Patents by Inventor Kenichiro Kabumoto

Kenichiro Kabumoto 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: 20240023790
    Abstract: A medical instrument is adapted to be attached to a subject. A nasal adapter includes cannulas adapted to be disposed so as to face nostrils of the subject when the medical instrument is attached to the subject. A bite block includes a hollow member-adapted to be disposed in an oral cavity of the subject when the medical instrument is attached to the subject. A flexible joint connects the nasal adapter and the bite block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kenichiro KABUMOTO, Fumihiko TAKATORI, Masayuki INOUE
  • Patent number: 11766533
    Abstract: A bite block includes a hollow oral cavity insert part, a plate and a hollow outside part. The hollow oral cavity insert part is in contacts with an oral cavity of a subject at the time of attaching the bite block to the subject. The plate is formed in a flange shape extending from the oral cavity insert part. A hollow outside part includes an exposed portion which is exposed to an outside of the oral cavity at the time of attaching, and communicates with a hole of the oral cavity insert part. In the bite block, the hollow outside part includes at least one through hole with which an external device is attached to the bite block, on the exposed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiko Takatori, Masayuki Inoue, Kenichiro Kabumoto
  • Publication number: 20230293842
    Abstract: A nasal adapter includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a mouth exhalation guide portion having a facing portion facing a mouth of a living body and formed with a mouth-side guide path for guiding exhaled breath exhaled from the mouth to the facing portion, a base portion disposed above the mouth exhalation guide portion with respect to the living body, and a cuttable portion integrally formed with the mouth exhalation guide portion and the base portion. The cuttable portion disconnectably connects the mouth exhalation guide portion to the base portion. The base portion is fixed to the second portion. The first portion is detachably connected to the second portion at a connecting section below the cuttable portion with respect to the living body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Takayuki AOYAGI, Toshiki AOKI, Kenichiro KABUMOTO, Fumihiko TAKATORI, Yuya BABA
  • Publication number: 20230277085
    Abstract: A sensor attachment system includes: a sensor configured to detect a state of respiratory gas of a subject; and a compatible airway adaptor compatible with the sensor. The sensor includes a respiratory gas detector configured to detect the state of the respiratory gas of the subject, and a sensor-side engagement portion engageable with the compatible airway adaptor. The compatible airway adaptor includes a tube portion having a respiratory gas ventilation passage through which the respiratory gas passes, and an adapter-side engagement portion engageable with the sensor-side engagement portion. The sensor is attachable to the compatible airway adaptor in a state in which the compatible airway adaptor and the sensor do not interfere with each other, and the sensor is not attachable to an incompatible airway adaptor that is not compatible with the sensor in a state in which the incompatible airway adaptor and the sensor interfere with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Kenichiro KABUMOTO, Fumihiko TAKATORI, Yuya BABA
  • Patent number: 11717632
    Abstract: An airway adaptor includes: a nasal expiration collecting portion which is to be connected to a nostril of a living body, and which collects an expiration of the nasal cavity; a gas passage portion that forms a gas passage through which the expiration collected by the nasal expiration collecting portion passes; and a gas sensor attaching portion to which a gas sensor that is disposed in the gas passage portion, and that measures the concentration of a predetermined gas component contained in the expiration is attachable. The nasal expiration collecting portion shows a flowing state where a flow of the expiration is allowed, and an obstruction state where the flow of the expiration is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro Kabumoto, Takayuki Aoyagi, Fumihiko Takatori, Masayuki Inoue
  • Patent number: 11576591
    Abstract: A gas sensor kit includes a gas sensor that measures a gas concentration of an exhalation gas of a subject and a gas supply unit that supplies a therapeutic gas, supplied through a tube, to the subject. In the gas sensor, the gas sensor has a convex portion that is supported when connected with the gas supply unit, and the gas supply unit has at least one locking claw that supports the convex portion when connected with the gas sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiko Takatori, Masayuki Inoue, Kenichiro Kabumoto
  • Patent number: 11511067
