Patents by Inventor Hisato KOGURE
Hisato KOGURE 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).
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Patent number: 10588500Abstract: An endoscope reprocessing tool includes: a connection portion configured to be connected with a fluid outlet provided on a bottom face of a reprocessing basin of an endoscope reprocessor; a direction changing portion configured to change a flow direction of fluid discharged from the fluid outlet from a direction against a gravity direction to a direction crossing the gravity direction; a discharge portion configured to discharge the fluid direction-changed by the direction changing portion in the direction crossing the gravity direction; and a positioning portion configured to position a distal end portion of an endoscope so that the discharge portion and a recess portion provided on the distal end portion face each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Tomokazu Iwasaki, Mitsuyoshi Tezuka, Hitoshi Hasegawa, Hisato Kogure
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Patent number: 10342420Abstract: An endoscope accessory case includes: a case body made up of a bottom portion and an impermeable trunk portion, the case body including an opening portion provided in a top face, and a fluid introduction port configured to introduce a fluid; and an impermeable lid, the lid including a contact portion configured to come into contact with the case body, and a bubble lead-out edge located at a position apart from an inner circumference of the case body and configured to lead out bubbles separated from endoscope accessories when the endoscope accessories held in the case body are agitated by being pushed by the fluid, the lid being configured to detachably cover the opening portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Yohei Mitsui, Shinichiro Kawachi, Hisato Kogure
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Publication number: 20180317760Abstract: An endoscope reprocessing tool includes: a connection portion configured to be connected with a fluid outlet provided on a bottom face of a reprocessing basin of an endoscope reprocessor; a direction changing portion configured to change a flow direction of fluid discharged from the fluid outlet from a direction against a gravity direction to a direction crossing the gravity direction; a discharge portion configured to discharge the fluid direction-changed by the direction changing portion in the direction crossing the gravity direction; and a positioning portion configured to position a distal end portion of an endoscope so that the discharge portion and a recess portion provided on the distal end portion face each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Tomokazu IWASAKI, Mitsuyoshi TEZUKA, Hitoshi HASEGAWA, Hisato KOGURE
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Publication number: 20180310815Abstract: An endoscope reprocessing tool includes a connection portion connected to a fluid supply source, a first fluid outlet configured to lead out a fluid, one or a plurality of stands configured to place a distal end portion of an endoscope provided with a guide member configured to guide a treatment instrument to a concave portion, a first opening portion and a second opening portion configured to allow the distal end portion to cross, and a positioning portion configured to hit a proximal end side wall of the concave portion and position the distal end portion when the distal end portion is placed on the stands such that a first opening portion side is on a proximal end and a second opening portion side is on a distal end.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuyoshi Tezuka, Hitoshi Hasegawa, Tomokazu Iwasaki, Hisato Kogure
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Publication number: 20170296045Abstract: An endoscope accessory case includes: a case body made up of a bottom portion and an impermeable trunk portion, the case body including an opening portion provided in a top face, and a fluid introduction port configured to introduce a fluid; and an impermeable lid, the lid including a contact portion configured to come into contact with the case body, and a bubble lead-out edge located at a position apart from an inner circumference of the case body and configured to lead out bubbles separated from endoscope accessories when the endoscope accessories held in the case body are agitated by being pushed by the fluid, the lid being configured to detachably cover the opening portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Yohei MITSUI, Shinichiro KAWACHI, Hisato KOGURE
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Patent number: 9636006Abstract: An endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus includes: a cleaning/disinfecting tank; a cover portion; a facing portion; an approach portion; a central portion; an acceleration sensor detecting an acceleration change pattern at time of the cover portion moving from an open position to a closed position; an informing section; and a control section, when the acceleration change pattern detected by the acceleration sensor is different from a set pattern at the time of the cover portion moving from the open position to the closed position, judging that the approach portion comes into contact with the cleaning/disinfecting target and performing warning control of the informing section. A shortest distance between the approach portion and the cleaning/disinfecting tank at time of the approach portion being fitted into a hollow portion at the closed position is less than 3.2 mm.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hisato Kogure
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Patent number: 9603513Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroo Takada, Hisato Kogure
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Publication number: 20160128554Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2016Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroo TAKADA, Hisato KOGURE
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Publication number: 20160074912Abstract: An endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus includes: a cleaning/disinfecting tank; a cover portion; a facing portion; an approach portion; a central portion; an acceleration sensor detecting an acceleration change pattern at time of the cover portion moving from an open position to a closed position; an informing section; and a control section, when the acceleration change pattern detected by the acceleration sensor is different from a set pattern at the time of the cover portion moving from the open position to the closed position, judging that the approach portion comes into contact with the cleaning/disinfecting target and performing warning control of the informing section. A shortest distance between the approach portion and the cleaning/disinfecting tank at time of the approach portion being fitted into a hollow portion at the closed position is less than 3.2 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hisato KOGURE