Patents by Inventor Kaoru Ogane

Kaoru Ogane 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: 20190344014
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cannula that can decrease the rate of increase in resistance that is generated when penetrating an incision formed in tissue. The cylindrical cannula (1) configures a trocar (B) used during surgery; an incision member (C) can be inserted and removed therewithin; one side of the end portion of the cylinder forms a protruding slanted cut end (2); and a tapered surface (3) having an uneven width and a width that is wider on the protruding side (the side of point 2a) of the slanted cut end than the non-protruding side (the side of point 2b) is formed on the outer periphery of the slanted cut end (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Etsuo MURAKAMI, Kaoru OGANE
  • Publication number: 20180326529
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a vitreous body surgical probe that is easily manufactured and has a flat end outer surface and a flat end inner surface. A method for manufacturing a vitreous body surgical probe (10) includes the steps of; bringing a steel plate (30) in contact with an end surface of a steel pipe (20); and irradiating an energy beam (50) from the steel plate side along the outer circumference of the pipe end surface. The steel plate is cut through irradiation of the energy beam (50), and the pipe (20) and the steel plate (30) are welded together simultaneously. Alternatively, a step of using the same energy beam for cutting and welding the steel plate may be added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: MANI, Inc.
    Inventors: Etsuo Murakami, Kaoru Ogane
  • Publication number: 20160213511
    Abstract: There is provided a cannula that is capable of controlling itself from easily slipping out from an eyeball when a surgical tool or the like is moved, does not damage the eyeball even when the base of the cannula and the eyeball make contact, and controls a pipe from detaching from the base. The cannula is pierced through the eyeball in ophthalmic operations and includes a metal pipe for piercing through the eyeball A; and a base joined to an end side of the pipe and made of a material having flexibility. Moreover, the center part of an eyeball side end surface of the base should be depressed, and the shape of the contact portion of the base should be changed when the base makes contact with the eyeball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: Mani, Inc.
    Inventors: Etsuo Murakami, Kaoru Ogane
  • Publication number: 20120165851
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cannula that can decrease the rate of increase in resistance that is generated when penetrating an incision formed in tissue. The cylindrical cannula (1) configures a trocar (B) used during surgery; an incision member (C) can be inserted and removed therewithin; one side of the end portion of the cylinder forms a protruding slanted cut end (2); and a tapered surface (3) having an uneven width and a width that is wider on the protruding side (the side of point 2a) of the slanted cut end than the non-protruding side (the side of point 2b) is formed on the outer periphery of the slanted cut end (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Etsuo Murakami, Kaoru Ogane
  • Publication number: 20110144676
    Abstract: Provided is a medical bladed device reduced in piercing resistance by coating with a silicone. Also provided is a coating method by which a satisfactory silicone coating is formed on a medical bladed device. A medical bladed device (knife (A)) having a cutting portion (1) with an edge (3) on the periphery thereof and a shank (2) is subjected to coating to coat the cutting portion (1) including the edge (3) with a silicone having a thickness of from 25 nanometers to 5 micrometers. While holding the medical bladed device, with the cutting portion (1) lower and the shank (2) upper, the cutting portion is immersed in a silicone solution so that the angle between the upper or lower side of the cutting portion and the solution surface (21) of the silicone solution is 0-90 degrees. Thereafter, the medical bladed device is raised at a rate of 500 mm/min or less while keeping the angle in that range to separate the cutting portion from the silicone solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: MANI, INC.
    Inventors: Akio Yamaguchi, Masahiko Saito, Kaoru Ogane
  • Patent number: D750780
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: MANI, INC.
    Inventor: Kaoru Ogane
  • Patent number: D802762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: MANI, INC.
    Inventor: Kaoru Ogane