Patents by Inventor Kuniaki Kami
Kuniaki Kami 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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Patent number: 5836869Abstract: An endoscope system having an endoscope, a scope holder holding the endoscope, a magnetic three-dimensional position sensor, and a TV monitor. The sensor detects the position of an object and generates data representing this position. According to the data, the view field of the endoscope is switched.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 1995Date of Patent: November 17, 1998Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Kudo, Kuniaki Kami, Hiroki Hibino, Hitoshi Mizuno, Akihiro Horii, Susumu Takahashi, Noriyuki Tateyama
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Patent number: 5678568Abstract: A medical system control apparatus including a plurality of pieces of medical equipment having respective identification numbers thereof individually, and having display portions on which setting conditions or operating conditions are displayed and operating portions for modifying the setting conditions or the operating conditions which are displayed on the display portions, a centralized controller for controlling the plurality of pieces of medical equipment, a centralized display device connected to the controller and provided with a display portion which displays the display contents of the plurality of pieces of medical equipment, a centralized operation device connected to the controller for controlling the setting conditions or the operating conditions which are displayed on the display portions of the plurality of pieces of medical equipment, and a communication device for enabling the plurality of pieces of medical equipment, the centralized display device and the centralized operation device and theType: GrantFiled: July 22, 1994Date of Patent: October 21, 1997Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akinobu Uchikubo, Akihiro Taguchi, Junichi Onishi, Kyou Imagawa, Yasukazu Tatsumi, Yukiko Nagaoka, Yoshito Ichikawa, Mamoru Kaneko, Tsutomu Hirai, Kuniaki Kami, Satoshi Takemoto, Kouji Tanikawa, Kenji Harano, Hiroshi Takahashi, Makoto Tsunakawa, Kenya Inomata
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Patent number: 5558619Abstract: An endoscope system includes a movement detector for detecting an operator's movement, a signal processor for processing a signal the detector detects, and a control for controlling drive which drives a medical device according to an output signal of the signal processor. The endoscope system bends a bending section of an endoscope serving as a medical device according to the operator's movement, and thus orients the observation field of view to a direction the operator intends or controls the movement of a treatment adapter serving as a medical device. The endoscope system includes a superimposing means for superimposing an image associated with the operator's movement onto an image acquired by an imaging device associated with the endoscope system.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 1994Date of Patent: September 24, 1996Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuniaki Kami, Hideyuki Adachi, Koichi Umeyama, Yoshihiro Kosaka, Seiji Yamaguchi, Eiichi Fuse, Michio Sato, Masakazu Nakamura, Yasundo Tanaka, Takashi Fukaya, Kiyotaka Matsuno, Katsuya Suzuki
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Patent number: 5351677Abstract: A medical system has a detecting device for detecting three dimensional image information about a living body, a signal processing circuit for processing the image signal transmitted from the detecting device, and an object information reproduction device. The object information reproduction device comprises a movable displacement element which is touched by the operator and acts according to the output from the signal processing circuit so as to cause the operator to tactually sense information about the object. Thus, the operator is able to recognize the degree of unevenness in a tactile manner by touching the displacement element. Other embodiments include means for sensing and reproducing hardness and temperature of the object.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1992Date of Patent: October 4, 1994Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuniaki Kami, Hideyuki Adachi, Koichi Umeyama, Yoshihiro Kosaka, Seiji Yamaguchi, Eiichi Fuse, Michio Sato, Masakazu Nakamura, Yasundo Tanaka, Takashi Fukaya, Kiyotaka Matsuno, Katsuya Suzuki
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Patent number: 5339799Abstract: A medical system according to the present invention comprises a medical apparatus including an operation unit manipulated by a surgeon and a treatment section formed away from the operation unit for treating a subject, a detector or a pressure sensor for detecting a state of contact between the subject and the treatment section, and a reproduction mechanism for amplifying a small contact pressure according to the output of the detector and thus reproduce the state of contact so that the surgeon can perceive the state of contact.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 1992Date of Patent: August 23, 1994Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuniaki Kami, Hideyuki Adachi, Koichi Umeyama, Yoshihiro Kosaka, Seiji Yamaguchi, Eiichi Fuse, Michio Sato, Masakazu Nakamura, Yasundo Tanaka, Takashi Fukaya, Kiyotaka Matsuno, Katsuya Suzuki
