Patents by Inventor Fumihiko Takatori

Fumihiko Takatori 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: 20240108837
    Abstract: An airway adapter includes an airway adapter body including a first tube connection portion, a second tube connection portion, and a detection portion provided between the first tube connection portion and the second tube connection portion, and a support base configured to support the airway adapter body. The support base is configured to support the first tube connection portion at a position higher than a position of the second tube connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Fumihiko TAKATORI, Yuya BABA, Kazumasa ITO
  • Publication number: 20240023790
    Abstract: A medical instrument is adapted to be attached to a subject. A nasal adapter includes cannulas adapted to be disposed so as to face nostrils of the subject when the medical instrument is attached to the subject. A bite block includes a hollow member-adapted to be disposed in an oral cavity of the subject when the medical instrument is attached to the subject. A flexible joint connects the nasal adapter and the bite block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kenichiro KABUMOTO, Fumihiko TAKATORI, Masayuki INOUE
  • Patent number: 11850036
    Abstract: An airway adaptor includes a tubular member to which a measuring section configured to measure a flow rate of a respiratory gas of a subject is to be attached. The tubular member includes: a gas passage through which the respiratory gas to pass; and a resistance portion which is configured to generate a differential pressure in the respiratory gas passing through the gas passage, the resistance portion includes at least two partition members which are disposed in the gas passage along an axial direction of the tubular member and which are separated from one another, and side surfaces of the partition members are separated from an inner wall surface of the gas passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumihiko Takatori
  • Publication number: 20230335252
    Abstract: A physiological information processing apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory that stores a computer-readable instruction that when executed by the processor, causes the physiological information processing apparatus to perform operations comprising: displaying on a display unit, first attachment position information representing a position where a first physiological information sensor is attached; acquiring first physiological information data of a subject from the first physiological information sensor; and displaying, on the display unit, information relevant to the first physiological information data. The physiological information processing apparatus displays the first attachment position information on the display unit before displaying the information relevant to the first physiological information data on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Fumihiko TAKATORI, Masashi SATO, Masayuki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230321384
    Abstract: A gas measurement adapter includes a flow tube portion configured to allow gas to pass through the flow tube portion and a window portion configured to allow measurement light for measuring a component of the gas passing through the flow tube portion to pass through the window portion. The adapter is prepared by using an adapter forming material containing a cycloolefin-based resin as a main component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya BABA, Masayuki INOUE, Fumihiko TAKATORI, Takayuki AOYAGI, Nobuhiko MAKINO, Takahiro NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11766533
    Abstract: A bite block includes a hollow oral cavity insert part, a plate and a hollow outside part. The hollow oral cavity insert part is in contacts with an oral cavity of a subject at the time of attaching the bite block to the subject. The plate is formed in a flange shape extending from the oral cavity insert part. A hollow outside part includes an exposed portion which is exposed to an outside of the oral cavity at the time of attaching, and communicates with a hole of the oral cavity insert part. In the bite block, the hollow outside part includes at least one through hole with which an external device is attached to the bite block, on the exposed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiko Takatori, Masayuki Inoue, Kenichiro Kabumoto
  • Publication number: 20230293842
    Abstract: A nasal adapter includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a mouth exhalation guide portion having a facing portion facing a mouth of a living body and formed with a mouth-side guide path for guiding exhaled breath exhaled from the mouth to the facing portion, a base portion disposed above the mouth exhalation guide portion with respect to the living body, and a cuttable portion integrally formed with the mouth exhalation guide portion and the base portion. The cuttable portion disconnectably connects the mouth exhalation guide portion to the base portion. The base portion is fixed to the second portion. The first portion is detachably connected to the second portion at a connecting section below the cuttable portion with respect to the living body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Takayuki AOYAGI, Toshiki AOKI, Kenichiro KABUMOTO, Fumihiko TAKATORI, Yuya BABA
