Patents by Inventor Atsushi Tanji

Atsushi Tanji 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: 11302005
    Abstract: A system of this invention is directed to a bone cutting support system that properly indicates a bone cutting plane determined in advance to a doctor during surgery. The bone cutting support system includes a storage that stores 3D shape data of a surgery target bone in association with position data of a marker fixed to the surgery target bone, a bone cutting plane determiner that determines, based on the 3D shape data of the surgery target bone, a position and direction of a bone cutting plane or a bone cutting guide plane representing a plane to guide for cutting the surgery target bone, and a bone cutting plane display that displays the determined bone cutting plane based on an image obtained by capturing the marker fixed to the surgery target bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Atsushi Tanji
  • Publication number: 20200043168
    Abstract: A system of this invention is directed to a bone cutting support system that properly indicates a bone cutting plane determined in advance to a doctor during surgery. The bone cutting support system includes a storage that stores 3D shape data of a surgery target bone in association with position data of a marker fixed to the surgery target bone, a bone cutting plane determiner that determines, based on the 3D shape data of the surgery target bone, a position and direction of a bone cutting plane or a bone cutting guide plane representing a plane to guide for cutting the surgery target bone, and a bone cutting plane display that displays the determined bone cutting plane based on an image obtained by capturing the marker fixed to the surgery target bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventor: Atsushi Tanji
  • Patent number: 10467752
    Abstract: A system of this invention is directed to a bone cutting support system that properly indicates a bone cutting plane determined in advance to a doctor during surgery. The bone cutting support system includes a storage that stores 3D shape data of a surgery target bone in association with position data of a marker fixed to the surgery target bone, a bone cutting plane determiner that determines, based on the 3D shape data of the surgery target bone, a position and direction of a bone cutting plane or a bone cutting guide plane representing a plane to guide for cutting the surgery target bone, and a bone cutting plane display that displays the determined bone cutting plane based on an image obtained by capturing the marker fixed to the surgery target bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Inventor: Atsushi Tanji
  • Patent number: 10432424
    Abstract: A ring network system is a ring network system in which a plurality of nodes including a blocking node that blocks transfer of a predetermined frame are connected in a ring shape, and when, any one of the plurality of nodes detects a change in a link state with an adjacent node, the node detecting the change transmits a collision frame for inquiring a collision of a blocking node to a current blocking node, and in accordance with a response from the current blocking node, a determination is made which of the nodes is to be a new blocking node, and in a case where the link state with the adjacent node has a higher priority level of blocking than a link state between the current blocking nodes, the node having detected the change transmits a collision frame for inquiring a collision of the blocking node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidemasa Nakai, Hiroshige Kashiwabara, Hironori Adachi, Atsushi Tanji, Takuma Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10070929
    Abstract: A system of this invention is directed to a surgical operation support system that supports determination of an appropriate disposition of a bone in a living body during surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Inventor: Atsushi Tanji
  • Publication number: 20170155525
    Abstract: A ring network system is a ring network system in which a plurality of nodes including a blocking node that blocks transfer of a predetermined frame are connected in a ring shape, and when, any one of the plurality of nodes detects a change in a link state with an adjacent node, the node detecting the change transmits a collision frame for inquiring a collision of a blocking node to a current blocking node, and in accordance with a response from the current blocking node, a determination is made which of the nodes is to be a new blocking node, and in a case where the link state with the adjacent node has a higher priority level of blocking than a link state between the current blocking nodes, the node having detected the change transmits a collision frame for inquiring a collision of the blocking node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidemasa NAKAI, Hiroshige KASHIWABARA, Hironori ADACHI, Atsushi TANJI, Takuma NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20160143699
    Abstract: A system of this invention is directed to a surgical operation support system that supports determination of an appropriate disposition of a bone in a living body during surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventor: Atsushi Tanji
  • Publication number: 20160125603
    Abstract: A system of this invention is directed to a bone cutting support system that properly indicates a bone cutting plane determined in advance to a doctor during surgery. The bone cutting support system includes a storage that stores 3D shape data of a surgery target bone in association with position data of a marker fixed to the surgery target bone, a bone cutting plane determiner that determines, based on the 3D shape data of the surgery target bone, a position and direction of a bone cutting plane or a bone cutting guide plane representing a plane to guide for cutting the surgery target bone, and a bone cutting plane display that displays the determined bone cutting plane based on an image obtained by capturing the marker fixed to the surgery target bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Atsushi TANJI
  • Patent number: 8100980
    Abstract: An artificial elbow joint including a humeral component made of metal and an ulnar component made of resins for replacing an elbow joint. The humeral component of this artificial elbow joint is configured by a substantially cylindrical trochlea and a stem extending from the trochlea that is inserted into the humeral; and the ulnar component is configured by a joint surface member which receives the trochlea of humeral component in a rotatable manner and a stem which extends from the joint surface member and is inserted into the ulna. The stem of the humeral component is curved gently downward overall so as to comply with the lordotic shape of the humeral, and the trochlea is turnable about the centerline of the stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Nakashima Propeller Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Ikegami, Yukio Horiuchi, Shinichiro Takayama, Shigeki Momohara, Atsuhito Seki, Toshiyasu Nakamura, Atsushi Tanji, Keitaro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20090105839
    Abstract: An artificial elbow joint including a humeral component made of metal and an ulnar component made of resins for replacing an elbow joint. The humeral component of this artificial elbow joint is configured by a substantially cylindrical trochlea and a stem extending from the trochlea that is inserted into the humeral; and the ulnar component is configured by a joint surface member which receives the trochlea of humeral component in a rotatable manner and a stem which extends from the joint surface member and is inserted into the ulna. The stem of the humeral component is curved gently downward overall so as to comply with the lordotic shape of the humeral, and the trochlea is turnable about the centerline of the stem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Ikegami, Yukio Horiuchi, Shinichiro Takayama, Shigeki Momohara, Atsuhito Seki, Toshiyasu Nakamura, Atsushi Tanji, Keitaro Yamamoto