Patents by Inventor Hideto Yoshimine
Hideto Yoshimine 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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Publication number: 20190247081Abstract: An ultrasonic probe includes a treatment portion that has a through-hole or concave portions. The through-hole extends from a first outer surface to a second outer surface facing in an opposite direction to that of the first outer surface. The concave portions include a first concave portion on the first outer surface, and a second concave portion on the second outer surface. The treatment portion includes a blade formed along an edge of an opening of the through-hole or the first concave portion. An outer relay surface extends from the blade to the second outer surface and faces away from a center axis of the through-hole or the concave portions. A distance from the center axis to the blade is greater than or equal to a distance from the center axis to the outer relay surface at a position between the blade and the second outer surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Ken FUJISAKI, Takamitsu SAKAMOTO, Hiroyuki ARAKI, Hideto YOSHIMINE
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Publication number: 20190247070Abstract: A method of performing a procedure on a meniscus, via an ultrasonic surgical tool. The ultrasonic tool includes a probe capable of transmitting ultrasonic vibration from a proximal end toward a front end. The probe includes a bent portion that is inclined with respect to a longitudinal axis of the probe, and a procedure portion that is disposed at the front end of the probe and has a plurality of cutting surfaces. The method includes: inserting the probe in a body; moving the probe through a space in between the femur and the tibia to position the procedure portion adjacent to the horizontal rupture in the meniscus; positioning a cutting surface of the procedure portion on a posterior portion of the meniscus; and resecting the horizontal rupture along an inclination of the meniscus to form an inclined resection plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki ARAKI, Kiichiro SAWADA, Takamitsu SAKAMOTO, Ken FUJISAKI, Hideto YOSHIMINE
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Publication number: 20190247058Abstract: An ultrasound device includes: an ultrasound generator; an ultrasound probe; and a distal end treatment portion capable of forming a bone hole when pressed against a bone. The distal end treatment portion includes a base portion, and a distal end portion. The distal end portion includes projections and a valley portion between adjacent projections. Each projection is formed of at least one excision surface that is inclined from a base of the projection to a distal top of the projection. The excision surface is capable of finely crushing the bone. The valley portion includes a valley peak at a distal-most meeting point of adjacent projections such that a surface of the valley extending distally from a point at which the valley meets an outer surface of the base portion to the valley peak is inclined.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Ken FUJISAKI, Takamitsu SAKAMOTO, Michio TAKAYAMA, Hideto YOSHIMINE, Ken YOKOYAMA, Ryo MIYASAKA
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Publication number: 20190247069Abstract: An ultrasonic probe can include a probe main body that receives ultrasonic vibration generated by an ultrasonic transducer and a treatment unit disposed on a distal end of the probe main body. The treatment unit can include a resection portion and a guide unit that each have a projected shape when viewed along a longitudinal axis of the ultrasonic probe. The resection portion can resect a bone that needs to be treated along a resection direction. The guide unit can protrude from the resection portion on a distal end of the treatment unit. The guide unit can also help to maintain the resection direction relative to a central axis of the hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Ken FUJISAKI, Takamitsu SAKAMOTO, Michio TAKAYAMA, Hideto YOSHIMINE
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Publication number: 20190239917Abstract: An ultrasound probe includes a probe body, and a treatment unit. The treatment unit includes: a cutter that is provided at a distal end part of the treatment unit and that cuts the bone according to move of the treatment unit along a longitudinal axis in a state where ultrasonic vibration is being transmitted to the probe body; and a path that is provided in the treatment unit and through which debris of a bone that is cut by the cutter are discharged along the longitudinal axis toward a proximal end side with respect to the cutter. The path includes a first opening that is provided in a distal end surface of the cutter; and a second opening that is provided in a side surface part of the treatment unit, wherein the path allows the first opening and the second opening to communicate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Kiichiro SAWADA, Ken FUJISAKI, Yasuo TANIGAMI, Hideto YOSHIMINE
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Publication number: 20190239916Abstract: A vibration transmitter includes: a proximal end extending portion; a supported portion; a distal end extending portion; a first relay unit provided between the supported portion and the proximal end extending portion; and a second relay unit provided between the supported portion and the distal end extending portion. The second relay unit includes a horn that is constructed such that an outer diameter at a position continuously adjacent to the supported portion is larger than: (i) an outer diameter of the first relay unit at a position continuously adjacent to the supported portion, and (ii) the outer diameter of the distal end extending portion. The horn expands amplitude of vibration output from a distal end of the distal end extending portion to be larger than a maximum amplitude at an antinode of vibration in the first relay unit or the proximal end extending portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hideto YOSHIMINE
