Patents by Inventor Hideaki SAEKI

Hideaki SAEKI 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: 9693712
    Abstract: A lancet pricking device comprises a lancet, a launching spring, a trigger part and a holder housing the lancet, launching spring and trigger part. The lancet comprises a lancet body, lancet cap and pricking needle. The pricking needle is in both the lancet body and lancet cap. The trigger part has a pair of arms positioned inside the holder. The launching spring is attached to the lancet body. The lancet body is secured to the arms of the trigger part by an abutment of the lancet body on the arms such that the launching spring is compressed before a pricking operation. The trigger part cannot be pushed toward the inside of the holder before the lancet cap is removed, but can be pushed toward the inside of the holder after the cap is removed. The lancet body warps when pressed to release the secured lancet body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignees: ASAHI POLYSLIDER COMPANY, LIMITED, IZUMI-COSMO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hyoue, Hideaki Saeki, Hirokazu Imori
  • Patent number: 9566028
    Abstract: A lancet pricking device comprising a lancet, a launching spring and a lancet holder for housing therein the lancet and the launching spring. The lancet pricking device of the present invention is characterized in that the lancet comprises a lancet body, a lancet cap and a pricking needle, and the pricking needle is disposed in both the lancet body and the lancet cap; wherein the launching spring is attached to the lancet body, and the lancet body is secured by abutting against the lancet holder such that the launching spring is kept compressed before a pricking operation; and wherein, when the lancet cap is removed, the lancet body becomes capable of warping upon being pressed from an outside to cause the secured lancet body to be released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignees: ASAHI POLYSLIDER COMPANY, LIMITED, IZUMI-COSMO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hideaki Saeki, Hiroshi Hanafusa, Kazuharu Seki, Teruyuki Abe
  • Publication number: 20170027490
    Abstract: There is provided a lancet wherein a lancet cap is composed at least of a grip member and a pricking-component protective member, and the pricking-component protective member has a two-part structure of a flexible part and a rigid part, the flexible part having a relative flexibility with respect to the rigid part, the rigid part having a relative rigidity with respect to the flexible part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Hideaki SAEKI, Hirokazu IMORI
  • Patent number: 9282919
    Abstract: A lancet pricking device comprises a lancet, a launching spring, a trigger part and a holder housing the lancet, launching spring and trigger part. The lancet comprises a lancet body, lancet cap and pricking needle. The pricking needle is in both the lancet body and lancet cap. The trigger part has a pair of arms positioned inside the holder. The launching spring is attached to the lancet body. The lancet body is secured to the arms of the trigger part by an abutment of the lancet body on the arms such that the launching spring is compressed before a pricking operation. The trigger part cannot be pushed further into the holder before the lancet cap is removed, but can be pushed further into the holder after the cap is removed. The pair of arms warp when pressed to release the secured lancet body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignees: ASAHI POLYSLIDER COMPANY, LIMITED, IZUMI-COSMO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hyoue, Hideaki Saeki, Hirokazu Imori
  • Patent number: 9173599
    Abstract: There is provided a lancet comprising a lancet body, a lancet cap and a pricking component. In the lancet, the lancet body and the lancet cap are made of resin and the pricking component is made of metal. The pricking component is situated in both of the lancet body and the lancet cap, and the tip of the pricking component is covered with the lancet cap. The lancet body of the lancet is thin except for a rim portion of the body, and the rim portion of the lancet body has such a form that the rim portion extends symmetrically from the thinned portion of the lancet body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: ASAHI POLYSLIDER COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Hideaki Saeki
  • Patent number: 9138185
    Abstract: A lancet assembly includes a lancet, a lancet engaging part, and a lancet case housing the lancet and the lancet engaging part. In the lancet assembly of the present invention, the lancet engaging part and the lancet cap are disposed such that they are capable of making contact with each other. When the lancet engaging part is forced to move forward with respect to the lancet in a pricking direction, the lancet cap is pressed by the lancet engaging part, and thereby the bridging component is broken so that the lancet cap is separated from the lancet body. When the lancet engaging part is forced to further move forward, the separated lancet cap moves to the position off a pricking pathway of the pricking component within the lancet case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignees: IZUMI-COSMO COMPANY, LIMITED, ASAHI POLYSLIDER COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hideaki Saeki, Hirokazu Imori, Kazuharu Seki
  • Patent number: 9044177
    Abstract: A lancet pricking device comprises a lancet, a launching spring, a trigger part and a holder housing the lancet, launching spring and trigger part. The lancet comprises a lancet body, lancet cap and pricking needle. The pricking needle is in both the lancet body and lancet cap. The trigger part has a pair of arms positioned inside the holder. The launching spring is attached to the lancet body. The lancet body is secured to the arms of the trigger part by an abutment of the lancet body on the arms such that the launching spring is compressed before a pricking operation. The trigger part cannot be pushed toward the inside of the holder before the lancet cap is removed, but can be pushed toward the inside of the holder after the cap is removed. The lancet body warps when pressed to release the secured lancet body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignees: ASAHI POLYSLIDER COMPANY, LIMITED, IZUMI-COSMO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hyoue, Hideaki Saeki, Hirokazu Imori
  • Publication number: 20150133818
