Patents by Inventor Goki NUMATA

Goki NUMATA 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).

  • Patent number: 12349870
    Abstract: An endoscope system includes a gas feeding apparatus that feeds carbon dioxide, and a light source apparatus provided with an air pump for supplying air. The endoscope system feeds the carbon dioxide or the air from a distal end of an endoscope when a gas/liquid feeding button provided to the endoscope is operated. The endoscope system includes a pressure meter and a processor. The pressure meter is provided inside the gas feeding apparatus and configured to detect a pressure of the carbon dioxide. The processor is configured to perform control for stopping feeding of the air by the air pump when determining that, after the carbon dioxide is fed by an operation of the gas/liquid feeding button, the pressure of the carbon dioxide detected by the pressure meter reaches a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunitoshi Hiraga, Goki Numata
  • Publication number: 20250090005
    Abstract: A gas feeding apparatus configured to supply the gas to a lumen of a patient through a gas feeding conduit provided in an endoscope, the gas feeding apparatus including: a flow rate sensor configured to measure a flow rate of the gas in the gas feeding conduit; and a control circuit configured to time-sequentially calculate an integrated amount of the gas fed to the lumen in a period from a first timing to a second timing, the first timing being a timing when the gas starts to be fed from the gas feeding conduit to the lumen by an operation of a gas feeding button of the endoscope, the second timing being different from the first timing. The control circuit controls a notification unit to activate an alarm, when the integrated amount of the gas reaches the first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Goki NUMATA, Kunitoshi HIRAGA
  • Patent number: 12185920
    Abstract: A gas feeding apparatus configured to supply the gas to a lumen of a patient through a gas feeding conduit provided in an endoscope, the gas feeding apparatus including: a flow rate sensor configured to measure a flow rate of the gas in the gas feeding conduit; and a control circuit configured to time-sequentially calculate an integrated amount of the gas fed to the lumen in a period from a first timing to a second timing, the first timing being a timing when the gas starts to be fed from the gas feeding conduit to the lumen by an operation of a gas feeding button of the endoscope, the second timing being different from the first timing. The control circuit controls a notification unit to activate an alarm, when the integrated amount of the gas reaches the first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Goki Numata, Kunitoshi Hiraga
  • Publication number: 20230414067
    Abstract: An image display device includes: a plurality of circuits configured to process image signals received from an endoscope, and display an endoscope image on a display; a battery configured to supply electric power to the plurality of circuits; and a processor. The processor switches a control mode in which the electric power is supplied to the plurality of circuits, from a normal mode to any one of a plurality of standby modes in which power consumption is set to be lower than in the normal mode; and the processor switches the control mode, in a case where date and time are out of a preset scheduled use period, to a second standby mode in which the power consumption is set to be lower than in a first standby mode of a case where the date and time are within the scheduled use period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventor: Goki NUMATA
  • Publication number: 20220031153
    Abstract: An endoscope system includes a gas feeding apparatus that feeds carbon dioxide, and a light source apparatus provided with an air pump for supplying air. The endoscope system feeds the carbon dioxide or the air from a distal end of an endoscope when a gas/liquid feeding button provided to the endoscope is operated. The endoscope system includes a pressure meter and a processor. The pressure meter is provided inside the gas feeding apparatus and configured to detect a pressure of the carbon dioxide. The processor is configured to perform control for stopping feeding of the air by the air pump when determining that, after the carbon dioxide is fed by an operation of the gas/liquid feeding button, the pressure of the carbon dioxide detected by the pressure meter reaches a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunitoshi HIRAGA, Goki NUMATA
  • Publication number: 20220000349
    Abstract: A gas feeding apparatus configured to supply the gas to a lumen of a patient through a gas feeding conduit provided in an endoscope, the gas feeding apparatus including: a flow rate sensor configured to measure a flow rate of the gas in the gas feeding conduit; and a control circuit configured to time-sequentially calculate an integrated amount of the gas fed to the lumen in a period from a first timing to a second timing, the first timing being a timing when the gas starts to be fed from the gas feeding conduit to the lumen by an operation of a gas feeding button of the endoscope, the second timing being different from the first timing. The control circuit controls a notification unit to activate an alarm, when the integrated amount of the gas reaches the first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Goki NUMATA, Kunitoshi HIRAGA
  • Publication number: 20220000348
    Abstract: A gas feeding apparatus communicating with a gas feeding source that feeds a predetermined gas and configured to supply the gas to a lumen of a patient through a gas feeding conduit provided in an endoscope includes: a gas feeding bottle provided between the gas feeding apparatus and the gas feeding conduit of the endoscope, and having the gas reserved; and a control circuit configured to detect a timing of start of decrease in a state where a predetermined value is kept, and configured to control a gas feeding amount from the gas feeding bottle to the gas feeding conduit, at the detected timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Goki NUMATA, Kunitoshi HIRAGA