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Patent number: 10231748Abstract: An ultrasonic probe includes a probe main body section to which the ultrasonic vibration is transmitted from its proximal end to its distal end; a curving section which is bent relative to the probe main body section; and a treating section which is continuous with a distal portion of the curving section to treat the knee joint. The curving section has a central axis which is bent at an angle of 5 degrees or more and 8 degrees or less relative to the longitudinal axis of the probe main body section, and is always disposed in a projection plane of the probe main body section, when the probe main body section is seen along a longitudinal axis from the proximal end toward the distal end.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hideto Yoshimine
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Patent number: 10219823Abstract: In an ultrasonic probe a tapered section in which a sectional area perpendicular to a longitudinal axis decreases from a proximal side toward a distal side is provided on the distal side with respect to a probe main body section. When the probe main body section and the tapered section vibrate in an established frequency range, a most distal vibration node positioned most distally among vibration nodes is positioned on the proximal side with respect to a proximal end of the tapered section, and a ? wavelength of the vibration is smaller than a taper dimension from the proximal end the tapered section to a distal end of the tapered section in a longitudinal axis direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hideto Yoshimine
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Publication number: 20180206879Abstract: An ultrasonic probe for arthroscopic surgery includes: a bend extending portion which is provided on a distal side of a probe main body and which extends to bend to a side of a second intersecting direction of the probe main body, when a certain direction intersecting the longitudinal axis is a first intersecting direction and a direction opposite to the first intersecting direction is a second intersecting direction; and a treatment portion which is provided on the distal side of the bend extending portion and which is configured to treat a treatment target.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hideto YOSHIMINE
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Publication number: 20180140275Abstract: An ultrasonic probe includes a first bent extending portion provided on a distal side with respect to a narrowed portion and extending in such a state as to bend toward a first crossing direction side crossing a longitudinal axis, and a second bent extending portion continuous with the distal side of the first bent extending portion and extending in such a state as to bend toward second crossing direction side opposite to the first crossing direction. The second bent extending portion includes a blade portion, and in a projection seen from the distal side, the first bent extending portion and the second bent extending portion are located within a minimum inside diameter of a sheath.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2018Publication date: May 24, 2018Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hideto YOSHIMINE
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Patent number: 9839437Abstract: The ultrasonic probe for a shoulder joint includes a curved extending section curved to a probe main body toward a first intersecting direction intersecting a longitudinal axis. The curved extending section includes a first curved outer surface facing the first intersecting direction, a second curved outer surface facing a second intersecting direction opposite of the first intersecting direction, a third curved outer surface facing a first width direction perpendicular to the first and second intersecting directions, and a fourth curved outer surface facing a second width direction opposite of the first width direction. A cutting surface on the second curved outer surface is different from a cutting surface on each of the third curved outer surface and the fourth curved outer surface in extending pattern of the grooves.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2016Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hideto Yoshimine
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Publication number: 20170311976Abstract: A vibrating body unit includes a vibration generator, a vibration transmitter and first amplitude enlarger. The vibration generator generates ultrasonic vibration whose amplitude has a predetermined correlation with a frequency. The vibration transmitter has a proximal end and a distal end while the vibration generator is attached from a proximal side, and transmits the ultrasonic vibration to a distal side in a longitudinal axis direction. At least one first amplitude enlarger is provided in the vibration transmitter, and enlarges the amplitude of the ultrasonic vibration at a first amplitude enlargement rate in a direction of transmission of the ultrasonic vibration, the first amplitude enlargement rate having a correlation with the frequency opposite to the predetermined correlation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Masashi YAMADA, Hideto YOSHIMINE
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Publication number: 20170239497Abstract: A front mass of a vibration generating unit included a flange portion supported, and a block portion provided on a proximal side with respect to the flange portion. A distal end of the element unit abuts on a proximal end of the block portion. Ultrasonic vibration generated in a piezoelectric element is transmitted, thereby vibrating the front mass in a predetermined frequency region where a referential vibration anti-node, which is one of vibration anti-nodes located on the proximal side with respect to the flange portion, is located at a boundary position between the block portion and the element unit or in the vicinity of the boundary position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hideto YOSHIMINE
