Patents by Inventor Kenji YASHIMA

Kenji YASHIMA 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: 20220249858
    Abstract: A magnetic stimulator includes a magnetic core, conductors, and a casing. The magnetic core includes a body portion, and leg parts that protrude in the same direction from the body portion. The conductors are wound in a coil manner respectively around the leg parts. The casing is a container for housing the magnetic core and the conductors. The leg parts of the magnetic core are formed such that cross-sectional areas thereof that are parallel to a plane which simultaneously crosses the leg parts gradually decrease from base parts on the body portion side toward tips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Hitoshi MORI, Kenji YASHIMA, Hitoshi KAGAYA, Shinichi IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20210244959
    Abstract: A magnetic stimulation device includes: a U-shaped magnetic core including a core body and a pair of legs extending in the same direction from the core body; conductors including a conductor having conductive layers that are wound around the leg and stacked in different levels and a conductor having conductive layers that are wound around the leg and stacked in different levels. The conductive layers are each formed of a wire having a rectangular cross section that is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the legs, and are connected in parallel to the respective legs. Between the legs, the wires of the conductive layers around the leg are respectively connected, at each level, to the wires of the conductive layers around the second leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Hitoshi KAGAYA, Shinichi IZUMI, Hitoshi MORI, Kenji YASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11001798
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for applying electrical stimulation to cells in a liquid culture medium without using electrodes immersed in the liquid culture medium. This apparatus is an electrical stimulation apparatus A for electrically stimulating cells in a liquid culture medium (2). A liquid culture medium vessel (3) includes: a ring-shaped recess (7) for holding the liquid culture medium (2); and a through hole (6) formed within the ring-shaped recess (7). A magnetic core (1) is made of a magnetic material and disposed such that a portion thereof is inserted through the through hole (6) of the liquid culture medium vessel (3). An excitation coil (5) is wound around the magnetic core (1). A coil power supply (8) supplies a varying current to the excitation coil (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: IFG CORPORATION, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ryoichi Nagatomi, Toshiyuki Takagi, Shinichi Izumi, Toshihiko Abe, Hitoshi Mori, Kenji Yashima, Kazumi Mori
  • Publication number: 20190161722
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for applying electrical stimulation to cells in a liquid culture medium without using electrodes immersed in the liquid culture medium. This apparatus is an electrical stimulation apparatus A for electrically stimulating cells in a liquid culture medium (2). A liquid culture medium vessel (3) includes: a ring-shaped recess (7) for holding the liquid culture medium (2); and a through hole (6) formed within the ring-shaped recess (7). A magnetic core (1) is made of a magnetic material and disposed such that a portion thereof is inserted through the through hole (6) of the liquid culture medium vessel (3). An excitation coil (5) is wound around the magnetic core (1). A coil power supply (8) supplies a varying current to the excitation coil (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Ryoichi NAGATOMI, Toshiyuki TAKAGI, Shinichi IZUMI, Toshihiko ABE, Hitoshi MORI, Kenji YASHIMA, Kazumi MORI
  • Patent number: 10173071
    Abstract: A smaller-sized, more lightweight, and power-saving successive magnetic pulse device is provided. A discharging circuit section K is configured by connecting, in series in a loop, a magnetic therapy pulse coil 6 configured to generate an eddy current in a target part 3, a charging/discharging capacitor 4, and a switching semiconductor element 7 configured to supply a discharge current from the charging/discharging capacitor 4 to the pulse coil 6. A step-up transformer 1 includes a primary-side coil 1a connected to an AC power supply 2 and a secondary-side coil 1b connected to input terminals 5a of a full-wave rectifying circuit 5. A control unit 8 is connected to a switching semiconductor element 7 and controls conduction timing of the switching semiconductor element 7. The full-wave rectifying circuit 5 has output terminals 5b connected to both terminals P1 and P2 of the charging/discharging capacitor 4, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: IFG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Abe, Hitoshi Mori, Kenji Yashima, Kazumi Mori, Toshiyuki Takagi, Shinichi Izumi, Hiroyasu Kanetaka, Ryoichi Nagatomi
  • Publication number: 20160151637
    Abstract: A smaller-sized, more lightweight, and power-saving successive magnetic pulse device is provided. A discharging circuit section K is configured by connecting, in series in a loop, a magnetic therapy pulse coil 6 configured to generate an eddy current in a target part 3, a charging/discharging capacitor 4, and a switching semiconductor element 7 configured to supply a discharge current from the charging/discharging capacitor 4 to the pulse coil 6. A step-up transformer 1 includes a primary-side coil 1a connected to an AC power supply 2 and a secondary-side coil 1b connected to input terminals 5a of a full-wave rectifying circuit 5. A control unit 8 is connected to a switching semiconductor element 7 and controls conduction timing of the switching semiconductor element 7. The full-wave rectifying circuit 5 has output terminals 5b connected to both terminals P1 and P2 of the charging/discharging capacitor 4, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Toshihiko ABE, Hitoshi MORI, Kenji YASHIMA, Kazumi MORI, Toshiyuki TAKAGI, Shinichi IZUMI, Hiroyasu KANETAKA, Ryoichi NAGATOMI