Patents by Inventor Minoru Taniguchi

Minoru Taniguchi 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: 11786135
    Abstract: A blood pressure information measurement device, including first and second fluid bags in the first fluid bag; a pressure mechanism increases/decreases pressure in an internal space of the first fluid bag and the pressure in the internal space of the second bag; a control unit controls operation of the pressure mechanism; a pressure detection device detects an internal pressure of the first and the second fluid bag; and a calculation unit that calculates blood pressure information detected by the device. In calculating blood pressure information, the control unit controls operation of the pressure increase/reduction mechanism after the internal space of one fluid bag of the first and second fluid bags pressurized and expanded until internal pressure of one fluid bag reaches a predetermined pressure, the internal space of the other fluid bag of the first and second fluid bags pressurized and expanded while the one bag is kept sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chisato Tawara, Minoru Taniguchi, Keita Ikeda, Hirotaka Hayashi, Masaki Harada
  • Publication number: 20230157558
    Abstract: To provide a cuff for measuring blood pressure which is excellent in durability and convenient to use. A cuff for measuring blood pressure includes a band enveloping an air bag between an outer cloth and an inner cloth facing the outer cloth; a first opening portion provided in the outer cloth; and a first hook-and-loop fastener welded to the outer cloth in a state where the first opening portion is closed from an inner side of the band and a raised surface is exposed through the first opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Ryosuke DOI, Minoru TANIGUCHI, Takayuki MATSUOKA, Takayuki SHIINA, Yo IMAI
  • Publication number: 20230148882
    Abstract: Provided is a convenient blood pressure cuff. A blood pressure cuff includes a band-like body enveloping an air bag between an outer cloth and an inner cloth facing the outer cloth; a ring-like member held at a position near one end edge it in a longitudinal direction of the band-like body and extending in a lateral direction of the band-like body; and an auxiliary member stored inside a terminal region between the end edge it of the band-like body and the ring-like member and extending in the lateral direction. The outer cloth and the inner cloth in the terminal region are welded to each other in a state where the auxiliary member is sandwiched between the outer cloth and the inner cloth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Ryosuke DOI, Minoru TANIGUCHI, Takayuki MATSUOKA, Takayuki SHIINA, Yo IMAI, Kenji OZAWA, Chisato TAWARA
  • Patent number: 11612357
    Abstract: A blood pressure monitor cuff is formed by stacking an outer circumferential layer arranged on a side opposite to that of a measurement site and a fluid bladder arranged on the measurement site side. The outer circumferential layer and the fluid bladder are formed of an elastomer material. Two edge portions in a lengthwise direction of the outer circumferential layer protrude in a thickness direction toward the measurement site. The fluid bladder includes a base layer that opposes the outer circumferential layer and a top layer overlapping with the base layer, and the edge portions of the base layer and the top layer are welded together forming a bladder shape. Additional sheets are welded in the thickness direction to the welded edge portions of the top layer and the base layer. The fluid bladder is arranged between the two edge portions of the outer circumferential layer in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Doi, Chisato Tawara, Takayuki Matsuoka, Yuichiro Arima, Yoshihide Tokko, Minoru Taniguchi, Yuma Adachi, Masayuki Fukutsuka
  • Patent number: 11596318
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a blood pressure measurement cuff includes preparing an outer cloth, preparing an inner cloth, and forming a bag-shaped portion. The bag-shaped portion has an opening on a peripheral edge of the bag-shaped portion. A curler is inserted into the bag-shaped portion through the opening, the curler being flexible and configured to curve and conform to the measurement site. An air bladder is formed by welding the opening of the bag-shaped portion such that the air bladder surrounds an inner side and an outer side of the curler thereby containing the curler. The outer cloth is attached to an outer surface on a first side of the air bladder configured to be opposite to the measurement site, and the inner cloth is attached to an outer surface on a second side of the air bladder configured to be towards the measurement site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Taniguchi, Tomonori Yuasa, Masaki Harada, Tameo Ashida, Chisato Uesaka, Wataru Tsunoda
  • Patent number: 11504920
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a cuff including a first outer layer, a first intermediate layer, a second intermediate layer, and a second outer layer, the method including disposing each of two non-bridge welded sheet members between the sheet member of the first intermediate layer bridge welded with the sheet member of the first outer layer and the sheet member of the first intermediate layer bridge welded with the sheet member of the second intermediate layer and between the sheet member of the second intermediate layer bridge welded with the sheet member of the first intermediate layer and the sheet member of the second intermediate layer bridge welded with the sheet member of the second outer layer, and welding the four sheet members constituting the intermediate layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: OMRON CORPORATION, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Sano, Takayuki Matsuoka, Minoru Taniguchi, Yuichiro Arima
