) C1-6 alkyl, (substituted) aralkyl, (substituted) heteroarylalkyl, (substituted) aryl, (substituted) heteroaryl, (substituted) C1-6 acyl, or a group (2) (in which R8 to R12 represents H, C1-6 alkyl, aralkyl or aryl and n stands for 2 to 30). The hair dye composition of the present invention has excellent hair bleaching power, can dye the hair into a bright favorable color tone, and moreover has less hair damage and less scalp irritation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Hideyuki Abe, Akira Kawamata, Akira Kiyomine
  • Publication number: 20050049463
    Abstract: An instrument for coronary artery bypass graft surgery has at least three sets of suction units, respectively provided with a flexible tube; a suction head disposed at an end portion of the flexible tube; a three-way cock mounted on the flexible tube; and a retainer which retains the flexible tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Hirokuni Arai, Akira Kawamata, Hideaki Asai, Haruhiko Masuda
  • Patent number: 6018082
    Abstract: Compounds represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein Rf and Rf' mean a perfluoroalkyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms or a (.omega.-H-perfluoroalkyl group represented by the formula H(CF.sub.2).sub.t in which t stands for an integer of 1-20, R.sup.2 denotes a hydrogen atom, a straight-chain or branched aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1-20 carbon atoms, an alicyclic or aromatic hydrocarbon group having 5-10 carbon atoms, a perfluoroalkyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms, or .omega.-H-perfluoroalkyl group represented by the formula H(CF.sub.2).sub.u - in which u stands for an integer of 1-20, X and Y mean individually a single bond, --CO-- or a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1-6 carbon atoms, l stands for a number of 2-16, and m and n are individually a number of 1-6. The compounds are useful for preparing fluorine-modified silicone derivatives suitable for cosmetic compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Jouji Okada, Akira Kawamata, Tadayuki Tokunaga, Noboru Nagatani, Makoto Torizuka, Masahiko Asahi
  • Patent number: 5976518
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to cosmetic compositions containing a fluorine-modified silicon derivative the organopolysiloxane chain which is partly substituted by the siloxane chain of the following general formula (1), (2) or (3) ##STR1## wherein Rf and Rf' mean individually a perfluoroalkyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms or a .omega.-H-perfluoroalkyl group represented by the formula H(CF.sub.2).sub.t -- in which t stands for an integer of 1-20, R.sup.1 may be identical with or different from each other and means a straight-chain or branched aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1-20 carbon atoms, or an alicyclic or aromatic hydrocarbon group having 5-10 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 denotes a hydrogen atom, a straight-chain or branched aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1-20 carbon atoms, an alicyclic or aromatic hydrocarbon group having 5-10 carbon atoms, a perfluoroalkyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms, or a .omega.-H-perfluoroalkyl group represented by the formula H(CF.sub.2).sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Jouji Okada, Akira Kawamata, Tadayuki Tokunaga, Noboru Nagatani, Makoto Torizuka, Masahiko Asahi
  • Patent number: 5801258
    Abstract: The amide derivative of the present invention is one represented by the following general formula (I) and the dermatologic preparation of the present invention is one containing said amide derivative. ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group carrying 10 to 40 carbon atoms; R.sup.2 represents a straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group carrying 3 to 39 carbon atoms; R.sup.3 represents a group containing at least one group represented by the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 each represents a hydrogen atom or a straight-chain or branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group, or R.sup.4 and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiro Ohashi, Akira Kawamata, Yukihiro Yada, Kazuhiko Higuchi, Kazue Tsukahara, Genji Imokawa
  • Patent number: 5723497
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an amine derivative represented by the following general formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 means a heteroatom-containing C.sub.1 -C.sub.40 hydrocarbon group which may have a ring structure, or the like; R.sup.2 -R.sup.5 each denote a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 hydrocarbon group, hydrogen or the like; A.sup.1 represents ##STR2## or R.sup.15 --Z--.sup.16 --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --; B.sup.1 stands for hydrogen, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 hydrocarbon group, nitrogen or the like; C.sup.1 denotes hydrogen, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 hydrocarbon group, nitrogen, alcohol residue, phosphoric acid residue or the like; a dermatologic preparation containing the same; and a process for producing the amine derivative. This amine derivative has excellent effects of smoothing or removing wrinkles and improving keratinization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiro Ohashi, Yukihiro Yada, Yoshinori Takema, Taketoshi Fujimori, Akira Kawamata, Hiroyuki Ohsu, Kazuhiko Higuchi, Genji Imokawa, Hiroshi Kusuoku, Ayumi Ogawa, Tsutomu Fujimura
  • Patent number: 5700898
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a fluorine-modified silicone derivative the organopolysiloxane chain which is partly substituted by the siloxane chain of the following general formula (1), (2) or (3), a preparation process thereof, intermediates useful for the preparation thereof and cosmetic compositions containing this derivative. ##STR1## wherein Rf and Rf' mean individually a perfluoroalkyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms or a .omega.-H-perfluoroalkyl group represented by the formula H(CF.sub.2).sub.t -- in which t stands for an integer of 1-20, R.sup.1 may be identical with or different from each other and means a straight-chain or branched aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1-20 carbon atoms, or an alicyclic or aromatic hydrocarbon group having 5-10 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 denotes a hydrogen atom, a straight-chain or branched aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1-20 carbon atoms, an alicyclic or aromatic hydrocarbon group having 5-10 carbon atoms, a perfluoroalkyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms, or a .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Jouji Okada, Akira Kawamata, Tadayuki Tokunaga, Noboru Nagatani, Makoto Torizuka, Masahiko Asahi
  • Patent number: 5681864
    Abstract: A composition for external skin care comprising an amine derivative represented by the following formula (1), ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a linear, branched, or cyclic saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group having 4-40 carbon atoms, and R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, and R.sup.6 are individually a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1-10 carbon atoms, which may be substituted or unsubstituted by 1 or more hydroxy groups; or an acid addition salt thereof, in an amount from 0.0001 to less than 0.1% by weight; and a method of curing wrinkles and keratinization of the skin characterized by applying said amine derivative or its salt to the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiro Ohashi, Taketoshi Fujimori, Minoru Nagai, Akira Kawamata, Yukihiro Yada, Kazuhiko Higuchi, Genji Imokawa, Yoshinori Takema, Yukiko Sakaino, Ayumi Ogawa, Tsutomu Fujimura