Patents by Inventor Eiji Kanehira
Eiji Kanehira 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).
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Publication number: 20160278800Abstract: To provide a treatment tool for endoscopic surgery which has, in an insertion part, two or more bending parts that can be independently operated to bend, and which has distal forceps pieces that can be opened and closed, and rotated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2014Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Tetsuo HAYAMI, Satoru FUNAKOSHI, Eiji KANEHIRA
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Patent number: 9439639Abstract: A medical treatment tool (10) includes a retractor main body (30) and a converter (20). The retractor main body (30) forms a cylindrical shape and is placed in an incision. The converter (20) is detachably installed on an opening end (32) of the retractor main body (30) and closes the opening end (32). Ports (22a) to (22d) through which treatment tools are respectively inserted into the retractor main body (30) are provided in a plurality of sites of the converter (20). The converter (20) can be installed on the opening end (32) at an installation angle which is selected from a plurality of angles. The positional relationships of the ports (22a) to (22d) with respect to the retractor main body (30) when the converter (20) is installed on the opening end (32) at the respective installation angles become different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2012Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.Inventors: Eiji Kanehira, Etsuro Yamabe, Minoru Suzuki
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Publication number: 20150238179Abstract: A medical treatment tool (10) includes a retractor main body (30) and a converter (20). The retractor main body (30) forms a cylindrical shape and is placed in an incision. The converter (20) is detachably installed on an opening end (32) of the retractor main body (30) and closes the opening end (32). Ports (22a) to (22d) through which treatment tools are respectively inserted into the retractor main body (30) are provided in a plurality of sites of the converter (20). The converter (20) can be installed on the opening end (32) at an installation angle which is selected from a plurality of angles. The positional relationships of the ports (22a) to (22d) with respect to the retractor main body (30) when the converter (20) is installed on the opening end (32) at the respective installation angles become different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2012Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.Inventors: Eiji Kanehira, Etsuro Yamabe, Minoru Suzuki
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Patent number: 7329257Abstract: According to the present invention, a heat generating element to be current-carried is provided at a grasp portion on the tip side of a treatment portion, the patient's body tissue grasped between a pair of grasp portions is coagulated by heat of the heat generating element, and a metal scissors blade for cutting the patient's body tissue is provided on the rear side of the grasp portion in the treatment portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2003Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiji Kanehira, Koji Iida, Naomi Sekino, Makoto Inaba, Norihiko Hareyama, Taisuke Sato, Kenichi Kimura, Hideto Yoshimine
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Patent number: 7297106Abstract: There is provided a surgical treatment instrument in which the mode can be easily switched between a treatment under a pneumoperitoneum condition and a treatment outside the peritoneal cavity, and forceps can be manipulated under the pneumoperitoneum condition, and when taking out a cancer-affected part, an incision in the abdominal wall is protected, and the incision is free from infection. The surgical treatment instrument includes a tubular portion which has a first fixing member provided at a near end-side open portion thereof, and also has a second fixing member provided at a remote end-side open portion thereof. At least two tension belts are mounted on the second fixing member, and fixing means for adjusting the length of the tension belts to position the first fixing member is provided at the first fixing member.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2002Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Yamada, Eiji Kanehira, Kiyotaka Arikawa, Minoru Shibata, Kei Hara
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Publication number: 20040173218Abstract: There is provided a surgical treatment instrument in which the mode can be easily switched between a treatment under a pneumoperitoneum condition and a treatment outside the peritoneal cavity, and forceps can be manipulated under the pneumoperitoneum condition, and when taking out a cancer-affected part, an incision in the abdominal wall is protected, and the incision is free from infection. The surgical treatment instrument includes a tubular portion which has a first fixing member provided at a near end-side open portion thereof, and also has a second fixing member provided at a remote end-side open portion thereof. At least two tension belts are mounted on the second fixing member, and fixing means for adjusting the length of the tension belts to position the first fixing member is provided at the first fixing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2004Publication date: September 9, 2004Inventors: Hideo Yamada, Eiji Kanehira, Kiyotaka Arikawa, Minoru Shibata, Kei Hara
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Publication number: 20040078035Abstract: According to the present invention, a heat generating element to be current-carried is provided at a grasp portion on the tip side of a treatment portion, the patient's body tissue grasped between a pair of grasp portions is coagulated by heat of the heat generating element, and a metal scissors blade for cutting the patient's body tissue is provided on the rear side of the grasp portion in the treatment portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Applicant: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiji Kanehira, Koji Iida, Naomi Sekino, Makoto Inaba, Norihiko Hareyama, Taisuke Sato, Kenichi Kimura, Hideto Yoshimine
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Publication number: 20030171747Abstract: According to the present invention, a heat generating element to be current-carried is provided at a grasp portion on the tip side of a treatment portion, the patient's body tissue grasped between a pair of grasp portions is coagulated by heat of the heat generating element, and a metal scissors blade for cutting the patient's body tissue is provided on the rear side of the grasp portion in the treatment portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2001Publication date: September 11, 2003Applicant: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiji Kanehira, Koji Iida, Naomi Sekino, Makoto Inaba, Norihiko Hareyama, Taisuke Sato, Kenichi Kimura, Hideto Yoshimine