  • Patent number: 11478161
    Abstract: A blood pressure measurement cuff is a blood pressure measurement cuff to be attached such that it wraps around a measurement site and includes: a curler that is flexible and curves so as to naturally conform to the measurement site; an air bladder containing the curler due to being wrapped around the inner side and outer side of the curler; an inner cloth attached to an outer surface on the measurement site side of the air bladder; and an outer cloth attached to an outer surface on the side opposite to the measurement site of the air bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Taniguchi, Tomonori Yuasa, Masaki Harada, Tameo Ashida, Chisato Uesaka, Wataru Tsunoda
  • Patent number: 11439311
    Abstract: Blood pressure information measurement device includes cuff including first and second fluid bag accommodated in first fluid bag, pressure increase/reduction mechanism configured to increase and decrease pressure in first fluid bag internal space and pressure in an internal space of second fluid bag, control unit configured to control operation of pressure increase/reduction mechanism, pressure detection device configured to detect first fluid bag internal pressure, and calculation unit configured to calculate blood pressure information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chisato Tawara, Minoru Taniguchi, Keita Ikeda, Hirotaka Hayashi, Masaki Harada
  • Publication number: 20220133160
    Abstract: A blood pressure measurement cuff includes a belt-like body including an outer fabric and an inner fabric facing each other to form a bag shape, the belt-like body housing a fluid bag, an elliptical ring member having one side attached to a region adjacent to one end of the belt-like body, a retaining member provided to a region adjacent to the other end of the belt-like body, and a fixing member provided to a front surface of the outer fabric of the belt-like body. The retaining member includes a projection part that is flexible and projects outward of the belt-like body in a thickness direction Z, and support parts, each being flat plate-like, contiguous with a base of the projection part, and attached along the region adjacent to the other end of the outer fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke DOI, Minoru TANIGUCHI, Takayuki MATSUOKA, Takayuki SHIINA, Yo IMAI
  • Publication number: 20220000379
    Abstract: A cuff unit, a method for manufacturing the cuff unit, and a blood pressure measuring device that allow suppressing a positional deviation in each of a pressing cuff and a sensing cuff with respect to a curler are provided. A cuff unit includes a pressing cuff joined to a curler and including a plurality of air bags that are layered and each inflated by a fluid, and a sensing cuff that includes one air bag inflated by a fluid and a joining margin formed on the air bag and joined to the air bag 81 adjacent to the air bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Masaki HARADA, Takayuki MATSUOKA, Minoru TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210307627
    Abstract: Provided is a cuff cover for a blood pressure measurement device including a bag body having a stretchable bag-like shape with a length that allows a cuff structure and a curler curving and following along a shape of the wrist to be disposed inside the bag body, a first hole portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the bag body and provided at a portion of the bag body facing the outer circumferential surface of the curler, the first hole portion being configured to allow the curler provided with the cuff structure to be inserted by elongating the bag body, and a second hole portion formed in a shape allowing the power feeding terminal to be exposed, the second hole portion being provided at a portion of the bag body facing the power feeding terminal provided on the outer circumferential surface of the curler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Minoru TANIGUCHI, Masaki HARADA
  • Publication number: 20210308954
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a cuff including a first outer layer, a first intermediate layer, a second intermediate layer, and a second outer layer, the method including disposing each of two non-bridge welded sheet members between the sheet member of the first intermediate layer bridge welded with the sheet member of the first outer layer and the sheet member of the first intermediate layer bridge welded with the sheet member of the second intermediate layer and between the sheet member of the second intermediate layer bridge welded with the sheet member of the first intermediate layer and the sheet member of the second intermediate layer bridge welded with the sheet member of the second outer layer, and welding the four sheet members constituting the intermediate layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshihiko SANO, Takayuki MATSUOKA, Minoru TANIGUCHI, Yuichiro ARIMA
  • Publication number: 20210293346
    Abstract: A fluid path opening/closing device includes a spool in a through-hole provided in an inside of the spool, a coil wound around the through-hole with respect to the spool, a movable iron piece accommodated in the through-hole in a state of being rotatable around a rotation axis, a yoke including a first member and a second member extending from one end portion in an extending direction of the first member toward the movable iron piece, the second member having an attraction portion that is capable of attracting and rotating the movable iron piece according to an energized state of the coil, and a fluid path unit including an opening portion provided to be closer to the attraction portion that to the rotation axis and provided near the attraction portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Toshifumi SUMINO, Yuki YAMAMOTO, Takehiro HAMAGUCHI, Yoshihiko SANO, Minoru TANIGUCHI, Chisato TAWARA
