Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Ihara

Hiroaki Ihara 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: 20220395346
    Abstract: A sterile drape for covering a robot arm of a surgical robot according to an embodiment may include: a bag-shaped drape body formed with an opening at an end portion on one side of the drape body; and a mount cover provided at the other side of the drape body and configured to cover a mount section of the robot arm to which a surgical instrument is to be mounted via an adaptor. The mount cover includes one or more through holes. A protective film that is configured to be peelable from the mount cover is attached to the mount cover so as to cover the one or more through holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki IHARA, Mamoru KONO, Yuki SAGOI, Yuko MORI
  • Publication number: 20220378455
    Abstract: A surgical system according to an embodiment may include a patient-side apparatus, an operator-side apparatus including an operation part to receive an operation for operating a surgical instrument attached to an arm of the patient-side apparatus, and a controller configured to control an operation of the surgical instrument based on the operation received by the operation part. The controller is configured to: control rotation amounts of first and second drive parts to drive first and second elongate elements for opening and closing first and second jaw members of the surgical instrument such that an opening angle between the first and second jaw members correspond to an operating angle received by the operation part; and correct, according to a rotation angle of a shaft of the surgical instrument about a rotation axis of the shaft, the rotation amounts of the first and second drive parts that correspond to the operating angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicants: MEDICAROID CORPORATION, KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kaoru TAKAHASHI, Hiroaki IHARA, Ayataka KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 8408705
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system for observing a cornea for transplantation which includes: an illumination means for illuminating the cornea for transplantation contained in a container; an entire-view imaging means for imaging the substantial entirety of the interior of the container; a position adjusting means for adjusting the position and angle of the cornea for transplantation; a magnified-view imaging means for imaging a magnified view of the cornea for transplantation illuminated by the illumination means; an image display means for displaying each image taken by the entire-view imaging means and the magnified-view imaging means; and an image control means for controlling each image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Konan Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Ihara
  • Publication number: 20110102743
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system for observing a cornea for transplantation which includes: an illumination means for illuminating the cornea for transplantation contained in a container; an entire-view imaging means for imaging the substantial entirety of the interior of the container; a position adjusting means for adjusting the position and angle of the cornea for transplantation; a magnified-view imaging means for imaging a magnified view of the cornea for transplantation illuminated by the illumination means; an image display means for displaying each image taken by the entire-view imaging means and the magnified-view imaging means; and an image control means for controlling each image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventor: Hiroaki Ihara