Patents by Inventor Hideaki Hiro-Oka

Hideaki Hiro-Oka 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: 7732784
    Abstract: An OCT technique that permits tomographic observation of biological body parts that are difficult to restrain, and also provides a tomographic observation technique for the observation of a constrainable part that does not require constraint and thus removes a burden on the biological body. A wavelength-tunable light generator (wavelength-tunable light source) is employed as the light source of the optical coherence tomography device. The wavelength-tunable light generator has a wave number tunable range width of at least 4.7×10?2 ?m?1 and an emitted-light frequency width of no more than 13 GHz, for example, and is capable of changing the wave number stepwise at wave number intervals of no more than 3.1×10?4 ?m?1 and time intervals of no more than 530 ?s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: School Juridical Person Kitasato Institute
    Inventors: Kimiya Shimizu, Kohji Ohbayashi, Takuji Amano, Hideaki Hiro-Oka, DongHak Choi, Hiroyuki Furukawa, Motoi Nakanishi, Fumiyoshi Kano, Takeo Miyazawa, Ryoko Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20090273790
    Abstract: The present invention provides an OCT technique that permits tomographic observation of a biological body parts that is difficult to restrain and also provides a tomographic observation technique for the observation of a constrainable part that does not require constraint and remove the burden from biological body. A wavelength-tunable light generator (wavelength-tunable light source) is employed as the light source of the optical coherence tomography device. The wavelength-tunable light generator has a wave number tunable range width of at least 4.7×10?2 ?m?1 and an emitted-light frequency width of no more than 13 GHz, for example, and includes means capable of changing the wave number stepwise at wave number intervals of no more than 3.1×10?4 ?m?1 and time intervals of no more than 530 ?s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicants: SCHOOL JURIDICAL PERSON KITASATO INSTITUTE, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimiya SHIMIZU, Kohji OHBAYASHI, Takuji AMANO, Hideaki HIRO-OKA, DongHak CHOI, Hiroyuki FURUKAWA, Motoi NAKANISHI, Fumiyoshi KANO, Takeo MIYAZAWA, Ryoko YOSHIMURA
  • Patent number: 7564565
    Abstract: The present invention provides an OCT technique that permits tomographic observation of a biological body parts that is difficult to restrain and also provides a tomographic observation technique for the observation of a constrainable part that does not require constraint and remove the burden from biological body. A wavelength-tunable light generator (wavelength-tunable light source) is employed as the light source of the optical coherence tomography device. The wavelength-tunable light generator has a wave number tunable range width of at least 4.7×10?2 ?m?1 and an emitted-light frequency width of no more than 13 GHz, for example, and includes means capable of changing the wave number stepwise at wave number intervals of no more than 3.1×10?4 ?m?1 and time intervals of no more than 530 ?s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignees: School Juridical Person Kitasato Institute, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kimiya Shimizu, Kohji Ohbayashi, Takuji Amano, Hideaki Hiro-Oka, DongHak Choi, Hiroyuki Furukawa, Motoi Nakanishi, Fumiyoshi Kano, Takeo Miyazawa, Ryoko Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20080252901
    Abstract: The present invention provides an OCT technique that permits tomographic observation of a biological body parts that is difficult to restrain and also provides a tomographic observation technique for the observation of a constrainable part that does not require constraint and remove the burden from biological body. A wavelength-tunable light generator (wavelength-tunable light source) is employed as the light source of the optical coherence tomography device. The wavelength-tunable light generator has a wave number tunable range width of at least 4.7×10?2 ?m?1 and an emitted-light frequency width of no more than 13 GHz, for example, and includes means capable of changing the wave number stepwise at wave number intervals of no more than 3.1×10?4 ?m?1 and time intervals of no more than 530 ?s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicants: School Jiridical Person Kitasato Gakuen, Nippon Telegraph And Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kimiya Shimizu, Kohji Ohbayashi, Takuji Amano, Hideaki Hiro-Oka, DongHak Choi, Hiroyuki Furukawa, Motoi Nakanishi, Fumiyoshi Kano, Takeo Miyazawa, Ryoko Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20080031410
    Abstract: The present invention provides an OCT technique that permits tomographic observation of a biological body parts that is difficult to restrain and also provides a tomographic observation technique for the observation of a constrainable part that does not require constraint and remove the burden from biological body. A wavelength-tunable light generator (wavelength-tunable light source) is employed as the light source of the optical coherence tomography device. The wavelength-tunable light generator has a wave number tunable range width of at least 4.7×10?2 ?m?1 and an emitted-light frequency width of no more than 13 GHz, for example, and includes means capable of changing the wave number stepwise at wave number intervals of no more than 3.1×10?4 ?m?1 and time intervals of no more than 530 ?s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicants: SCHOOL JURIDICAL PERSON KITASATO GAKUEN, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimiya SHIMIZU, Kohji OHBAYASHI, Takuji AMANO, Hideaki HIRO-OKA, DongHak CHOI, Hiroyuki FURUKAWA, Motoi NAKANISHI, Fumiyoshi KANO, Takeo MIYAZAWA, Ryoko YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20080024788
    Abstract: The present invention provides an OCT technique that permits tomographic observation of a biological body parts that is difficult to restrain and also provides a tomographic observation technique for the observation of a constrainable part that does not require constraint and remove the burden from biological body. A wavelength-tunable light generator (wavelength-tunable light source) is employed as the light source of the optical coherence tomography device. The wavelength-tunable light generator has a wave number tunable range width of at least 4.7×10?2 ?m?1 and an emitted-light frequency width of no more than 13 GHz, for example, and includes means capable of changing the wave number stepwise at wave number intervals of no more than 3.1×10?4 ?m?1 and time intervals of no more than 530 ?s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicants: SCHOOL JURIDICAL PERSON KITASATO GAKUEN, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimiya SHIMIZU, Kohji OHBAYASHI, Takuji AMANO, Hideaki HIRO-OKA, DongHak CHOI, Hiroyuki FURUKAWA, Motoi NAKANISHI, Fumiyoshi KANO, Takeo MIYAZAWA, Ryoko YOSHIMURA