  • Publication number: 20230277085
    Abstract: A sensor attachment system includes: a sensor configured to detect a state of respiratory gas of a subject; and a compatible airway adaptor compatible with the sensor. The sensor includes a respiratory gas detector configured to detect the state of the respiratory gas of the subject, and a sensor-side engagement portion engageable with the compatible airway adaptor. The compatible airway adaptor includes a tube portion having a respiratory gas ventilation passage through which the respiratory gas passes, and an adapter-side engagement portion engageable with the sensor-side engagement portion. The sensor is attachable to the compatible airway adaptor in a state in which the compatible airway adaptor and the sensor do not interfere with each other, and the sensor is not attachable to an incompatible airway adaptor that is not compatible with the sensor in a state in which the incompatible airway adaptor and the sensor interfere with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Kenichiro KABUMOTO, Fumihiko TAKATORI, Yuya BABA
  • Patent number: 11717632
    Abstract: An airway adaptor includes: a nasal expiration collecting portion which is to be connected to a nostril of a living body, and which collects an expiration of the nasal cavity; a gas passage portion that forms a gas passage through which the expiration collected by the nasal expiration collecting portion passes; and a gas sensor attaching portion to which a gas sensor that is disposed in the gas passage portion, and that measures the concentration of a predetermined gas component contained in the expiration is attachable. The nasal expiration collecting portion shows a flowing state where a flow of the expiration is allowed, and an obstruction state where the flow of the expiration is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro Kabumoto, Takayuki Aoyagi, Fumihiko Takatori, Masayuki Inoue
  • Patent number: 11596755
    Abstract: A patient treatment system includes a ventilation bag, and a monitoring device which is configured so as to be connectable to the ventilation bag. The monitoring device measures the pulse rate derived from the heart rate of a neonate, from signals of ECG electrodes which are connected to the monitoring device. In a case where an abnormality of measurement information of the pulse rate is detected, the monitoring device notifies of first information prompting ventilation by the ventilation bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiko Takatori, Masayuki Inoue, Kazumasa Ito
  • Patent number: 11576591
    Abstract: A gas sensor kit includes a gas sensor that measures a gas concentration of an exhalation gas of a subject and a gas supply unit that supplies a therapeutic gas, supplied through a tube, to the subject. In the gas sensor, the gas sensor has a convex portion that is supported when connected with the gas supply unit, and the gas supply unit has at least one locking claw that supports the convex portion when connected with the gas sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiko Takatori, Masayuki Inoue, Kenichiro Kabumoto
  • Patent number: 11511067
    Abstract: A respiration assistance device includes a nasal respiration assisting section for supplying a gas to the nasal cavity of a living body. The nasal respiration assisting section includes: a first gas supplying portion which supplies a gas below one of the nostrils of the living body; a second gas supplying portion which supplies the gas below the other nostril of the living body; a first tube connecting portion to which a tube for supplying the gas to the first gas supplying portion is connectable; and a second tube connecting portion to which a tube for supplying the gas to the second gas supplying portion is connectable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiko Takatori, Kenichiro Kabumoto, Masayuki Inoue
  • Patent number: 11504025
    Abstract: To provide a mask capable of reducing a load of a patient while suppressing lowering of accuracy at which a subject's exhaled air is measured. A mask to be put on a subject's face includes a mask body portion demarcating an internal space in a state of covering part of the subject's face and a cup-shaped nasal cup covering a subject's nose in a state of being arranged inside the internal space, in which the nasal cup includes a first wall portion covering the subject's nose, a second wall portion arranged under the subject's nostrils, and an exhaled air discharge portion guiding an exhaled air from the subject's nose to an exhaled air sensor, and at least part of the exhaled air from the subject's nose is guided toward the exhaled air discharge portion by the second guide portion in a state where the nasal cup covers the subject's nose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Baba, Isao Matsubara, Masayuki Inoue, Kenichiro Kabumoto, Fumihiko Takatori
  • Patent number: 11484675
