Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Goto

Hiroshi Goto 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: 20190022362
    Abstract: A balloon catheter is disclosed having a balloon at a distal portion of a catheter shaft and on a surface of the balloon with elongate bodies which are crystals of a water-insoluble drug having independent long axes. The balloon in a deflated state has a plurality of wing portions in a circumferential direction, and a circumferential surface portion along a circumferential direction of the catheter shaft, the wing portions being folded along the circumferential direction of the balloon. Surface of the circumferential surface portion which faces the folded wing portion has a region in which tip portions are not in contact with the surface of the balloon or with other elongate bodies, and surface face of the folded wing portion which faces an outer circumferential side has a region in which the tip portions are in contact with the surface of the balloon or with other elongate bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi GOTO, Katsumi MORIMOTO, Yasuo KUROSAKI
  • Publication number: 20190019606
    Abstract: A coil of an embodiment is formed by winding a winding conductor in which a conductive conductor is molded by a resin, wherein the winding conductor has the resin filled to a surface of the conductor without leaving any spaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: TOSHIBA INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES CORP.
    Inventors: Hiromu Shiota, Eiji Shimomura, Keishi Ito, Hiroshi Goto, Teruhiko Maeda, Yuusuke Shima
  • Publication number: 20190015641
    Abstract: A balloon catheter is disclosed that can effectively deliver a drug to living body tissue, a method of manufacturing a balloon catheter, and a treatment method. A balloon catheter is disclosed, the balloon catheter is provided on an outer surface of a balloon with a plurality of elongate bodies which are independent crystals of a water-insoluble drug extending in an elongate form. The elongate bodies include fixed-side elongate bodies which are fixed to the outer surface side of the balloon, and top-side elongate bodies which are bent or broken from the fixed-side elongate bodies and are continuous with or independent of the fixed-side elongate bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi GOTO, Yu MURATA, Ryosuke SUZUKI, Yasuo KUROSAKI, Katsumi MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190009064
    Abstract: A balloon catheter is disclosed capable of effectively delivering a drug to living body tissue and a manufacturing method of the balloon catheter, and a treatment method. The balloon catheter has a balloon at a distal portion of a catheter shaft, and is provided on a surface of the balloon with elongate bodies which are crystals of a water-insoluble drug extending in a longitudinal direction. The surface of the balloon is provided with crystal conjugates formed of a plurality of elongate bodies united to one another while being in a tilted state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu MURATA, Hiroshi GOTO, Ryosuke SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20190009065
    Abstract: A balloon catheter by which a drug can be effectively delivered to living body tissue and a method of manufacturing the balloon catheter, and a treatment method. The balloon catheter is provided on an outer surface of a balloon with a plurality of elongate bodies which are independent crystals of a water-insoluble drug that extend in an elongate form. The elongate bodies have long axes extending in directions along the outer surface of the balloon when the balloon is in a deflated state. Deformation, when the balloon is inflated from the deflated state, of portions on an outer surface side of the balloon to which end portions of the elongate bodies are fixed causes a force to act on the elongate bodies such that the long axes of the elongate bodies approach perpendicularity to the outer surface of the balloon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuo KUROSAKI, Katsumi MORIMOTO, Hiroshi GOTO
  • Patent number: 10133966
    Abstract: To provide a technology capable of having another object related to one object easily recognized after detection of the one object, there is provided an information processing apparatus including a detection unit configured to detect a predetermined detection object, a data obtaining unit configured to obtain instruction information ordering that a predetermined imaging object according to the detection object fall within an imaging range of an imaging unit, and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the instruction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Shionozaki, Hiroshi Goto
  • Publication number: 20180256864
    Abstract: A balloon coating method and apparatus are disclosed which can perform coating while freely controlling, for example, the thickness of a coating layer and/or the morphological form of a drug. The method includes pulling a distal tip of the balloon in an axial direction of the balloon to straighten a bend of the balloon; rotating the balloon about an axis of the balloon; and coating the outer surface of the balloon with a coating liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Goto, Eisuke Furuichi, Yasuo Kurosaki
  • Publication number: 20180207854
