Patents by Inventor Eiji Murakami

Eiji Murakami 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: 20060288029
    Abstract: A sentence classification device includes a storage unit, arithmetic processing unit, and screen display unit. The storage unit stores a document set of a plurality of documents and a term list including a plurality of terms each having one or more words. The arithmetic processing unit classifies the respective documents stored in the storage unit on the basis of the term list. The screen display unit displays a processing result obtained by the arithmetic processing unit on a screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Eiji Murakami, Motomi Kohata, Takao Terano
  • Publication number: 20060265035
    Abstract: A medical treatment instrument of the present invention includes an elongated insertion portion inserted into a body cavity, a treatment portion provided at a tip end of the insertion portion for treating a tissue in the body cavity by heating, a cylindrical member into which a part of the insertion portion is inserted, a flow passage formed between an outer circumference of the insertion portion and an inner circumference of the cylindrical member and through which one of a fluid supplied to the treatment portion and the fluid sucked from within the body cavity flows, an inlet/outlet communicating with the flow passage for performing one of supply of the fluid supplied to the treatment portion and discharge of the fluid sucked from within the body cavity, and an opening portion communicating with the flow passage and opened opposite to the treatment portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Chie Yachi, Masaru Imoto, Shinya Masuda, Ryoji Sakai, Eiji Murakami
  • Patent number: 7131983
    Abstract: When a probe unit and a sheath unit are coupled to each other, an engaging portion of the probe unit is coupled directly to a vibrator unit through an engaging hole portion if the probe unit is combined with a proper sheath. If the probe unit is combined with an improper sheath, the engaging portion is not allowed to pass through the engaging hole portion. Thus, the probe unit and the vibrator unit can be prevented from being wrongly assembled, and only those parts which wear easily can be replaced. And the same protection system can be applied to an engagement of a sheath unit and a body of ultrasonic surgical instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Eiji Murakami
  • Publication number: 20060241532
    Abstract: An ultrasonic treatment apparatus includes a vibrator-assembly which generates ultrasonic vibration, a probe which is detachably mounted to the vibrator-assembly, and has a treatment-portion which performs treatment of a biological tissue in a distal end portion, and a main-body-unit-assembly to which the vibrator-assembly and the probe are detachably mounted, and in which the biological tissue is treated with the treatment-portion when an operator operates the main-body-unit-assembly while the probe is amounted. The main-body-unit-assembly includes a treatment-assembly which has an action-portion in a distal end portion facing the treatment-portion of the probe, and a handle-assembly which is detachably mounted to a proximal end portion of the treatment-assembly, and which brings the action-portion into contact with the treatment-portion of the probe or separates the action-portion from the treatment-portion while the handle-assembly is mounted to the proximal end portion of the treatment-assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventor: Eiji Murakami
  • Publication number: 20060175040
    Abstract: The invention provides an exhaust heat recovery boiler construction method in which a necessary number of heat exchanger tube bundle panel modules each having heat exchanger tube bundle panels including a number of heat exchanger tubes and upper and lower headers of the heat exchanger tubes, a casing of the heat exchanger tube bundle panels, heat exchanger tube bundle panel support beams located outside the ceiling wall of the casing, and vertical and horizontal module frames located outside the casing, are prepared so as to have a proper size according to the design specifications of the heat recovery boiler, main frames including main columns, main beams, and bottom wall columns for supporting the modules are constructed in advance at a construction site of the exhaust heat recovery boiler (heat recovery boiler), and the modules are transported and hung down by a crane between the main columns adjacent to each other at the construction site to set the support beams of the modules at the installation height
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: Babcoak-Hitachi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isao Waseda, Yuzuru Yoshimoto, Yoshiki Kitahashi, Toshinori Shigenaka, Mitsugi Musashi, Toru Nishioka, Tatsuo Kiriyama, Eiji Murakami
  • Publication number: 20060155662
    Abstract: A DT matrix generation means (11) generates a DT matrix (11A) from each document (D) in a document set (21) and each term (T) in a term list (22). A DT matrix transformation means (12) generates a transformed DT matrix (11B) by performing DM decomposition of the DT matrix (11A). A document classification means (13) extracts and outputs, for each cluster appearing on the transformed DT matrix (11B), each document (D) belonging to the cluster as one classification (subset).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Eiji Murakami, Takao Terano
