Patents by Inventor Atsushi Funayama

Atsushi Funayama 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: 7753893
    Abstract: A drug solution injector for determining an accurate injection volume of a drug solution by weighing the drug solution reservoir with a weighing scale. A drug solution injector is provided with a weighing scale that is compact, does not disturb handling and enables an accurate determination of the injection volume of the drug solution. A drug solution injector includes a drug solution reservoir composed of a chamber for reserving a drug solution therein and pressurization mechanism for pushing out of the reserved drug solution. An injection line is connected to the reservoir to inject the drug solution to the body. The drug solution reservoir is fixedly provided with a weighing scale for measuring a weight of the drug solution stored in the drug solution reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Nipro Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Morita, Atsushi Funayama, Satoki Hino
  • Publication number: 20070173778
    Abstract: During use of a drug solution injector for continuous injection of a drug solution such as an anesthetic, an analgesic agent, an anticancer agent, an antibiotic, etc., into the body, it would be possible to determine an accurate injection volume of the drug solution by weighing the drug solution reservoir with a weighing scale such as an electronic balance. However, the above procedure is difficult to carry out at home and is inconvenient for hospitals since it requires use of the weighing scale at each measurement. It is an object of the present invention to provide a drug solution injector with a weighing scale that provides a solution for the above problems, is compact, does not disturb handling and enables to determine an accurate injection volume of the drug solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: NIPRO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Morita, Atsushi Funayama, Satoki Hino