Patents by Inventor Masahiro ECHIGO

Masahiro ECHIGO 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: 9955899
    Abstract: A respiratory waveform analyzer, operable to analyze a respiratory waveform, which is generated based on a temporal change of a concentration of a component in respiratory gas of a subject, includes: a respiratory gas concentration generator which generates a concentration signal based on an output signal from a sensor that is placed to measure the concentration of the component; a flatness calculator which calculates a flatness indicative of flat degree of the respiratory waveform based on a temporal change of the concentration signal; and a reliability calculator which calculates a reliability of the respiratory waveform based on the flatness and the concentration signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki Aoki, Hidetoshi Dainobu, Teiji Ukawa, Masahiro Echigo
  • Patent number: 9717623
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for controlling body temperature of a patient during hypothermia treatment, comprising: a body trunk cooling unit having a first affixing portion to be applied on a surface of the trunk of a patient's body and for cooling the surface of the trunk of the patient's body; and a body peripheral part heating unit having a second affixing portion to be applied to the peripheral part of the patient's body and for heating the peripheral part of the body by utilizing exhaust heat from the body trunk cooling unit and suppressing activation of cold receptors of the skin of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsushi Hyogo, Takayuki Mogi, Yoshihiro Takayanagi, Masahiro Echigo
  • Patent number: 9655543
    Abstract: A respiratory waveform analyzer, operable to analyze a respiratory waveform, which is generated based on a temporal change of a concentration of a component in respiratory gas of a subject, includes: a respiratory gas concentration generator which generates a concentration signal based on an output signal from a sensor that is placed to measure the concentration of the component; a flatness calculator which calculates a flatness indicative of flat degree of the respiratory waveform based on a temporal change of the concentration signal; and a reliability calculator which calculates a reliability of the respiratory waveform based on the flatness and the concentration signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki Aoki, Hidetoshi Dainobu, Teiji Ukawa, Masahiro Echigo
  • Patent number: 9398884
    Abstract: A biological information monitoring apparatus operable to measure biological information of a patient by detecting a biological signal of the patient, and operable to output an alarm, includes an alarm controller which changes the alarm. The alarm includes a first alarm of a first priority and a second alarm of a second priority. When a first condition is satisfied, the first alarm is output. When a second condition is satisfied after the first alarm is output, the alarm controller changes from the first alarm to the second alarm to be output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masami Tanishima, Masahiro Echigo, Rie Oyagi, Shinji Tezuka, Yoshinori Enomoto
  • Publication number: 20150209175
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for controlling body temperature of a patient during hypothermia treatment, comprising: a body trunk cooling unit having a first affixing portion to be applied on a surface of the trunk of a patient's body and for cooling the surface of the trunk of the patient's body; and a body peripheral part heating unit having a second affixing portion to be applied to the peripheral part of the patient's body and for heating the peripheral part of the body by utilizing exhaust heat from the body trunk cooling unit and suppressing activation of cold receptors of the skin of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Mitsushi HYOGO, Takayuki MOGI, Yoshihiro TAKAYANAGI, Masahiro ECHIGO
  • Patent number: 8988227
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus and program having a reading unit configured to read a plurality of alarm information about alarms generated based on abnormalities of biological information of a patient or abnormalities of a medical apparatus, and a control unit configured to associate same alarm contents that are included in the different alarm information in terms of the alarm contents that indicate contents of abnormalities causing the generation of the alarms is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Tezuka, Hiroko Hagiwara, Masahiro Echigo, Rie Muneshima
  • Publication number: 20140296950
    Abstract: A thermoregulation device which is adapted to be used for covering part of a living body, includes: a first sheet which is higher in thermal conductivity than cotton cloth; a second sheet which is higher in heat insulating and retaining properties than cotton cloth; and a gas passage which is formed between the first sheet and the second sheet. A first opening which communicates with the gas passage is formed in one of the first sheet and the second sheet. A second opening which communicates with the gas passage is formed in one of the first sheet and the second sheet. A gas which is introduced through the first opening is discharged from the second opening via the gas passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsushi HYOGO, Ichiro SHIMADA, Eiichi TANAKA, Yoshihiro TAKAYANAGI, Masahiro ECHIGO, Yuichiro OMOTE, Kenji YOKOYA
  • Patent number: 8576079
    Abstract: A biological information monitoring apparatus operable to receive biological information measured by a detector adapted to be attached to a patient, and operable to display the biological information on a display, includes: a first display controller which displays an alarm on the display; and a second display controller which displays, on the display, first information which responses to the displayed alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Masami Tanishima, Hitoshi Inaba, Katsumasa Imai, Yoshihiro Takayanagi, Masahiro Echigo
  • Publication number: 20120283591
    Abstract: A respiratory waveform analyzer, operable to analyze a respiratory waveform, which is generated based on a temporal change of a concentration of a component in respiratory gas of a subject, includes: a respiratory gas concentration generator which generates a concentration signal based on an output signal from a sensor that is placed to measure the concentration of the component; a flatness calculator which calculates a flatness indicative of flat degree of the respiratory waveform based on a temporal change of the concentration signal; and a reliability calculator which calculates a reliability of the respiratory waveform based on the flatness and the concentration signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki AOKI, Hidetoshi DAINOBU, Teiji UKAWA, Masahiro ECHIGO
  • Publication number: 20120249332
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus and program having a reading unit configured to read a plurality of alarm information about alarms generated based on abnormalities of biological information of a patient or abnormalities of a medical apparatus, and a control unit configured to associate same alarm contents that are included in the different alarm information in terms of the alarm contents that indicate contents of abnormalities causing the generation of the alarms is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji TEZUKA, Hiroko Hagiwara, Masahiro Echigo, Rie Muneshima
  • Publication number: 20110080293
    Abstract: A biological information monitoring apparatus operable to receive biological information measured by a detector adapted to be attached to a patient, and operable to display the biological information on a display, includes: a first display controller which displays an alarm on the display; and a second display controller which displays, on the display, first information which responses to the displayed alarm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masami TANISHIMA, Hitoshi INABA, Katsumasa IMAI, Yoshihiro TAKAYANAGI, Masahiro ECHIGO
  • Publication number: 20110080294
    Abstract: A biological information monitoring apparatus operable to measure biological information of a patient by detecting a biological signal of the patient, and operable to output an alarm, includes an alarm controller which changes the alarm. The alarm includes a first alarm of a first priority and a second alarm of a second priority. When a first condition is satisfied, the first alarm is output. When a second condition is satisfied after the first alarm is output, the alarm controller changes from the first alarm to the second alarm to be output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masami TANISHIMA, Masahiro ECHIGO, Rie OYAGI, Shinji TEZUKA, Yoshinori ENOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20100249631
    Abstract: A respiratory waveform analyzer, operable to analyze a respiratory waveform, which is generated based on a temporal change of a concentration of a component in respiratory gas of a subject, includes: a respiratory gas concentration generator which generates a concentration signal based on an output signal from a sensor that is placed to measure the concentration of the component; a flatness calculator which calculates a flatness indicative of flat degree of the respiratory waveform based on a temporal change of the concentration signal; and a reliability calculator which calculates a reliability of the respiratory waveform based on the flatness and the concentration signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki AOKI, Hidetoshi DAINOBU, Teiji UKAWA, Masahiro ECHIGO