Patents by Inventor Koichi Kobayashi
Koichi Kobayashi 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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Publication number: 20100145346Abstract: A jig and a system for supporting artificial hip joint with which an artificial shelf can be arranged at an ideal arranging position more easily at reduced facility cost. Since existing arthroscope (3) and a medical drill generally used in an operating room are fixed to and held on a small jig (4) for supporting artificial hip joint replacement of simple arrangement which can be fixed to the shell of a patient, correct profile of the shell HC of the patient at current moment in time can be recognized easily and surely with an arthroscope (3). Furthermore, since drilling position and direction of the medical drill can be determined using a first two-dimensional coordinates and a second two-dimensional coordinates, the shell HC of the patient can be shaped into ideal profile accurately without using an expensive special device for exclusive use and thereby the artificial shell can be arranged at an ideal position more easily.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2006Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: Niigata UniversityInventors: Yoshio Koga, Koichi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20100095635Abstract: A medicine supply apparatus which comprises, in a case accommodating section 8, a plurality of tablet cases 3 for accommodating medicine and charges or supplies medicine into a bag 72, which medicine has been discharged from each tablet case 3 based on a prescription. An identification code 26 is provided for each of the tablet cases 3 and read by an optical sensor 33 provided inside the case accommodating section 8, whereby discharge of medicine is controlled. A motor 14 for driving a discharge drum for the tablet case 3 is checked for disconnection by being regularly energized. The operating time and the frequency of operation of parts that wear out, such as the motors, are stored for use in failure prediction. Time slots in which medicine should be taken are printed, each in a different color, by a color printing mechanism 73 on the bag 72 into which medicine is charged.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO ELECTRIC BIOMEDICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hitoshi ISHIWATARI, Shinya Uema, Manabu Haraguchi, Koichi Kobayashi, Shigeyuki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20100100231Abstract: A medicine supply apparatus which comprises, in a case accommodating section 8, a plurality of tablet cases 3 for accommodating medicine and charges or supplies medicine into a bag 72, which medicine has been discharged from each tablet case 3 based on a prescription. An identification code 26 is provided for each of the tablet cases 3 and read by an optical sensor 33 provided inside the case accommodating section 8, whereby discharge of medicine is controlled. A motor 14 for driving a discharge drum for the tablet case 3 is checked for disconnection by being regularly energized. The operating time and the frequency of operation of parts that wear out, such as the motors, are stored for use in failure prediction. Time slots in which medicine should be taken are printed, each in a different color, by a color printing mechanism 73 on the bag 72 into which medicine is charged.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO ELECTRIC BIOMEDICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hitoshi ISHIWATARI, Shinya Uema, Manabu Haraguchi, Koichi Kobayashi, Shigeyuki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20100100232Abstract: A medicine supply apparatus which comprises, in a case accommodating section 8, a plurality of tablet cases 3 for accommodating medicine and charges or supplies medicine into a bag 72, which medicine has been discharged from each tablet case 3 based on a prescription. An identification code 26 is provided for each of the tablet cases 3 and read by an optical sensor 33 provided inside the case accommodating section 8, whereby discharge of medicine is controlled. A motor 14 for driving a discharge drum for the tablet case 3 is checked for disconnection by being regularly energized. The operating time and the frequency of operation of parts that wear out, such as the motors, are stored for use in failure prediction. Time slots in which medicine should be taken are printed, each in a different color, by a color printing mechanism 73 on the bag 72 into which medicine is charged.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hitoshi ISHIWATARI, Shinya Uema, Manabu Haraguchi, Koichi Kobayashi, Shigeyuki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20100077708Abstract: A tablet supply apparatus including a main body having a case accommodating unit at the upper portion thereof, plural tablet cases provided in the case accommodating unit, each of the tablet cases having tablets accommodated therein, a hopper provided at the lower side of the tablet case in the main body, a nozzle for filling tablets received by the hopper into a container, the nozzle comprising a passage through which tables drop, a shutter which is freely opened and closed so as to allow or prohibit passage of dropping tablets through the nozzle, and a sensor for detecting passage of the tablets dropping through the passage at an upper side of the shutter. Furthermore, a tablet feeder for adding deficient tablets to the hopper comprises plural cells for accommodating tablets and an endless belt on which the cells are arranged on a line side by side.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Koichi Kobayashi, Takashi Mori
