Patents by Inventor Kimiya Shimizu

Kimiya Shimizu 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: 11166807
    Abstract: The present invention is a phakic intraocular lens for implantation between an iris and a crystalline lens. The phakic intraocular lens includes a diffraction grating 5 disposed in a lens central part 2 and having circular, coaxial grooves formed thereon, and a support part 3 disposed outside the diffraction grating 5 and supporting the diffraction grating 5. A hole 6 is formed in the center of the diffraction grating 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: MUSASHINO LENS RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Kimiya Shimizu, Kazuhiko Onuma
  • Patent number: 10646328
    Abstract: A tonic ophthalmic lens is described in which refractivity of the lens differs between a first direction on a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens and a second direction which differs from the first direction on the plane. In addition, refractivity difference which is the difference between the refractivity in the first direction and the refractivity in the second direction varies depending on a position of the lens in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kimiya Shimizu, Haruo Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20190183634
    Abstract: The present invention is a phakic intraocular lens for implantation between an iris and a crystalline lens. The phakic intraocular lens includes a diffraction grating 5 disposed in a lens central part 2 and having circular, coaxial grooves formed thereon, and a support part 3 disposed outside the diffraction grating 5 and supporting the diffraction grating 5. A hole 6 is formed in the center of the diffraction grating 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Kimiya SHIMIZU, Kazuhiko ONUMA
  • Publication number: 20170216019
    Abstract: The present invention is a phakic intraocular lens for implantation between an iris and a crystalline lens. The phakic intraocular lens includes a diffraction grating 5 disposed in a lens central part 2 and having circular, coaxial grooves formed thereon, and a support part 3 disposed outside the diffraction grating 5 and supporting the diffraction grating 5. A hole 6 is formed in the center of the diffraction grating 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Kimiya SHIMIZU, Kazuhiko ONUMA
  • Publication number: 20160331522
    Abstract: A tonic ophthalmic lens is described in which refractivity of the lens differs between a first direction on a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens and a second direction which differs from the first direction on the plane. In addition, refractivity difference which is the difference between the refractivity in the first direction and the refractivity in the second direction varies depending on a position of the lens in a radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Kimiya Shimizu, Haruo Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 8758361
    Abstract: An insertion device is disclosed which is suitable for use of liquid as lubricant such as normal saline. The insertion device for inserting a lens into an eye comprises a main body having a nozzle at its front end, and a pushing member for pushing the lens set in the main body into an eye through the nozzle. The pushing member includes an introducing portion through which liquid is introduced and a flow path for supplying the liquid introduced from the introducing portion into the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Staar Japan, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kobayashi, Kimiya Shimizu
  • Patent number: 7940398
    Abstract: An optical coherence tomography apparatus constructs a tomographic image of a measurement object on the basis of a spectral characteristic obtained by spectrally dividing interference light, which combines signal light composed of the measurement light reflected by the measurement object and reference light, using an optical demultiplexer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: School Juridical Person Kitasato Institute
    Inventors: Kohji Ohbayashi, Kimiya Shimizu
  • Patent number: 7732784
    Abstract: An OCT technique that permits tomographic observation of biological body parts that are difficult to restrain, and also provides a tomographic observation technique for the observation of a constrainable part that does not require constraint and thus removes a burden on the biological body. A wavelength-tunable light generator (wavelength-tunable light source) is employed as the light source of the optical coherence tomography device. The wavelength-tunable light generator has a wave number tunable range width of at least 4.7×10?2 ?m?1 and an emitted-light frequency width of no more than 13 GHz, for example, and is capable of changing the wave number stepwise at wave number intervals of no more than 3.1×10?4 ?m?1 and time intervals of no more than 530 ?s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: School Juridical Person Kitasato Institute
    Inventors: Kimiya Shimizu, Kohji Ohbayashi, Takuji Amano, Hideaki Hiro-Oka, DongHak Choi, Hiroyuki Furukawa, Motoi Nakanishi, Fumiyoshi Kano, Takeo Miyazawa, Ryoko Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20090279098
    Abstract: An optical coherence tomography apparatus constructs a tomographic image of a measurement object on the basis of a spectral characteristic obtained by spectrally dividing interference light, which combines signal light composed of the measurement light reflected by the measurement object and reference light, using an optical demultiplexer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: SCHOOL JURIDICAL PERSON KITASATO INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kohji Ohbayashi, Kimiya Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20090273790
    Abstract: The present invention provides an OCT technique that permits tomographic observation of a biological body parts that is difficult to restrain and also provides a tomographic observation technique for the observation of a constrainable part that does not require constraint and remove the burden from biological body. A wavelength-tunable light generator (wavelength-tunable light source) is employed as the light source of the optical coherence tomography device. The wavelength-tunable light generator has a wave number tunable range width of at least 4.7×10?2 ?m?1 and an emitted-light frequency width of no more than 13 GHz, for example, and includes means capable of changing the wave number stepwise at wave number intervals of no more than 3.1×10?4 ?m?1 and time intervals of no more than 530 ?s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicants: SCHOOL JURIDICAL PERSON KITASATO INSTITUTE, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimiya SHIMIZU, Kohji OHBAYASHI, Takuji AMANO, Hideaki HIRO-OKA, DongHak CHOI, Hiroyuki FURUKAWA, Motoi NAKANISHI, Fumiyoshi KANO, Takeo MIYAZAWA, Ryoko YOSHIMURA
  • Patent number: 7564565
