Patents by Inventor Hiroshi TORIGAI

Hiroshi TORIGAI 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: 11737735
    Abstract: A physiological information system includes a patient monitor configured to acquire a vital sign based on a vital sign signal of a subject, and an ultrasonic measuring apparatus configured to acquire ultrasonic images based on ultrasonic waves transmitted toward the subject and received from the subject. The patient monitor includes a storage device configured to store measured data of the vital signs in association with measurement dates and times, and to store the ultrasonic images in association with image capture timings, and a controller configured to display a screen on a display section based on data, including the measured data and the ultrasonic images, stored in the storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Oura, Sou Kumagai, Wataru Matsuzawa, Nobuyuki Yasumaru, Kazuya Nagase, Hiroshi Torigai, Naoki Fukushima
  • Patent number: 11464496
    Abstract: A patient monitor that acquires and displays first vital sign information and second vital sign information of a subject includes an event detection unit that is configured to detect an activation start event for starting an activation process of biological information processing software which performs a process pertaining to the second vital sign information and an activating event for activating the biological information processing software and a software control unit that causes the biological information processing software to be in a standby state, in which a part of the activation process of the biological information processing software has been performed, when the activation start event is detected by the event detection unit, and causes the biological information processing software to be in an active state from the standby state when the activating event is detected by the event detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Oura, Sou Kumagai, Wataru Matsuzawa, Nobuyuki Yasumaru, Kazuya Nagase, Hiroshi Torigai, Naoki Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20220117581
    Abstract: A patient monitor and physiological information measurement system are provided. The patient monitor for acquiring vital signals that are based on vital signs of a subject, and an ultrasonic image that is based on an ultrasonic wave which is transmitted to and received from the subject configured to be connectable to a plurality of displays, and includes a display controller that is configured to control the plurality of displays to display information including the vital signs in at least one of the displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro OURA, Sou KUMAGAI, Wataru MATSUZAWA, Nobuyuki YASUMARU, Kazuya NAGASE, Hiroshi TORIGAI, Naoki FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11204619
    Abstract: A patient monitor that acquires a vital sign through a measurement sensor, and that is to be connected to an external measurement apparatus for measuring another vital sign, includes a master clock that is disposed in the patient monitor, and that manages common time information, a first operating system that manages first time information, and a second operating system that manages second time information, and that transmits and receives data to and from the external measurement apparatus. When a predetermined event occurs, the first operating system reads the common time information from the master clock, and updates the first time information. When the predetermined event occurs, the second operating system reads the common time information from the master clock, updates the second time information, and notifies the external measurement apparatus of the updated second time information or the common time information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Oura, Sou Kumagai, Wataru Matuzawa, Nobuyuki Yasumaru, Kazuya Nagase, Hiroshi Torigai, Naoki Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20210315542
    Abstract: A physiological information measurement apparatus is configured to acquire a vital sign that is based on a physiological signal of a subject, and a captured image or a signal for generating the captured image that is acquired from an imaging device. The physiological information measurement apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store therein an electronic file, and a control unit configured to display at least one of the captured image and information of the vital sign on a display unit. At an image recording timing when an image recording instruction is provided, the control unit stores both the captured image and the information of the vital sign in the storage unit in an image format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro OURA, Sou KUMAGAI, Wataru MATSUZAWA, Nobuyuki YASUMARU, Kazuya NAGASE, Hiroshi TORIGAI, Naoki FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20200359999
    Abstract: A physiological information system includes a patient monitor configured to acquire a vital sign based on a vital sign signal of a subject, and an ultrasonic measuring apparatus configured to acquire ultrasonic images based on ultrasonic waves transmitted toward the subject and received from the subject. The patient monitor includes a storage device configured to store measured data of the vital signs in association with measurement dates and times, and to store the ultrasonic images in association with image capture timings, and a controller configured to display a screen on a display section based on data, including the measured data and the ultrasonic images, stored in the storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro OURA, Sou KUMAGAI, Wataru MATSUZAWA, Nobuyuki YASUMARU, Kazuya NAGASE, Hiroshi TORIGAI, Naoki FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20200275908
    Abstract: An ultrasonic measurement system includes a display device configured to display an ultrasonic image and an ultrasonic probe electrically connectable to the display device. The ultrasonic probe includes an image capturing unit joined to or detachably attached to a first cable, the image capturing unit comprising a first optical lens to capture an image of a nearby object, and a probe head joined to or detachably attached to the first cable, the probe head being configured to transmit an ultrasonic beam toward a body surface of a subject and to receive a reflected wave from the body surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro OURA, Sou KUMAGAI, Wataru MATSUZAWA, Nobuyuki YASUMARU, Kazuya NAGASE, Hiroshi TORIGAI, Naoki FUKUSHIMA, Masashi SATO, Takuya AIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190156935
    Abstract: A patient monitor is connectable to an imaging unit. The patient monitor includes a folder creating section and a file operating section. When a first event occurs, the folder creating section newly creates a first folder in a first hierarchy of a file system. When a second event occurs, the folder creating section newly creates a second folder in the first folder that is last created. The file operating section stores an image file relating to image information that is supplied from the imaging unit, in the second folder last created by the folder creating section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro OURA, Sou KUMAGAI, Wataru MATUZAWA, Nobuyuki YASUMARU, Kazuya NAGASE, Hiroshi TORIGAI, Naoki FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20190029635
    Abstract: A patient monitor that acquires a vital sign through a measurement sensor, and that is to be connected to an external measurement apparatus for measuring another vital sign, includes a master clock that is disposed in the patient monitor, and that manages common time information, a first operating system that manages first time information, and a second operating system that manages second time information, and that transmits and receives data to and from the external measurement apparatus. When a predetermined event occurs, the first operating system reads the common time information from the master clock, and updates the first time information. When the predetermined event occurs, the second operating system reads the common time information from the master clock, updates the second time information, and notifies the external measurement apparatus of the updated second time information or the common time information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro OURA, Sou KUMAGAI, Wataru MATUZAWA, Nobuyuki YASUMARU, Kazuya NAGASE, Hiroshi TORIGAI, Naoki FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20180353160
    Abstract: A patient monitor that acquires and displays first vital sign information and second vital sign information of a subject includes an event detection unit that is configured to detect an activation start event for starting an activation process of biological information processing software which performs a process pertaining to the second vital sign information and an activating event for activating the biological information processing software and a software control unit that causes the biological information processing software to be in a standby state, in which a part of the activation process of the biological information processing software has been performed, when the activation start event is detected by the event detection unit, and causes the biological information processing software to be in an active state from the standby state when the activating event is detected by the event detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro OURA, Sou KUMAGAI, Wataru MATSUZAWA, Nobuyuki YASUMARU, Kazuya NAGASE, Hiroshi TORIGAI, Naoki FUKUSHIMA