Patents by Inventor Ayano ISHIOKA

Ayano ISHIOKA 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: 9456736
    Abstract: A medical instrument system includes an elongated member having an inner space in a direction of a longitudinal axis, an insertion section installed at the inner space and having a bending section capable of being bent, a manipulation section configured to manipulate the bending section, a first manipulation member transmitting a driving force of the bending section in accordance with the manipulation by the manipulation section, a second manipulation member arranged in the direction of a longitudinal axis, a connecting section having a first connecting section and a second connecting section and capable of connecting the first manipulation member and the second manipulation member, and a switching mechanism having a first acting section and a second acting section and switching between a connection state and a release state in accordance with a relative movement between the elongated member and the insertion section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio Onuki, Kiyotaka Matsuno, Tatsutoshi Hashimoto, Tsutomu Okada, Kazuo Banju, Ken Shigeta, Naoki Iwanaga, Shotaro Takemoto, Ayano Ishioka
  • Publication number: 20140296632
    Abstract: A medical instrument system includes an elongated member having an inner space in a direction of a longitudinal axis, an insertion section installed at the inner space and having a bending section capable of being bent, a manipulation section configured to manipulate the bending section, a first manipulation member transmitting a driving force of the bending section in accordance with the manipulation by the manipulation section, a second manipulation member arranged in the direction of a longitudinal axis, a connecting section having a first connecting section and a second connecting section and capable of connecting the first manipulation member and the second manipulation member, and a switching mechanism having a first acting section and a second acting section and switching between a connection state and a release state in accordance with a relative movement between the elongated member and the insertion section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Yoshio ONUKI, Kiyotaka MATSUNO, Tatsutoshi HASHIMOTO, Tsutomu OKADA, Kazuo BANJU, Ken SHIGETA, Naoki IWANAGA, Shotaro TAKEMOTO, Ayano ISHIOKA
  • Patent number: 8834353
    Abstract: A medical manipulator which includes: a plurality of arms formed in a cylindrical shape a distal end portion of which is made of a rigid member having a bending portion capable of bending; an insertion portion made of a rigid member having a plurality of channels in which base ends of the plurality of arms are connected to a distal end of the insertion portion so as to connect lumens of the arms to the plurality of channels; a photographic device provided at the distal end of the insertion portion; an operation portion that operates the bending portion; and a transmission member that connects the bending portion and the operation portion, in which the bending portion has: a first bending portion that is capable of bending in a predetermined direction by an operation of the operation portion, and a second bending portion provided in a base end than the first bending portion that is capable of fixing the plurality of arms in a bent state so as to mutually separate, and the transmission portion has: a first regi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Takumi Dejima, Ken Yamatani, Ayano Ishioka, Kosuke Motai, Kazushi Murakami, Takayasu Mikkaichi
  • Patent number: 8828026
    Abstract: A tissue fastening apparatus includes a tissue fastening tool, with fastens a first biological tissue and a second biological tissue so as to bring the tissues into close contact and an applicator for indwelling the tissue fastening tool. The tissue fastening tool is made of an elastic wire rod and is wound in a coil shape. The applicator includes a needle tube accommodated in an inner cavity with the tissue fastening tool stretched, a stylet inserted into the inner cavity of the needle tube nearer to the proximal side than the tissue fastening tool, and a rotating mechanism that rotates the stylet around an axis when the stylet is moved toward a distal end of the needle tube. The tissue fastening tool and the stylet are disengageably engaged with each other and integrally and rotatably connected with each other. The rotating mechanism rotates the stylet in a direction opposite to the winding direction of the tissue fastening tool as seen from the proximal side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Ayano Ishioka, Masatoshi Sato, Shinji Takahashi, Tatsutoshi Hashimoto, Yusuke Nomura, Kazushi Murakami
  • Patent number: 8771171
    Abstract: A medical instrument system includes an elongated member having an inner space in a direction of a longitudinal axis, an insertion section installed at the inner space and having a bending section capable of being bent, a manipulation section configured to manipulate the bending section, a first manipulation member transmitting a driving force of the bending section in accordance with the manipulation by the manipulation section, a second manipulation member arranged in the direction of a longitudinal axis, a connecting section having a first connecting section and a second connecting section and capable of connecting the first manipulation member and the second manipulation member, and a switching mechanism having a first acting section and a second acting section and switching between a connection state and a release state in accordance with a relative movement between the elongated member and the insertion section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshio Onuki, Kiyotaka Matsuno, Tatsutoshi Hashimoto, Tsutomu Okada, Kazuo Banju, Ken Shigeta, Naoki Iwanaga, Shotaro Takemoto, Ayano Ishioka
  • Patent number: 8545394
