Patents by Inventor Hiroo TAKADA

Hiroo TAKADA 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: 10165936
    Abstract: An endoscope reprocessor includes a fluid supply section configured to supply a fluid, a fluid supply conduit configured to communicate with the fluid supply section and include an opening open to the atmosphere, a first valve disposed in the fluid supply conduit, a second valve disposed closer to the opening side than the first valve of the fluid supply conduit, a processing tank in which an endoscope is disposed, a first connector and a second connector provided in the processing tank, a first conduit configured to connect a section between the first valve and the fluid supply section and the first connector, a second conduit configured to connect a section between the first valve and the second valve and the second connector, and a pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure of a section between the first valve and the fluid supply section in the fluid supply conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroo Takada
  • Patent number: 10034602
    Abstract: A fluid feeding apparatus includes: a first connection portion configured to be connected to a first container in which fluid is stored; a second connection portion configured to be connected to a second container in which fluid is stored; a first flow path that communicates with the first connection portion; a second flow path that communicates with the second connection portion; a resistance portion configured to generate a difference of conduit resistance to cause one of the first flow path and the second flow path to be higher in the conduit resistance than the other flow path; and a switching portion switching a level relationship of the conduit resistance between the first flow path and the second flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroo Takada
  • Publication number: 20170303777
    Abstract: A fluid feeding apparatus includes: a first connection portion configured to be connected to a first container in which fluid is stored; a second connection portion configured to be connected to a second container in which fluid is stored; a first flow path that communicates with the first connection portion; a second flow path that communicates with the second connection portion; a resistance portion configured to generate a difference of conduit resistance to cause one of the first flow path and the second flow path to be higher in the conduit resistance than the other flow path; and a switching portion switching a level relationship of the conduit resistance between the first flow path and the second flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroo TAKADA
  • Publication number: 20170172399
    Abstract: An endoscope reprocessor includes a fluid supply section configured to supply a fluid, a fluid supply conduit configured to communicate with the fluid supply section and include an opening open to the atmosphere, a first valve disposed in the fluid supply conduit, a second valve disposed closer to the opening side than the first valve of the fluid supply conduit, a processing tank in which an endoscope is disposed, a first connector and a second connector provided in the processing tank, a first conduit configured to connect a section between the first valve and the fluid supply section and the first connector, a second conduit configured to connect a section between the first valve and the second valve and the second connector, and a pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure of a section between the first valve and the fluid supply section in the fluid supply conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroo TAKADA
  • Patent number: 9603513
    Abstract: A medicinal solution collecting tool of the invention includes: a pillar-shaped portion including an insertion end and a withdrawal end; a collecting section provided on the insertion end side of the pillar-shaped portion; a collecting port provided on a surface of the pillar-shaped portion; and a guide section provided on the surface of the pillar-shaped portion, the guide section including a first guide section being convex or concave and parallel to an axial direction of the pillar-shaped portion, and a second guide section provided on the withdrawal end side relative to the first guide section, the second guide section being convex or concave and crossing the axial direction of the pillar-shaped portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroo Takada, Hisato Kogure
  • Publication number: 20170020381
    Abstract: An endoscope reprocessor includes a treatment tank for accommodating an endoscope, a treatment tank temperature measuring section for measuring a temperature of a liquid in the treatment tank, a medicinal solution tank for storing a medicinal solution, a heating section for heating the medicinal solution inside the medicinal solution tank, a first transfer section for transferring a part of the medicinal solution to the treatment tank from the medicinal solution tank, a second transfer section for transferring the medicinal solution in the treatment tank to the medicinal solution tank, and a control unit configured to cause the medicinal solution to circulate between the treatment tank and the medicinal solution tank, when the measurement result by the treatment tank temperature measuring section is lower than a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroo TAKADA
  • Patent number: 9462935
    Abstract: A chemical bottle is inclined by a bottle push-up mechanism, and a chemical solution is gravitationally injected into a chemical tank from a chemical supply tube line. When a chemical tray is drawn out after completion of chemical injection, the bottle push-up mechanism returns to a planar initial state. In connection with this, the chemical bottle returns to an original set position in which the chemical bottle is in a horizontal state or a plug section faces upward with respect to a gravity direction. This prevents the chemical solution remaining in the chemical bottle from flowing to an outside by gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masataka Takazawa, Hiroo Takada
  • Publication number: 20160128554
    Abstract: A medicinal solution collecting tool of the invention includes: a pillar-shaped portion including an insertion end and a withdrawal end; a collecting section provided on the insertion end side of the pillar-shaped portion; a collecting port provided on a surface of the pillar-shaped portion; and a guide section provided on the surface of the pillar-shaped portion, the guide section including a first guide section being convex or concave and parallel to an axial direction of the pillar-shaped portion, and a second guide section provided on the withdrawal end side relative to the first guide section, the second guide section being convex or concave and crossing the axial direction of the pillar-shaped portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroo TAKADA, Hisato KOGURE
  • Publication number: 20160000310
    Abstract: A chemical bottle is inclined by a bottle push-up mechanism, and a chemical solution is gravitationally injected into a chemical tank from a chemical supply tube line. When a chemical tray is drawn out after completion of chemical injection, the bottle push-up mechanism returns to a planar initial state. In connection with this, the chemical bottle returns to an original set position in which the chemical bottle is in a horizontal state or a plug section faces upward with respect to a gravity direction. This prevents the chemical solution remaining in the chemical bottle from flowing to an outside by gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masataka TAKAZAWA, Hiroo TAKADA