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Publication number: 20100077707Abstract: A tablet supply apparatus including a main body having a case accommodating unit at the upper portion thereof, plural tablet cases that are secured in the case accommodating unit and in which tablets are accommodated, a chute through which tablets discharged from each of the tablet cases drop, a hopper that is disposed below the chute and provided in the main body, a filling device for filling tablets received by the hopper into a container, and at least one tablet feeder for freely putting into the hopper tablets whose kinds are other than the kinds of the tablets accommodated in the table cases. The tablet feeder has an opening for putting tablets, a shutter for temporarily trapping the tables put from the opening and a switch for opening the shutter, and is designed so that the put tablets on the shutter are visually recognizable.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira Kondo, Takashi Mori, Koichi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7644837Abstract: An object of a medicine supply apparatus which fills medicine bottles with medicines from a plurality of tablet cases is to improve a medicine filling performance and remove restrictions on the apparatus, and the apparatus comprises: a plurality of tablet cases which contain the medicines and into which the medicines can be thrown from above; a case storage section in which the respective tablet cases are juxtaposed in one stage on a plane and whose top is openably closed; and a filling device which is disposed under this case storage section and which fills the medicine bottle with the medicine dropping from each tablet case.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2006Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akinorl Hatsuno, Atsuo Inamura, Hideyuki Takahashi, Takashi Mori, Koichi Kobayashi, Manabu Haraguchi, Masayoshi Ogura, Toshitake Maruyama
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Patent number: 7637078Abstract: A medicine supply apparatus which comprises, in a case accommodating section 8, a plurality of tablet cases 3 for accommodating medicine and charges or supplies medicine into a bag 72, which medicine has been discharged from each tablet case 3 based on a prescription. An identification code 26 is provided for each of the tablet cases 3 and read by an optical sensor 33 provided inside the case accommodating section 8, whereby discharge of medicine is controlled. A motor 14 for driving a discharge drum for the tablet case 3 is checked for disconnection by being regularly energized. The operating time and the frequency of operation of parts that wear out, such as the motors, are stored for use in failure prediction. Time slots in which medicine should be taken are printed, each in a different color, by a color printing mechanism 73 on the bag 72 into which medicine is charged.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2003Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Biomedical Co. Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi Ishiwatari, Shinya Uema, Manabu Haraguchi, Koichi Kobayashi, Shigeyuki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20090267828Abstract: According to one embodiment, a GPS signal receiving apparatus comprises a receiving module configured to receive a GPS signal from a GPS satellite, an inclination detecting module configured to detect an inclination angle of the GPS signal receiving apparatus, a determining module configured to determine whether or not the receiving module receives a sufficient GPS signal to measure a position of the GPS signal receiving apparatus, and a notifying module configured to notify a user to change the inclination angle of the GPS signal receiving apparatus in accordance with the inclination angle detected by the inclination detecting module when the determining module determines that the sufficient GPS signal is not received.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2008Publication date: October 29, 2009Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Koichi Kobayashi, Toru Sawada
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Publication number: 20090236954Abstract: A medication storage for storing medications while cooling down them is constituted so as to allow a medication based on prescription data to be certainly taken out. The medication storage cools down inside a storeroom for storing the medications to a predetermined temperature by a cooling unit. The medication storage, includes: a plurality of shelves rotatably provided in the storeroom; a plurality of storage partitions which are respectively constituted on each shelf and store the medications; a motor for rotating the shelves; a plurality of openings provided respectively for being arranged to correspond to each of the shelves thereby allowing only medication in any one of the storage partitions to be taken out; a plurality of doors for openably closing each opening, respectively; a plurality of lock solenoids for locking each door, respectively; and a control unit for controlling the motor and the lock solenoid.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2008Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Koichi Kobayashi, Manabu Haraguchi, Akinori Hatsuno
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Publication number: 20090099263Abstract: There is disclosed an organ-adhesion preventing agent comprising a chemically-crosslinked ?-polyglutamic acid as an effective ingredient, as well as a process for preventing organ from adhesion comprising a step of bringing the adhesion-preventing agent into contact with or depositing the same onto the surface of a local organ and optionally the neighborhood thereof to be prevented from the post-operative adhesion. According to the present invention, there is provided an adhesion-preventing agent which is capable of effectively preventing the surfaces of organs from adhesion, and which can be absorbed in the body with high safety and be produced with ease and has high practical usefulness, as well as a process for preventing organ from adhesion by using the adhesion-preventing agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2007Publication date: April 16, 2009Inventors: Yotaro Izumi, Masafumi Kawamura, Koichi Kobayashi, Takeshi Endo, Atsushi Nagai, Makoto Shichinohe
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Publication number: 20090045214Abstract: An object is to provide a medicine supply apparatus capable of reducing a time required for charging medicines without causing any trouble during counting of the medicines, the apparatus comprises: a discharge drum which discharges the medicines from a tablet case; a medicine detecting sensor which detects the medicines discharged from the tablet case, and a control device, and this control device controls a rotating motor for rotating the discharge drum to discharge the medicines from the tablet case, counts the discharged medicines based on a detecting operation of the medicine detecting sensor, and changes a discharge speed of the medicine by the discharge drum depending on a type of medicine in the tablet case.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2008Publication date: February 19, 2009Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Koichi Kobayashi, Manabu Haraguchi, Akinori Hatsuno, Toshitake Maruyama, Tetsuo Sakurai
