Patents by Inventor Kouhei EBE

Kouhei EBE 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).

  • Endoscope insertion support system and endoscope insertion support method
    Patent number: 8509877
    Abstract: According to the invention, a VOI (Volume of Interest) generation setting section disposed in an endoscope insertion support apparatus comprises a VOI setting function section, a VOI extending function section, a VOI direction determining function section, a VOI branch determining function section, a VOI resetting function section, a VOI information storage function section, a VOI size determining function section and a VOI branch extracting function section. This configuration enables a VOI to be effectively set in a tubular organ having a strictured part and tubular path area information on the tubular organ to be extracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Kensaku Mori, Takayuki Kitasaka, Shunya Akimoto, Kouhei Ebe, Takeshi Wada
  • ENDOSCOPE INSERTION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND ENDOSCOPE INSERTION SUPPORT METHOD
    Publication number: 20090054729
    Abstract: According to the invention, a VOI generation setting section disposed in an endoscope insertion support apparatus comprises a VOI setting function section, a VOI extending function section, a VOI direction determining function section, a VOI branch determining function section, a VOI resetting function section, a VOI information storage function section, a VOI size determining function section and a VOI branch extracting function section. This configuration enables a VOI (Volume of Interest) to be effectively set in a tubular organ having a strictured part and tubular path area information on the tubular organ to be extracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Kensaku MORI, Takayuki KITASAKA, Shunya AKIMOTO, Kouhei EBE, Takeshi WADA