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).

  • Publication number: 20170035454
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideto YOSHIMINE
  • Publication number: 20170020553
    Abstract: An ultrasonic probe includes a probe main body section; and a curved extending section which is extended in a state of curving relative to the probe main body section toward a first intersecting direction side. 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. A first curve start position at which the first curved outer surface starts curving relative to the longitudinal axis toward the first intersecting direction side is positioned on the distal side with respect to a second curve start position at which the second curved outer surface starts curving relative to the longitudinal axis toward the first intersecting direction side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideto YOSHIMINE
  • Publication number: 20170020552
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideto YOSHIMINE
  • Publication number: 20160325121
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ko KAWASHIMA, Hideto YOSHIMINE
  • Patent number: 8273087
    Abstract: An ultrasonic surgical instrument has an ultrasonic transducer unit having an ultrasonic transducer for producing ultrasonic vibration, a transmission member which connects the ultrasonic transducer in the proximal end side, and transmits the ultrasonic vibration produced by the ultrasonic transducer from the proximal end side to the distal end side, a sheath, in which the transmission member is inserted, having an open part on one side of the distal end side, and a treatment portion which is provided at the distal end of the transmission member, and exposed to the open part for carrying out a surgical treatment on an object part by the ultrasonic vibration transmitted from the transmission member. The ultrasonic surgical instrument cuts or shaves hard tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kimura, Susumu Komagata, Hideto Yoshimine, Manabu Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 8236018
    Abstract: An ultrasonic surgical instrument comprises an ultrasonic transducer producing ultrasonic vibration, a transmission member transmitted ultrasonic vibration from the proximal end to the distal end, a sheath in which the transmission member is inserted, a procedural unit provided to the distal end of the transmission member so that it projects from the distal end of the sheath, and treating a surgical target portion using ultrasonic vibration, a procedural unit main body provided in the procedural unit, a procedural member provided in the sheath so that it projects from the distal end of the sheath to treat the surgical target portion, and a procedural member main body provided at the distal end of the procedural member. In the ultrasonic surgical instrument, the procedural member main body overlaps with the procedural unit main body, and thereby, the procedural member main body and the procedural unit main body treat the portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Hideto Yoshimine, Manabu Ishikawa, Kenichi Kimura, Susumu Komagata
  • Publication number: 20100106173
    Abstract: There is disclosed an ultrasonic surgical instrument which comprises a sheath having a distal end and a proximal end and an ultrasonic probe to be inserted into the sheath, the ultrasonic probe having an interpolating portion positioned in the sheath and a hook-like treatment portion arranged in the distal end of the interpolating portion so that the treatment portion protrudes from the sheath, wherein the treatment portion has an extending portion which extends obliquely forward and downward from the upper portion of the distal end of the interpolating portion, and has a recess formed under the extending portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventor: Hideto Yoshimine
  • Publication number: 20090318944
    Abstract: An ultrasonic surgical instrument has an ultrasonic transducer unit having an ultrasonic transducer for producing ultrasonic vibration, a transmission member which connects the ultrasonic transducer in the proximal end side, and transmits the ultrasonic vibration produced by the ultrasonic transducer from the proximal end side to the distal end side, a sheath, in which the transmission member is inserted, having an open part on one side of the distal end side, and a treatment portion which is provided at the distal end of the transmission member, and exposed to the open part for carrying out a surgical treatment on an object part by the ultrasonic vibration transmitted from the transmission member. The ultrasonic surgical instrument cuts or shaves hard tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Kenichi Kimura, Susumu Komagata, Hideto Yoshimine, Manabu Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20090318945
    Abstract: An ultrasonic surgical instrument comprises an ultrasonic transducer producing ultrasonic vibration, a transmission member transmitted ultrasonic vibration from the proximal end to the distal end, a sheath in which the transmission member is inserted, a procedural unit provided to the distal end of the transmission member so that it projects from the distal end of the sheath, and treating a surgical target portion using ultrasonic vibration, a procedural unit main body provided in the procedural unit, a procedural member provided in the sheath so that it projects from the distal end of the sheath to treat the surgical target portion, and a procedural member main body provided at the distal end of the procedural member. In the ultrasonic surgical instrument, the procedural member main body overlaps with the procedural unit main body, and thereby, the procedural member main body and the procedural unit main body treat the portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Hideto Yoshimine, Manabu Ishikawa, Kenichi Kimura, Susumu Komagata
  • Patent number: 7507212
    Abstract: An ultrasonic treatment device comprises a handpiece having an ultrasonic transducer and a long axial probe whose base end is connected with the transducer. The device further comprises a tubular inner sheath covering the probe and an outer sheath covering the inner sheath with a predetermined annular space left therebetween. The space between the sheaths is used as a suction path for mist. For the suction, the device further comprises a base-end sealing member made of an elastic material, disposed on a base-end side of the outer sheath and engaged detachably with the inner sheath to seal a gap formed with the inner sheath. A suction unit is disposed on the base-end side of the outer sheath. The suction unit sucks in mist to be generated when ultrasonic treatment is performed, through the suction path, and discharged outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Tsuchiya, Hideto Yoshimine
