Patents by Inventor Haruo Iiyama
Haruo Iiyama 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).
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Patent number: 6537315Abstract: An artificial heart has a driving section, a nozzle section, a pump section for insertion into a ventricle of a human heart, and a sealing section forming a seal for a driving shaft extending from the driving section for driving the pump section. A sealing liquid chamber filled with a sealing liquid is formed around the driving shaft between the sealing mechanism and the driving section. The sealing liquid in the sealing liquid chamber maintains the sealing mechanism in a liquid-tight state and lubricates the sealing mechanism, whereby blood is prevented from entering the driving section. Even if blood happens to enter the driving section, the blood is mixed with the sealing liquid and does not coagulate. Thus, the operation of the artificial heart is not suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2001Date of Patent: March 25, 2003Assignees: Sun Medical Technology Research Corporation, NOK Corporation, Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kenji Yamazaki, Toshio Mori, Haruo Iiyama, Shunichi Yamazaki, Nobutaka Ito, Osami Miyao, Masanori Hori, Yukio Iwasaki, Hitoshi Adachi, Kouji Higuchi
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Patent number: 6387125Abstract: An artificial heart has a driving section, a nozzle section, a pump section for insertion into a ventricle of a human heart, and a sealing section forming a seal for a driving shaft extending from the driving section for driving the pump section. A sealing liquid chamber filled with a sealing liquid is formed around the driving shaft between the sealing mechanism and the driving section. The sealing liquid in the sealing liquid chamber maintains the sealing mechanism in a liquid-tight state and lubricates the sealing mechanism, whereby blood is prevented from entering the driving section. Even if blood happens to enter the driving section, the blood is mixed with the sealing liquid and does not coagulate. Thus, the operation of the artificial heart is not suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1999Date of Patent: May 14, 2002Assignees: Sun Medical Technology Research Corporation, NOK Corporation, Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kenji Yamazaki, Toshio Mori, Haruo Iiyama, Shunichi Yamazaki, Nobutaka Ito, Osami Miyao, Masanori Hori, Yukio Iwasaki, Hitoshi Adachi, Kouji Higuchi
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Patent number: 6346120Abstract: An artificial heart has a driving section, a nozzle section, a pump section for insertion into a ventricle of a human heart, and a sealing section forming a seal for a driving shaft extending from the driving section for driving the pump section. A sealing liquid chamber filled with a sealing liquid is formed around the driving shaft between the sealing mechanism and the driving section. The sealing liquid in the sealing liquid chamber maintains the sealing mechanism in a liquid-tight state and lubricates the sealing mechanism, whereby blood is prevented from entering the driving section. Even if blood happens to enter the driving section, the blood is mixed with the sealing liquid and does not coagulate. Thus, the operation of the artificial heart is not suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1999Date of Patent: February 12, 2002Assignees: Sun Medical Technology Research Corporation, NOK Corporation, Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kenji Yamazaki, Toshio Mori, Haruo Iiyama, Shunichi Yamazaki, Nobutaka Ito, Osami Miyao, Masanori Hori, Yukio Iwasaki, Hitoshi Adachi, Kouji Higuchi
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Patent number: 6336939Abstract: An artificial heart has a driving section, a nozzle section, a pump section for insertion into a ventricle of a human heart, and a sealing section forming a seal for a driving shaft extending from the driving section for driving the pump section. A sealing liquid chamber filled with a sealing liquid is formed around the driving shaft between the sealing mechanism and the driving section. The sealing liquid in the sealing liquid chamber maintains the sealing mechanism in a liquid-tight state and lubricates the sealing mechanism, whereby blood is prevented from entering the driving section. Even if blood happens to enter the driving section, the blood is mixed with the sealing liquid and does not coagulate. Thus, the operation of the artificial heart is not suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1999Date of Patent: January 8, 2002Assignees: Sun Medical Technology Research Corporation, NOK Corporation, Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kenji Yamazaki, Toshio Mori, Haruo Iiyama, Shunichi Yamazaki, Nobutaka Ito, Osami Miyao, Masanori Hori, Yukio Iwasaki, Hitoshi Adachi, Kouji Higuchi
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Publication number: 20010041934Abstract: An artificial heart has a driving section, a nozzle section, a pump section for insertion into a ventricle of a human heart, and a sealing section forming a seal for a driving shaft extending from the driving section for driving the pump section. A sealing liquid chamber filled with a sealing liquid is formed around the driving shaft between the sealing mechanism and the driving section. The sealing liquid in the sealing liquid chamber maintains the sealing mechanism in a liquid-tight state and lubricates the sealing mechanism, whereby blood is prevented from entering the driving section. Even if blood happens to enter the driving section, the blood is mixed with the sealing liquid and does not coagulate. Thus, the operation of the artificial heart is not suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2001Publication date: November 15, 2001Applicant: Sun Medical Technology Research Corporation; NOK Corporation; Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kenji Yamazaki, Toshio Mori, Haruo Iiyama, Shunichi Yamazaki, Nobutaka Ito, Osami Miyao, Masanori Hori, Yukio Iwasaki, Hitoshi Adachi, Kouji Higuchi
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Patent number: 6302910Abstract: An artificial heart has a driving section, a nozzle section, a pump section for insertion into a ventricle of a human heart, and a sealing section forming a seal for a driving shaft extending from the driving section for driving the pump section. A sealing liquid chamber filled with a sealing liquid is formed around the driving shaft between the sealing mechanism and the driving section. The sealing liquid in the sealing liquid chamber maintains the sealing mechanism in a liquid-tight state and lubricates the sealing mechanism, whereby blood is prevented from entering the driving section. Even if blood happens to enter the driving section, the blood is mixed with the sealing liquid and does not coagulate. Thus, the operation of the artificial heart is not suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1999Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignees: Sun Medical Technology Research Corporation, NOK Corporation, Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kenji Yamazaki, Toshio Mori, Haruo Iiyama, Shunichi Yamazaki, Nobutaka Ito, Osami Miyao, Masanori Hori, Yukio Iwasaki, Hitoshi Adachi, Kouji Higuchi