Patents by Inventor Kiyohiko Kitagawa
Kiyohiko Kitagawa 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).
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Patent number: 10835766Abstract: A particle beam treatment apparatus includes: a rotating gantry configured to axially rotate in a state where a bed fixed to a stationary system is disposed inside the rotating gantry and an irradiation port of a beam is fixed to a body of the rotating gantry; a tunnel structure configured to have at least a horizontal floor surface and have an internal space in which at least a part of the bed is accommodated; and a rotation supporter configured to cause the tunnel structure to be stationary in the stationary system independently of axis rotation of the rotating gantry by rotationally displacing the tunnel structure with respect to an inner side surface of the rotating gantry.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Kunihiko Kinugasa, Kiyohiko Kitagawa, Hideo Kobayashi, Shigeru Kasai, Kazutaka Maeta, Yoshifumi Nagamoto
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Patent number: 10799721Abstract: A particle beam therapy apparatus 10 includes: a particle beam irradiator 16 outputting a particle beam B; a movable supporting structure 21 supporting the particle beam irradiator 16; movable plates 37 disposed on a displacement trajectory of the particle beam irradiator 16, forming a substantially horizontal enveloping surface below a table 18 for placing an irradiation object 13, and including first and second floor members in at least one of the movable plates 37, the second floor member being larger in X-ray transmittance than the first floor member; an X-ray generator 27a provided in a non-collision area 31 where the X-ray generator 27a does not collide with any of the particle beam irradiator 16, the supporting structure 21, and the movable plates 37; and an X-ray detector 27b installed at a position where the X-ray detector 27b faces the X-ray generator 27a.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Yoshifumi Nagamoto, Kiyohiko Kitagawa, Kazutaka Maeta
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Patent number: 10525287Abstract: A particle beam treatment apparatus includes: a gantry configured to axially rotate in a state where an irradiation port for a beam is fixed to a body of the rotating gantry; a moving floor that is provided inside the gantry, is configured by annually connecting a plurality of plates with each other in a freely bendable manner, accommodates at least a part of a bed fixed from a stationary system, and rotates together with the gantry in a state of causing the irradiation port to penetrate the moving floor; a cable configured to be connected to a device fixed to the moving floor and be wired to outside of the gantry in a state of passing through the gantry; and an adjuster configured to adjust length of the cable wired inside the gantry when the gantry axially rotates.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Kunihiko Kinugasa, Kiyohiko Kitagawa, Yuuji Takiguchi, Kazutaka Maeta
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Publication number: 20190388712Abstract: A particle beam treatment apparatus includes: a rotating gantry configured to axially rotate in a state where a bed fixed to a stationary system is disposed inside the rotating gantry and an irradiation port of a beam is fixed to a body of the rotating gantry; a tunnel structure configured to have at least a horizontal floor surface and have an internal space in which at least a part of the bed is accommodated; and a rotation supporter configured to cause the tunnel structure to be stationary in the stationary system independently of axis rotation of the rotating gantry by rotationally displacing the tunnel structure with respect to an inner side surface of the rotating gantry.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Kunihiko KINUGASA, Kiyohiko KITAGAWA, Hideo KOBAYASHI, Shigeru KASAI, Kazutaka MAETA, Yoshifumi NAGAMOTO
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Patent number: 10478642Abstract: A particle beam treatment apparatus includes: a rotating gantry configured to axially rotate in a state where a bed fixed to a stationary system is disposed inside the rotating gantry and an irradiation port of a beam is fixed to a body of the rotating gantry; a tunnel structure configured to have at least a horizontal floor surface and have an internal space in which at least a part of the bed is accommodated; and a rotation supporter configured to cause the tunnel structure to be stationary in the stationary system independently of axis rotation of the rotating gantry by rotationally displacing the tunnel structure with respect to an inner side surface of the rotating gantry.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Kunihiko Kinugasa, Kiyohiko Kitagawa, Hideo Kobayashi, Shigeru Kasai, Kazutaka Maeta, Yoshifumi Nagamoto
