Patents by Inventor Marina Kobayashi

Marina Kobayashi 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).

  • Publication number: 20240423700
    Abstract: A treatment tool includes: a shaft; a gripper member that protrudes from a distal end of the shaft; a movable jaw that is provided on a distal end side of the shaft and is openable and closable with respect to the gripper member; and a swinging member mounted on the movable jaw. The swinging member is capable of swinging about a rotation axis with respect to the movable jaw to grip the living tissue between the swinging member and the gripper member. The swinging member includes first and second contact surfaces. The first contact surface can regulate swinging of the swinging member in a first direction when contacting a first regulating surface of the movable jaw. The second contact surface can regulate swinging of the swinging member in a second direction when contacting a second regulating surface of the movable jaw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marina KOBAYASHI, Yoshinori Homma
  • Patent number: 12108976
    Abstract: A treatment tool includes: an elongated shaft; a probe that protrudes from a distal end of the shaft; a movable jaw that is mounted in a rotatable manner; and a swing arm that is mounted on the movable jaw. The swing arm is capable of gripping living tissue with the probe and swinging with respect to the movable jaw. The movable jaw includes a first regulating surface that can contact a proximal end portion of the swing arm to regulate swinging of the swing arm in one direction, and a second regulating surface that can contact another region in the proximal end portion of the swing arm to regulate swinging of the swing arm in another direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marina Kobayashi, Yoshinori Homma
  • Patent number: 11638604
    Abstract: A treatment instrument includes a grasping piece that is openable and closable to a treatment portion, and includes an electrode member. An electrode inclination surface facing a side on which the treating portion is located is provided on an outer surface of the electrode member of the grasping piece, and the electrode inclination surface extends from an inner side to an outer side in a width direction so as to be inclined in a direction away from the treatment portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marina Kobayashi, Yuji Hirai, Eiji Murakami, Tadashi Kitayama, Satoshi Miyajiri, Katsushi Ide, Takahito Oshiro
  • Patent number: 11413059
    Abstract: An energy surgical instrument includes first and second grasping pieces for grasping a blood vessel. At least one of the grasping pieces is designed to apply treatment energy to a grasped blood vessel. The instrument also includes a processor designed to set a wall thickness of the blood vessel, and a grasping force adjuster designed to adjust a grasping force applied by the first and second grasping pieces. A first grasping force is applied when the wall thickness set by the processor is larger than a predetermined thickness, and a second grasping force, which is larger than the first grasping force, is applied when the wall thickness set by the processor is equal to or smaller than the predetermined thickness. A treatment method includes applying treatment energy to a blood vessel grasped by the first and second grasping pieces of the instrument to seal the blood vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marina Kobayashi, Yuji Hirai, Satomi Sakao, Takeshi Onaga, Kazuhiro Morisaki, Katsushi Ide
  • Publication number: 20210228265
    Abstract: A treatment tool includes: an elongated shaft; a probe that protrudes from a distal end of the shaft; a movable jaw that is mounted in a rotatable manner; and a swing arm that is mounted on the movable jaw. The swing arm is capable of gripping living tissue with the probe and swinging with respect to the movable jaw. The movable jaw includes a first regulating surface that can contact a proximal end portion of the swing arm to regulate swinging of the swing arm in one direction, and a second regulating surface that can contact another region in the proximal end portion of the swing arm to regulate swinging of the swing arm in another direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marina KOBAYASHI, Yoshinori HOMMA
  • Publication number: 20190336202
    Abstract: A treatment instrument includes a grasping piece that is openable and closable to a treatment portion, and includes an electrode member. An electrode inclination surface facing a side on which the treating portion is located is provided on an outer surface of the electrode member of the grasping piece, and the electrode inclination surface extends from an inner side to an outer side in a width direction so as to be inclined in a direction away from the treatment portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marina KOBAYASHI, Yuji HIRAI, Eiji MURAKAMI, Tadashi KITAYAMA, Satoshi MIYAJIRI, Katsushi IDE, Takahito OSHIRO
  • Publication number: 20190021784
    Abstract: An energy surgical instrument includes a first grasping piece, a second grasping piece which is allowed to grasp a blood vessel, an energy application unit provided in at least one of the first grasping piece and the second grasping piece, which applies treatment energy to the blood vessel grasped, a setting unit which sets information regarding a wall thickness of the blood vessel, and a grasping force adjustment unit which adjusts a grasping force to a first grasping force when the wall thickness set by the setting unit is larger than a predetermined thickness and adjusting the grasping force to a second grasping force, which is smaller than the first grasping force, when the wall thickness set by the setting unit is equal to or smaller than the predetermined thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marina Kobayashi, Yuji Hirai, Satomi Sakao, Takeshi Onaga, Kazuhiro Morisaki, Katsushi Ide
  • Publication number: 20190021757
    Abstract: An energy surgical instrument includes a first grasping piece, a second grasping piece which is allowed to grasp a blood vessel, an energy application unit provided in at least one of the first grasping piece and the second grasping piece, which applies treatment energy to the blood vessel grasped, a setting unit which sets information regarding a wall thickness of the blood vessel, and a grasping force adjustment unit which adjusts a grasping force to a first grasping force when the wall thickness set by the setting unit is larger than a predetermined thickness and adjusting the grasping force to a second grasping force, which is larger than the first grasping force, when the wall thickness set by the setting unit is equal to or smaller than the predetermined thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marina Kobayashi, Yuji Hirai, Satomi Sakao, Takeshi Onaga, Kazuhiro Morisaki, Katsushi Ide