Patents by Inventor Harumi Toda

Harumi Toda 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: 5183045
    Abstract: There is carried out an NMR measurement in which a receiver coil (7) for receiving an NMR free induction signal comes in contact with or in close vicinity to one side of tissue of a living body (1) immersed in a perfusion solution (4), while a portion or whole body of the receiver coil (7) is so held as not to come in contact with the perfusion solution (4). According to this measuring method, since a portion or whole body of the receiver coil (7) does not come in contact with the perfusion solution (4), the receiver coil (7) is hardly subject to the electromagnetic influence of changes in the perfusion solution (4). This prevents the free induction signal from being embedded in noise, assuring measurement with high sensitivity. Even for a large-size internal organ, only a signal from an area presenting a uniform magnetic field may be acquired, since the measurement is carried out with the receiver coil (7) coming in contact with or in close vicinity to one side of the internal organ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1993
    Assignee: Otsuka Electronic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Takamura, Takashi Nakamura, Makoto Okawauchi, Harumi Toda, Ichiro Kanki, Minoru Yoshida, Toshiyuki Imoto, Naomi Negayama, Koichi Oka