Patents by Inventor Kohei Shiramizu

Kohei Shiramizu 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: 11596719
    Abstract: This adhesion prevention film for medical devices is a single-layer or multilayer adhesion prevention film that is formed on the surface of a medical device. This adhesion prevention film for medical devices comprises an outermost layer that contains a plurality of conductive particles and a resin having a continuously usable temperature of 200° C. or higher. The surface of the outermost layer is provided with recesses and projections by having parts of the plurality of conductive particles exposed from the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Murano, Takuya Fujihara, Takeshi Deguchi, Hiroaki Kasai, Kohei Shiramizu
  • Patent number: 11123525
    Abstract: A wire for a medical device includes a wire body and a solid lubrication film. The wire body has an outer circumferential layer formed of a plurality of metal strands that are twisted with each other. The solid lubrication film is formed at least on outside exposed surfaces of the plurality of metal strands. When a virtual circle as a smallest circle enclosing the outer circumferential layer is assumed in a cross section perpendicular to a central axis of the wire body, a part of an outer edge of the solid lubrication film of the cross section is inside the virtual circle and a cross-sectional area of the solid lubrication film in the cross section satisfies A/B>0.7 where A is a size of a portion outside the virtual circle and B is a size of a portion inside the virtual circle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyasu Hanamura, Hiroaki Kasai, Hisamitsu Kuwabara, Kohei Shiramizu, Takuya Fujihara
  • Patent number: 10918262
    Abstract: An insert molded product in which a metal base member and a resin are bonded together includes a ground layer; a noble metal layer formed of a noble metal; a compound layer formed of a compound containing silicon (Si) and oxygen (O); and a mixture layer where the compound and the resin are mixed together, wherein the ground layer, the noble metal layer, the compound layer, and the mixture layer are formed in this order on the metal base member, and wherein nickel (Ni) is included in both the compound layer and the mixture layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Endo, Naohito Shiga, Kohei Shiramizu, Junko Nakamoto
  • Publication number: 20190091449
    Abstract: A wire for a medical device includes a wire body and a solid lubrication film. The wire body has an outer circumferential layer formed of a plurality of metal strands that are twisted with each other. The solid lubrication film is formed at least on outside exposed surfaces of the plurality of metal strands. When a virtual circle as a smallest circle enclosing the outer circumferential layer is assumed in a cross section perpendicular to a central axis of the wire body, a part of an outer edge of the solid lubrication film of the cross section is inside the virtual circle and a cross-sectional area of the solid lubrication film in the cross section satisfies A/B>0.7 where A is a size of a portion outside the virtual circle and B is a size of a portion inside the virtual circle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyasu HANAMURA, Hiroaki KASAI, Hisamitsu KUWABARA, Kohei SHIRAMIZU, Takuya FUJIHARA
  • Publication number: 20180353658
    Abstract: This adhesion prevention film for medical devices is a single-layer or multilayer adhesion prevention film that is formed on the surface of a medical device. This adhesion prevention film for medical devices comprises an outermost layer that contains a plurality of conductive particles and a resin having a continuously usable temperature of 200° C. or higher. The surface of the outermost layer is provided with recesses and projections by having parts of the plurality of conductive particles exposed from the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu MURANO, Takuya FUJIHARA, Takeshi DEGUCHI, Hiroaki KASAI, Kohei SHIRAMIZU
  • Publication number: 20180338671
    Abstract: An insert molded product in which a metal base member and a resin are bonded together includes a ground layer; a noble metal layer formed of a noble metal; a compound layer formed of a compound containing silicon (Si) and oxygen (O); and a mixture layer where the compound and the resin are mixed together, wherein the ground layer, the noble metal layer, the compound layer, and the mixture layer are formed in this order on the metal base member, and wherein nickel (Ni) is included in both the compound layer and the mixture layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya ENDO, Naohito SHIGA, Kohei SHIRAMIZU, Junko NAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160004030
    Abstract: A lens barrel is provided that accommodates an optical member including a lens so as to be movable in an optical axis direction. The lens barrel includes a first part that is molded from a resin material in which an additive with a friction-reducing property is added to a base resin, and thereby the additive is exposed on the surface of the base resin. The first part moves along with the movement of the optical member in the optical axis direction. The lens barrel also includes a second part that comes into contact with the first part, and slides relative to a surface of the first part on which the additive is exposed along with the movement of the optical member moves in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei SHIRAMIZU, Keita TAKAHASHI, Kunihisa OBI
  • Publication number: 20150031804