    Abstract: A respiration assistance device includes a nasal respiration assisting section for supplying a gas to the nasal cavity of a living body. The nasal respiration assisting section includes: a first gas supplying portion which supplies a gas below one of the nostrils of the living body; a second gas supplying portion which supplies the gas below the other nostril of the living body; a first tube connecting portion to which a tube for supplying the gas to the first gas supplying portion is connectable; and a second tube connecting portion to which a tube for supplying the gas to the second gas supplying portion is connectable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiko Takatori, Kenichiro Kabumoto, Masayuki Inoue
  • Patent number: 11504025
    Abstract: To provide a mask capable of reducing a load of a patient while suppressing lowering of accuracy at which a subject's exhaled air is measured. A mask to be put on a subject's face includes a mask body portion demarcating an internal space in a state of covering part of the subject's face and a cup-shaped nasal cup covering a subject's nose in a state of being arranged inside the internal space, in which the nasal cup includes a first wall portion covering the subject's nose, a second wall portion arranged under the subject's nostrils, and an exhaled air discharge portion guiding an exhaled air from the subject's nose to an exhaled air sensor, and at least part of the exhaled air from the subject's nose is guided toward the exhaled air discharge portion by the second guide portion in a state where the nasal cup covers the subject's nose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Baba, Isao Matsubara, Masayuki Inoue, Kenichiro Kabumoto, Fumihiko Takatori
  • Publication number: 20220257142
    Abstract: An airway adapter forms a part of a breathing circuit that is connected to a test subject. A first cylindrical portion forms a male terminal that is fitted into a female member forming another part of the breathing circuit. A second cylindrical portion forms a female terminal that compartmentalizes a fitting portion into which a male member forming another part of the breathing circuit is fitted. An airway forming portion is disposed in an internal space compartmentalized by the first cylindrical portion, and forms an airway communicating with the fitting portion. A first sealing member is disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the first cylindrical portion and has higher flexibility than the first cylindrical portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Fumihiko TAKATORI, Yuya BABA, Kenichiro KABUMOTO, Takayuki AOYAGI, Kentaro SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11304625
    Abstract: A gas sensor kit includes a gas sensor that measures a gas concentration of an exhalation gas of a subject, a gas introduction part that introduces the exhalation gas of the subject to the gas sensor and a gas supply unit that supplies a therapeutic gas to the subject. In the gas sensor kit, the gas supply unit includes a flow rate adjusting part that adjusts flow rate of the therapeutic gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiko Takatori, Masayuki Inoue, Kenichiro Kabumoto
  • Publication number: 20220031981
    Abstract: A nasal adaptor includes: an oral expiration guiding portion which has an opposing portion that is to be opposed to the mouth of a living body, and in which a mouth-side guide path that guides expiration that is expired from the mouth to the opposing portion is formed; and an attaching portion which is placed above the oral expiration guiding portion with respect to the living body, and to which a holding member that holds a sensor for measuring the expiration guided by the oral expiration guiding portion is attached. The oral expiration guiding portion is integrally connected to the attaching portion, and has positioning changing portions that change the distances between connecting portions connected to the attaching portion, and the opposing portion, thereby changing the positioning of the opposing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Takayuki AOYAGI, Kenichiro KABUMOTO, Fumihiko TAKATORI, Masayuki INOUE
  • Patent number: 10912912
    Abstract: A gas measurement adapter includes a flow tube portion configured to allow gas to pass through the flow tube portion, and a window portion configured to allow measurement light for measuring a component of the gas passing through the flow tube portion to pass through the window portion. The window portion is thinner than the flow tube portion and is molded integrally with the flow tube portion. The window portion comprises an effective portion configured to allow the measurement light to pass through the effective portion and an outer peripheral portion provided on an outer periphery of the effective portion. An inner surface of the window portion is configured such that an outer perimeter of the effective portion is contiguously coplanar with the outer peripheral portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya Baba, Masayuki Inoue, Hidetoshi Dainobu, Kenichiro Kabumoto, Fumihiko Takatori, Takayuki Aoyagi
  • Publication number: 20190298956
