Patents by Inventor Kiminobu Numata

Kiminobu Numata 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).

  • Patent number: 8083096
    Abstract: An automatic supply apparatus for an elongate supply target member having elasticity and including both end portions includes a stock mechanism wherein a plurality of supply target members are stocked such that the plurality of supply target members are suspended in an inverted U shape and top portions of the plurality of supply target members are arranged side by side in a row direction, and an extraction mechanism to operate the top portions of the supply target members to extract one supply target member from the plurality of supply target members stocked in the stock mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ichiyama, Kiminobu Numata, Hiroshi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20090057327
    Abstract: An automatic supply apparatus for an elongate supply target member having elasticity and including both end portions includes a stock mechanism wherein a plurality of supply target members are stocked such that the plurality of supply target members are suspended in an inverted U shape and top portions of the plurality of supply target members are arranged side by side in a row direction, and an extraction mechanism to operate the top portions of the supply target members to extract one supply target member from the plurality of supply target members stocked in the stock mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ichiyama, Kiminobu Numata, Hiroshi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20060275888
    Abstract: There are provided a culture treatment apparatus and an automatic culture apparatus capable of taking quick and appropriate action even if there is a change in the state of a space where cells stored in a container, such as a culture vessel, for the automatic culture apparatus are subjected to predetermined treatment. The culture treatment apparatus includes a treatment section for applying predetermined treatment to cells stored in an openable container for the automatic culture apparatus in a partitioned space; a detection section for detecting a predetermined state of the space, the detection section being in the space or in the vicinity of the space; and a control section for controlling the treatment section to close the container if the detection section detects the predetermined state with the container opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroki Hibino, Hiroshi Fukuda, Kiminobu Numata, Hiroyuki Machida, Tomoyuki Kinoshita, Kenji Nakamura