    Abstract: A selective cannulation method for a lumenal tissue's branch section includes: a first step for guiding an endoscope having a channel to an aperture section of the lumenal tissue; a second step for inserting a distal end of an endoscopic treatment instrument through the channel into the aperture section of the lumenal tissue; a third step for having the distal end of the endoscopic treatment instrument make contact with a pipe wall extending from the aperture section of the lumenal tissue to the branch section at two opposed points on the pipe wall by deforming the distal end of the endoscopic treatment instrument; a fourth step for sliding and moving the distal end of the endoscopic treatment instrument to the branch section while having the distal end of the endoscopic treatment instrument make contact with the pipe wall; and a fifth step for inserting the distal end of the endoscopic treatment instrument into a predetermined branch lumen divided from the branch section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Kosuke Motai, Ayano Ishioka
  • Publication number: 20100179383
    Abstract: A selective cannulation method for a lumenal tissue's branch section includes: a first step for guiding an endoscope having a channel to an aperture section of the lumenal tissue; a second step for inserting a distal end of an endoscopic treatment instrument through the channel into the aperture section of the lumenal tissue; a third step for having the distal end of the endoscopic treatment instrument make contact with a pipe wall extending from the aperture section of the lumenal tissue to the branch section at two opposed points on the pipe wall by deforming the distal end of the endoscopic treatment instrument; a fourth step for sliding and moving the distal end of the endoscopic treatment instrument to the branch section while having the distal end of the endoscopic treatment instrument make contact with the pipe wall; and a fifth step for inserting the distal end of the endoscopic treatment instrument into a predetermined branch lumen divided from the branch section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Kosuke Motai, Ayano Ishioka
  • Publication number: 20100069710
    Abstract: A treatment method for a tissue in a body cavity of a patient includes the steps of endoscopically introducing treatment tools into the body cavity of the patient from a natural opening of the patient, and setting the posture of the patient to a prone position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Ken Yamatani, Takayasu Mikkaichi, Kazushi Murakami, Kosuke Motai, Ayano Ishioka, Kunihide Kaji
  • Publication number: 20100056863
    Abstract: A medical manipulator which includes: a plurality of arms formed in a cylindrical shape a distal end portion of which is made of a rigid member having a bending portion capable of bending; an insertion portion made of a rigid member having a plurality of channels in which base ends of the plurality of arms are connected to a distal end of the insertion portion so as to connect lumens of the arms to the plurality of channels; a photographic device provided at the distal end of the insertion portion; an operation portion that operates the bending portion; and a transmission member that connects the bending portion and the operation portion, in which the bending portion has: a first bending portion that is capable of bending in a predetermined direction by an operation of the operation portion, and a second bending portion provided in a base end than the first bending portion that is capable of fixing the plurality of arms in a bent state so as to mutually separate, and the transmission portion has: a first regi
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Takumi DEJIMA, Ken YAMATANI, Ayano ISHIOKA, Kosuke MOTAI, Kazushi MURAKAMI, Takayasu MIKKAICHI
  • Publication number: 20100010514
    Abstract: A tissue fastening instrument that fastens a first biological tissue and a second biological tissue that is adjacent to the first biological tissue so as to come into close contact, provided with a first tissue fixing portion that consists of an elastic wire that is wound into a coil shape and engaged on the first biological tissue; a second tissue fixing portion that consists of an elastic wire that is wound into a coil shape, is connected to a first end portion of the first tissue fixing portion and engaged on the second biological tissue; and a peripheral spring portion that is connected to a second end portion of the first tissue fixing portion and extends toward the second tissue fixing portion while forming a loop on the outside of the first tissue fixing portion and the second tissue fixing portion, in which the peripheral spring portion has a spring portion that is connected to the second end portion of the first tissue fixing portion and extends toward the second tissue fixing portion, and an end tur
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Ayano ISHIOKA, Masatoshi SATO, Shinji TAKAHASHI, Tatsutoshi HASHIMOTO, Yusuke NOMURA, Kazushi MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20100010509
    Abstract: A tissue fastening apparatus includes a tissue fastening tool, with fastens a first biological tissue and a second biological tissue so as to bring the tissues into close contact and an applicator for indwelling the tissue fastening tool. The tissue fastening tool is made of an elastic wire rod and is wound in a coil shape. The applicator includes a needle tube accommodated in an inner cavity with the tissue fastening tool stretched, a stylet inserted into the inner cavity of the needle tube nearer to the proximal side than the tissue fastening tool, and a rotating mechanism that rotates the stylet around an axis when the stylet is moved toward a distal end of the needle tube. The tissue fastening tool and the stylet are disengageably engaged with each other and integrally and rotatably connected with each other. The rotating mechanism rotates the stylet in a direction opposite to the winding direction of the tissue fastening tool as seen from the proximal side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Ayano ISHIOKA, Masatoshi SATO, Shinji TAKAHASHI, Tatsutoshi HASHIMOTO, Yusuke NOMURA, Kazushi MURAKAMI