Patents by Inventor Atsuhiko Kasahi
Atsuhiko Kasahi 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: 8840580Abstract: A gas supply system appropriate for an abdominal cavity and a luminal cavity is provided. The gas supply system reduces a pressure of gas, supplied from a source of gas for supplying gas of a predetermined kind, to a predetermined pressure value upon which gas, whose pressure is reduced, is controllably lowered to a first pressure value appropriate for a body cavity of a first kind of a specimen to allow gas to be supplied to the body cavity of the first kind. In the meantime, gas, supplied from the source of gas, is lowered to a second pressure value appropriate for a body cavity of a second kind of the specimen to allow gas to be supplied to the body cavity of the second kind.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2005Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Takefumi Uesugi, Daisuke Sano, Atsuhiko Kasahi, Kenji Noda
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Patent number: 8734381Abstract: In a gas supply system, a controller is electrically connected to a pressure regulator and an operation switch. The controller is operative to control the pressure regulator so that a predetermined gas is supplied to a first delivery member directing to a first body cavity with its pressure regulated to a first pressure suitable for the first body cavity. The controller is operative to control the pressure regulator depending on an instruction sent from the operation switch upon operation of the operator so that the predetermined gas is supplied to a second delivery member directing to a second body cavity with its pressure regulated to a second pressure suitable for the second body cavity.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2005Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Kenji Noda, Takefumi Uesugi, Daisuke Sano, Atsuhiko Kasahi
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Patent number: 8231523Abstract: An endoscopic system includes an endoscope having a delivery member available to supply a body cavity of a specimen and, in addition thereto, a gas supply apparatus from which predetermined gas is supplied to a body cavity via a delivery member. The endoscopic system further includes a determination unit that determines whether or not there is a status in which, the gas supply device needs to supply gas to the body cavity, and a control unit that selectively and automatically control a permit and stop for the gas supply to be implemented by the gas supply apparatus depending on a determined result of the determination unit, which are formed in a unitary structure with, for instance, the gas supply unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2005Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Takefumi Uesugi, Daisuke Sano, Yoshimine Kobayashi, Mutsumi Ohshima, Takehiro Nishiie, Atsuhiko Kasahi, Kenji Noda
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Patent number: 7981072Abstract: A gas supply apparatus measures a first pressure inside a first body cavity of a patient and a second pressure inside a second body cavity of the patient. The gas supply apparatus regulates a pressure of a predetermined gas based on the measured first and second pressures inside the first and second body cavities.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2009Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Takefumi Uesugi, Masashi Umemura, Daisuke Sano, Kenji Noda, Atsuhiko Kasahi
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Patent number: 7722559Abstract: A gas supply apparatus measures a first pressure inside a first body cavity of a specimen and a second pressure inside a second body cavity of the specimen. The gas supply apparatus regulates a pressure of a predetermined gas based on the measured first and second pressures inside the first and second body cavities so that the first and second pressures reach predetermined first and second pressure settings, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2005Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Takefumi Uesugi, Daisuke Sano, Atsuhiko Kasahi, Kenji Noda
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Publication number: 20100106080Abstract: A gas supply apparatus measures a first pressure inside a first body cavity of a patient and a second pressure inside a second body cavity of the patient. The gas supply apparatus regulates a pressure of a predetermined gas based on the measured first and second pressures inside the first and second body cavities.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2009Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Takefumi UESUGI, Masashi UMEMURA, Daisuke SANO, Kenji NODA, Atsuhiko KASAHI
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Patent number: 7569027Abstract: A gas supply apparatus is provided and has first and second fittings and first and second tubes. The first fitting is provided to discharge a gas of a first pressure therethrough, while the second fitting is provided to discharge a gas of a second pressure therethrough. The first tube has one end to which a first connector connectable to the first fitting is attached and supplies the first-pressure gas to a first body cavity of a subject. The second tube has one end to which a second connector connectable to the second fitting is attached and supplies the second-pressure gas to a second body cavity of the subject. The apparatus may comprise an erroneous-connection preventing device preventing an erroneous connection including at least one of a connection of the first connector to the second fitting and a further connection of the second connector to the first fitting.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2005Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Takefumi Uesugi, Daisuke Sano, Atsuhiko Kasahi, Kenji Noda
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Patent number: 7476213Abstract: In a gas supply system, a selection unit is configured to send an instruction to select any one of first gas and second gas. In the gas supply system, a controller is operative to control at least one of a first gas supply unit for supplying the first gas and a second gas supply unit for supplying the second gas to selectively insufflate any one of the first gas and second gas into a body based on the instruction sent from the selection unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2005Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Takefumi Uesugi, Daisuke Sano, Yoshimine Kobayashi, Mutsumi Ohshima, Takehiro Nishiie, Atsuhiko Kasahi, Kenji Noda
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Publication number: 20070244363Abstract: A gas supplying apparatus according to the present invention includes a switching unit, which is connected to a gas supplying channel of an endoscope, configured to supply gas to the body cavity of a patient via the gas supplying channel, and switches to a state of supplying gas to the gas supplying channel or a state of stopping supply of gas, a time measuring unit configured to measure gas supply time, and a control unit, which is electrically connected to the time measuring unit, configured to control the switching unit, wherein the control unit controls the switching unit to make the gas supply to the gas supplying channel, and then controls the switching unit to switch from a state of supplying the gas to the gas supplying channel to a state of stopping supply of the gas when gas supply time by the time measuring unit is inputted, and the gas supply time measured by the time measuring unit reaches predetermined setting time set beforehand.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2007Publication date: October 18, 2007Applicants: Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Olympus CorporationInventors: Daisuke Sano, Masashi Umemura, Kenji Noda, Atsuhiko Kasahi, Takefumi Uesugi
