Patents by Inventor Kohshiro Sugimura

Kohshiro Sugimura 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).

  • Medical imaging diagnosis apparatus
    Patent number: 7382851
    Abstract: A PET gantry and a CT gantry are placed in parallel such that the CT gantry becomes remoter to a common examination couch having a movable couch table top board mounted with a subject person and the CT gantry is made to be movable. The gantries are controlled by a control portion in a console. At first, the CT gantry is moved in a left direction to separate from the PET gantry so that whole body CT scan is carried out for the subject person in a direction from the leg portion to the head portion. Successively, the subject person is passed through a tunnel portion from the leg portion to the head portion by moving the couch table top board in a right direction in a state of considerably separating the CT gantry from the PET gantry to thereby carry out whole body PET scan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Inoue, Kohshiro Sugimura
  • MEDICAL IMAGING DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20070064865
    Abstract: A PET gantry and a CT gantry are placed in parallel such that the CT gantry becomes remoter to a common examination couch having a movable couch table top board mounted with a subject person and the CT gantry is made to be movable. The gantries are controlled by a control portion in a console. At first, the CT gantry is moved in a left direction to separate from the PET gantry so that whole body CT scan is carried out for the subject person in a direction from the leg portion to the head portion. Successively, the subject person is passed through a tunnel portion from the leg portion to the head portion by moving the couch table top board in a right direction in a state of considerably separating the CT gantry from the PET gantry to thereby carry out whole body PET scan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Inoue, Kohshiro Sugimura
  • Medical imaging diagnosis apparatus
    Patent number: 7162004
    Abstract: A PET gantry and a CT gantry are placed in parallel such that the CT gantry becomes remoter to a common examination couch having a movable couch table top board mounted with a subject person and the CT gantry is made to be movable. The gantries are controlled by a control portion in a console. At first, the CT gantry is moved in a left direction to separate from the PET gantry so that whole body CT scan is carried out for the subject person in a direction from the leg portion to the head portion. Successively, the subject person is passed through a tunnel portion from the leg portion to the head portion by moving the couch table top board in a right direction in a state of considerably separating the CT gantry from the PET gantry to thereby carry out whole body PET scan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Inoue, Kohshiro Sugimura
  • Medical imaging diagnosis apparatus
    Publication number: 20050207530
    Abstract: A PET gantry and a CT gantry are placed in parallel such that the CT gantry becomes remoter to a common examination couch having a movable couch table top board mounted with a subject person and the CT gantry is made to be movable. The gantries are controlled by a control portion in a console. At first, the CT gantry is moved in a left direction to separate from the PET gantry so that whole body CT scan is carried out for the subject person in a direction from the leg portion to the head portion. Successively, the subject person is passed through a tunnel portion from the leg portion to the head portion by moving the couch table top board in a right direction in a state of considerably separating the CT gantry from the PET gantry to thereby carry out whole body PET scan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Inoue, Kohshiro Sugimura