Patents by Inventor Mitsumasa Okada

Mitsumasa Okada 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: 20240243623
    Abstract: An electric tool includes a motor. The motor includes a stator core and a rotor. The rotor has an output shaft and rotates with respect to the stator core. The stator core includes: an inner cylindrical portion having a circular cylindrical shape; and a plurality of teeth. Inside the inner cylindrical portion, the rotor is arranged. Each of the plurality of teeth includes a body portion and a tip piece. The body portion protrudes outward from the inner cylindrical portion along a radius of the inner cylindrical portion. The tip piece extends, from a tip part of the body portion, in a direction intersecting with a direction in which the body portion protrudes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichiro ESAKA, Akito NAKAMURA, Kenji OKADA, Mitsumasa MIZUNO
  • Patent number: 9326787
    Abstract: An energy treatment instrument includes an electrically conductive probe having a first electrode in a distal end portion and adapted to transmit high-frequency electric current and ultrasound vibration to the first electrode, an electrode member installed on both sides of a longitudinal axis of the first electrode separately from the electrically conductive probe and provided with a second electrode, and a movable member. The movable member is installed at a distal end of the sheath member and configured to be openable and closable with respect to the second electrode. The movable member is placed at a position facing the first electrode installed at the distal end of the probe and the second electrode and includes a third electrode provided with an electrode surface configured to be able to conduct high-frequency electric current between the third electrode and the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Sanai, Mitsumasa Okada
  • Patent number: 8672935
    Abstract: An ultrasound treatment system comprises an ultrasonic transducer, a handpiece, a probe, a sheath, a clamping member, an operation unit, an operating member, a suction base, and a perfusion base. The ultrasonic transducer generates ultrasonic vibrations. The handpiece has the ultrasonic transducer incorporated therein. The probe is connected to the ultrasonic transducer for transmitting ultrasonic vibrations to a distal member realizing a stationary portion that is a treatment portion for treating a living tissue. The sheath serves as a protecting member for shielding the probe. The clamping member is opposed to the distal member at the distal end of the sheath for clamping a living tissue in cooperation with the distal member. The operation unit is manipulated for clamping a living tissue with the clamping member and distal member or freeing the living tissue therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsumasa Okada, Toshiya Sugai, Yoshitaka Honda, Manabu Ishikawa, Tomohisa Sakurai
  • Patent number: 8574228
    Abstract: An ultrasound treatment system comprises an ultrasonic transducer, a handpiece, a probe, a sheath, a clamping member, an operation unit, an operating member, a suction base, and a perfusion base. The ultrasonic transducer generates ultrasonic vibrations. The handpiece has the ultrasonic transducer incorporated therein. The probe is connected to the ultrasonic transducer for transmitting ultrasonic vibrations to a distal member realizing a stationary portion that is a treatment portion for treating a living tissue. The sheath serves as a protecting member for shielding the probe. The clamping member is opposed to the distal member at the distal end of the sheath for clamping a living tissue in cooperation with the distal member. The operation unit is manipulated for clamping a living tissue with the clamping member and distal member or freeing the living tissue therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsumasa Okada, Toshiya Sugai, Yoshitaka Honda, Manabu Ishikawa, Tomohisa Sakurai
  • Patent number: 8340520
    Abstract: ONU 2A for P-P includes a signal-type discriminating unit 22A that discriminates whether a type of a downstream signal transmitted from OLT is for the P-P or not, and outputs an enable/disable control signal that controls an optical transmitter to an enable state or a disable state, and a control unit 21 that controls the optical transmitter to the enable state or the disable state according to the enable/disable control signal, wherein the signal-type discriminating unit 22A outputs to the control unit 21 a disable control signal that controls the optical transmitter to the disable state under an initial state before the type of the downstream signal is discriminated, and outputs to the control unit 21 an enable control signal that controls the optical transmitter to the enable state after the downstream signal is discriminated to be for the P-P.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Kani, Yukihiro Fujimoto, Ryogo Kubo, Mitsumasa Okada
  • Publication number: 20120203143
    Abstract: An energy treatment instrument includes an electrically conductive probe having a first electrode in a distal end portion and adapted to transmit high-frequency electric current and ultrasound vibration to the first electrode, an electrode member installed on both sides of a longitudinal axis of the first electrode separately from the electrically conductive probe and provided with a second electrode, and a movable member. The movable member is installed at a distal end of the sheath member and configured to be openable and closable with respect to the second electrode. The movable member is placed at a position facing the first electrode installed at the distal end of the probe and the second electrode and includes a third electrode provided with an electrode surface configured to be able to conduct high-frequency electric current between the third electrode and the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Hideo SANAI, Mitsumasa OKADA
  • Patent number: 7922651
