Patents by Inventor Mitsuichi Hiratsuka
Mitsuichi Hiratsuka 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: 20240025047Abstract: Disclosed is a medical robot system including medical robots placed at different locations and a data analysis apparatus. Each of the medical robots includes a controller that transmits data on a state of operation of the medical robot to the data analysis apparatus. The data analysis apparatus includes a data analysis unit that generates a reference for determining whether or not the medical robots are normal, based on the data transmitted from the medical robots. The data analysis unit monitors the data transmitted from each of the medical robots in operation based on the reference.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicants: SYSMEX CORPORATION, Medicaroid CorporationInventors: Kaoru ASANO, Yasuhiro KOUCHI, Mitsuichi HIRATSUKA, Tetsuya NAKANISHI
-
Patent number: 11813733Abstract: Disclosed is a medical robot system including medical robots placed at different locations and a data analysis apparatus. Each of the medical robots includes a controller that transmits data on a state of operation of the medical robot to the data analysis apparatus. The data analysis apparatus includes a data analysis unit that generates a reference for determining whether or not the medical robots are normal, based on the data transmitted from the medical robots. The data analysis unit monitors the data transmitted from each of the medical robots in operation based on the reference.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignees: SYSMEX CORPORATION, MEDICAROID CORPORATIONInventors: Kaoru Asano, Yasuhiro Kouchi, Mitsuichi Hiratsuka, Tetsuya Nakanishi
-
Patent number: 11185456Abstract: In a medical system including a medical imaging device and a robotic bed, the table may be movable between a first position where a maximum dimension of the robot arm not hidden under the table is less than one fourth of a longitudinal dimension of the table when the table is viewed from vertically above, and a second position where a maximum dimension of the robot arm not hidden under the table is one fourth of a longitudinal dimension of the table or more when the table is viewed from vertically above. The second position may be an imaging position or an imaging preparation position where an image is taken by the medical imaging device. The first position may be surgery position where a shortest distance between the robotic bed and a location of the medical imaging device is at least a predetermined distance.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: MEDICAROID CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuichi Hiratsuka, Yoshiyuki Tamura, Tetsuya Nakanishi, Yukihiko Kitano, Yutaro Yano
-
Publication number: 20210298848Abstract: A robotically-assisted surgical device assists robotic surgery by a surgical robot. The robotically-assisted surgical device includes a processor. The processor is configured to: acquire 3D data of a subject; acquire a contact position where a surgical instrument provided in the surgical robot is in contact with a soft tissue of the subject; acquire firmness of the contact position of the soft tissue of the subject; and perform registration of a position of the 3D data with a position of the subject recognized by the surgical robot according to deformation of the soft tissue in the 3D data, based on the contact position and the firmness.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Jota IDA, Mitsuichi HIRATSUKA, Shusuke CHINO, Tsuyoshi NAGATA, Yutaka KARASAWA, Shinichiro SEO
-
Publication number: 20210298981Abstract: A surgical bed includes: a table on which a body part of a subject is placed; a leg holder configured to hold a leg part of the subject; a support member configured to connect the table and the leg holder to each other, and configured to adjustably support a positional relationship between the leg holder and the table; and a processor configured to derive the positional relationship between the leg holder and the table.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Jota IDA, Mitsuichi HIRATSUKA, Shusuke CHINO, Tsuyoshi NAGATA, Yutaka KARASAWA, Shinichiro SEO
-
Publication number: 20210298854Abstract: A robotically-assisted surgical device assists endoscopic surgery by a surgical robot. The robotically-assisted surgical device includes a processor. The processor is configured to derive a positional relationship between the surgical robot and an access platform installed on a subject which is a surgery target and capable of inserting at least two surgical instruments.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Jota IDA, Mitsuichi HIRATSUKA, Shusuke CHINO, Tsuyoshi NAGATA, Yutaka KARASAWA, Shinichiro SEO
-
Patent number: 11045376Abstract: A robotic operating table according to one or more embodiments may include: a table on which to place a patient; a robotic arm including a plurality of joints, and including a first end supported on a base fixed to a floor, and a second end supporting the table; an operation device including: a move operation receiving unit that receives, from a user, a move operation to move the table, and a register operation receiving unit that receives, from a user, a register operation to register a position of a movement destination of the table and a movement-destination set operation; a memory; and a controller that causes the robotic arm to move the table based on the move operation received by the move operation receiving unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignees: MEDICAROID CORPORATION, KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yutaro Yano, Yoshiyuki Tamura, Yukihiko Kitano, Mitsuichi Hiratsuka, Hiroaki Kitatsuji
-
