Patents by Inventor Keiichi Sugiura

Keiichi Sugiura 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: 7742794
    Abstract: A probe adapted to be used with a pulse oximeter is disclosed. A flexible first housing is adapted to be brought into contact with at least a nail of a finger or a toe of a subject. A flexible second housing is adapted to be brought into contact with at least a top of the finger or the toe. A flexible connecting part connects the first housing and the second housing, and is adapted to cover a tip end of the nail. A light emitting element is provided on one of the first housing and the second housing. A light receiving element is provided on the other one of the first housing and the second housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Noriaki Todokoro, Keiichi Sugiura, Toru Maeda, Hideki Fujisaki
  • Publication number: 20090018452
    Abstract: A probe is adapted to emit light having at least one wavelength as irradiation light with respect to a measured portion on a biological body in order to measure a biological signal. A light emitting element is configured to emit the light having the at least one wavelength. A light guiding member is provided with: a first end face, being light-reflective and having a first part opposing the light emitting element and a second part surrounding the first part; a second end face, being light-reflective and intersecting the first end face; and a third end face, being light-permeable, opposing the first end face and intersecting the second end face. The light guiding member is configured such that at least part of the light emitted from the light emitting element is reflected by at least one of the first end face and the second end face, and emitted from the third end face as the irradiation light. A light receiving element is configured to receive light reflected by the measured portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichi SUGIURA, Toru MAEDA, Teiji UKAWA, Shinji YAMAMORI
  • Publication number: 20070027376
    Abstract: A probe adapted to be used with a pulse oximeter is disclosed. A flexible first housing is adapted to be brought into contact with at least a nail of a finger or a toe of a subject. A flexible second housing is adapted to be brought into contact with at least a top of the finger or the toe. A flexible connecting part connects the first housing and the second housing, and is adapted to cover a tip end of the nail. A light emitting element is provided on one of the first housing and the second housing. A light receiving element is provided on the other one of the first housing and the second housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Noriaki Todokoro, Keiichi Sugiura, Toru Maeda, Hideki Fujisaki
  • Publication number: 20030100840
    Abstract: A pulse photometry probe having the following structure is disclosed. A tape-shaped compressive bandage section has a first surface, a second surface opposing to the first surface, a first through hole and a second through hole each connecting the first surface and the second surface. The bandage section is adapted to be wound around a living tissue such that the first surface is brought into contact with the living tissue. A light emitter emits light toward a living tissue. The light emitter detachably attached on a first position of the second surface such that the light passes through the first through hole. A light receiver receives the light which has been emitted from the light emitter and transmitted through the living tissue. The light receiver detachably attached on a second position of the second surface such that the light passes through the second through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichi Sugiura, Toru Maeda
  • Patent number: 6546267
    Abstract: A light emitting portion 3 and a light receiving portion 4 are separately formed, and firmly interposed between tape members 21 and 25 and between tape members 23 and 26, respectively. Those tape members are attached, by sticking, to the opposed locations of a surface of a finger 15 in a state that the optical axes of the light emitting portion 3 and the light receiving portion 4 are coincident with each other. The outer surfaces of them are covered with tape members 25 and 26, whereby the probe is attached to the finger 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Sugiura, Toru Maeda, Noriaki Todokoro, Yoshinobu Nakae, Teiji Ukawa, Hideo Ozawa
  • Patent number: 5687719
    Abstract: To determine the oxygen saturation and other parameters of blood flowing in a fetus positioned in the uterus by detecting the pulsation of the blood in the birthing process from the rupture of the water membrane to the delivery of the baby. An opening is formed near the distal end of a curved support member and both light-emitting portion and light-receiving portion are positioned in the opening as they are spaced apart by a specified gap in which the head of a fetus is rested for detecting the pulsation of blood using measurements of transmitted light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignees: Ikuo Sato, Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Ikuo Sato, Keiichi Sugiura
  • Patent number: 5551423
    Abstract: A pulse oximeter probe includes a measuring member including a light-emitting element and a light receiving element, a pair of holding members for holding the basal part of an earlobe, the measuring member mounted on the holding member, the holding members including compressing portions for holding the basal part of the earlobe, the compressing portions being separated in position from the measuring member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventor: Keiichi Sugiura
  • Patent number: 5413101
    Abstract: A pulse oximeter probe can be attached securely to the ear of a subject without compressing the site of measurement, and permits precise measurements and which can be used as a disposable product. A covering member formed as a tubular bag of a flexible synthetic resin is provided with light-emitting element and light-receiving element at opposite ends, and holding member consisting of main body and moving flap is inserted into the covering member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventor: Keiichi Sugiura