    Abstract: A respiration assistance device includes a nasal respiration assisting section for supplying a gas to the nasal cavity of a living body. The nasal respiration assisting section includes: a first gas supplying portion which supplies a gas below one of the nostrils of the living body; a second gas supplying portion which supplies the gas below the other nostril of the living body; a first tube connecting portion to which a tube for supplying the gas to the first gas supplying portion is connectable; and a second tube connecting portion to which a tube for supplying the gas to the second gas supplying portion is connectable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Fumihiko TAKATORI, Kenichiro KABUMOTO, Masayuki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20190298960
    Abstract: An airway adaptor includes: a nasal expiration collecting portion which is to be connected to a nostril of a living body, and which collects an expiration of the nasal cavity; a gas passage portion that forms a gas passage through which the expiration collected by the nasal expiration collecting portion passes; and a gas sensor attaching portion to which a gas sensor that is disposed in the gas passage portion, and that measures the concentration of a predetermined gas component contained in the expiration is attachable. The nasal expiration collecting portion shows a flowing state where a flow of the expiration is allowed, and an obstruction state where the flow of the expiration is blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Kenichiro KABUMOTO, Takayuki AOYAGI, Fumihiko TAKATORI, Masayuki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20190105452
    Abstract: A bite block includes a hollow oral cavity insert part, a plate and a hollow outside part. The hollow oral cavity insert part is in contacts with an oral cavity of a subject at the time of attaching the bite block to the subject. The plate is formed in a flange shape extending from the oral cavity insert part. A hollow outside part includes an exposed portion which is exposed to an outside of the oral cavity at the time of attaching, and communicates with a hole of the oral cavity insert part. In the bite block, the hollow outside part includes at least one through hole with which an external device is attached to the bite block, on the exposed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Fumihiko TAKATORI, Masayuki INOUE, Kenichiro KABUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190105457
    Abstract: A gas measurement adapter includes a flow tube portion configured to allow gas to pass through the flow tube portion, and a window portion configured to allow measurement light for measuring a component of the gas passing through the flow tube portion to pass through the window portion. The window portion is thinner than the flow tube portion and is molded integrally with the flow tube portion. The window portion comprises an effective portion configured to allow the measurement gas to pass through the effective portion and an outer peripheral portion provided on an outer periphery of the effective portion. An inner surface of the window portion is configured such that an outer perimeter of the effective portion is contiguously coplanar with the outer peripheral portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Yuya BABA, Masayuki INOUE, Hidetoshi DAINOBU, Kenichiro KABUMOTO, Fumihiko TAKATORI, Takayuki AOYAGI
  • Publication number: 20190099110
    Abstract: A gas sensor kit includes a gas sensor that measures a gas concentration of an exhalation gas of a subject and a gas supply unit that supplies a therapeutic gas, supplied through a tube, to the subject. In the gas sensor, the gas sensor has a convex portion that is supported when connected with the gas supply unit, and the gas supply unit has at least one locking claw that supports the convex portion when connected with the gas sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Fumihiko TAKATORI, Masayuki INOUE, Kenichiro KABUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190099111
    Abstract: A gas sensor kit includes a gas sensor that measures a gas concentration of an exhalation gas of a subject, a gas introduction part that introduces the exhalation gas of the subject to the gas sensor and a gas supply unit that supplies a therapeutic gas to the subject. In the gas sensor kit, the gas supply unit includes a flow rate adjusting part that adjusts flow rate of the therapeutic gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Fumihiko TAKATORI, Masayuki INOUE, Kenichiro KABUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180228400
    Abstract: To provide a mask capable of reducing a load of a patient while suppressing lowering of accuracy at which a subject's exhaled air is measured. A mask to be put on a subject's face includes a mask body portion demarcating an internal space in a state of covering part of the subject's face and a cup-shaped nasal cup covering a subject's nose in a state of being arranged inside the internal space, in which the nasal cup includes a first wall portion covering the subject's nose, a second wall portion arranged under the subject's nostrils, and an exhaled air discharge portion guiding an exhaled air from the subject's nose to an exhaled air sensor, and at least part of the exhaled air from the subject's nose is guided toward the exhaled air discharge portion by the second guide portion in a state where the nasal cup covers the subject's nose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Yuya Baba, Isao Matsubara, Masayuki Inoue, Kenichiro Kabumoto, Fumihiko Takatori