Patent number: 11033347Abstract: A surgical system capable of securing a large movable range of a tip end of a surgical instrument even when the surgical instrument is inserted into a narrow region. One example of the surgical system includes: a manipulator; a surgical instrument including a shaft coupled to a tip end portion of the manipulator; a manipulation input portion to which an operator inputs a command regarding a position and posture of the surgical instrument; a control apparatus configured to control an operation of the manipulator based on the command input to the manipulation input portion; and a motion center position setting portion configured to set a desired position as a motion center position of the surgical instrument in the control apparatus, the desired position being located in an inner part under a body surface of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsuichi Hiratsuka, Tetsuya Nakanishi
-
Patent number: 10932856Abstract: Simulated are postures each formed by a manipulator arm and a surgical instrument when a tip end portion of the surgical instrument is located at a three-dimensional position of each lattice point in a lattice model set so as to correspond to the manipulator arm, the surgical instrument being held by the manipulator arm. Extracted is such a combination of the lattice points in the lattice models that the postures interfere with each other. Data of the combination which causes the interference is stored in a storage portion. It is determined whether or not an operating command transferred to a control portion corresponds to the combination which causes the interference. When it is determined that the operating command corresponds to the combination which causes the interference, the control portion executes interference preventing processing.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsuichi Hiratsuka, Tetsuya Nakanishi
-
Publication number: 20210052349Abstract: A robotic operating table according to an embodiment may include: a tabletop on which a patient can be placed; an articulated robot arm that supports the tabletop to be movable; and a communication part to communicate with the inspection information management device. The communication part is configured to receive, from the inspection information management device, attention position information indicating an attention position in the patient specified based on an image of the patient captured by the medical imaging device. The articulated robot arm is configured, based on the attention position information received from the inspection information management device, to move the tabletop to a surgery-performing tabletop position which is the position of the tabletop at the time when surgery is executed on the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: MEDICAROID CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaro YANO, Mitsuichi HIRATSUKA, Hiroki ONO
-
Patent number: 10869799Abstract: An operation device according to one or more embodiments may include: a display; a move operation receiving unit that receives, from a user, a move operation to move a table on which a patient can be placed of an operating table; and an operation controller. In a condition in which the table is put in a tilted posture in accordance with the move operation, the operation controller may cause the display to display an elapsed time in the tilted posture.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignees: MEDICAROID CORPORATION, KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaro Yano, Yoshiyuki Tamura, Mitsuichi Hiratsuka, Hiroaki Kitatsuji, Toru Mizumoto
-
Patent number: 10857053Abstract: A robotic operating table may include: a table on which to place a patient; and a robotic arm including a plurality of joints, and having a first end supported on a base fixed to a floor, and a second end supporting the table; and an operation device including: a mode-set operation receiving unit that receives a set operation to set a rotation mode for rotating the table; a move operation receiving unit that receives a move operation to move the table; and a display. When the mode-set operation receiving unit receives the set operation to set the rotation mode, the display may display setting information for setting a rotation center position of the table. When the move operation receiving unit receives the move operation in a state where the rotation center position is set, the robotic arm may rotate the table about a rotation axis at the rotation center position.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignees: MEDICAROID CORPORATION, KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yutaro Yano, Yoshiyuki Tamura, Yukihiko Kitano, Mitsuichi Hiratsuka, Hiroaki Kitatsuji
-
Publication number: 20200114511Abstract: Disclosed is a medical robot system including medical robots placed at different locations and a data analysis apparatus. Each of the medical robots includes a controller that transmits data on a state of operation of the medical robot to the data analysis apparatus. The data analysis apparatus includes a data analysis unit that generates a reference for determining whether or not the medical robots are normal, based on the data transmitted from the medical robots. The data analysis unit monitors the data transmitted from each of the medical robots in operation based on the reference.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicants: SYSMEX CORPORATION, Medicaroid CorporationInventors: Kaoru ASANO, Yasuhiro KOUCHI, Mitsuichi HIRATSUKA, Tetsuya NAKANISHI
-
Publication number: 20190374417Abstract: A medical system according to one or more embodiments may include a memory, a robotic operation table top, and a controller. The robotic operation table includes a table top and a robot arm supporting the table top. The controller gives the robot arm a command to move the table top to positions corresponding to the medical processes. The robot arm includes a plurality of joints, a plurality of movable elements connected by the plurality of joints to one another, and a plurality of electric actuators and a plurality of position detectors. At least one of the plurality of joints is a horizontally-rotating joint which couples two movable elements among the plurality of movable elements to each other so as to be rotatable about a vertical axis. The positions corresponding to the medical processes include a placement position, an imaging position, and a surgery position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2019Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: MEDICAROID CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuichi HIRATSUKA, Yoshiyuki TAMURA, Tetsuya NAKANISHI, Yukihiko KITANO, Yutaro YANO