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Patent number: 7487685Abstract: A non-contacting strain measurement method and system employs a laser light source for irradiating a test piece to provide a spectral pattern in spaced relationship from the test piece. The pattern is viewed while the test piece is placed under tension by a plurality of video cameras. The CCD video cameras are coupled to signal processing circuits which calculate the Poisson ratio according to the formula: ? xx = - ? ? ? A x 2 ? L 0 ? tan ? ? ? 0 .Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2006Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Koichi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7459738Abstract: A ferroelectric memory element has a memory cell array including memory cells arranged in a matrix configuration, each of the memory cells having a lower electrode, an upper electrode arranged in a direction intersecting the lower electrode, and a ferroelectric layer disposed at least in an intersecting area between the upper electrode and the lower electrode, wherein a hydrogen barrier film and a hydrogen barrier film are arranged at least below the memory cell array, and a bottom hydrogen barrier film is arranged below the memory cell array.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2005Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Tamura, Koichi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20080169066Abstract: The present invention is to provide a tape-winding apparatus utilizing an adhesive tape-supplying device. The tape winding apparatus provides a smooth and a good appearance winding of the adhesive tape, which has a high extensibility and high adherence, around an object such as an electrical wire without stretch of the adhesive tape and difficulty of winding off the adhesive tape. The adhesive tape-supplying device includes an axle for rotatably supporting an adhesive tape reel; a rotating disk having the axle at the center thereof; a one-way bearing projecting near from an outer circumference of the rotating disk; and rotating means for rotating the one-way bearing and the rotating disk. The adhesive tape-supplying device includes a guide member disposed near the outer circumference of the rotating disk for accepting the adhesive tape from the one-way bearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2008Publication date: July 17, 2008Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Akira Sugiyama, Koichi Kobayashi, Masanori Katagiri, Masakazu Mori
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Publication number: 20080118907Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an adhesion-preventing material which is capable of effectively preventing the surfaces of organs from adhesion, and which can be absorbed in the body with high safety and produced with ease and has high practical utility, as well as to a process for preventing adhesion by using the adhesion-preventing material. The present invention provides (1) an adhesion-preventing material comprising a crosslinked water absorbent poly-y-glutamic acid as an effective ingredient; (2) the adhesion-preventing material described above, wherein the crosslinked water absorbent poly-y-glutamic acid is in the form of powder having a water absorption coefficient in the range of 800-2000; (3) a process for preventing organ from adhesion, comprising a step of bringing the adhesion-preventing material described above into contact with the surface of a local organ; and (4) the process for preventing adhesion described above, wherein the surface of the local organ is in wet state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2005Publication date: May 22, 2008Applicants: KEIO UNIVERSITY, MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA, LTD.Inventors: Yotaro Izumi, Masafumi Kawamura, Koichi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20080081801Abstract: A highly safe oxygen infusion for effectively increasing an oxygen partial pressure in a hypoxic region of tumor tissues, which comprises a dispersion of an albumin clathrate compound enclosing a porphyrin metal complex, dispersed in a physiologically permissible aqueous media.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2007Publication date: April 3, 2008Inventors: Eishun TSUCHIDA, Koichi KOBAYASHI, Teruyuki KOMATSU, Hirohisa HORINOUCHI, Masumi WATANABE
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Publication number: 20080055166Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a housing, a storage mechanism, a printed wiring board, an antenna element and a component. The storage mechanism and printed wiring board are accommodated in the housing. The antenna element is mounted on the printed wiring board and executes wireless communication. The component adversely affects the wireless communication by the antenna element. The printed wiring board includes a first surface which is opposed to the component, and a second surface which is located on a side opposite to the first surface. The antenna element is mounted on the second surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2007Publication date: March 6, 2008Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Koichi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20070285273Abstract: According to one embodiment, in a portable information equipment provided with a wireless communication unit, the surface of a control unit having switches for operating the portable information equipment and the area around the control unit are made of nonmetallic material, and an antenna for wireless communication is incorporated in the nonmetallic material part of the control unit. A radio wave is efficiently emitted from the antenna, and a receiving performance is improved, even when a metal is used for an outer case.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2007Publication date: December 13, 2007Inventor: Koichi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20070044568Abstract: A non-contacting strain measurement method and system employs a laser light source for irradiating a test piece to provide a spectral pattern in spaced relationship from the test piece. The pattern is viewed while the test piece is placed under tension by a plurality of video cameras.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2006Publication date: March 1, 2007Inventor: Koichi Kobayashi