Patents by Inventor Michiharu Nakao

Michiharu Nakao 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: 8748560
    Abstract: A blood cells removal module including a casing having an inlet into which a blood flow before blood cells removal flows, and an outlet in which a blood flow after blood cells removal is discharged, an adsorbent for blood cells removal of short fiber shape accommodated in the casing, a mesh being provided inside the inlet and the outlet, respectively, and holding the adsorbent for blood cells removal in the casing, wherein a length of the adsorbent for blood cells removal is within a range from 1 to 60% of the internal diameter of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Nikkiso Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michiharu Nakao, Seishu Hayashi, Toshiaki Chiba
  • Publication number: 20130284659
    Abstract: A blood cells removal module including a casing having an inlet into which a blood flow before blood cells removal flows, and an outlet in which a blood flow after blood cells removal is discharged, an adsorbent for blood cells removal of short fiber shape accommodated in the casing, a mesh being provided inside the inlet and the outlet, respectively, and holding the adsorbent for blood cells removal in the casing, wherein a length of the adsorbent for blood cells removal is within a range from 1 to 60% of the internal diameter of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Michiharu NAKAO, Seishu HAYASHI, Toshiaki CHIBA
  • Patent number: 8541538
    Abstract: An adsorbent for the removal of blood cells, which is formed from a hydrophobic polymer resin and has a surface center line average roughness of 5 to 100 nm. The hydrophobic polymer resin is preferably a polyarylate resin (PAR), polyethersulfone resin (PES), polysulfone resin (PSF), or a polymer alloy consisting of two or more of these resins. The adsorbent for the removal of blood cells can take the form of beads, hollow fibers, or solid fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Nikkiso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michiharu Nakao, Seishu Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20110033704
    Abstract: An adsorbent for the removal of blood cells, which is formed from a hydrophobic polymer resin and has a surface center line average roughness of 5 to 100 nm. The hydrophobic polymer resin is preferably a polyarylate resin (PAR), polyethersulfone resin (PES), polysulfone resin (PSF), or a polymer alloy consisting of two or more of these resins. The adsorbent for the removal of blood cells can take the form of beads, hollow fibers, or solid fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: NIKKISO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michiharu Nakao, Seishu Hayashi, Toshiaki Chiba
  • Patent number: 5399145
    Abstract: A novel cardiac assist blood pump is disclosed. The blood pump comprises a pump chamber, a pressurizing chamber provided adjacent to the pump chamber, a rotor chamber provided adjacent to the pressurizing chamber and an impelled positioned in the pump chamber, said pump being characterized in that the rotation shaft of the impeller means is provided with a first seal member having a skirt portion which is made of an elastomeric material and extends downward to cover the clearance between the rotation shaft and the first rotation shaft hole provided between the pump chamber and the pressurizing chamber and a second seal member similar to the first one which covers the clearance between the rotation shaft and the second rotation shaft hole provided between the pressurizing chamber and the rotor chamber; and tile pressurizing liquid is forced into the pressurizing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Nikkiso Company Limited
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Ito, Michiharu Nakao, Takeshi Aizawa, Yukihiko Nose