  • Publication number: 20050101945
    Abstract: In a treating apparatus, a forceps body as a treating device is connected to a generator as a control device. The forceps body mainly includes a pair of handle portions, which are used for manipulation by being held by an operator, a pair of jaws provided between the handle portion and the pair of jaws, which are used to coagulate/resect by grasping living-body tissue to be treated and a pair of scissors component members. A heating member, which is a heat generating source as a heat generating portion for applying heat energy to living-body tissue, is embedded at least one of the jaws. A pair of electrode portions, which is a treating energy generator, is provided to the pair of jaws. By supplying bipolar electric surgical knife current between the pair of electrode portions, high frequency current as treating energy is applied to the grasped living-body tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohisa Sakurai, Koji Iida, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Eiji Murakami, Akihisa Ogawa, Kenji Noda, Seiichi Hosoda, Takeaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20050033201
    Abstract: An ultrasonic surgical system includes a handpiece including an ultrasonic transducer and a first storage unit; a probe connected to the ultrasonic transducer; a calculation unit; and a control unit. The first storage unit stores a first parameter relating to control of the ultrasonic transducer. The probe transmits ultrasonic vibrations output from the ultrasonic transducer to a treatment target, and includes a second storage unit storing a second parameter relating to control of the ultrasonic transducer. The calculation unit calculates a control parameter for controlling the ultrasonic transducer, based on both the first parameter and the second parameter. The control unit controls the ultrasonic transducer based on the control parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Takahashi, Eiji Murakami
  • Publication number: 20040186463
    Abstract: An ultrasonic treatment apparatus of the invention is provided with an improved cleaning ability and easy recyclability. A grasping member (1720) includes a first element (1721) molded of a heat resistant resin, and a second element (1722) located inside the first element (1721 ) as a reinforcement in such a manner that the first element (1721) covers the outer surface of the second element (1722) entirely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Murakami, Ryoji Masubuchi
  • Publication number: 20040118440
    Abstract: There is disclosed a cleaning device which is mounted in a surgical treatment instrument so as to be attachable/detachable and in which a cleaning cover having a shape to surround a distal-end function portion is disposed and includes a jet port opening toward the distal-end function portion of the surgical treatment instrument and which supplies cleaning water into the cleaning cover via the jet port to clean the distal-end function portion of the surgical treatment instrument disposed in the cleaning cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Sasaki, Shinya Masuda, Eiji Murakami, Ryoji Masubuchi
  • Patent number: 6742466
    Abstract: A sewing machine with needle threading device is disclosed, wherein the thread passed through the needle eye of a needle of the sewing machine by operation of a threading hook may be released from the threading hook during a process of the threading hook moving up to the upper initial position after the threading operation is finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Janome Sewing Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuro Sano, Eiji Murakami
  • Publication number: 20040097911
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a jaw unit is provided with a frame-shaped jaw body and a tip for seizing an organism tissue in conjunction with an operating portion of a vibration transmitting member, and the tip is removably coupled between arms of the jaw body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Murakami, Kenichi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20040084070
    Abstract: There is disclosed a cleaning device for a medical instrument, including a nozzle main body detachably attached to a surgical ultrasonic treatment instrument including a channel, and the nozzle main body includes a water supply port opened in a position connected to the channel, when mounted in the surgical ultrasonic treatment instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Katsumi Sasaki, Shinya Masuda, Eiji Murakami, Ryoji Masubuchi
  • Patent number: 6644227
