Patents by Inventor Mariko Tsukune

Mariko Tsukune 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).

  • Puncture assistance system
    Patent number: 10004532
    Abstract: A puncture assistance system provides information on a collapse state of a blood vessel to be punctured, caused by pressing action of an ultrasonic probe, when ultrasonic images of the blood vessel are acquired. A puncture assistance system 10 includes: vascular diameter detecting means 18 for detecting a vascular diameter during acquisition of the ultrasonic images from an ultrasonic diagnostic device 11; puncture assistance information generating means 12 for generating puncture assistance information for determination of whether or not puncture is allowed to be performed based on a collapse state of a blood vessel B caused by pressing action of an ultrasonic probe 15 against skin S by comparing a current vascular diameter detected by the vascular diameter detecting means 18 with a standard vascular diameter stored in advance; and a monitor 19 that presents the puncture assistance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignees: WASEDA UNIVERSITY, KIKUCHI SEISAKUSHO CO., LTD., KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakatsu Fujie, Yo Kobayashi, Mariko Tsukune, Ken Ichiryu, Nobuhiro Ogasawara, Bo Zhang, Makoto Hashizume, Tetsuo Ikeda, Tomohiko Akahoshi, Ryu Nakadate
  • PUNCTURE ASSISTANCE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180000511
    Abstract: A puncture assistance system provides information on a collapse state of a blood vessel to be punctured, caused by pressing action of an ultrasonic probe, when ultrasonic images of the blood vessel are acquired. A puncture assistance system 10 includes: vascular diameter detecting means 18 for detecting a vascular diameter during acquisition of the ultrasonic images from an ultrasonic diagnostic device 11; puncture assistance information generating means 12 for generating puncture assistance information for determination of whether or not puncture is allowed to be performed based on a collapse state of a blood vessel B caused by pressing action of an ultrasonic probe 15 against skin S by comparing a current vascular diameter detected by the vascular diameter detecting means 18 with a standard vascular diameter stored in advance; and a monitor 19 that presents the puncture assistance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicants: WASEDA UNIVERSITY, KIKUCHI SEISAKUSHO CO., LTD., KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakatsu Fujie, Yo Kobayashi, Mariko Tsukune, Ken Ichiryu, Nobuhiro Ogasawara, Bo Zhang, Makoto Hashizume, Tetsuo Ikeda, Tomohiko Akahoshi, Ryu Nakadate