Patents by Inventor Keijiro Omot

Keijiro Omot 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).

  • ROTATING SELF-PROPELLED ENDOSCOPE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090156897
    Abstract: A rotating self-propelled endoscope device 1 of the present invention comprises an insertion portion 2 to be inserted into a subject, a thrust generation portion 12 provided rotatably around a longitudinal axis of an outer circumference of the insertion portion, a rotary motive force generating unit 3 having a driving unit 45 for rotating the thrust generation portion, a detecting unit 52 for detecting physical information based on driving of the driving unit of the rotation driving portion, and a notifying unit 10 for notifying the physical information based on a detection result of the detecting unit, and a behavior of the thrust generating unit can be grasped by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Keijiro Omot, Yasuhito Kura, Takahiro Kishi, Yoshiyuki Tanii