Patents by Inventor Mitsunori Matsumae

Mitsunori Matsumae 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).

  • Device for heating a biotissue employing a strong light
    Patent number: 6440155
    Abstract: A device for heating a biotissue employing a strong light, characterized in that, in thermotherapy comprising leading a biotissue to necrosis by heating the biotissue by a strong light from a light source, in order to lead a predetermined biotissue to necrosis in a temperature region before reaching tissue transpiration during the raising of the temperature of said biotissue, temperature measurement is performed by a temperature meter measuring the spatial temperature distribution of the biotissue at real time, and that the light output of the light source, the on-time of intermittent irradiation and the off-time of intermittent irradiation are controlled on the basis of the information at real time to accomplish remedial conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignees: Tokai University Educational System, Nippon Infrared Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Matsumae, Michihiro Kaneda