Patents by Inventor Hideo Sanai

Hideo Sanai 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: 9566106
    Abstract: A surgical apparatus includes: a treatment section treating a living tissue; an energy generation section providing high-frequency current to the treatment section; a liquid feeding conduit feeding a liquid to the living tissue; a suction conduit suctioning the liquid; an energy control section that outputs a high-frequency output control signal for controlling the energy generation section; a first pump drive section that feeds the liquid from the liquid feeding conduit while the high-frequency current is output, according to a command of the high-frequency output control signal, and stops feeding of the liquid, according to a command of the high-frequency output control signal; and a second pump drive section that suctions the liquid from the suction conduit for a predetermined period of time or in a predetermined amount, according to a command for stopping the high-frequency output control signal, and stops suction of the liquid after the suction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideo Sanai
  • Publication number: 20170021199
    Abstract: A treatment instrument includes: a proximal side probe transmits ultrasonic vibration from its proximal end to its distal end; a distal side probe configured to transmit the ultrasonic vibration from its proximal end to a treatment portion at its distal end; and a holding portion which holds a state where the proximal end of the distal side probe is into collision with the distal end of the proximal side probe, and a state where vibration is transmittable from the proximal end of the proximal side probe to the distal end of the distal side probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo SANAI, Kenichi KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20170007854
    Abstract: An ultrasonic treatment device includes a first vibration transmitting member and a second vibration transmitting member and being configured to treat a biological tissue by means of vibration transmitted by the first vibration transmitting member and the second vibration transmitting member. At a boundary position between the first vibration transmitting member and the second vibration transmitting member, the first vibration transmitting member has a boundary face including a contacting area that is in contact with the second vibration transmitting member at the face, and a non-contacting area that is not in contact with the second vibration transmitting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi YAMADA, Hideo SANAI, Masami OSHIDA
  • Patent number: 9492688
    Abstract: In a treatment instrument, a load force center of a load force, which is a sum of gravity acting on the treatment instrument and an external force caused by a connected cable, is positioned between two support members of a handle section, and a location of introduction of the cable is disposed in a manner to extend therebetween. In the treatment instrument, an ultrasonic vibration element unit is attached and rotatably coupled to a handle unit, a power receiving section or a power supply section at the coupling constitutes a rotary electrode structure by a cylindrical electrode and a terminal electrode, and power from an outside is received and transmitted between the handle unit and the ultrasonic vibration element unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Sanai, Yuji Hirai
  • Patent number: 9326787
    Abstract: An energy treatment instrument includes an electrically conductive probe having a first electrode in a distal end portion and adapted to transmit high-frequency electric current and ultrasound vibration to the first electrode, an electrode member installed on both sides of a longitudinal axis of the first electrode separately from the electrically conductive probe and provided with a second electrode, and a movable member. The movable member is installed at a distal end of the sheath member and configured to be openable and closable with respect to the second electrode. The movable member is placed at a position facing the first electrode installed at the distal end of the probe and the second electrode and includes a third electrode provided with an electrode surface configured to be able to conduct high-frequency electric current between the third electrode and the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Sanai, Mitsumasa Okada
  • Publication number: 20150119762
    Abstract: A treatment device is constituted of: an ultrasonic vibration element unit; a probe unit that can be attached or detached by rotating the ultrasonic vibration element unit, transmits ultrasonic vibration generated by the ultrasonic vibration element unit to a distal end side, and gives a treatment; a handle unit that has the probe unit penetrating therethrough and is configured to hold the probe unit so that its distal end extends; and a protruding portion provided to prevent the probe unit and the handle unit from relatively revolving around an axis of the probe, the handle unit including the probe unit that transmits the ultrasonic vibration and being attachable to/detachable from the ultrasonic vibration element unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Hideo SANAI, Yuki KAWAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20150051516
    Abstract: In a treatment instrument, a load force center of a load force, which is a sum of gravity acting on the treatment instrument and an external force caused by a connected cable, is positioned between two support members of a handle section, and a location of introduction of the cable is disposed in a manner to extend therebetween. In the treatment instrument, an ultrasonic vibration element unit is attached and rotatably coupled to a handle unit, a power receiving section or a power supply section at the coupling constitutes a rotary electrode structure by a cylindrical electrode and a terminal electrode, and power from an outside is received and transmitted between the handle unit and the ultrasonic vibration element unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Hideo SANAI, Yuji HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20140324084
