Patents by Inventor Keita Ozawa
Keita Ozawa 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).
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Patent number: 11911021Abstract: A method for closing a wound in a tubular organ using a suture thread introduced into the tubular organ, includes: inflating the tubular organ by supplying gas into the tubular organ; resecting a lesion while the tubular organ is inflated, so that the wound is formed; deflating the tubular organ by discharging gas from the tubular organ; passing the suture thread through a tissue around the wound; and gathering the tissue around the wound by pulling the suture thread passing through the tissue while the tubular organ is deflated.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Keita Ozawa, Kunihide Kaji, Hiroyuki Morishita
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Publication number: 20240032910Abstract: A method for closing a wound in a tubular organ using a suture thread includes: a first step of connecting a first edge portion and a second edge portion with the suture thread; and a second step of connecting a third edge portion and a fourth edge portion with the suture thread. The first step includes passing the suture thread through a first position on a mucosal surface of at least one of the first edge portion and the second edge portion. The second step includes passing the suture thread through a third position on the mucosal surface of at least one of the third edge portion and the fourth edge portion. A shortest distance between the wound and the third position is larger than a shortest distance between the wound and the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Hiroyuki MORISHITA, Kunihide KAJI, Keita OZAWA
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Patent number: 11819206Abstract: A method for closing a wound in a tubular organ using a suture thread includes: a first step of connecting a first edge portion and a second edge portion with the suture thread; and a second step of connecting a third edge portion and a fourth edge portion with the suture thread. The first step includes passing the suture thread through a first position on a mucosal surface of at least one of the first edge portion and the second edge portion. The second step includes passing the suture thread through a third position on the mucosal surface of at least one of the third edge portion and the fourth edge portion. A shortest distance between the wound and the third position is larger than a shortest distance between the wound and the first position.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Hiroyuki Morishita, Kunihide Kaji, Keita Ozawa
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Publication number: 20230309807Abstract: A medical insertion equipment system comprises a capsule including an outer shell and an interior space, a disinfectant that is located in the interior space of the capsule, and a medical insertion instrument that includes an operation section, an insertion section configured for insertion into a subject, an insertion conduit located in the insertion section, and a fixture located in the operation section, the fixture including a body having a receiver space for holding at least a portion of the capsule, and wherein the insertion conduit extends along an insertion axis from a distal end side of the insertion section to a proximal end side of the insertion section, and wherein the fixture includes an opening in a surface of the receiver space, and wherein the opening is in fluid communication with the insertion conduit via a connecting conduit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Takeo SUZUKI, Keita OZAWA
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Publication number: 20230248221Abstract: A medical device includes: a first sterilized insertion device including an insertion portion configured to be inserted into a subject, and a cover surrounding a distal end portion of the insertion portion. The cover is configured to be teared by receiving external force so as to make an opening in the cover for exposing the distal end portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Nobuyuki NAKANISHI, Keita OZAWA, Hiroaki OSAWA, Masahiro ASHIZUKA
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Publication number: 20230226239Abstract: An endoscope includes an insertion section, a channel, a raising base and a sterilizing device. The insertion section includes a distal end portion, and the distal end portion includes a recess. The channel is disposed in the insertion section, the channel communicating with the recess and the channel configured to receive a treatment instrument. The raising base is disposed in the recess, the raising base configured to guide the treatment instrument to protrude from the recess. The sterilizing device is disposed in the distal end portion, the sterilizing device configured to sterilize one or more of the channel and the recess and the raising base.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Akira OZAKI, Takuya TOYOOKA, Keita OZAWA