    Abstract: A balloon wrapping apparatus is disclosed by which a balloon can be accurately positioned and inserted in relation to a pleating section. The balloon wrapping apparatus for wrapping a balloon provided at a distal portion of an elongated shaft includes: a pleating section that forms the balloon with wing shapes; a folding section that folds the wing shapes formed in the balloon along a circumferential direction; a support base that supports a portion other than the distal portion of the shaft, and that makes the distal portion of the shaft insertable into the pleating section and the folding section; and a core metal member to be inserted in the shaft. The core metal member is inserted in the shaft from a distal end position of the balloon to at least the proximal side of a proximal end position of the balloon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuo KUROSAKI, Hiroshi GOTO
  • Publication number: 20180207410
    Abstract: A balloon wrapping apparatus and a balloon wrapping method are disclosed by which a balloon can be accurately positioned in relation to a pleating section and to a folding section. The balloon wrapping apparatus for wrapping a balloon of a balloon catheter provided with the balloon at a distal portion of an elongated shaft includes: a pleating section having a plurality of blades aligned with space parts therebetween in a circumferential direction, and forms the balloon with wing shapes projecting in radial directions by clamping the balloon in the space parts by moving rotationally the blades; and a folding section having a plurality of blades aligned in a circumferential direction, and that folds the wing shapes formed in the balloon in the circumferential direction by moving rotationally the blades; and a support base that supports a part of the shaft which part is on a proximal side of the balloon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuo KUROSAKI, Hiroshi GOTO
  • Publication number: 20180207855
    Abstract: A balloon wrapping apparatus and a balloon wrapping method are disclosed by which a balloon can be wrapped appropriately. The balloon wrapping apparatus for wrapping a balloon of a balloon catheter provided with the balloon at a distal portion of an elongated shaft includes: a pleating section that forms the balloon with wing shapes projecting in radial directions; a folding section that includes a plurality of blades aligned in a circumferential direction, and that folds the wing shapes formed in the balloon along the circumferential direction by moving rotationally the blades; and a rotational support portion that supports a portion of the shaft which portion is on a proximal side of the balloon, and that rotates the shaft in a direction opposite to a rotary movement direction of the blades in a state in which the balloon is positioned in relation to the folding section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuo KUROSAKI, Hiroshi GOTO
  • Patent number: 9993629
    Abstract: A balloon coating method and apparatus are disclosed which can perform coating while freely controlling, for example, the thickness of a coating layer and/or the morphological form of a drug. The balloon coating method and the balloon coating apparatus are for forming a coating layer on a surface of a balloon. The balloon coating method includes a pulling step of pulling the balloon in the direction of an axis of the balloon to thereby straighten a bend of the balloon, and a coating step of rotating the balloon about the axis of the balloon, with the balloon maintained in the bend-straightened state, and coating an outer surface of the balloon with a coating liquid containing a drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Goto, Eisuke Furuichi, Yasuo Kurosaki
  • Publication number: 20180154049
    Abstract: A drug coating layer on a non-porous nylon elastomer balloon substrate surface comprising a plurality of elongated bodies with long axes wherein each elongated body is formed of a crystal of a water-insoluble drug and is independently formed on the substrate surface, wherein the long axes of the elongated bodies are substantially linear in shape, and the long axes of the elongated bodies form an angle in a predetermined range with respect to a substrate plane with which the long axis of the elongated body intersects. The drug coating layer can provide low toxicity and a high intravascular stenosis inhibitory effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiko Yamashita, Hiroshi Goto, Shigenori Nozawa, Katsumi Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20180147600
    Abstract: A balloon coating method is disclosed for forming a coating layer on an outer surface of a balloon of a balloon catheter. The method includes an application step where a vertically extending dispensing tube for supplying a coating solution containing the water-insoluble drug and a solvent is formed at its end portion with an opening portion for discharging the coating solution therethrough and when an opening portion-formed end portion side of the dispensing tube is kept in contact with the outer surface of the balloon in such a manner as to be oriented to a rotating direction of the balloon while the balloon is rotated about an axis of the balloon, the coating solution is discharged through the opening portion and applied to the outer surface of the balloon while the dispensing tube is moved relative to the balloon in an axial direction of the balloon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuo KUROSAKI, Hiroshi GOTO, Eisuke FURUICHI
  • Patent number: 9947429