    Abstract: Cellulose nanofibers include: a linear portion; and a curved portion, in which an average of a length of the linear portion and an average of a maximum diameter of the linear portion have a relationship that satisfies the following Equation (a): (The average of the length of the linear portion)/(The average of the maximum diameter of the linear portion)?10??Equation (a)
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Kohei Shiramizu, Lianzhen Lin
  • Publication number: 20140073722
    Abstract: Cellulose nanofibers have an average degree of polymerization of 600 or more to 30000 or less, an aspect ratio of 20 or more to 10000 or less, an average diameter of 1 nm or more to 800 nm or less, and an I?-type crystal peak in an X-ray diffraction pattern, in which a hydroxyl group is chemically modified by a modifying group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei Shiramizu, Lianzhen Lin
  • Publication number: 20140073776
    Abstract: Cellulose nanofibers have an average degree of polymerization of 600 or more to 30000 or less, an aspect ratio of 20 or more to 10000 or less, an average diameter of 1 nm or more to 800 nm or less, and an I?-type crystal peak in an X-ray diffraction pattern, in which a hydroxyl group in the cellulose nanofibers is esterified and has a modification degree of 1.0 or more based on all of the hydroxyl groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: KOHEI SHIRAMIZU, Lianzhen Lin
  • Patent number: 8349520
    Abstract: This invention discloses a catalyst layer which is formed at first incorporating sulfonated amorphous carbons and later the sulfonated amorphous carbons are removed. In addition, said sulfonated amorphous carbons show 13C NMR spectrum which has chemical shifts indicating carbons of a condensed aromatic 6-membered ring to which sulfonic groups are attached and are not attached respectively, and a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum which has a peak corresponding to the carbon's (002) plane at 5-30 degrees of half-value width (2?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kohei Shiramizu
  • Publication number: 20120328877
    Abstract: The present invention is cellulose nanofibers having an average polymerization degree of 600 to 30000, an aspect ratio of 20 to 10000, an average diameter of 1 nm to 800 nm, and an I?-type crystal peak in an X-ray diffraction pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: KOHEI SHIRAMIZU, Naohito Shiga, Takashi Magara, Kohei Oguni, Lianzhen Lin
  • Patent number: 8338054
    Abstract: There are provided: a proton transporting material that improves mechanical characteristics of a sulfonated liquid crystalline polymer material, can be kept as a membrane even though it is made a solid state while maintaining a molecular arrangement of a liquid crystalline state, and is suitable for electrolyte membranes of fuel cells etc.; an ion exchange membrane, a membrane electrolyte assembly (MEA), and a fuel cell that use the proton transporting material; a starting material for the proton transporting material. The proton transporting material has a molecular structure produced by crosslinking the sulfonated liquid crystalline polymer material with a crosslinking agent having two or more functional groups in sites except that of the sulfonic acid group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignees: University of Yamanashi, Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Haramoto, Kohei Shiramizu, Masashi Oota
  • Publication number: 20110003902
    Abstract: There are provided: a proton transporting material that improves mechanical characteristics of a sulfonated liquid crystalline polymer material, can be kept as a membrane even though it is made a solid state while maintaining a molecular arrangement of a liquid crystalline state, and is suitable for electrolyte membranes of fuel cells etc.; an ion exchange membrane, a membrane electrolyte assembly (MEA), and a fuel cell that use the proton transporting material; a starting material for the proton transporting material. The proton transporting material has a molecular structure produced by crosslinking the sulfonated liquid crystalline polymer material with a crosslinking agent having two or more functional groups in sites except that of the sulfonic acid group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Yuichiro Haramoto, Kohei Shiramizu, Masashi Oota
  • Publication number: 20100028755
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a fuel cell catalyst layer including sulfonated amorphous carbons, wherein the sulfonated amorphous carbons have a chemical shifts signal indicating carbons of a condensed aromatic 6-membered ring to which sulfonic groups are attached and are not attached respectively in a spectrum of the 13C-NMR, and have a diffraction peak signal corresponding to the carbon's (002) plane whose half-value width (2?) is 5-30 degrees in a spectrum of powder x-ray diffraction, and show the proton conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Toppan Printing Co.
    Inventor: Kohei Shiramizu
  • Publication number: 20100028756
    Abstract: This invention discloses a catalyst layer which is formed at first incorporating sulfonated amorphous carbons and later the sulfonated amorphous carbons are removed. In addition, said sulfonated amorphous carbons show 13C NMR spectrum which has chemical shifts indicating carbons of a condensed aromatic 6-membered ring to which sulfonic groups are attached and are not attached respectively, and a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum which has a peak corresponding to the carbon's (002) plane at 5-30 degrees of half-value width (2?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Toppan Printing Co.
    Inventor: Kohei Shiramizu