    Abstract: A sewing machine having a free arm which is provided with free arm sensors 5 and 6 for detecting a contact between the free arm and a cylindrical work during embroidery stitching operation, the cylindrical work being held by an embroidering frame 23 and placed on the free arm as covering the same so as to be embroidered thereon. The contact as detected is indicated to the machine user or the sewing machine is stopped. Further, the contact detection may be used to seek an area where the work may be allowed to be embroidered. The area as sought is discriminated prior to initiation of stitching operation if the work may be embroidered in the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Janome Sewing Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuro Sano, Koshiro Omiya, Eiji Murakami
  • Publication number: 20030191390
    Abstract: An ultrasonic instrument and an ultrasonic cleaner share an ultrasonic treatment apparatus body that is connected electrically to a transducer unit of the instrument and outputs electric information for generating ultrasonic waves. The apparatus body also delivers electric information for generating ultrasonic waves to the ultrasonic cleaner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiji Murakami
  • Publication number: 20030135136
    Abstract: When a probe unit and a sheath unit are coupled to each other, an engaging portion of the probe unit is coupled directly to a vibrator unit through an engaging hole portion if the probe unit is combined with a proper sheath. If the probe unit is combined with an improper sheath, the engaging portion is not allowed to pass through the engaging hole portion. Thus, the probe unit and the vibrator unit can be prevented from being wrongly assembled, and only those parts which wear easily can be replaced. And the same protection system can be applied to an engagement of a sheath unit and a body of ultrasonic surgical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiji Murakami
  • Patent number: 6566662
    Abstract: A charged beam exposure system has a movable stage for supporting a specimen; a charged beam generator; a main deflector for deflecting the charged beam; a stage moving unit for moving the movable stage in a scanning direction; a pattern writing time calculation unit, and writing speed calculation unit and controller for performing pattern writing using the writing speed. For multi pass writing, a plurality of stripes cover one frame. The writing speed is obtained, for blocks which are partitioned into a fixed or arbitrary number of segments taking a pattern density within a frame (stripe) field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Eiji Murakami, Shigehiro Hara, Hitoshi Higurashi
  • Patent number: 6564731
    Abstract: A sewing machine having a threading device is disclosed. The sewing machine comprises a needle bar having a needle attached to a lower end thereof. The needle has a needle eye and a threading shaft has a threading member mounted to the lower end thereof. The threading member has a threading hook, a drive motor for vertically moving the threading shaft along the needle bar, guide means for guiding and rotating the threading shaft at a threading position as the threading shaft is vertically moved, and a regulating member for deciding the threading position of the threading shaft. The threading shaft is moved down and stopped at the threading position and is axially rotated to pass the threading hook through the needle eye. The threading shaft is maintained in this state until a return signal is given such that the drive motor is driven again to pull the threading hook out of the needle eye and move up the threading shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Janome Sewing Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuro Sano, Eiji Murakami, Koshiro Omiya
  • Publication number: 20030073987
    Abstract: In a treating apparatus, a forceps body as a treating device is connected to a generator as a control device. The forceps body mainly includes a pair of handle portions, which are used for manipulation by being held by an operator, a pair of jaws provided between the handle portion and the pair of jaws, which are used to coagulate/resect by grasping living-body tissue to be treated and a pair of scissors component members. A heating member, which is a heat generating source as a heat generating portion for applying heat energy to living-body tissue, is embedded at least one of the jaws. A pair of electrode portions, which is a treating energy generator, is provided to the pair of jaws. By supplying bipolar electric surgical knife current between the pair of electrode portions, high frequency current as treating energy is applied to the grasped living-body tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohisa Sakurai, Koji Iida, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Eiji Murakami, Akihisa Ogawa, Kenji Noda, Seiichi Hosoda, Takeaki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6532883
    Abstract: A sewing machine with pattern stitching function is disclosed, wherein pattern data may be optionally selected to control the swinging movement of the vertically reciprocating needle and the work feeding amount of the work feeding mechanism, thereby to form a pattern composed of a plurality of pattern elements, the selected pattern data being modified with respect to each of the pattern elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Janome Sewing Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koshiro Omiya, Eiji Murakami