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Publication number: 20190308034Abstract: A particle beam therapy apparatus 10 includes: a particle beam irradiator 16 outputting a particle beam B; a movable supporting structure 21 supporting the particle beam irradiator 16; movable plates 37 disposed on a displacement trajectory of the particle beam irradiator 16, forming a substantially horizontal enveloping surface below a table 18 for placing an irradiation object 13, and including first and second floor members in at least one of the movable plates 37, the second floor member being larger in X-ray transmittance than the first floor member; an X-ray generator 27a provided in a non-collision area 31 where the X-ray generator 27a does not collide with any of the particle beam irradiator 16, the supporting structure 21, and the movable plates 37; and an X-ray detector 27b installed at a position where the X-ray detector 27b faces the X-ray generator 27a.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Yoshifumi NAGAMOTO, Kiyohiko KITAGAWA, Kazutaka MAETA
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Patent number: 10363438Abstract: A particle beam therapy apparatus includes: a particle beam irradiator outputting a particle beam; a movable supporting structure supporting the particle beam irradiator; movable plates disposed on a displacement trajectory of the particle beam irradiator, forming a substantially horizontal enveloping surface below a table for placing an irradiation object, and including first and second floor members in at least one of the movable plates, the second floor member being larger in X-ray transmittance than the first floor member; an X-ray generator provided in a non-collision area where the X-ray generator does not collide with any of the particle beam irradiator, the supporting structure, and the movable plates; and an X-ray detector installed at a position where the X-ray detector faces the X-ray generator.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Yoshifumi Nagamoto, Kiyohiko Kitagawa, Kazutaka Maeta
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Publication number: 20190126073Abstract: A particle beam treatment apparatus includes: a gantry configured to axially rotate in a state where an irradiation port for a beam is fixed to a body of the rotating gantry; a moving floor that is provided inside the gantry, is configured by annually connecting a plurality of plates with each other in a freely bendable manner, accommodates at least a part of a bed fixed from a stationary system, and rotates together with the gantry in a state of causing the irradiation port to penetrate the moving floor; a cable configured to be connected to a device fixed to the moving floor and be wired to outside of the gantry in a state of passing through the gantry; and an adjuster configured to adjust length of the cable wired inside the gantry when the gantry axially rotates.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Kunihiko KINUGASA, Kiyohiko KITAGAWA, Yuuji TAKIGUCHI, Kazutaka MAETA
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Patent number: 10179251Abstract: A therapeutic device is provided, including a cylindrical gantry; a pedestal, a particle beam irradiation device, a first rail, and a second rail all disposed in the gantry; the first rail including an arc-shaped portion and a straight portion, the second rail having a same shape as the first rail, a rail motor on the second rail to rotate the second rail in a opposite direction than that of the gantry, first and second moving floors on the rails and respectively including first floor panels rotatably connected to each other and second floor panels rotatably connected to each other, a first end panel of the first floor and a fourth end panel of the second floor being detachably connected to the irradiation device, and a second end panel of the first floor being detachably connected to a third end panel of the second floor.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hideo Kobayashi, Kiyohiko Kitagawa
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Publication number: 20180345043Abstract: A particle beam treatment apparatus includes: a rotating gantry configured to axially rotate in a state where a bed fixed to a stationary system is disposed inside the rotating gantry and an irradiation port of a beam is fixed to a body of the rotating gantry; a tunnel structure configured to have at least a horizontal floor surface and have an internal space in which at least a part of the bed is accommodated; and a rotation supporter configured to cause the tunnel structure to be stationary in the stationary system independently of axis rotation of the rotating gantry by rotationally displacing the tunnel structure with respect to an inner side surface of the rotating gantry.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Kunihiko KINUGASA, Kiyohiko KITAGAWA, Hideo KOBAYASHI, Shigeru KASAI, Kazutaka MAETA, Yoshifumi NAGAMOTO
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Publication number: 20180289981Abstract: A particle beam therapy apparatus includes: a particle beam irradiator outputting a particle beam; a movable supporting structure supporting the particle beam irradiator; movable plates disposed on a displacement trajectory of the particle beam irradiator, forming a substantially horizontal enveloping surface below a table for placing an irradiation object, and including first and second floor members in at least one of the movable plates, the second floor member being larger in X-ray transmittance than the first floor member; an X-ray generator provided in a non-collision area where the X-ray generator does not collide with any of the particle beam irradiator, the supporting structure, and the movable plates; and an X-ray detector installed at a position where the X-ray detector faces the X-ray generator.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2016Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshifumi NAGAMOTO, Kiyohiko KITAGAWA, Kazutaka MAETA
