Patents by Inventor Chieko OGAWA

Chieko OGAWA 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).

  • Stent indwelling device
    Patent number: 9801746
    Abstract: A stent indwelling device includes a guide catheter and a pusher catheter. The guide catheter includes: a core section; an outer layer section surrounding an outer circumference of the core section; a stent protection section disposed between the core section and the outer layer section, being longer than a dimension of a tube stent, having stiffness resisting compression inward in a radial direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the guide catheter, and having flexibility in a direction in which the guide catheter is curved; and a stopper configured to allow expansion of the stent protection section in a direction along the longitudinal axis and restrict movement of the stent protection section in the direction with respect to the core section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chieko Ogawa, Yutaka Yanuma
  • STENT INDWELLING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150306346
    Abstract: A stent indwelling device includes a guide catheter and a pusher catheter. The guide catheter includes: a core section; an outer layer section surrounding an outer circumference of the core section; a stent protection section disposed between the core section and the outer layer section, being longer than a dimension of a tube stent, having stiffness resisting compression inward in a radial direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the guide catheter, and having flexibility in a direction in which the guide catheter is curved; and a stopper configured to allow expansion of the stent protection section in a direction along the longitudinal axis and restrict movement of the stent protection section in the direction with respect to the core section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chieko OGAWA, Yutaka YANUMA