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Publication number: 20060129087Abstract: A gas supply apparatus measures a first pressure inside a first body cavity of a patient and a second pressure inside a second body cavity of the patient. The gas supply apparatus regulates a pressure of a predetermined gas based on the measured first and second pressures inside the first and second body cavities.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2005Publication date: June 15, 2006Inventors: Takefumi Uesugi, Masashi Umemura, Daisuke Sano, Kenji Noda, Atsuhiko Kasahi
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Publication number: 20060058617Abstract: In a medical image display system, a gas supply unit is configured to supply first gas into a first cavity and second gas into a second cavity. A switching display unit is connected to a display and is configured to determine whether the first gas or the second gas is supplied from the gas supply unit. The switching display unit is configured to switchably display the first medical image and the second medical image on the screen of the display based on the determined result.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2005Publication date: March 16, 2006Inventors: Daisuke Sano, Takefumi Uesugi, Atsuhiko Kasahi, Kenji Noda
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Publication number: 20060030751Abstract: An endoscopic system includes an endoscope having a delivery member available to supply a body cavity of a specimen and, in addition thereto, a gas supply apparatus from which predetermined gas is supplied to a body cavity via a delivery member. The endoscopic system further includes a determination unit that determines whether or not there is a status in which, the gas supply device needs to supply gas to the body cavity, and a control unit that selectively and automatically control a permit and stop for the gas supply to be implemented by the gas supply apparatus depending on a determined result of the determination unit, which are formed in a unitary structure with, for instance, the gas supply unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2005Publication date: February 9, 2006Inventors: Takefumi Uesugi, Daisuke Sano, Yoshimine Kobayashi, Mutsumi Ohshima, Takehiro Nishiie, Atsuhiko Kasahi, Kenji Noda
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Publication number: 20060004322Abstract: In a gas supply system, a selection unit is configured to send an instruction to select any one of first gas and second gas. In the gas supply system, a controller is operative to control at least one of a first gas supply unit for supplying the first gas and a second gas supply unit for supplying the second gas to selectively insufflate any one of the first gas and second gas into a body based on the instruction sent from the selection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2005Publication date: January 5, 2006Inventors: Takefumi Uesugi, Daisuke Sano, Yoshimine Kobayashi, Mutsumi Ohshima, Takehiro Nishiie, Atsuhiko Kasahi, Kenji Noda
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Publication number: 20050234391Abstract: A gas supply apparatus measures a first pressure inside a first body cavity of a specimen and a second pressure inside a second body cavity of the specimen. The gas supply apparatus regulates a pressure of a predetermined gas based on the measured first and second pressures inside the first and second body cavities so that the first and second pressures reach predetermined first and second pressure settings, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2005Publication date: October 20, 2005Inventors: Takefumi Uesugi, Daisuke Sano, Atsuhiko Kasahi, Kenji Noda
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Publication number: 20050222491Abstract: In a gas supply system, a controller is electrically connected to a pressure regulator and an operation switch. The controller is operative to control the pressure regulator so that a predetermined gas is supplied to a first delivery member directing to a first body cavity with its pressure regulated to a first pressure suitable for the first body cavity. The controller is operative to control the pressure regulator depending on an instruction sent from the operation switch upon operation of the operator so that the predetermined gas is supplied to a second delivery member directing to a second body cavity with its pressure regulated to a second pressure suitable for the second body cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2005Publication date: October 6, 2005Inventors: Kenji Noda, Takefumi Uesugi, Daisuke Sano, Atsuhiko Kasahi
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Publication number: 20050217727Abstract: A gas supply apparatus is provided and has first and second fittings and first and second tubes. The first fitting is provided to discharge a gas of a first pressure therethrough, while the second fitting is provided to discharge a gas of a second pressure therethrough. The first tube has one end to which a first connector connectable to the first fitting is attached and supplies the first-pressure gas to a first body cavity of a subject. The second tube has one end to which a second connector connectable to the second fitting is attached and supplies the second-pressure gas to a second body cavity of the subject. The apparatus may comprise an erroneous-connection preventing device preventing an erroneous connection including at least one of a connection of the first connector to the second fitting and a further connection of the second connector to the first fitting.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2005Publication date: October 6, 2005Inventors: Takefumi Uesugi, Daisuke Sano, Atsuhiko Kasahi, Kenji Noda
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Publication number: 20050222534Abstract: A gas supply system appropriate for an abdominal cavity and a luminal cavity is provided. The gas supply system reduces a pressure of gas, supplied from a source of gas for supplying gas of a predetermined kind, to a predetermined pressure value upon which gas, whose pressure is reduced, is controllably lowered to a first pressure value appropriate for a body cavity of a first kind of a specimen to allow gas to be supplied to the body cavity of the first kind. In the meantime, gas, supplied from the source of gas, is lowered to a second pressure value appropriate for a body cavity of a second kind of the specimen to allow gas to be supplied to the body cavity of the second kind.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2005Publication date: October 6, 2005Inventors: Takefumi Uesugi, Daisuke Sano, Atsuhiko Kasahi, Kenji Noda
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Publication number: 20050222535Abstract: In a gas supply apparatus, a switching unit switches output of a predetermined gas to any one of first and second delivery members. A pressure regulator regulates a pressure of the predetermined gas to a first pressure suitable for the first body cavity when the output of predetermined gas is switched to the first delivery member by the switching unit. The pressure regulator regulates the pressure of the predetermined gas to a second pressure suitable for the second body cavity when the output predetermined gas is switched to the second delivery member by the switching unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2005Publication date: October 6, 2005Inventors: Takefumi Uesugi, Daisuke Sano, Atsuhiko Kasahi, Kenji Noda