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Publication number: 20230200806Abstract: A traction tool for performing traction, of a suture thread under a flexible endoscope is provided. The traction toot includes a first holder configured to hold the suture thread or a suture needle attached to the suture thread; a second holder having an engaging surface configured to engage the suture, thread such that the suture thread is capable of advancing and retracting and configured to release an engagement with the suture thread; and a guide member holding the first holder and the second holder such that the first holder and the second holder are relatively movable.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Hiroyuki MORISHITA, Kunihide KAJI, Keita OZAWA, Tsutomu OKADA, Masatoshi TONOMURA, Nobuko MATSUO, Kosuke OKA
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Publication number: 20230123675Abstract: A sole includes a midsole body and a buffer member made of a material having hardness lower than that of a material constituting the midsole body. A mounting portion that mounts the buffer member is formed on a surface of a rearfoot region of the midsole body. The buffer member is mounted on the mounting portion in a non-adhesive state. One of the mounting portion and the buffer member includes a reference surface and a protrusion. The other of the mounting portion and the buffer member includes a recess. The recess includes a surrounding wall having a shape that entirely surrounds a periphery of the protrusion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Keita OZAWA, Hisanori FUJITA, Yousuke ATARASHI, Kota MIYOSHI
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Publication number: 20230108812Abstract: A sole constituting a part of footwear includes a shock-absorbing part provided at least in a rearfoot region, the shock-absorbing part cushioning an impact applied to a heel of a foot upon landing, and a support part provided at least in a midfoot region, the support part being higher in rigidity than the shock-absorbing part and supporting a midfoot portion of the foot, the support part includes a support surface, the support surface being provided forward of the shock-absorbing part and having a shape extending from one end to the other end in a width direction, and the shock-absorbing part includes a recessed surface located at a height position lower than the support surface, and a plurality of columnar bodies each having a shape extending from the recessed surface to a height position identical in height to the support surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2020Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Keita OZAWA, Yoshihito TAHIRA, Genki HATANO, Yousuke ATARASHI, Shingo MASUMOTO, Keishi KITAMOTO, Hiroki NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20230075713Abstract: An upper includes an upper main body that covers an instep of a foot. A first region and a second region adjacent to the first region are formed in the upper main body . The upper main body includes: a first linear body provided across the first region and the second region or provided only in the second region; and a second linear body provided in the first region while avoiding the second region and having an end located at a boundary portion between the first region and the second region. The first linear body and the second linear body have mutually different stretchability.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Chihaya SUZUKI, Seiji YANO, Katsunori YAGYU, Yoshiyasu ANDO, Keita OZAWA, Yousuke ATARASHI, Shingo MASUMOTO, Hiroaki NISHIMURA, Kenta TATENO
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Publication number: 20230036575Abstract: A shoe tongue structure includes a first shoe tongue and a second shoe tongue arranged such as to cover an opening of an upper extending frontward from a foot insertion part. The first shoe tongue includes a first front end fixed to an edge of the opening and extends rearward from the first front end toward the lateral side of the foot insertion part. The second shoe tongue includes a second front end fixed to an edge of the opening and extends rearward from the second front end toward the medial side of the foot insertion part. The first front end is positioned on the medial side with respect to the second front end.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2019Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Keita OZAWA, Shigeyuki MITSUI, Sho TAKAMASU, Kenta NAKAYA
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Publication number: 20220408880Abstract: A shock absorber includes a shock absorbing portion having a three-dimensional shape formed by a wall in which an outer shape is defined by a pair of parallel curved surfaces. The shock absorbing portion includes at least one three-dimensional structure body obtained by changing a shape of a unit structure body thickened based on a unit structure of a Schwartz P structure. The shape of the three-dimensional structure body in an unloaded state is a shape obtained by changing the shape of the unit structure so as to follow the shape change of the unit structure body, which is the regular hexahedron shaped space occupied by the unit structure body, into the trapezoidal space.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaro IWASA, Yoshiyasu ANDO, Keita OZAWA
