Patents by Inventor Madoka KIYOKAWA

Madoka KIYOKAWA 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: 10478044
    Abstract: A treatment instrument for an endoscope used in combination with an endoscope having a raising base at a distal end section of a channel, the treatment instrument for the endoscope includes a sheath section having flexibility; a treatment section installed closer to a distal end side than the sheath section; and a manipulation unit installed at a proximal end of the sheath section and configured to manipulate the treatment section, wherein the sheath section has a sheath main body; a sandwiched portion formed at a distal end side of the sheath main body and sandwiched between the raising base and an inner circumferential surface of the channel; and a torque transmission member configured to transmit a rotational torque input at the proximal end side by a user and turn the sheath main body about the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Yanuma, Madoka Kiyokawa
  • Patent number: 10383719
    Abstract: A stent for medical use includes: a main body which includes a first rigid portion formed in a tubular shape along a longitudinal axis and having a predetermined rigidity with respect to a compression force exerted in a radial direction and a second rigid portion having a rigidity less than that of the first rigid portion, the second rigid portion which is substantially coaxial with and continues to a proximal end of the first rigid portion, and the second rigid portion which formed in a tubular shape along the longitudinal axis; and a gripping target region which is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the second rigid portion and is gripped by a gripping tool when the main body is led into a channel of an endoscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Nomura, Toshihiro Yamagata, Madoka Kiyokawa
  • Publication number: 20170128188
    Abstract: A stent for medical use includes: a main body which includes a first rigid portion formed in a tubular shape along a longitudinal axis and having a predetermined rigidity with respect to a compression force exerted in a radial direction and a second rigid portion having a rigidity less than that of the first rigid portion, the second rigid portion which is substantially coaxial with and continues to a proximal end of the first rigid portion, and the second rigid portion which formed in a tubular shape along the longitudinal axis; and a gripping target region which is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the second rigid portion and is gripped by a gripping tool when the main body is led into a channel of an endoscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke NOMURA, Toshihiro YAMAGATA, Madoka KIYOKAWA
  • Patent number: 9585772
    Abstract: A stent for medical use includes: a main body which includes a first rigid portion formed in a tubular shape along a longitudinal axis and having a predetermined rigidity with respect to a compression force exerted in a radial direction and a second rigid portion having a rigidity less than that of the first rigid portion, the second rigid portion which is substantially coaxial with and continues to a proximal end of the first rigid portion, and the second rigid portion which formed in a tubular shape along the longitudinal axis; and a gripping target region which is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the second rigid portion and is gripped by a gripping tool when the main body is led into a channel of an endoscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Nomura, Toshihiro Yamagata, Madoka Kiyokawa
  • Publication number: 20160193454
    Abstract: A catheter includes: a tubular insertion section configured to be inserted into a body; an expandable and contractible balloon that is disposed at a distal end portion of the insertion section to communicate with lumen of the insertion section; a knife wire that is disposed at the distal end portion of the insertion section and configured to treat a biological tissue; and an operation section that is disposed at a proximal end portion of the insertion section and configured to operate the balloon and the knife wire. The operation section includes a connecting portion that is fitted to a fluid discharge port of a pressurizer capable of supplying a fluid for causing the balloon to expand and a fixing tool which is configured to fix the operation section to the pressurizer to be detachable therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Madoka KIYOKAWA, Yutaka YANUMA
  • Publication number: 20150342633
    Abstract: A treatment instrument for an endoscope used in combination with an endoscope having a raising base at a distal end section of a channel, the treatment instrument for the endoscope includes a sheath section having flexibility; a treatment section installed closer to a distal end side than the sheath section; and a manipulation unit installed at a proximal end of the sheath section and configured to manipulate the treatment section, wherein the sheath section has a sheath main body; a sandwiched portion formed at a distal end side of the sheath main body and sandwiched between the raising base and an inner circumferential surface of the channel; and a torque transmission member configured to transmit a rotational torque input at the proximal end side by a user and turn the sheath main body about the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka YANUMA, Madoka KIYOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150005894
    Abstract: A stent for medical use includes: a main body which includes a first rigid portion formed in a tubular shape along a longitudinal axis and having a predetermined rigidity with respect to a compression force exerted in a radial direction and a second rigid portion having a rigidity less than that of the first rigid portion, the second rigid portion which is substantially coaxial with and continues to a proximal end of the first rigid portion, and the second rigid portion which formed in a tubular shape along the longitudinal axis; and a gripping target region which is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the second rigid portion and is gripped by a gripping tool when the main body is led into a channel of an endoscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Yusuke NOMURA, Toshihiro YAMAGATA, Madoka KIYOKAWA