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Publication number: 20180064958Abstract: A therapeutic device is provided, including a cylindrical gantry; a pedestal, a particle beam irradiation device, a first rail, and a second rail all disposed in the gantry; the first rail including an arc-shaped portion and a straight portion, the second rail having a same shape as the first rail, a rail motor on the second rail to rotate the second rail in a opposite direction than that of the gantry, first and second moving floors on the rails and respectively including first floor panels rotatably connected to each other and second floor panels rotatably connected to each other, a first end panel of the first floor and a fourth end panel of the second floor being detachably connected to the irradiation device, and a second end panel of the first floor being detachably connected to a third end panel of the second floor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hideo KOBAYASHI, Kiyohiko Kitagawa
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Patent number: 6099241Abstract: To cope with recent LCD or PDP of larger size, an efficient transfer technology is demanded in manufacturing a larger substrate. It calls for a transfer method for such larger substrate with a less required space, and a substrate transfer cassette enabling such method. A technology is disclosed, which comprises a substrate transfer cassette (50) containing a plurality of substrates, a dolly (55) for loading the substrate transfer cassette (50), and a plurality of cassette holders (70) having a rotating arm (71) which can rotate in the vertical direction, wherein a substrate cassette (50) is transferred from a position near another cassette holder to a position near a destination cassette holder with the dolly (55), raised by the rotating arm (71) on the destination cassette holder (70) from the lower section to the upper section of the dolly (55), and moved from the dolly (55) to the cassette holder (70).Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 1998Date of Patent: August 8, 2000Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Isamu Inoue, Koichi Kotera, Osamu Matsunaga, Kiyohiko Kitagawa, Takayuki Taguchi
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Patent number: 5865220Abstract: A liquid crystal material filling apparatus which includes, in a vacuum chamber, a liquid crystal pot having a liquid crystal reservoir for storing a liquid crystal material. A groove part is coupled with the liquid crystal reservoir at a certain angle and contains a medium for holding the liquid crystal material. A filling jig cassette is provided to accommodate a plurality of liquid crystal panels having injection ports faced downwardly, and an elevation device is provided for moving the liquid crystal pot up and down. Also, a posture control mechanism is provided for switching a posture of the liquid crystal pot in accordance with the up/down movement of the liquid crystal pot thereby to cause the liquid crystal material to flow from the liquid crystal reservoir to the groove part at a raised position and bring the medium in touch with lower faces of the injection ports of the liquid crystal panels.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 1997Date of Patent: February 2, 1999Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chihiro Nakamura, Kiyohiko Kitagawa, Takafumi Kaneda, Susumu Matsuoka, Tsukasa Hashimoto, Tomoya Maeda
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Patent number: 5862839Abstract: A liquid crystal material filling apparatus which includes, in a vacuum chamber, a liquid crystal pot having a liquid crystal reservoir for storing a liquid crystal material. A groove part is coupled with the liquid crystal reservoir at a certain angle and contains a medium for holding the liquid crystal material. A filling jig cassette is provided to accommodate a plurality of liquid crystal panels having injection ports faced downwardly, and an elevation device is provided for moving the liquid crystal pot up and down. Also, a posture control mechanism is provided for switching a posture of the liquid crystal pot in accordance with the up/down movement of the liquid crystal pot thereby to cause the liquid crystal material to flow from the liquid crystal reservoir to the groove part at a raised position and bring the medium in touch with lower faces of the injection ports of the liquid crystal panels.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 1997Date of Patent: January 26, 1999Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chihiro Nakamura, Kiyohiko Kitagawa, Takafumi Kaneda, Susumu Matsuoka, Tsukasa Hashimoto, Tomoya Maeda