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Publication number: 20220408878Abstract: A shoe sole includes a sole body including a midsole and a shock absorber. The shock absorber is disposed adjacent to the midsole in a direction intersecting a thickness direction of the sole body. The midsole includes a first opposing surface that is opposed to the shock absorber and inclined with respect to the thickness direction, and the shock absorber includes a shock absorbing portion having a three-dimensional shape formed by a wall in which an outer shape is defined by a pair of parallel curved surfaces and a plate-shaped fixing wall including a second opposing surface opposed to the first opposing surface. The fixing wall is inclined with respect to the thickness direction such that the second opposing surface is parallel to the first opposing surface. The shock absorber is fixed to the midsole by bonding the first opposing surface and the second opposing surface through an adhesive layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaro IWASA, Tomokazu HASHIBA, Keita OZAWA
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Publication number: 20220273286Abstract: A method for closing a wound in a tubular organ using a suture thread includes: a first step of connecting a first edge portion and a second edge portion with the suture thread; and a second step of connecting a third edge portion and a fourth edge portion with the suture thread. The first step includes passing the suture thread through a first position on a mucosal surface of at least one of the first edge portion and the second edge portion. The second step includes passing the suture thread through a third position on the mucosal surface of at least one of the third edge portion and the fourth edge portion. A shortest distance between the wound and the third position is larger than a shortest distance between the wound and the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Hiroyuki MORISHITA, Kunihide KAJI, Keita OZAWA
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Publication number: 20220248805Abstract: A shoe includes a midsole and an upper joined to the midsole. A joint position between the midsole and a base end part of the upper is located inside in a width direction with respect to an outer circumferential edge of a top surface of the midsole. The shoe in another aspect includes the midsole, a first upper joined to the midsole, and a second upper disposed on the outside in a width direction of the first upper. A first joint position between the midsole and the base end part of the first upper is located on the inside in a width direction of a second joint position between the midsole and a base end part 68 of the second upper, and an upper edge U of the second upper is joined to the first upper.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2019Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Sho TAKAMASU, Kei KANEMATSU, Shigeyuki MITSUI, Keita OZAWA, Genki HATANO, Seigo NAKAYA
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Publication number: 20220240934Abstract: A method for closing a wound in a mucosal layer of an organ wall of a patient includes threading a suture thread into the mucosal layer at a first position located on a first side of the wound, threading the suture thread at least once into a muscle layer of the organ wall, and threading the suture thread into the mucosal layer at a second position located on a second side of the wound that is opposite the first side of the wound. A method for resecting a lesion in a wall of an organ of a patient includes creating a wound in a mucosal layer of the wall of the organ by excising the lesion from the wall of the organ, and threading a suture thread through a series passes between the mucosal layer on a first side of the wound and the mucosal layer on a second side of the wound, the suture thread being threaded into a muscle layer of the wall of the organ in at least one pass of the series passes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Keita OZAWA, Kunihide KAJI
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Publication number: 20220233190Abstract: A method for resecting a lesion in a wall of an organ of a patient includes injecting a fluid into the wall of the organ at a location proximate to the lesion, creating a wound in the wall of the organ by cutting the lesion from the wall of the luminal organ, removing at least a portion of the fluid injected into the wall of the organ, and closing the wound using a suture thread. The portion of fluid may be removed prior to or after partially threading the suture thread into the wall of the organ.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Keita OZAWA, Kunihide KAJI, Hiroyuki MORISHITA
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Publication number: 20220202412Abstract: A method for closing a wound in a tubular organ using a suture thread introduced into the tubular organ, includes: inflating the tubular organ by supplying gas into the tubular organ; resecting a lesion while the tubular organ is inflated, so that the wound is formed; deflating the tubular organ by discharging gas from the tubular organ; passing the suture thread through a tissue around the wound; and gathering the tissue around the wound by pulling the suture thread passing through the tissue while the tubular organ is deflated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Keita OZAWA, Kunihide KAJI, Hiroyuki MORISHITA
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Patent number: D1002166Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Keita Ozawa, Takayuki Kogure
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Patent number: D1004920Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Keita Ozawa, Yousuke Atarashi