Patents by Inventor Kahori YASUNAGA

Kahori YASUNAGA 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: 20170347862
    Abstract: An endoscope connector for connecting an endoscope to an external apparatus, includes: an exterior member including a first opening and a second opening on end part side, the first opening and the second opening respectively exposing, to an outside, predetermined members of the endoscope to be connected to the external apparatus; and a supporting member that is disposed inside the exterior member and holds the predetermined members, in which the supporting member includes an insertion hole that faces a region on the end part side of the exterior member, the region being different from the first opening and the second opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kahori YASUNAGA
  • Patent number: 9675234
    Abstract: A sealability acquiring mechanism disposed in a medical apparatus has a raising base unit constituted of a raising base operating mechanism, a raising tube path portion, a guide tube and a raising base. In the raising tube path portion, there is disposed a sealing member that is water-tightly or air-tightly fixed to a wire fixing portion to be connected to a raising wire inserted into an outer peripheral member and the outer peripheral member, a fluid supplied from an opening of the outer peripheral member flows between an inner peripheral surface of a raising tube path and an outer peripheral surface of the sealing member, and the raising base operating mechanism is water-tightly or air-tightly separated from the raising tube path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayo Tsumaru, Toshio Nakamura, Tatsuya Furukawa, Koji Yamaya, Seiji Saito, Tetsuhiro Yamada, Kahori Yasunaga
  • Publication number: 20170035273
    Abstract: In the conduit opening/closing operation, when a conduit opening/closing section having a configuration where an operation lever is protruded to the vicinity of an operating section is disposed to the operating section, the operator him/herself can operate the operation lever without losing his/her hold of the operating section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kahori YASUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20160150946
    Abstract: A sealability acquiring mechanism disposed in a medical apparatus has a raising base unit constituted of a raising base operating mechanism, a raising tube path portion, a guide tube and a raising base. In the raising tube path portion, there is disposed a sealing member that is water-tightly or air-tightly fixed to a wire fixing portion to be connected to a raising wire inserted into an outer peripheral member and the outer peripheral member, a fluid supplied from an opening of the outer peripheral member flows between an inner peripheral surface of a raising tube path and an outer peripheral surface of the sealing member, and the raising base operating mechanism is water-tightly or air-tightly separated from the raising tube path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayo TSUMARU, Toshio NAKAMURA, Tatsuya FURUKAWA, Koji YAMAYA, Seiji SAITO, Tetsuhiro YAMADA, Kahori YASUNAGA