  • Publication number: 20080294051
    Abstract: The ultrasonic operating apparatus includes an ultrasonic transducer that generates ultrasonic vibrations, and a probe that has a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, the proximal end portion being coupled to the ultrasonic transducer, and to which ultrasonic vibrations output from the ultrasonic transducer are transmitted, where the probe has a probe main body having a length of an integral multiple of about a half wavelength of the ultrasonic vibrations and an adjusting portion that changes a weight and a dimension of the probe main body to adjust a resonance frequency of the probe main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Machiko Koshigoe, Hideto Yoshimine
  • Publication number: 20080194999
    Abstract: An ultrasonic treatment apparatus includes an ultrasonic transducer to generate ultrasonic vibration, a probe a proximal end of which is connected to the ultrasonic transducer and which extends from a proximal end side to a distal end side, and a treatment portion which includes at least one recess formed on the side of the probe and treats a living tissue by ultrasonic vibration generated by the ultrasonic transducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Norihiro Yamaha, Yuusuke Tadami, Mitsumasa Okada, Hideto Yoshimine, Masashi Yamada
  • Patent number: 7329257
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a heat generating element to be current-carried is provided at a grasp portion on the tip side of a treatment portion, the patient's body tissue grasped between a pair of grasp portions is coagulated by heat of the heat generating element, and a metal scissors blade for cutting the patient's body tissue is provided on the rear side of the grasp portion in the treatment portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Kanehira, Koji Iida, Naomi Sekino, Makoto Inaba, Norihiko Hareyama, Taisuke Sato, Kenichi Kimura, Hideto Yoshimine
  • Publication number: 20060253050
    Abstract: There is provided an ultrasonic treatment apparatus includes an ultrasonic transducer which generates ultrasonic vibrations, an elongated vibration transmitting member whose proximal end portion is connected with the ultrasonic transducer and which transmits the ultrasonic vibrations from the proximal end portion to an distal end portion, and a treatment portion which is provided at the distal end portion of the vibration transmitting member and applies the ultrasonic vibrations to a treatment target. The treatment portion has an distal end surface portion, and the distal end surface portion has a holding portion configured to hold the treatment target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Hideto Yoshimine, Norihiro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20050245823
    Abstract: An ultrasonic treatment device comprises a handpiece having an ultrasonic transducer and a long axial probe whose base end is connected with the transducer. The device further comprises a tubular inner sheath covering the probe and an outer sheath covering the inner sheath with a predetermined annular space left therebetween. The space between the sheaths is used as a suction path for mist. For the suction, the device further comprises a base-end sealing member made of an elastic material, disposed on a base-end side of the outer sheath and engaged detachably with the inner sheath to seal a gap formed with the inner sheath. A suction unit is disposed on the base-end side of the outer sheath. The suction unit sucks in mist to be generated when ultrasonic treatment is performed, through the suction path, and discharged outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Tsuchiya, Hideto Yoshimine
  • Publication number: 20040078035
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a heat generating element to be current-carried is provided at a grasp portion on the tip side of a treatment portion, the patient's body tissue grasped between a pair of grasp portions is coagulated by heat of the heat generating element, and a metal scissors blade for cutting the patient's body tissue is provided on the rear side of the grasp portion in the treatment portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Applicant: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Kanehira, Koji Iida, Naomi Sekino, Makoto Inaba, Norihiko Hareyama, Taisuke Sato, Kenichi Kimura, Hideto Yoshimine
  • Publication number: 20030171747
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a heat generating element to be current-carried is provided at a grasp portion on the tip side of a treatment portion, the patient's body tissue grasped between a pair of grasp portions is coagulated by heat of the heat generating element, and a metal scissors blade for cutting the patient's body tissue is provided on the rear side of the grasp portion in the treatment portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Applicant: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Kanehira, Koji Iida, Naomi Sekino, Makoto Inaba, Norihiko Hareyama, Taisuke Sato, Kenichi Kimura, Hideto Yoshimine
  • Patent number: 6383183
    Abstract: A high frequency treatment apparatus of the present invention comprises a high frequency generation section for supplying high frequency power, a control section, which is connected to the high frequency generation section, and which controls output of the high frequency generation section, having a first control mode in which the maximal output value of high frequency power supplied from the high frequency generation section is confined to be equal to or less than a first predetermined value and a second control mode in which the maximal output value of high frequency power supplied from the high frequency generation section is confined to be equal to or less than a second predetermined value which is less than the first predetermined value, a treatment tool, which is connected to the high frequency generation section, and which performs a treatment of a diseased part by supplying high frequency power from the high frequency generation section controlled by the control section to the diseased part, and a con
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naomi Sekino, Yasuhiko Kikuchi, Kazuya Hijii, Masahide Ohyama, Kouji Yamauchi, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Takahiro Kogasaka, Akio Nakada, Takeaki Nakamura, Masatoshi Tonomura, Hideto Yoshimine, Hiroaki Matsumoto