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).

  • Publication number: 20160278800
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Tetsuo HAYAMI, Satoru FUNAKOSHI, Eiji KANEHIRA
  • Patent number: 9439639
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Kanehira, Etsuro Yamabe, Minoru Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20150238179
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Kanehira, Etsuro Yamabe, Minoru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7329257
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Kanehira, Koji Iida, Naomi Sekino, Makoto Inaba, Norihiko Hareyama, Taisuke Sato, Kenichi Kimura, Hideto Yoshimine
  • Patent number: 7297106
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Yamada, Eiji Kanehira, Kiyotaka Arikawa, Minoru Shibata, Kei Hara
  • Publication number: 20040173218
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Hideo Yamada, Eiji Kanehira, Kiyotaka Arikawa, Minoru Shibata, Kei Hara
  • Publication number: 20040078035
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Applicant: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Kanehira, Koji Iida, Naomi Sekino, Makoto Inaba, Norihiko Hareyama, Taisuke Sato, Kenichi Kimura, Hideto Yoshimine
  • Publication number: 20030171747
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Applicant: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Kanehira, Koji Iida, Naomi Sekino, Makoto Inaba, Norihiko Hareyama, Taisuke Sato, Kenichi Kimura, Hideto Yoshimine