    Abstract: There is provided an injector capable of launching a lancet to provide a pricking. The injector comprises a plunger part capable of launching the lancet in a pricking direction, and an injector casing, the plunger part being located in an interior space of the casing. The plunger part comprises a lancet-attachment portion in its tip, and the lancet-attachment portion has a dual cylindrical structure composed of an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder such that respective bodies of the outer and inner cylinders are spaced away from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Hideaki Saeki, Hirokazu Imori
  • Publication number: 20150112375
    Abstract: A lancet pricking device comprises a lancet, a launching spring, a trigger part and a holder housing the lancet, launching spring and trigger part. The lancet comprises a lancet body, lancet cap and pricking needle. The pricking needle is in both the lancet body and lancet cap. The trigger part has a pair of arms positioned inside the holder. The launching spring is attached to the lancet body. The lancet body is secured to the arms of the trigger part by an abutment of the lancet body on the arms such that the launching spring is compressed before a pricking operation. The trigger part cannot be pushed toward the inside of the holder before the lancet cap is removed, but can be pushed toward the inside of the holder after the cap is removed. The lancet body warps when pressed to release the secured lancet body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Tomoyuki HYOUE, Hideaki SAEKI, Hirokazu IMORI
  • Publication number: 20150012029
    Abstract: A lancet pricking device comprises a lancet, a launching spring, a trigger part and a holder housing the lancet, launching spring and trigger part. The lancet comprises a lancet body, lancet cap and pricking needle. The pricking needle is in both the lancet body and lancet cap. The trigger part has a pair of arms positioned inside the holder. The launching spring is attached to the lancet body. The lancet body is secured to the arms of the trigger part by an abutment of the lancet body on the arms such that the launching spring is compressed before a pricking operation. The trigger part cannot be pushed toward the inside of the holder before the lancet cap is removed, but can be pushed toward the inside of the holder after the cap is removed. The lancet body warps when pressed to release the secured lancet body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Tomoyuki HYOUE, Hideaki SAEKI, Hirokazu IMORI
  • Publication number: 20140088631
    Abstract: There is provided a lancet comprising a lancet body, a lancet cap and a pricking component. In the lancet, the lancet body and the lancet cap are made of resin and the pricking component is made of metal. The pricking component is situated in both of the lancet body and the lancet cap, and the tip of the pricking component is covered with the lancet cap. The lancet body of the lancet is thin except for a rim portion of the body, and the rim portion of the lancet body has such a form that the rim portion extends symmetrically from the thinned portion of the lancet body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventor: Hideaki Saeki
  • Publication number: 20130317533
    Abstract: There is provided a lancet device comprising a pricking part and a pressing part. In the lancet device of the present invention, the pricking part is comprised of a needle shaft component equipped with a pricking needle, a driving shaft component, and an intermediate shaft component therebetween, the needle shaft component, the driving shaft component and the intermediate shaft component being connected to each other via a joint component. When a pricking operation is performed, the driving shaft component of the pricking part is at least partly rotated by being pressed by a pressing action of the pressing part, and thereby the intermediate shaft component of the pricking part is displaced causing the needle shaft component to move in a pricking direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Hideaki Saeki, Kazuharu Seki, Teruyuki Abe
  • Publication number: 20120215246
    Abstract: There is provided a lancet pricking device, comprising a lancet, a launching spring, a trigger part and a holder for housing therein the lancet, the launching spring and the trigger part. In the lancet pricking device, the lancet comprises a lancet body, a lancet cap and a pricking needle, and the pricking needle is disposed in both the lancet body and the lancet cap, and the trigger part has a pair of arms positioned inside the holder, and the launching spring is attached to the lancet body, and the lancet body is secured to the arms of the trigger part by an abutment of the lancet body on the arms such that the launching spring is kept compressed before a pricking operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hyoue, Hideaki Saeki, Hirokazu Imori
  • Publication number: 20120203259
    Abstract: A lancet pricking device comprising a lancet, a launching spring and a lancet holder for housing therein the lancet and the launching spring. The lancet pricking device of the present invention is characterized in that the lancet comprises a lancet body, a lancet cap and a pricking needle, and the pricking needle is disposed in both the lancet body and the lancet cap; wherein the launching spring is attached to the lancet body, and the lancet body is secured by abutting against the lancet holder such that the launching spring is kept compressed before a pricking operation; and wherein, when the lancet cap is removed, the lancet body becomes capable of warping upon being pressed from an outside to cause the secured lancet body to be released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Hideaki Saeki, Hiroshi Hanafusa, Kazuharu Seki, Teruyuki Abe
  • Publication number: 20120095488
    Abstract: There is provided a lancet pricking device which is prevented from being re-used, and also the pricking pathway of the needle thereof is improved. The lancet pricking device comprising a lancet equipped with a pricking needle and a trigger for launching the pricking needle. The trigger comprises a first trigger part and a second trigger part disposed such as to cover the first trigger part. The lancet is in engagement with the first trigger part before the pricking needle is launched. When the second trigger part is pushed from the outside for the launching of the pricking needle, the displacement of the first trigger part is caused by the second trigger part, and thereby ceasing the engagement between the lancet and the first trigger part to launch the pricking needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Hideaki SAEKI, Hirokazu Imori, Teruyuki Abe