Patents by Inventor Kenichi HARIGAYA

Kenichi HARIGAYA 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).

  • Imaging method, imaging apparatus, imaging system, surgery support system, and a storage medium
    Patent number: 10408749
    Abstract: An imaging method includes: irradiating breast tissue with infrared light, detecting light in a narrow wavelength band selected from wavelength bands from 1400 nm or more to 1600 nm or less, among light radiated from the tissue irradiated with the infrared light, and generating, based on the detected light in the narrow wavelength band, an image to specify an area in the tissue containing breast cancer cell aggregation or breast cancer tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: JAPAN ORGANIZATION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Harigaya, Daisuke Ozaki, Yuzuru Ikehara, Hiroki Ishikawa, Zhen Liu, Takeshi Hataguchi
  • IMAGING METHOD, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, SURGERY SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND A STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180202924
    Abstract: An imaging method includes: irradiating breast tissue with infrared light, detecting light in a narrow wavelength band selected from wavelength bands from 1400 nm or more to 1600 nm or less, among light radiated from the tissue irradiated with the infrared light, and generating, based on the detected light in the narrow wavelength band, an image to specify an area in the tissue containing breast cancer cell aggregation or breast cancer tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicants: JAPAN ORGANIZATION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi HARIGAYA, Daisuke OZAKI, Yuzuru IKEHARA, Hiroki ISHIKAWA, Zhen LIU, Takeshi HATAGUCHI