    Abstract: An ultrasonic treatment apparatus includes a sheath which has an opening at a distal-end thereof; an ultrasonic transducer which is connected to the sheath, the ultrasonic transducer being able to generate ultrasonic vibration which is of treatment energy; an ultrasonic power supply unit which supplies electric power for driving the ultrasonic transducer; a treatment unit which is connected to the ultrasonic transducer, the treatment unit transmitting the ultrasonic vibration to a living tissue; and a high-frequency power supply unit which supplies high-frequency current which is of the treatment energy to the treatment unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignees: Olympus Corporation, Olympus Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Norihiro Yamada, Yoshio Onuki, Mitsumasa Okada, Akihito Sadamasa, Kiyoshi Miyake, Masayuki Iwasaka
  • Publication number: 20110004127
    Abstract: An ultrasound treatment system comprises an ultrasonic transducer, a handpiece, a probe, a sheath, a clamping member, an operation unit, an operating member, a suction base, and a perfusion base. The ultrasonic transducer generates ultrasonic vibrations. The handpiece has the ultrasonic transducer incorporated therein. The probe is connected to the ultrasonic transducer for transmitting ultrasonic vibrations to a distal member realizing a stationary portion that is a treatment portion for treating a living tissue. The sheath serves as a protecting member for shielding the probe. The clamping member is opposed to the distal member at the distal end of the sheath for clamping a living tissue in cooperation with the distal member. The operation unit is manipulated for clamping a living tissue with the clamping member and distal member or freeing the living tissue therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsumasa Okada, Toshiya Sugai, Yoshitaka Honda, Manabu Ishikawa, Tomohisa Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20100324458
    Abstract: An ultrasound treatment system comprises an ultrasonic transducer, a handpiece, a probe, a sheath, a clamping member, an operation unit, an operating member, a suction base, and a perfusion base. The ultrasonic transducer generates ultrasonic vibrations. The handpiece has the ultrasonic transducer incorporated therein. The probe is connected to the ultrasonic transducer for transmitting ultrasonic vibrations to a distal member realizing a stationary portion that is a treatment portion for treating a living tissue. The sheath serves as a protecting member for shielding the probe. The clamping member is opposed to the distal member at the distal end of the sheath for clamping a living tissue in cooperation with the distal member. The operation unit is manipulated for clamping a living tissue with the clamping member and distal member or freeing the living tissue therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsumasa Okada, Toshiya Sugai, Yoshitaka Honda, Manabu Ishikawa, Tomohisa Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20100239247
    Abstract: ONU 2A for P-P includes a signal-type discriminating unit 22A that discriminates whether a type of a downstream signal transmitted from OLT is for the P-P or not, and outputs an enable/disable control signal that controls an optical transmitter to an enable state or a disable state, and a control unit 21 that controls the optical transmitter to the enable state or the disable state according to the enable/disable control signal, wherein the signal-type discriminating unit 22A outputs to the control unit 21 a disable control signal that controls the optical transmitter to the disable state under an initial state before the type of the downstream signal is discriminated, and outputs to the control unit 21 an enable control signal that controls the optical transmitter to the enable state after the downstream signal is discriminated to be for the P-P.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Kani, Yukihiro Fujimoto, Ryogo Kubo, Mitsumasa Okada
  • Patent number: 7780659
    Abstract: An ultrasound treatment system in accordance with the present invention comprises an ultrasonic transducer, a handpiece, a probe, a sheath, a clamping member, an operation unit, an operating member, a suction base, and a perfusion base. The ultrasonic transducer generates ultrasonic vibrations. The handpiece has the ultrasonic transducer incorporated therein and serves as an operation unit. The probe is connected to the ultrasonic transducer, and serves as a vibration transmitting member for transmitting ultrasonic vibrations to a distal member realizing a stationary portion that is a treatment portion for treating a living tissue. The sheath serves as a protecting member for shielding the probe. The clamping member is opposed to the distal member at the distal end of the sheath, and realizes a movable portion that is another treatment portion for clamping a living tissue in cooperation with the distal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsumasa Okada, Toshiya Sugai, Yoshitaka Honda, Manabu Ishikawa, Tomohisa Sakurai
  • Patent number: 7667592
    Abstract: A treatment instrument output data analysis section includes a probe ID extraction section, an output waveform extraction section, a data analysis section and an analysis result output section. The analysis result output section of the treatment instrument output data analysis section can display on a centralized display panel a synthetic image made by synthesizing a frame image stored in an image storage section of an endoscopic camera apparatus and an analysis result analyzed by the data analysis section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Masahide Ohyama, Hideyuki Shoji, Sumihiro Uchimura, Masanori Gocho, Takashi Mihori, Shinji Hatta, Mitsumasa Okada, Makoto Inaba, Masakazu Gotanda, Yoshitaka Honda
  • Patent number: 7455641