-
Patent number: 10500728Abstract: Disclosed is a medical robot system including medical robots placed at different locations and a data analysis apparatus. Each of the medical robots includes a controller that transmits data on a state of operation of the medical robot to the data analysis apparatus. The data analysis apparatus includes a data analysis unit that generates a reference for determining whether or not the medical robots are normal, based on the data transmitted from the medical robots. The data analysis unit monitors the data transmitted from each of the medical robots in operation based on the reference.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignees: SYSMEX CORPORATION, MEDICAROID CORPORATIONInventors: Kaoru Asano, Yasuhiro Kouchi, Mitsuichi Hiratsuka, Tetsuya Nakanishi
-
Publication number: 20190133704Abstract: A surgical system capable of securing a large movable range of a tip end of a surgical instrument even when the surgical instrument is inserted into a narrow region. One example of the surgical system includes: a manipulator ; a surgical instrument including a shaft coupled to a tip end portion of the manipulator; a manipulation input portion to which an operator inputs a command regarding a position and posture of the surgical instrument; a control apparatus configured to control an operation of the manipulator based on the command input to the manipulation input portion; and a motion center position setting portion configured to set a desired position as a motion center position of the surgical instrument in the control apparatus, the desired position being located in an inner part under a body surface of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsuichi HIRATSUKA, Tetsuya NAKANISHI
-
Publication number: 20190117310Abstract: Simulated are postures each formed by a manipulator arm and a surgical instrument when a tip end portion of the surgical instrument is located at a three-dimensional position of each lattice point in a lattice model set so as to correspond to the manipulator arm, the surgical instrument being held by the manipulator arm. Extracted is such a combination of the lattice points in the lattice models that the postures interfere with each other. Data of the combination which causes the interference is stored in a storage portion. It is determined whether or not an operating command transferred to a control portion corresponds to the combination which causes the interference. When it is determined that the operating command corresponds to the combination which causes the interference, the control portion executes interference preventing processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsuichi HIRATSUKA, Tetsuya NAKANISHI
-
Publication number: 20190008367Abstract: This disclosure discloses a surgical system that includes, for example, a patient-side cart (also referred to as a surgical robot) and a console apparatus. The patient-side cart includes an endoscope apparatus that includes three or more endoscope arms. The console apparatus manipulates the patient-side cart. In the endoscope apparatus, for example, feature points of respective images obtained by respective imaging devices of the three or more endoscopes are used to join the respective images together to generate a composite image, and the composite image is displayed on a display screen. The composite image generated from the images in three visual fields to be provided to an operator ensures providing an image in a wide range, and allows the operator to confirm various sites by a visual check during surgery (ensuring an endoscopic surgery while having a large visual field as in a laparotomy) (FIG. 1).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicants: NIKON CORPORATION, MEDICAROID CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuro ISHIKAWA, Masato HAMATANI, Jun NAGATSUKA, Shunji WATANABE, Jiro INOUE, Yasuhiko HASHIMOTO, Hirofumi TANAKA, Yoshiyuki TAMURA, Mitsuichi HIRATSUKA
-
Publication number: 20180289575Abstract: In a medical system including a medical imaging device and a robotic bed, the table may be movable between a first position where a maximum dimension of the robot arm not hidden under the table is less than one fourth of a longitudinal dimension of the table when the table is viewed from vertically above, and a second position where a maximum dimension of the robot arm not hidden under the table is one fourth of a longitudinal dimension of the table or more when the table is viewed from vertically above. The second position may be an imaging position or an imaging preparation position where an image is taken by the medical imaging device. The first position may be surgery position where a shortest distance between the robotic bed and a location of the medical imaging device is at least a predetermined distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: MEDICAROID CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuichi HIRATSUKA, Yoshiyuki TAMURA, Tetsuya NAKANISHI, Yukihiko KITANO, Yutaro YANO
-
Publication number: 20180289574Abstract: A robotized bed according to one or more embodiments may include a table for placing a patient, and a robot arm configured to support the table by a distal end, and including a base, a first movable element supported by the base and a second movable element coupled to the first movable element by a horizontally-rotating joint, wherein the robot arm is configured to move the table to a plurality of predetermined positions including a treatment position for a doctor to treat a patient, wherein the robotized bed is configured so that the robotic arm do not come in contact with the table, when the robot arm rotates the table while maintaining the table parallel to the horizontal plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: MEDICAROID CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuichi HIRATSUKA, Tetsuya NAKANISHI, Yukihiko KITANO, Yutaro YANO