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Patent number: 9730709Abstract: An ultrasonic probe treating a shoulder joint includes a probe main body section extended along a longitudinal axis, and a curved extending section extended in a state of curving relative to the probe main body section toward a first intersecting direction side when a certain direction intersecting the longitudinal axis is defined as the first intersecting direction. The curved extending section includes a first curved outer surface facing the first intersecting direction side, and a second curved outer surface facing a second intersecting direction side when an opposite direction of the first intersecting direction is defined as the second intersecting direction. An acute angle of a tangent line at a distal end of the second curved outer surface relative to the longitudinal axis direction is 20° or more and 25° or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hideto Yoshimine
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Patent number: 9730710Abstract: The ultrasonic probe for a shoulder joint includes a curved extending section curved to a probe main body toward a first intersecting direction intersecting a longitudinal axis. The curved extending section includes a first curved outer surface facing the first intersecting direction, a second curved outer surface facing a second intersecting direction opposite of the first intersecting direction, a third curved outer surface facing a first width direction perpendicular to the first and second intersecting directions, and a fourth curved outer surface facing a second width direction opposite of the first width direction. A relay groove on a cutting surface in the second curved outer surface is continuous with extending grooves on cutting surfaces in the third curved outer surface and the fourth curved outer surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hideto Yoshimine
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Publication number: 20170209168Abstract: An ultrasonic probe includes a probe main body section to which the ultrasonic vibration is transmitted from its proximal end to its distal end; a curving section which is bent relative to the probe main body section; and a treating section which is continuous with a distal portion of the curving section to treat the knee joint. The curving section has a central axis which is bent at an angle of 5 degrees or more and 8 degrees or less relative to the longitudinal axis of the probe main body section, and is always disposed in a projection plane of the probe main body section, when the probe main body section is seen along a longitudinal axis from the proximal end toward the distal end.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hideto YOSHIMINE
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Publication number: 20170202580Abstract: A curving section is always disposed in a projection plane of a probe main body section. The curving section includes a first bending surface which bends relative to a peripheral surface of the probe main body section to approach a longitudinal axis, thereby intersecting the longitudinal axis; a second bending surface which bends relative to the first bending surface toward a bending direction of the first bending surface and a direction away from the longitudinal axis; a third bending surface which bends relative to the second bending surface toward a direction to approach the longitudinal axis on a side reverse to the bending direction of the first bending surface, and extends toward an extension line of the first bending surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hideto YOSHIMINE
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Patent number: 9603609Abstract: An energy supplier of an ultrasonic treatment system can output an electric power in a first output mode and a second output mode in which the electric power supplied to a drive force generation unit during a unit time is higher than in the first output mode. A controller maintains an output state of the electric power in the first output mode when a judgment section judges that a load on an ultrasonic probe is less than or equal to a threshold, and switches the output state of the electric power to the second output mode when the judgment section judges that the load is more than the first threshold.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2016Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Ko Kawashima, Hideto Yoshimine
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Publication number: 20170035441Abstract: The ultrasonic probe for a shoulder joint includes a curved extending section curved to a probe main body toward a first intersecting direction intersecting a longitudinal axis. The curved extending section includes a first curved outer surface facing the first intersecting direction, a second curved outer surface facing a second intersecting direction opposite of the first intersecting direction, a third curved outer surface facing a first width direction perpendicular to the first and second intersecting directions, and a fourth curved outer surface facing a second width direction opposite of the first width direction. A cutting surface on the second curved outer surface is different from a cutting surface on each of the third curved outer surface and the fourth curved outer surface in extending pattern of the grooves.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hideto YOSHIMINE
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Publication number: 20170035453Abstract: An ultrasonic probe treating a shoulder joint includes a probe main body section extended along a longitudinal axis, and a curved extending section extended in a state of curving relative to the probe main body section toward a first intersecting direction side when a certain direction intersecting the longitudinal axis is defined as the first intersecting direction. The curved extending section includes a first curved outer surface facing the first intersecting direction side, and a second curved outer surface facing a second intersecting direction side when an opposite direction of the first intersecting direction is defined as the second intersecting direction. An acute angle of a tangent line at a distal end of the second curved outer surface relative to the longitudinal axis direction is 20° or more and 25° or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hideto YOSHIMINE