    Abstract: A treatment assembly includes: a probe which includes a treatment section at a distal end portion thereof; an inner tube which includes a distal end and into which the probe is inserted in a state that the treatment section of the probe protrudes toward a distal end side with respect to the distal end; an opening which is provided in a side surface of the inner tube and which allows an inner side of the inner tube to communicate with an outer side of the inner tube; a support section which is arranged on the inner side of the inner tube from the outer side of the inner tube through the opening and which is configured to support the probe with respect to the inner tube; and an outer tube which covers the outer side of the inner tube and which is configured to fix the support section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Hideo SANAI, Kenichi KIMURA
  • Patent number: 8808286
    Abstract: A surgical system includes a surgical instrument including a conducting section transmitting ultrasound vibration generated by an ultrasound transducer to a distal end portion and transmitting a high-frequency output signal to the distal end portion, an ultrasound drive section outputting an ultrasound drive signal to the ultrasound transducer, a high-frequency output section outputting a high-frequency output signal to the conducting section, a detection section detecting an ultrasound impedance of a surgical site to which ultrasound energy and high-frequency energy are provided from the distal end portion by outputting both signals simultaneously to the surgical instrument, a determination section determining whether the detected ultrasound impedance is in a predetermined range, and a control section performing control to increase a high-frequency output value by a first predetermined amount or decrease the high-frequency output value by a second predetermined amount when the detected ultrasound impedance i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Kazue Tanaka, Satoshi Honda, Hideo Sanai
  • Patent number: 8795307
    Abstract: An ultrasonic treatment device includes a probe in which a hole-shaped portion, being opened at a first opening position placed at a distal end portion of the probe and a second opening position placed at an outer peripheral portion of the probe and allowing the first opening position and the second opening position to communicate with each other, is formed. The ultrasonic treatment device includes a path which is extended in the hole-like portion from the first opening position to the second opening position along the longitudinal axis, and which is extended to an outside of the probe from the second opening position, and the path being extended to the extending position of the fixed handle toward the handle extending direction in the fixed handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventor: Hideo Sanai
  • Publication number: 20140194868
    Abstract: A surgical apparatus includes: a treatment section treating a living tissue; an energy generation section generating energy for providing ultrasound vibration or high-frequency current to the treatment section; a probe provided in the treatment section, for performing the ultrasound vibration; a liquid feeding unit supplying a liquid; a liquid feeding conduit feeding the liquid; a liquid feeding port, provided in the treatment section, for feeding the liquid toward the probe to feed the liquid to between the living tissue and the treatment section; a liquid feeding unit supplying the liquid to the liquid feeding conduit; an impedance detection section detecting an impedance of the living tissue is in contact with the treatment section; and a control section that controls the liquid feeding unit, after the stoppage of the output of the energy, so that as the impedance is larger, a predetermined period of time or a predetermined amount increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Hideo SANAI, Shinji HATTA
  • Publication number: 20140194871
    Abstract: A surgical apparatus includes: a treatment section treating a living tissue; an energy generation section providing high-frequency current to the treatment section; a liquid feeding conduit feeding a liquid to the living tissue; a suction conduit suctioning the liquid; an energy control section that outputs a high-frequency output control signal for controlling the energy generation section; a first pump drive section that feeds the liquid from the liquid feeding conduit while the high-frequency current is output, according to a command of the high-frequency output control signal, and stops feeding of the liquid, according to a command of the high-frequency output control signal; and a second pump drive section that suctions the liquid from the suction conduit for a predetermined period of time or in a predetermined amount, according to a command for stopping the high-frequency output control signal, and stops suction of the liquid after the suction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventor: Hideo SANAI
  • Patent number: 8696666
    Abstract: A medical apparatus includes: a main body apparatus switchable to a mode for outputting ultrasound vibration, mode for outputting high-frequency current, and mode for simultaneously outputting the ultrasound vibration and the high-frequency current; a probe for performing a first treatment with a first treatment portion; a first attaching and detaching portion including a first electric armature; an insertion portion including a second treatment portion, and configured to perform a second treatment, with a living tissue held between the first treatment portion and the second treatment portion; a second attaching and detaching portion including a second electric armature; a switch control section which switches the output of the high-frequency current to a monopolar output or a bipolar output according to a connection state between the first electric armature and the second electric armature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Hideo Sanai, Ryu Onuma
  • Patent number: 8663223
    Abstract: A surgical treatment apparatus includes a receptacle which is configured to abut onto a treatment section so that a predetermined clearance is formed between an electrode section and the treatment section when a grip member is closed relative to the treatment section. The surgical treatment apparatus includes a regulating section which is provided in the grip member so that a closing-direction end located on a closing-direction side of the grip member does not protrude from the receptacle toward the closing direction, the regulating section being made of a material harder than the receptacle, and a handle unit configured to operate the grip member so that the regulating section is closed up to a position where the regulating section contacts the treatment section except when the receptacle contacts the treatment section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Masuda, Hideo Sanai, Takeshi Onaga, Norikiyo Shibata
