Patents by Inventor Atsuki Kidawara

Atsuki Kidawara 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).

  • Endoscope apparatus provided with liquid removing mechanism for the electric connector
    Patent number: 5469841
    Abstract: An endoscope apparatus comprising an electrical connector which is electrically connected to an electrical device such as a CCD in an organism inserting device such as an endoscope which has an inserting section inserted into a organism. The electrical connector is connected to an electrical connector receptacle such as a control unit after the organism inserting device has been disinfected and sterilized by disinfection liquid. Processing is first performed in which the liquid remaining in the vicinity of an electrical contact of the electrical connector is removed by a liquid removing mechanism and, thereafter, electrical operation occurs. Thus, generation of a short-circuiting accident is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunari Kobayashi, Kenji Omachi, Yutaka Tatsuno, Masahiro Hagihara, Atsuki Kidawara, Tadayoshi Hara, Nobuyoshi Yazawa