Patents by Inventor Hidehito Asano
Hidehito Asano 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: 9937363Abstract: An irradiation apparatus attached to a rotary gantry includes a middle housing unit and a lower housing unit. Touch sensor apparatuses are attached to a middle housing unit, and touch sensor apparatuses are attached to a lower housing unit. The touch sensor apparatus includes a cover, a pair of cover support apparatuses for attaching the cover to a support member of the middle housing unit, and a sensor unit attached to each cover support apparatus. When the cover comes into contact with a bed and moves toward the support member during rotation of the irradiation apparatus, a link such as a cover support apparatus activates the sensor unit, and a contact signal is output. The touch sensor apparatuses also function in the same manner.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Takizawa, Hidehito Asano
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Publication number: 20160332002Abstract: An irradiation apparatus attached to a rotary gantry includes a middle housing unit and a lower housing unit. Touch sensor apparatuses are attached to a middle housing unit, and touch sensor apparatuses are attached to a lower housing unit. The touch sensor apparatus includes a cover, a pair of cover support apparatuses for attaching the cover to a support member of the middle housing unit, and a sensor unit attached to each cover support apparatus. When the cover comes into contact with a bed and moves toward the support member during rotation of the irradiation apparatus, a link such as a cover support apparatus activates the sensor unit, and a contact signal is output. The touch sensor apparatuses also function in the same manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Kenichi TAKIZAWA, Hidehito ASANO
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Patent number: 7181792Abstract: A therapeutic bed is arranged so that its inclination is adjusted by a bed inclination adjusting device provided to a rotation drive device disposed in a Y-direction moving device. The bed inclination adjusting device supports the therapeutic bed at three points by its three inclination adjusters. Each of the inclination adjusters converts the rotation of a motor into the rectilinear motion of a slider, and varies the level of a universal joint provided to the therapeutic bed by a support rod rotatably attached to the slider. This allows the inclination angle of the therapeutic bed to be varied. The provision of the bed inclination adjusting device reduces the number of drive devices for positioning the therapeutic bed, thereby decreasing the cumulative value of errors in all drive devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2004Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Setsubi Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shin Nakamura, Hiroshi Akiyama, Junichi Yamashita, Kyouichi Kawasaki, Yuuji Hosoda, Hiroyuki Sadamori, Hidehito Asano, Yoshiyuki Nakamura
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Patent number: 7030396Abstract: Disclosed is a medical particle irradiation apparatus comprising a rotating gantry 1 including an irradiation unit 4 emitting particle beams; an annular frame 16 located within and supported by the rotating gantry 1 such that it can rotate relative to the rotating gantry 1; an annular frame 15 fixedly located opposite the annular frame 16; an anti-corotation mechanism 34 being in contact with both the annular frames 16 and 15 to prevent the annular frame 16 from rotating together with the rotating gantry 1 during rotation of the rotating gantry 1; and a flexible moving floor 17 interposed between the annular frames 15 and 16, the flexible moving floor 17 being engaged with the annular frames 15 and 16 in such a manner as to move freely such that its bottom is substantially level and that it moves as the rotating gantry rotates.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2003Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Setsubi Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yutaka Muramatsu, Hidehito Asano, Wataru Sagawa, Hiroshi Akiyama, Tsutomu Yamashita
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Patent number: 6903356Abstract: Disclosed is a medical particle irradiation apparatus comprising a rotating gantry 1 including an irradiation unit 4 emitting particle beams; an annular frame 16 located within and supported by the rotating gantry 1 such that it can rotate relative to the rotating gantry 1; an annular frame 15 fixedly located opposite the annular frame 16; an anti-corotation mechanism 34 being in contact with both the annular frames 16 and 15 to prevent the annular frame 16 from rotating together with the rotating gantry 1 during rotation of the rotating gantry 1; and a flexible moving floor 17 interposed between the annular frames 15 and 16, the flexible moving floor 17 being engaged with the annular frames 15 and 16 in such a manner as to move freely such that its bottom is substantially level and that it moves as the rotating gantry rotates.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2003Date of Patent: June 7, 2005Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Setsubi Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yutaka Muramatsu, Hidehito Asano, Wataru Sagawa, Hiroshi Akiyama, Tsutomu Yamashita