    Abstract: An ultrasonic treatment apparatus comprises an endoscope having an insertion portion to be inserted in a body cavity, and a treatment unit having an ultrasonic vibrator which generates ultrasonic vibrations, and a treatment portion which performs treatment by utilizing the ultrasonic vibrations generated by the ultrasonic vibrator. The ultrasonic treatment apparatus further comprises a treatment unit holding portion, which is provided in a distal end portion of the insertion portion and to which the treatment unit is attached, a cable which transmits an electric signal to the ultrasonic vibrator, and at least one bundle member which bundles the insertion portion and the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Norihiro Yamada, Haruhiko Ueno, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Hiroyoshi Watanabe, Keita Suzuki, Mitsumasa Okada, Takeaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20080194999
    Abstract: An ultrasonic treatment apparatus includes an ultrasonic transducer to generate ultrasonic vibration, a probe a proximal end of which is connected to the ultrasonic transducer and which extends from a proximal end side to a distal end side, and a treatment portion which includes at least one recess formed on the side of the probe and treats a living tissue by ultrasonic vibration generated by the ultrasonic transducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Norihiro Yamaha, Yuusuke Tadami, Mitsumasa Okada, Hideto Yoshimine, Masashi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20080129527
    Abstract: A treatment instrument output data analysis section includes a probe ID extraction section, an output waveform extraction section, a data analysis section and an analysis result output section. The analysis result output section of the treatment instrument output data analysis section can display on a centralized display panel a synthetic image made by synthesizing a frame image stored in an image storage section of an endoscopic camera apparatus and an analysis result analyzed by the data analysis section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Masahide Ohyama, Hideyuki Shoji, Sumihiro Uchimura, Masanori Gocho, Takashi Mihori, Shinji Hatta, Mitsumasa Okada, Makoto Inaba, Masakazu Gotanda, Yoshitaka Honda
  • Publication number: 20070038157
    Abstract: An ultrasonic treatment apparatus includes a sheath which has an opening at a distal-end thereof; an ultrasonic transducer which is connected to the sheath, the ultrasonic transducer being able to generate ultrasonic vibration which is of treatment energy; an ultrasonic power supply unit which supplies electric power for driving the ultrasonic transducer; a treatment unit which is connected to the ultrasonic transducer, the treatment unit transmitting the ultrasonic vibration to a living tissue; and a high-frequency power supply unit which supplies high-frequency current which is of the treatment energy to the treatment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Norihiro Yamada, Yoshio Onuki, Mitsumasa Okada, Akihito Sadamasa, Kiyoshi Miyake, Masayuki Iwasaka
  • Patent number: 6887252
    Abstract: An ultrasonic treatment appliance includes a handpiece with a built-in ultrasonic transducer, and an elongated probe extending forward from the handpiece and connected to the ultrasonic transducer in order to propagate ultrasonic vibrations. The ultrasonic treatment appliance further comprises a distal probe part formed as an integral part of or independently of the probe at the distal end of the probe, and a clamping portion opposed to the distal probe part so that the clamping portion can open or close freely, the clamping portion being freely attachable thereto or detachable therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsumasa Okada, Makoto Miyawaki, Manabu Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 6873498
    Abstract: A magnetic head has a narrow upper magnetic pole and is capable of restricting side erasure and record bleeding. The magnetic head is capable of writing data on a recording medium, and includes an upper magnetic pole including a pole section which faces the recording medium and has a prescribed width, and a lower magnetic pole including grooves respectively formed on the both sides of the pole section. A level of edges of the grooves are lower than that of an upper face of the lower magnetic pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Ito, Mitsumasa Okada, Masashi Yanagawa
  • Publication number: 20050027310
    Abstract: An ultrasonic treatment apparatus comprises an endoscope having an insertion portion to be inserted in a body cavity, and a treatment unit having an ultrasonic vibrator which generates ultrasonic vibrations, and a treatment portion which performs treatment by utilizing the ultrasonic vibrations generated by the ultrasonic vibrator. The ultrasonic treatment apparatus further comprises a treatment unit holding portion, which is provided in a distal end portion of the insertion portion and to which the treatment unit is attached, a cable which transmits an electric signal to the ultrasonic vibrator, and at least one bundle member which bundles the insertion portion and the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Norihiro Yamada, Haruhiko Ueno, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Hiroyoshi Watanabe, Keita Suzuki, Mitsumasa Okada, Takeaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20050021065
    Abstract: An ultrasonic treatment apparatus comprises an ultrasonic transmitting member which has a treatment portion for treating a target portion and which transmits ultrasonic vibrations to the treatment portion, a transducer which is connected to the ultrasonic transmitting member and includes a first element for vibrating the ultrasonic transmitting member in an axial direction thereof and a second element for vibrating the ultrasonic transmitting member in a torsional direction thereof, a rotation driving portion which freely rotates the transducer, a first driving portion which drives the first element in the transducer, a second driving portion which drives the second element in the transducer, and a control portion which independently controls the first driving portion, the second driving portion, and the rotation driving portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihiro Yamada, Yoshitaka Honda, Hitoshi Karasawa, Ken Fujinuma, Mitsumasa Okada, Takeaki Nakamura