Patents by Inventor Kouji Fujio

Kouji Fujio 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: 5873828
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnosis and treatment system having a thin tube which is capable of being inserted into a body cavity, and which has at its extreme end an observing ultrasonic vibrator for emitting ultrasonic waves for observation and a treating ultrasonic vibrator for emitting strong ultrasonic waves for treatment. Observation and treatment are performed by using ultrasonic wave. The system further includes a processing device for performing an operation other than the ultrasonic treatment at least on a region observed by using ultrasonic waves. A guide for enabling the processing device to reach the region observed by using ultrasonic waves is provided on the thin tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Fujio, Isami Hirao, Sakae Takehana, Yasuhiro Ueda, Takashi Tsukaya, Yoshinao Oaki, Seiji Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 5471988
    Abstract: Provided on the side of a distal end of an insertion part are an observation ultrasonic transducer for acquiring an ultrasonic image and a therapeutic ultrasonic transducer for outputting a therapeutic ultrasonic wave so as to be focused. Positioning or the like between the observation ultrasonic transducer and the therapeutic ultrasonic transducer is so conducted that a focusing point at which the therapeutic ultrasonic wave is focused is locked to a predetermined position within a scanning range of the observation ultrasonic wave. If the position of the focusing point is locked whereby a lesion part to be treated is set to a predetermined position on an ultrasonic image, it is necessarily possible to conduct the position setting to the focusing point. It is also made possible to confirm the position of the lesion part and to acoustically observe a state of the lesion part during irradiation of the therapeutic ultrasonic wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Fujio, Isami Hirao, Sakae Takehana, Yasuhiro Ueda, Takashi Tsukaya, Yoshinao Oaki, Seiji Kuramoto