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Publication number: 20050028280Abstract: A therapeutic bed is arranged so that its inclination is adjusted by a bed inclination adjusting device provided to a rotation drive device disposed in a Y-direction moving device. The bed inclination adjusting device supports the therapeutic bed at three points by its three inclination adjusters. Each of the inclination adjusters converts the rotation of a motor into the rectilinear motion of a slider, and varies the level of a universal joint provided to the therapeutic bed by a support rod rotatably attached to the slider. This allows the inclination angle of the therapeutic bed to be varied. The provision of the bed inclination adjusting device reduces the number of drive devices for positioning the therapeutic bed, thereby decreasing the cumulative value of errors in all drive devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2004Publication date: February 10, 2005Inventors: Shin Nakamura, Hiroshi Akiyama, Junichi Yamashita, Kyouichi Kawasaki, Yuuji Hosoda, Hiroyuki Sadamori, Hidehito Asano, Yoshiyuki Nakamura
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Patent number: 6803591Abstract: Disclosed is a medical particle irradiation apparatus comprising a rotating gantry 1 including an irradiation unit 4 emitting particle beams; an annular frame 16 located within and supported by the rotating gantry 1 such that it can rotate relative to the rotating gantry 1; an annular frame 15 fixedly located opposite the annular frame 16; an anti-corotation mechanism 34 being in contact with both the annular frames 16 and 15 to prevent the annular frame 16 from rotating together with the rotating gantry 1 during rotation of the rotating gantry 1; and a flexible moving floor 17 interposed between the annular frames 15 and 16, the flexible moving floor 17 being engaged with the annular frames 15 and 16 in such a manner as to move freely such that its bottom is substantially level and that it moves as the rotating gantry rotates.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2003Date of Patent: October 12, 2004Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Setsubi Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yutaka Muramatsu, Hidehito Asano, Wataru Sagawa, Hiroshi Akiyama, Tsutomu Yamashita
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Publication number: 20040111134Abstract: Disclosed is a medical particle irradiation apparatus comprising a rotating gantry 1 including an irradiation unit 4 emitting particle beams; an annular frame 16 located within and supported by the rotating gantry 1 such that it can rotate relative to the rotating gantry 1; an annular frame 15 fixedly located opposite the annular frame 16; an anti-corotation mechanism 34 being in contact with both the annular frames 16 and 15 to prevent the annular frame 16 from rotating together with the rotating gantry 1 during rotation of the rotating gantry 1; and a flexible moving floor 17 interposed between the annular frames 15 and 16, the flexible moving floor 17 being engaged with the annular frames 15 and 16 in such a manner as to move freely such that its bottom is substantially level and that it moves as the rotating gantry rotates.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2003Publication date: June 10, 2004Inventors: Yutaka Muramatsu, Hidehito Asano, Wataru Sagawa, Hiroshi Akiyama, Tsutomu Yamashita
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Publication number: 20040061077Abstract: Disclosed is a medical particle irradiation apparatus comprising a rotating gantry 1 including an irradiation unit 4 emitting particle beams; an annular frame 16 located within and supported by the rotating gantry 1 such that it can rotate relative to the rotating gantry 1; an annular frame 15 fixedly located opposite the annular frame 16; an anti-corotation mechanism 34 being in contact with both the annular frames 16 and 15 to prevent the annular frame 16 from rotating together with the rotating gantry 1 during rotation of the rotating gantry 1; and a flexible moving floor 17 interposed between the annular frames 15 and 16, the flexible moving floor 17 being engaged with the annular frames 15 and 16 in such a manner as to move freely such that its bottom is substantially level and that it moves as the rotating gantry rotates.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2003Publication date: April 1, 2004Inventors: Yutaka Muramatsu, Hidehito Asano, Wataru Sagawa, Hiroshi Akiyama, Tsutomu Yamashita
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Publication number: 20040061078Abstract: Disclosed is a medical particle irradiation apparatus comprising a rotating gantry 1 including an irradiation unit 4 emitting particle beams; an annular frame 16 located within and supported by the rotating gantry 1 such that it can rotate relative to the rotating gantry 1; an annular frame 15 fixedly located opposite the annular frame 16; an anti-corotation mechanism 34 being in contact with both the annular frames 16 and 15 to prevent the annular frame 16 from rotating together with the rotating gantry 1 during rotation of the rotating gantry 1; and a flexible moving floor 17 interposed between the annular frames 15 and 16, the flexible moving floor 17 being engaged with the annular frames 15 and 16 in such a manner as to move freely such that its bottom is substantially level and that it moves as the rotating gantry rotates.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2003Publication date: April 1, 2004Inventors: Yutaka Muramatsu, Hidehito Asano, Wataru Sagawa, Hiroshi Akiyama, Tsutomu Yamashita