Patents by Inventor Katsutoshi SAKANO

Katsutoshi SAKANO 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: 11338153
    Abstract: Provided is a phototherapeutic apparatus including: a probe that is held and operated by a user and provided with a photo-irradiation unit that performs irradiation with light beams; and a body provided with a control unit that controls the light beams. The body is provided with a read unit that reads a treatment protocol registered in an IC card (mobile memory medium), and a monitor (operation indication unit) that indicates a region to be irradiated with the light beams to the user, the region being set in the treatment protocol, and the control unit causes the monitor to indicate the region to be irradiated and causes the photo-irradiation unit to perform the irradiation with the light beams at a set value set in the treatment protocol. It is possible to perform the irradiation with the light beams in accordance with the treatment protocol and safely use the phototherapeutic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: INFORWARD, INC, PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY, SHIBUYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akimichi Morita, Katsutoshi Sakano
  • Publication number: 20200105396
    Abstract: A phototherapeutic apparatus 1 includes: a doctor card 8B (external storage medium) into which permission data for permitting a change in an irradiation condition for light from the probe 3 is registered or a patient card 8A into which prohibition data for not permitting the change is registered; and a data reader 9 that reads the data of the external storage medium 8. When the data reader 9 reads the permission data from the doctor card 8B, the irradiation condition of the condition setter 7 is made changeable by using the monitor 10 (input part), and when the data reader 9 reads the prohibition data from the patient card 8A, the change in the irradiation condition of the condition setter 7 by using the monitor 10 is not permitted, and an irradiation condition registered in the patient card 8A together with the prohibition data is set into the condition setter 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Akimichi MORITA, Katsutoshi Sakano
  • Publication number: 20190321654
    Abstract: Provided is a phototherapeutic apparatus including: a probe that is held and operated by a user and provided with a photo-irradiation unit that performs irradiation with light beams; and a body provided with a control unit that controls the light beams. The body is provided with a read unit that reads a treatment protocol registered in an IC card (mobile memory medium), and a monitor (operation indication unit) that indicates a region to be irradiated with the light beams to the user, the region being set in the treatment protocol, and the control unit causes the monitor to indicate the region to be irradiated and causes the photo-irradiation unit to perform the irradiation with the light beams at a set value set in the treatment protocol. It is possible to perform the irradiation with the light beams in accordance with the treatment protocol and safely use the phototherapeutic apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Akimichi MORITA, Katsutoshi SAKANO