Patents by Inventor Koichi Tsuruta

Koichi Tsuruta 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).

  • Publication number: 20230397924
    Abstract: An ultrasonic treatment instrument includes: a vibration transmitter including a treatment portion for treating a living tissue at a distal end of the vibration transmitter, the vibration transmitter being configured to transfer ultrasonic vibration from a proximal end of the vibration transmitter toward the treatment portion; a holder configured to open and close with respect to the treatment portion; a resin pad including a gripping surface for gripping the living tissue between the resin pad and the treatment portion; and a heat transmitter that is configured separately from the holder and extends from the holder to an inside of the resin pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuhiro MORISAKI, Ojiro Kitamura, Kazue Tanaka, Tsunetaka Akagane, Fumiya Ishikawa, Koichi Tsuruta
  • Publication number: 20230346203
    Abstract: An endoscope includes an insertion portion, an operation portion, a moving member, a detent, a rod, a wire and a bearing. The insertion portion is configured for insertion into a subject, the insertion portion including an actuating mechanism. The operation portion, the moving member, the rod and the wire are translatable in conjunction with each other. The detent located distally relative to the moving member, and the detent is configured to prevent a distally forward translation of the moving member past the detent. The bearing is located distally relative to the moving member, the bearing including an opening having a contact surface. The rod extends through the opening and is in slidable contact with the contact surface, and the contact surface is made of resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Koichi TSURUTA, Hidenosuke HASE
  • Publication number: 20220265307
    Abstract: Ultrasonic treatment device includes a blade configured to apply ultrasonic vibrations to target tissue and a jaw movable relative to the blade between open and closed configurations. In some examples, the jaw includes a base having an inner channel and a plurality of slots in communication with the inner channel, and a pad having a plurality of protrusions, each protrusion configured to be received within a different slot of the plurality of slots. In further examples, the jaw includes a base having a pair of side walls defining an inner channel, one of the side walls including a rail member extending into the channel, and a pad having a single groove for receiving the rail member when the pad is positioned within the channel. A surface of the groove is configured to contact a surface of the rail when a force is applied against a grasping surface of the pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Tsubasa NIIYAMA, Koichi TSURUTA, Kazuhiro MORISAKI, Fumiya ISHIKAWA, Marina ASAHINA, Hidenosuke HASE, Tsunetaka AKAGANE, Ojiro KITAMURA, Kazue TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20090171500
    Abstract: A stowage data preparation device is provided which can reduce transportation costs by improving the goods per shipping receptacle loading efficiency regardless of worker proficiency, and which permits transportation costs and schedules to be determined accurately at an early stage, and enables systematically planned transportation of shipping receptacles (especially containers of various kinds). A stowage data preparation device 1 includes: a pallet determination unit 2a determining a pallet P to be used per shipping receptacle, based on goods W to be stowed; a goods-stowed pallet display unit 2b displaying a goods-stowed pallet PW per shipping receptacle, by performing simulation of stowing goods onto a pallet determined by the pallet determination unit on a screen of a display device 3; and a stowage instruction data preparation unit 2c preparing stowage instruction data related to the goods-stowed pallet per shipping receptacle displayed by the goods-stowed pallet display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Manabu Matsumoto, Koichi Tsuruta