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Patent number: 5305759Abstract: A photo-pulse from a photo-pulse generating apparatus is branched, where one branch is radiated to an examined body and the reflected light reflected within the examined body is delayed in time in proportion to the depth from the surface of the examined body and is led to a time-analyzing reflected light measuring apparatus. In this measuring apparatus, the other branched reference photo-pulse or reference signal pulse is input as delayed by the time for which the photo-pulse reflected within the examined body returns and only the reflected light component synchronized with the entering timing of this reference light pulse is analyzed in the time and is detected. By varying the detection sensitivity of this measuring apparatus in response to the depth from the surface of the examined body, the interior can be observed.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 1991Date of Patent: April 26, 1994Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mamoru Kaneko, Kuniaki Kami, Masakazu Gotanda, Shuichi Takayam, Ichiro Nakamura, Kazunari Nakamura, Eiichi Fuse, Susumu Takahashi, Yoshihiro Kosaka, Hiromasa Suzuki
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Patent number: 5279301Abstract: An ultrasonic image analyzing apparatus determines, on the basis of ultrasonic tomographic image information on a body portion being inspected, the properties of the tissues of the inspected portion, and causes a lesion portion to be displayed on a color image screen or the like, thereby allowing a diagnosis. The apparatus enables appropriate parameters for image analysis which correspond to the object organ, a body mark, and the type of ultrasonic probe used, to be automatically set. The apparatus also enables the size, the shape, the manner of scanning, etc. of regions of interest (ROIs), which are provided on the image of the portion being observed for the purpose of calculating the parameters, to be set in correspondence with the directions in which the ultrasonic wave from the probe propagates. Accordingly, the apparatus makes it possible to perform optimal image analysis with respect to the observation-object portion, and hence, perform correct diagnosis.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1991Date of Patent: January 18, 1994Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Tsukaya, Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Shuichi Takayama, Masahiko Gondo, Kuniaki Kami
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Patent number: 5176140Abstract: In an ultrasonic probe for use in ultrasonic endoscope, ultrasonic diagnosing apparatus and other ultrasonic apparatuses, an ultrasonic vibrator is arranged in a recess formed in a cylindrical housing and is secured thereto such that portions of first and second electrodes are exposed out of the recess. First and second lead wires are embedded in the housing such that tips of the lead wires are exposed within connecting areas formed in the housing in communication with the recess. The tips of the first and second lead wires are connected to first and second electrodes of the ultrasonic vibrator with the aid of conductive members made of solder, conductive paste or conductive adhesive agent. The other end of the first and second lead wires are extended from the same end face of the cylindrical housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 1990Date of Patent: January 5, 1993Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuniaki Kami, Masashi Abe, Masao Izawa, Takanao Fujimura, Yukihiko Sawada, Masaaki Hayashi, Shuichi Takayama, Takashi Tsukaya, Takeaki Nakamura, Masanori Hamazaki, Takahiro Echizenya, Yoshihisa Taniguchi, Hironobu Aoki, Fukashi Yoshizawa, Yoshiro Nishimura, Hiroshi Suzushima
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Patent number: 5107844Abstract: An ultrasonic observing apparatus includes an ultrasonic wave transmitting and receiving apparatus for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves, a first scanning apparatus for moving the direction in which the ultrasonic wave transmitting and receiving apparatus transmits and receives waves so that a first ultrasonic tomographic image may be obtained, a second scanning apparatus for moving the direction in which the ultrasonic wave transmitting and receiving apparatus transmits and receives waves so that a second ultrasonic tomographic image intersecting with the first ultrasonic tomographic image may be obtained and a control apparatus for controlling the first scanning apparatus and second scanning apparatus as related with each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 1990Date of Patent: April 28, 1992Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuniaki Kami, Takahiro Echizenya, Kazuhiro Misono
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Patent number: 4977902Abstract: A supersonic hyperthermia treating method comprises the steps of inserting a heat generating member having a high attenuation for supersonic waves into a diseased part in a body and leaving it there, then transmitting supersonic waves generated outside of the body from a supersonic wave generator for heating the heat generating member to hyperthermically treat the diseased part.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 1989Date of Patent: December 18, 1990Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naomi Sekino, Shuichi Takayama, Takashi Tsukaya, Masakazu Gotanda, Tetsumaru Kubota, Naoki Uchiyama, Koichiro Ishihara, Kuniaki Kami, Akira Murata, Masaaki Hayashi
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Patent number: 4955366Abstract: A ultrasonic therapeutical apparatus comprises a plurality of ultrasonic vibrators which are disposed in a plurality of concentric circular rows and defining a ultrasonic shock wave generator. The apparatus also includes control means for independently controlling the frequency and the phase with which the ultrasonic vibrators in the respective raws are driven as well as the output levels thereof, thereby allowing only a positive pressure of the resultant ultrasonic wave to be increased while suppressing a negative pressure thereof to eliminate a cavitation effect.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 1988Date of Patent: September 11, 1990Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Uchiyama, Syuichi Takayama, Masakazu Gotanda, Tetsumaru Kubota, Takashi Tsukaya, Kouichiro Ishihara, Kuniaki Kami, Naomi Sekino, Akira Murata, Masaki Hayashi