Patents by Inventor Hiromitsu Okabe

Hiromitsu Okabe 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: 8277421
    Abstract: A drug solution injector comprises a needle tube having a sharp needlepoint, a bottomed outer cylinder arranged on the base end side of the needle tube and having an inside space communicable with the inside of the needle tube, a gasket slidable within the outer cylinder, a drug solution in the space formed by the outer cylinder and the gasket, a support member supporting the needle tube and having a flow channel communicating with the inside of the needle tube, an operation mechanism permitting selection between a communicated state wherein the inside of the needle tube and the inside of the outer cylinder communicate with each other through the flow channel and a blocked state wherein the communication is blocked by rotating the support member, and an exposure preventer for preventing exposure of the needlepoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shingo Koyama, Masafumi Takemoto, Hiromitsu Okabe
  • Patent number: 8261781
    Abstract: A medical apparatus includes: a first vessel for supplying a first liquid; a second vessel for supplying a second liquid; a mixing vessel for mixing the first and second liquids; a connector including a first flow passage connected to the first vessel, a second flow passage connected to the second vessel, a third flow passage connected to the mixing vessel and joined to the first flow passage and the second flow passage, and a discharge port which communicates with the third flow passage; and a flow passage opening/closing device provided in the third flow passage at a joint part where the first flow passage and the second flow passage join the third flow passage or at a part on a discharge port side relative to the joint part and which is operative to open/close the third flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaomi Imai, Hiromitsu Okabe, Shingo Koyama
  • Publication number: 20110106046
    Abstract: A connector assembly is provided with a first connector equipped with a first connector body, a hollow needle supported on the inner side of the first connector body and having a side hole (53), and a first sealing member having a head which can be pierced through by the hollow needle; a second connector equipped with a second connector body and also with a second scaling member which can, when in a mounted state, be pierced through by the hollow needle; and a close-contact maintaining means which can, when in the mounted state, maintain that the head and the second sealing member are in close contact with each other. When the second connector becomes pulled out of the first connector, the head and the second sealing member are held in close contact with each other by the close-contact maintaining means until the hollow needle is pulled out of the second scaling member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaaki Hiranuma, Masafumi Takemoto, Hiromitsu Okabe
  • Publication number: 20100198151
    Abstract: A drug solution injector comprises a needle tube having a sharp needlepoint, a bottomed outer cylinder arranged on the base end side of the needle tube and having an inside space communicable with the inside of the needle tube, a gasket slidable within the outer cylinder, a drug solution in the space formed by the outer cylinder and the gasket, a support member supporting the needle tube and having a flow channel communicating with the inside of the needle tube, an operation mechanism permitting selection between a communicated state wherein the inside of the needle tube and the inside of the outer cylinder communicate with each other through the flow channel and a blocked state wherein the communication is blocked by rotating the support member, and an exposure preventer for preventing exposure of the needlepoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISAH
    Inventors: Shingo Koyama, Masafumi Takemoto, Hiromitsu Okabe
  • Publication number: 20100030074
    Abstract: A medical apparatus includes: a first vessel for supplying a first liquid; a second vessel for supplying a second liquid; a mixing vessel for mixing the first and second liquids; a connector including a first flow passage connected to the first vessel, a second flow passage connected to the second vessel, a third flow passage connected to the mixing vessel and joined to the first flow passage and the second flow passage, and a discharge port which communicates with the third flow passage; and a flow passage opening/closing device provided in the third flow passage at a joint part where the first flow passage and the second flow passage join the third flow passage or at a part on a discharge port side relative to the joint part and which is operative to open/close the third flow passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaomi Imai, Hiromitsu Okabe, Shingo Koyama
  • Patent number: 7427276
    Abstract: A syringe with which an accurate amount of a liquid can be discharged by a simple operation. The syringe 1 includes an outer tube 2, a gasket 3 slidable in the outer tube 2, a pusher 4 operable for moving the gasket 3, and a stopper 5 disposed to be slidable along the longitudinal direction of the pusher 4. The stopper 5 is fixed relative to the pusher 4 by the engagement of engaging portions, provided therein, with racks 47a, 47b formed on the pusher 4. When an operating portion 71 is depressed, the fixation condition is released, permitting regulation of the position of the stopper 5 on the pusher 4. When the depression on the operating portion 71 is canceled, the fixation condition is retained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kouichi Tachikawa, Shingo Koyama, Hiromitsu Okabe
  • Publication number: 20070265580
    Abstract: A syringe with which an accurate amount of a liquid can be discharged by a simple operation. The syringe 1 includes an outer tube 2, a gasket 3 slidable in the outer tube 2, a pusher 4 operable for moving the gasket 3, and a stopper 5 disposed to be slidable along the longitudinal direction of the pusher 4. The stopper 5 is fixed relative to the pusher 4 by the engagement of engaging portions, provided therein, with racks 47a, 47b formed on the pusher 4. When an operating portion 71 is depressed, the fixation condition is released, permitting regulation of the position of the stopper 5 on the pusher 4. When the depression on the operating portion 71 is canceled, the fixation condition is retained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kouichi Tachikawa, Shingo Koyama, Hiromitsu Okabe
  • Patent number: 7261704
    Abstract: A syringe with which an accurate amount of a liquid can be discharged by a simple operation. The syringe 1 includes an outer tube 2, a gasket 3 slidable in the outer tube 2, a pusher 4 operable for moving the gasket 3, and a stopper 5 disposed to be slidable along the longitudinal direction of the pusher 4. The stopper 5 is fixed relative to the pusher 4 by the engagement of engaging portions, provided therein, with racks 47a, 47b formed on the pusher 4. When an operating portion 71 is depressed, the fixation condition is released, permitting regulation of the position of the stopper 5 on the pusher 4. When the depression on the operating portion 71 is canceled, the fixation condition is retained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kouichi Tachikawa, Shingo Koyama, Hiromitsu Okabe
  • Publication number: 20050126653
    Abstract: A sanitary recovering instrument capable of positively recovering, when excessive chemical liquid and interfusing gas are to be discarded from a liquid filled container pre-filled with a liquid and sealed, them into a closed space. The recovering instrument (1) in a preferable embodiment comprises a container body (2), a hollow needle tube (3), a gasket (4), an enclosing member (5), a cap (6), and a holder (7). When the needle tube (3) is allowed to puncture the elastic membrane (94) of the liquid-filled container (pre-filled syringe (8)), excessive chemical liquid and interfusing air are introduced into the storing space (20) in the container body (2) via the inner cavity (31) of the needle tube (3) to thereby move the gasket (4) slidingly and increase the volume of the space (20) according to the amount introduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kouichi Tachikawa, Shingo Koyama, Hiromitsu Okabe
  • Publication number: 20050131354
    Abstract: A syringe with which an accurate amount of a liquid can be discharged by a simple operation. The syringe 1 includes an outer tube 2, a gasket 3 slidable in the outer tube 2, a pusher 4 operable for moving the gasket 3, and a stopper 5 disposed to be slidable along the longitudinal direction of the pusher 4. The stopper 5 is fixed relative to the pusher 4 by the engagement of engaging portions, provided therein, with racks 47a, 47b formed on the pusher 4. When an operating portion 71 is depressed, the fixation condition is released, permitting regulation of the position of the stopper 5 on the pusher 4. When the depression on the operating portion 71 is canceled, the fixation condition is retained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kouichi Tachikawa, Shingo Koyama, Hiromitsu Okabe