    Abstract: The present invention provides an OCT technique that permits tomographic observation of a biological body parts that is difficult to restrain and also provides a tomographic observation technique for the observation of a constrainable part that does not require constraint and remove the burden from biological body. A wavelength-tunable light generator (wavelength-tunable light source) is employed as the light source of the optical coherence tomography device. The wavelength-tunable light generator has a wave number tunable range width of at least 4.7×10?2 ?m?1 and an emitted-light frequency width of no more than 13 GHz, for example, and includes means capable of changing the wave number stepwise at wave number intervals of no more than 3.1×10?4 ?m?1 and time intervals of no more than 530 ?s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignees: School Juridical Person Kitasato Institute, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kimiya Shimizu, Kohji Ohbayashi, Takuji Amano, Hideaki Hiro-Oka, DongHak Choi, Hiroyuki Furukawa, Motoi Nakanishi, Fumiyoshi Kano, Takeo Miyazawa, Ryoko Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20090002713
    Abstract: There is provided an optical coherent tomography device capable of enlarging a measurement range by removing the affect of a folded image. The device includes an optical phase modulator (14) enabling operation amplifiers (17, 18) and a calculation control device (21) to measure a first intensity as a cosine function for the wave number and a second intensity as a sine function or inverse code function for the wave number from the intensity of the output light multiplexed by a third coupler (16). The calculation control device (21) is based on a first intensity set and a second intensity set of the output light by the optical phase modulator (14) measured by the operation amplifiers (17, 18) and the like, so as to suppress generation of a folded image and identify reflection or a backscattering position and a reflection intensity or a back scattering intensity of the measurement light for the irradiation direction of the measurement light in the measurement object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicants: SCHOOL JURIDICAL PERSON KITASATO GAKUEN, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohji Ohbayashi, Kimiya Shimizu, Takeo Miyazawa, Ryoko Yoshimura, Hiroyuki Ishii
  • Publication number: 20080252901
    Abstract: The present invention provides an OCT technique that permits tomographic observation of a biological body parts that is difficult to restrain and also provides a tomographic observation technique for the observation of a constrainable part that does not require constraint and remove the burden from biological body. A wavelength-tunable light generator (wavelength-tunable light source) is employed as the light source of the optical coherence tomography device. The wavelength-tunable light generator has a wave number tunable range width of at least 4.7×10?2 ?m?1 and an emitted-light frequency width of no more than 13 GHz, for example, and includes means capable of changing the wave number stepwise at wave number intervals of no more than 3.1×10?4 ?m?1 and time intervals of no more than 530 ?s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicants: School Jiridical Person Kitasato Gakuen, Nippon Telegraph And Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kimiya Shimizu, Kohji Ohbayashi, Takuji Amano, Hideaki Hiro-Oka, DongHak Choi, Hiroyuki Furukawa, Motoi Nakanishi, Fumiyoshi Kano, Takeo Miyazawa, Ryoko Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20080031410
    Abstract: The present invention provides an OCT technique that permits tomographic observation of a biological body parts that is difficult to restrain and also provides a tomographic observation technique for the observation of a constrainable part that does not require constraint and remove the burden from biological body. A wavelength-tunable light generator (wavelength-tunable light source) is employed as the light source of the optical coherence tomography device. The wavelength-tunable light generator has a wave number tunable range width of at least 4.7×10?2 ?m?1 and an emitted-light frequency width of no more than 13 GHz, for example, and includes means capable of changing the wave number stepwise at wave number intervals of no more than 3.1×10?4 ?m?1 and time intervals of no more than 530 ?s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicants: SCHOOL JURIDICAL PERSON KITASATO GAKUEN, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimiya SHIMIZU, Kohji OHBAYASHI, Takuji AMANO, Hideaki HIRO-OKA, DongHak CHOI, Hiroyuki FURUKAWA, Motoi NAKANISHI, Fumiyoshi KANO, Takeo MIYAZAWA, Ryoko YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20080024788
    Abstract: The present invention provides an OCT technique that permits tomographic observation of a biological body parts that is difficult to restrain and also provides a tomographic observation technique for the observation of a constrainable part that does not require constraint and remove the burden from biological body. A wavelength-tunable light generator (wavelength-tunable light source) is employed as the light source of the optical coherence tomography device. The wavelength-tunable light generator has a wave number tunable range width of at least 4.7×10?2 ?m?1 and an emitted-light frequency width of no more than 13 GHz, for example, and includes means capable of changing the wave number stepwise at wave number intervals of no more than 3.1×10?4 ?m?1 and time intervals of no more than 530 ?s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicants: SCHOOL JURIDICAL PERSON KITASATO GAKUEN, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimiya SHIMIZU, Kohji OHBAYASHI, Takuji AMANO, Hideaki HIRO-OKA, DongHak CHOI, Hiroyuki FURUKAWA, Motoi NAKANISHI, Fumiyoshi KANO, Takeo MIYAZAWA, Ryoko YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20070268456
    Abstract: A tissue measuring optical coherence tomography-use light source characterized in being capable of emitting light in a wavelength region of 1.53 to 1.85 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Kohji Ohbayshi, Kimiya Shimizu, Takeo Miyazawa, Ryoko Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 5357294
    Abstract: A method for visually representing for easy analysis the relations between a plurality of cornea-operated patients' tendencies over time to astigmatism on the one hand, and the surgical techniques employed in the operations on the other. A plurality of diopter data matrices are generated about the multiple corneas having different conditions. An arithmetic mean value of each of the components constituting the data matrices is calculated so as to prepare a mean value matrix. A standard deviation of each of the components is calculated using the mean value matrix and the data matrices so as to prepare a standard deviation matrix. The mean value matrix and the standard deviation matrix are displayed in relevant positions on a cornea map using any of color pallets and graphic patterns associated with the arithmetic mean value and standard deviation of the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Inventors: Kimiya Shimizu, Shunichi Tanaka