  • Publication number: 20200405162
    Abstract: A cuff unit of the present invention includes a first wall and a second wall that face each other with an object which has a rod shape interposed therebetween, an actuator that is capable of moving the first wall and the second wall in parallel with each other in a direction in which the first wall and the second wall relatively approach each other or separate from each other, a pressing fluid bag that is provided on a surface of the first wall on a side facing the object and that receives supply of a fluid from outside to inflate and press the object, and a restraining fluid bag that is provided on a surface of the second wall on a side facing the object and that receives supply of a fluid from outside to inflate along the periphery of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicants: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE, OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutaka NISHIOKA, Kenta AZUMA, Minoru TANIGUCHI, Chisato TAWARA, Tsuyoshi HAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10874306
    Abstract: A soft gripper that surrounds and grips an outer peripheral surface of an object, the soft gripper includes an elongated first actuator and an elongated second actuator, which are deformed in response to supply of a fluid. The first actuator and the second actuator extend from bases of the first and second actuators toward opposite sides each other. When receiving the supply of the fluid, each of the first and second actuators sequentially surrounds the object from the base toward a side of a leading end of the each of the first and second actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignees: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE, OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutaka Nishioka, Wataru Masuda, Masao Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Hamaguchi, Minoru Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 10816417
    Abstract: A force detector includes a support, fluid bags, a contact portion, a detector, and a computer. The contact portion is opposite to a side on which the fluid bags are in contact with the support and is adjacent to the fluid bags. The computer obtains information regarding the internal pressures of the fluid bags from the detector. Upon application of an external force to the contact portion from an object, the computer calculates a force acting in a tangential direction on a contact surface between the object and the contact portion based on a difference between the internal pressures of the fluid bags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignees: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., OMRON CORPORATION, THE RITSUMEIKAN TRUST
    Inventors: Minoru Taniguchi, Chisato Tawara, Masao Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Hamaguchi, Sadao Kawamura, Hye Jong Kim, Yuki Sugano
  • Patent number: 10765366
    Abstract: An appliance includes a belt that is worn by being wound around a wrist. The appliance includes: at least a first display region that is positioned in an area of the belt that corresponds to a volar-side surface or a radius-side surface of the wrist; and a second display region that is positioned in an area of the belt that corresponds to a back-side surface of the wrist. During a blood pressure measurement period, first control for displaying ongoing blood pressure measurement information only on the first display region is performed, and during a period other than the blood pressure measurement period, second control for displaying information that needs to be displayed on the first or second display region is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuma Adachi, Kengo Nishiyama, Hiroshi Koshimizu, Yoshihide Tokko, Yuka Tanabe, Kenji Ono, Ryosuke Doi, Hiroaki Aoyama, Eisuke Yamazaki, Minoru Taniguchi, Chisato Tawara, Shusuke Eshita, Masayuki Fukutsuka
  • Publication number: 20200268264
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a blood pressure measurement cuff includes preparing an outer cloth, preparing an inner cloth, and forming a bag-shaped portion. The bag-shaped portion has an opening on a peripheral edge of the bag-shaped portion. A curler is inserted into the bag-shaped portion through the opening, the curler being flexible and configured to curve and conform to the measurement site. An air bladder is formed by welding the opening of the bag-shaped portion such that the air bladder surrounds an inner side and an outer side of the curler thereby containing the curler. The outer cloth is attached to an outer surface on a first side of the air bladder configured to be opposite to the measurement site, and the inner cloth is attached to an outer surface on a second side of the air bladder configured to be towards the measurement site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru TANIGUCHI, Tomonori YUASA, Masaki HARADA, Tameo ASHIDA, Chisato UESAKA, Wataru TSUNODA
  • Publication number: 20190357782
    Abstract: Blood pressure information measurement device includes cuff including first and second fluid bag accommodated in first fluid bag, pressure increase/reduction mechanism configured to increase and decrease pressure in first fluid bag internal space and pressure in an internal space of second fluid bag, control unit configured to control operation of pressure increase/reduction mechanism, pressure detection device configured to detect first fluid bag internal pressure, and calculation unit configured to calculate blood pressure information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chisato TAWARA, Minoru TANIGUCHI, Keita IKEDA, Hirotaka HAYASHI, Masaki HARADA
  • Patent number: D907774
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Taniguchi, Masaki Harada