  • Patent number: 8372070
    Abstract: A surgical system includes a surgical instrument including a conducting section transmitting ultrasound vibration generated by an ultrasound transducer to a distal end portion and transmitting a high-frequency output signal to the distal end portion, an ultrasound drive section outputting an ultrasound drive signal to the ultrasound transducer, a high-frequency output section outputting a high-frequency output signal to the conducting section, a detection section detecting an ultrasound impedance of a surgical site to which ultrasound energy and high-frequency energy are provided from the distal end portion by outputting both signals simultaneously to the surgical instrument, a determination section determining whether the detected ultrasound impedance is in a predetermined range, and a control section performing control to increase a high-frequency output value by a first predetermined amount or decrease the high-frequency output value by a second predetermined amount when the detected ultrasound impedance i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Kazue Tanaka, Satoshi Honda, Hideo Sanai
  • Publication number: 20120203143
    Abstract: An energy treatment instrument includes an electrically conductive probe having a first electrode in a distal end portion and adapted to transmit high-frequency electric current and ultrasound vibration to the first electrode, an electrode member installed on both sides of a longitudinal axis of the first electrode separately from the electrically conductive probe and provided with a second electrode, and a movable member. The movable member is installed at a distal end of the sheath member and configured to be openable and closable with respect to the second electrode. The movable member is placed at a position facing the first electrode installed at the distal end of the probe and the second electrode and includes a third electrode provided with an electrode surface configured to be able to conduct high-frequency electric current between the third electrode and the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Hideo SANAI, Mitsumasa OKADA
  • Publication number: 20120101493
    Abstract: A surgical treatment apparatus includes a receptacle which is configured to abut onto a treatment section so that a predetermined clearance is formed between an electrode section and the treatment section when a grip member is closed relative to the treatment section. The surgical treatment apparatus includes a regulating section which is provided in the grip member so that a closing-direction end located on a closing-direction side of the grip member does not protrude from the receptacle toward the closing direction, the regulating section being made of a material harder than the receptacle, and a handle unit configured to operate the grip member so that the regulating section is closed up to a position where the regulating section contacts the treatment section except when the receptacle contacts the treatment section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Shinya MASUDA, Hideo SANAI, Takeshi ONAGA, Norikiyo SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20120029395
    Abstract: An ultrasound operation system includes an output transformer, a hand piece including an object to be driven including an ultrasound transducer which is driven by the output transformer and a treatment portion which is connected to the ultrasound transducer to perform treatment of a living tissue by an ultrasound vibration generated in the ultrasound transducer, and an amplitude regulating portion which is provided between the output transformer and the object to be driven, and perform regulation of an amplitude of the ultrasound transducer by diverting a current which flows into the ultrasound transducer from the output transformer in accordance with a state of a load exerted on the treatment portion and regulating an amount of a current which flows into the ultrasound transducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventor: Hideo SANAI
  • Patent number: 8097011
    Abstract: A surgical treatment apparatus includes a first unit including a first vibration transmission member and a first holding member, a second unit including a second vibration transmission member, a second holding member, and an elastic member provided between the second vibration transmission member and the second holding member, configured to be deformed in accordance with a relative arrangement of the second vibration transmission member and the second holding member with respect to the axial direction to give the second vibration transmission member an elastic force in the axial direction, and an adjustment coupling mechanism to couple the first unit and the second unit with each other, arrange the first vibration transmission member and the second vibration transmission member coaxially, and adjust a relative arrangement of the first holding member and the second holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Hideo Sanai, Kenichi Kimura, Masashi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20110288451
    Abstract: A medical apparatus has a first device, a second device, a cable, a connection signal output portion and a main body apparatus. The first device includes a grasping portion, a probe connected to the grasping portion and capable of transmitting at least one of an ultrasound vibration and a high-frequency current, and a treatment portion provided at a distal end portion of the probe and for transmitting at least one of the ultrasound vibration and the high-frequency current transmitted by the probe, to living tissue. A second device includes a jaw member for holding living tissue between the treatment portion and the jaw member, a movable handle for holding the living tissue by moving the jaw member toward the treatment portion, and a recessed portion for being attachably and detachably engaged with the first device. The connection signal output portion outputs a connection signal indicating that the first device is connected to the recessed portion of the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Hideo SANAI, Ryu ONUMA