Patents by Inventor Kazuhide Makiyama

Kazuhide Makiyama 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: 20160063729
    Abstract: A surgical simulation model generating method which includes a first process in which a computing unit acquires geometrical information of an organ from a medical image stored in a storage unit, including an image of the organ, and generates volume data for the organ; a second process in which, after the first process, the computing unit forms nodal points by meshing the organ represented by the generated volume data; a third process in which the computing unit generates a simulated membrane that covers the organ represented by the volume data meshed in the second process; and a fourth process in which the computing unit generates a simulated organ by drawing an imaginary line so as to extend from each nodal point formed on a surface of the organ represented by the volume data meshed in the second process in a direction that intersects the simulated membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Precision Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu KUBOTA, Kazuhide MAKIYAMA, Takaaki KIKUKAWA, Manabu NAGASAKA, Hideo SAKAMOTO, Masato OGATA
  • Patent number: 9214095
    Abstract: A surgical simulation model generating method includes: a first process in which a computing unit acquires geometrical information of an organ from a medical image stored in a storage unit, including an image of the organ, and generates volume data for the organ; a second process in which, after the first process, the computing unit forms nodal points by meshing the organ represented by the generated volume data; a third process in which the computing unit generates a simulated membrane that covers the organ represented by the volume data meshed in the second process; and a fourth process in which the computing unit generates a simulated organ by drawing an imaginary line so as to extend from each nodal point formed on a surface of the organ represented by the volume data meshed in the second process in a direction that intersects the simulated membrane and thereby forming a membrane nodal point at a point where the imaginary line intersects the simulated membrane generated in the third process, and by arrang
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Kubota, Kazuhide Makiyama, Takaaki Kikukawa, Manabu Nagasaka, Hideo Sakamoto, Masato Ogata
  • Patent number: 8681152
    Abstract: The invention is directed to the provision of a method for generating a model for a preoperative simulation, wherein the method includes: a first step of constructing volume data for necessary organs by acquiring geometrical information from a medical image; a second step of manipulating the volume data to reposition and reorient an operator-designated organ to achieve a position and orientation appropriate for a surgical operation; a third step of generating a blood-vessel model, depicting a blood vessel to be joined to the designated organ, so as to match the position and orientation of the designated organ; a fourth step of generating volume data by forming a fat model of prescribed thickness around a prescribed organ contained in the earlier constructed volume data, after the blood-vessel model has been joined to the designated organ; a fifth step of thereafter meshing the organ represented by the generated volume data; a sixth step of manipulating a template model of a prescribed shape by using a templat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Precision Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Kubota, Kazuhide Makiyama, Manabu Nagasaka, Kentaro Takanami, Masato Ogata
  • Publication number: 20120081367
    Abstract: A surgical simulation model generating method includes: a first process in which a computing unit acquires geometrical information of an organ from a medical image stored in a storage unit, including an image of the organ, and generates volume data for the organ; a second process in which, after the first process, the computing unit forms nodal points by meshing the organ represented by the generated volume data; a third process in which the computing unit generates a simulated membrane that covers the organ represented by the volume data meshed in the second process; and a fourth process in which the computing unit generates a simulated organ by drawing an imaginary line so as to extend from each nodal point formed on a surface of the organ represented by the volume data meshed in the second process in a direction that intersects the simulated membrane and thereby forming a membrane nodal point at a point where the imaginary line intersects the simulated membrane generated in the third process, and by arrang
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Precision Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Kubota, Kazuhide Makiyama, Takaaki Kikukawa, Manabu Nagasaka, Hideo Sakamoto, Masato Ogata
  • Publication number: 20110238395
    Abstract: The invention is directed to the provision of a method for generating a model for a preoperative simulation, wherein the method includes: a first step of constructing volume data for necessary organs by acquiring geometrical information from a medical image; a second step of manipulating the volume data to reposition and reorient an operator-designated organ to achieve a position and orientation appropriate for a surgical operation; a third step of generating a blood-vessel model, depicting a blood vessel to be joined to the designated organ, so as to match the position and orientation of the designated organ; a fourth step of generating volume data by forming a fat model of prescribed thickness around a prescribed organ contained in the earlier constructed volume data, after the blood-vessel model has been joined to the designated organ; a fifth step of thereafter meshing the organ represented by the generated volume data; a sixth step of manipulating a template model of a prescribed shape by using a templat
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Kubota, Kazuhide Makiyama, Manabu Nagasaka, Kentaro Takanami, Masato Ogata