    Abstract: An airway adaptor includes: a gas passage into which a respiratory gas of a subject is to flow; a respiratory gas introducing portion which is configured to guide the respiratory gas expired from at least one of nostrils and a mouth of the subject, to the gas passage; and an airway case on which a temperature sensor that is configured to detect a temperature change of the respiratory gas flowing into the gas passage is mountable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiko Takatori, Shinji Yamamori, Masayuki Inoue, Kota Saeki
  • Publication number: 20220288331
    Abstract: A physiological information processing system includes: a respiration sensor that is configured to detect a respiratory condition of a subject to whom a ventilation device is attached; a light emitting device that is configured to emit light toward an outside; and a physiological information processing apparatus that is connected to the respiration sensor and the light emitting device. The physiological information processing apparatus is configured to: acquire a parameter relevant to respiration of the subject; determine whether or not the parameter is included in a threshold range; and change a visual aspect of the light emitting device in response to determining whether or not the parameter is included in the threshold range. The light emitting device is removably attached to a columnar body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Fumihiko TAKATORI, Kentaro SUZUKI, Masayuki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20220257142
    Abstract: An airway adapter forms a part of a breathing circuit that is connected to a test subject. A first cylindrical portion forms a male terminal that is fitted into a female member forming another part of the breathing circuit. A second cylindrical portion forms a female terminal that compartmentalizes a fitting portion into which a male member forming another part of the breathing circuit is fitted. An airway forming portion is disposed in an internal space compartmentalized by the first cylindrical portion, and forms an airway communicating with the fitting portion. A first sealing member is disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the first cylindrical portion and has higher flexibility than the first cylindrical portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Fumihiko TAKATORI, Yuya BABA, Kenichiro KABUMOTO, Takayuki AOYAGI, Kentaro SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11304625
    Abstract: A gas sensor kit includes a gas sensor that measures a gas concentration of an exhalation gas of a subject, a gas introduction part that introduces the exhalation gas of the subject to the gas sensor and a gas supply unit that supplies a therapeutic gas to the subject. In the gas sensor kit, the gas supply unit includes a flow rate adjusting part that adjusts flow rate of the therapeutic gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiko Takatori, Masayuki Inoue, Kenichiro Kabumoto
  • Publication number: 20220031981
    Abstract: A nasal adaptor includes: an oral expiration guiding portion which has an opposing portion that is to be opposed to the mouth of a living body, and in which a mouth-side guide path that guides expiration that is expired from the mouth to the opposing portion is formed; and an attaching portion which is placed above the oral expiration guiding portion with respect to the living body, and to which a holding member that holds a sensor for measuring the expiration guided by the oral expiration guiding portion is attached. The oral expiration guiding portion is integrally connected to the attaching portion, and has positioning changing portions that change the distances between connecting portions connected to the attaching portion, and the opposing portion, thereby changing the positioning of the opposing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Takayuki AOYAGI, Kenichiro KABUMOTO, Fumihiko TAKATORI, Masayuki INOUE
  • Patent number: 11002382
    Abstract: A cable guide is configured to be detachably attached to a detection device having a cable lead-out portion from which a cable extends in a predetermined direction. The cable guide includes a guide portion configured to change a lead-out direction of the cable with respect to the cable lead-out portion, and an attachment portion configured to attach the guide portion to the detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiko Takatori, Masayuki Inoue
  • Patent number: 10912912
    Abstract: A gas measurement adapter includes a flow tube portion configured to allow gas to pass through the flow tube portion, and a window portion configured to allow measurement light for measuring a component of the gas passing through the flow tube portion to pass through the window portion. The window portion is thinner than the flow tube portion and is molded integrally with the flow tube portion. The window portion comprises an effective portion configured to allow the measurement light to pass through the effective portion and an outer peripheral portion provided on an outer periphery of the effective portion. An inner surface of the window portion is configured such that an outer perimeter of the effective portion is contiguously coplanar with the outer peripheral portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya Baba, Masayuki Inoue, Hidetoshi Dainobu, Kenichiro Kabumoto, Fumihiko Takatori, Takayuki Aoyagi