    Abstract: An Ag alloy film used for a reflecting electrode or an interconnection electrode, the Ag alloy film exhibiting low electrical resistivity and high reflectivity and having exceptional oxidation resistance under cleaning treatments such as an O2 plasma treatment or UV irradiation, wherein the Ag alloy film contains either In in an amount of larger than 2.0 atomic % to 2.7 atomic % or smaller; or Zn in an amount of larger than 2.0 atomic % to 3.5 atomic % or smaller; or both. The Ag alloy film may further contain Bi in an amount of 0.01 to 1.0 atomic %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoko Shida, Hiroshi Goto, Mototaka Ochi
  • Publication number: 20180071499
    Abstract: A balloon coating method for forming a coating layer containing a water-insoluble drug on the outer surface of a balloon of a balloon catheter. The method includes applying a first rotation force to the balloon catheter proximal to the balloon of the balloon catheter and applying a second rotation force to the balloon catheter distal to the balloon of the balloon catheter. The first rotation speed is the same as the second rotation speed. The method includes applying a coating solution containing the drug to the outer surface of the balloon from a dispensing tube while gradually moving the dispensing tube in the axial direction and simultaneously applying the first and second rotation forces to rotate the balloon catheter around the longitudinal axis of the balloon catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi GOTO, Yasuo Kurosaki, Eisuke Furuichi
  • Publication number: 20180056047
    Abstract: A balloon coating method for forming a coating layer containing a water-insoluble drug on an outer surface of a balloon of a balloon catheter. The method includes moving a drive shaft relative to at least one of a hub of the balloon catheter and an interlocking member. The drive shaft is configured to rotate the balloon catheter about an axis of the balloon. The method fixing the drive shaft to the proximal end of the hub or to the opening of the interlocking member by frictional force, and applying a coating solution containing the drug to the outer surface of the balloon from a dispensing tube while gradually moving the dispensing tube in the axial direction and simultaneously rotating the drive shaft to rotate the balloon catheter around the axis of the balloon catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Goto, Yasuo Kurosaki, Eisuke Furuichi
  • Patent number: 9901955
    Abstract: A balloon coating method is disclosed, which includes an application step in which, where a flexible dispensing tube for supplying a coating solution containing the water-insoluble drug and a solvent is formed at its end portion with an opening portion for discharging the coating solution therethrough and when the opening portion-formed end portion side of the dispensing tube is kept in contact with the outer surface of the balloon in such a manner as to be oriented in a direction opposite to a rotating direction of the balloon while the balloon is rotated about an axis of the balloon, the coating solution is discharged through the opening portion and applied to the outer surface of the balloon while the dispensing tube is moved relative to the balloon in an axial direction X of the balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuo Kurosaki, Hiroshi Goto, Eisuke Furuichi
  • Patent number: 9872940
    Abstract: A drug coating layer which is a drug coating layer having a morphological form including a plurality of elongated bodies having long axes that each crystal of a water-insoluble drug independently has on a substrate surface, in which the long axes of the elongated bodies are nearly linear in shape, and the long axes of the elongated bodies form an angle in a predetermined range with respect to a substrate plane with which the long axis of the elongated body intersects. The drug coating layer can provide low toxicity and a high intravascular stenosis inhibitory effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiko Yamashita, Hiroshi Goto, Shigenori Nozawa, Katsumi Morimoto, Hiroaki Kasukawa
  • Patent number: 9845529
    Abstract: Provided are: a novel electrode which is suitable for use in an input device as typified by a capacitive touch panel sensor, and which has low electrical resistivity and low reflectance; and a method for producing this electrode. This electrode has a multilayer structure comprising a first layer that is formed of an Al film or an Al alloy film and a second layer that is partially nitrided and is formed of an Al alloy containing Al and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mn, Cu, Ti and Ta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mototaka Ochi, Yoko Shida, Hiroshi Goto
  • Publication number: 20170330643
    Abstract: An Ag alloy film used for a reflecting electrode or an interconnection electrode, the Ag alloy film exhibiting low electrical resistivity and high reflectivity and having exceptional oxidation resistance under cleaning treatments such as an O2 plasma treatment or UV irradiation, wherein the Ag alloy film contains either In in an amount of larger than 2.0 atomic % to 2.7 atomic % or smaller; or Zn in an amount of larger than 2.0 atomic % to 3.5 atomic % or smaller; or both. The Ag alloy film may further contain Bi in an amount of 0.01 to 1.0 atomic %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Yoko SHIDA, Hiroshi GOTO, Mototaka OCHI