Patents by Inventor Hideki Numoto

Hideki Numoto 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).

  • Method and apparatus for detecting foreign bodies in the medullary cavity
    Patent number: 5957847
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a lateral locking hole of an intramedurally nail includes a targeting device. The targeting device has a support lever having a slider attached thereto. An ultrasonic probe is mounted at an lower end of the support lever. An ultrasonic wave is transmitted and received by a transceiver of the ultrasonic probe while moving the slider in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the intramedullary nail by a screw. The lateral locking hole of the intramedullary nail is detected of position by a height of echo of the ultrasonic wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Minakuchi, Hideki Numoto