Patents by Inventor Kenzi Koyata

Kenzi Koyata 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).

  • Endoscope with an ultrasonic probe
    Patent number: 4349032
    Abstract: An endoscope has a flexible tube and a bendable tube connected to one end of the flexible tube in which an image guide is inserted and a control section connected to the other end of the flexible tube and having an eyepiece section connected to one end of the image guide to permit observation of a region of interest of a human being and a knob for operating the bendable tube to permit it to be bent. A distal end section of the endoscope is connected to the other end of the bendable tube and has a viewing window connected through an optical system to the other end of the image guide. One ultrasonic probe is provided in proximity to the viewing window and has a directionality in a direction substantially the same as that of an optical axis of the viewing window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1982
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenzi Koyata