Patents by Inventor Miwa Kawano

Miwa Kawano 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).

  • Polysulfone hemodialyzer
    Patent number: 8828225
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polysulfone hemodialyzer with large membrane area that exhibits an unprecedented high dialytic performance over a wide molecular weight range from urea to ?2-microglobulin. There is provided a polysulfone hemodialyzer having a membrane area of >2.4 but ?3.2 m2 and a dialysate rectifying portion with specified broadening at end portion of bundle, the polysulfone hemodialyzer achieves the above object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Medical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Okafuji, Satoshi Uezumi, Makoto Fukuda, Miwa Kawano, Maho Torii, Masaichi Yamada
  • Polysulfone Hemodialyzer
    Publication number: 20080237127
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polysulfone hemodialyzer with large membrane area that exhibits an unprecedented high dialytic performance over a wide molecular weight range from urea to ?2-microglobulin. There is provided a polysulfone hemodialyzer having a membrane area of >2.4 but ?3.2 m2 and a dialysate rectifying portion with specified broadening at end portion of bundle, the polysulfone hemodialyzer achieves the above object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI MEDICAL CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Okafuji, Satoshi Uezumi, Makoto Fukuda, Miwa Kawano, Maho Torii, Masaichi Yamada
  • Image detecting method, image detecting system, program, and recording medium for image detection
    Patent number: 6862370
    Abstract: An image detecting method comprises the steps of: a) searching for a pattern satisfying a predetermined commencement requirement by scanning an input image; b) using the pattern as a starting point, with referring to a dictionary storing therein distances between the center line and an edge of a detection target semicircle, determining for each of a predetermined number of main scan lines along a sub-scan direction whether or not a predetermined edge pattern occurs within a respective range of the distance of the dictionary; and c) determining a detection of the semicircle when the number of error lines on which the predetermined edge pattern does not occur within the respective range of the distance of the dictionary is less than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Yamagata, Michiyoshi Tachikawa, Toshio Miyazawa, Hiroshi Shimura, Miwa Kawano
  • Image detecting method, image detecting system, program, and recording medium for image detection
    Publication number: 20020006223
    Abstract: An image detecting method comprises the steps of: a) searching for a pattern satisfying a predetermined commencement requirement by scanning an input image; b) using the pattern as a starting point, with referring to a dictionary storing therein distances between the center line and an edge of a detection target semicircle, determining for each of a predetermined number of main scan lines along a sub-scan direction whether or not a predetermined edge pattern occurs within a respective range of the distance of the dictionary; and c) determining a detection of the semicircle when the number of error lines on which the predetermined edge pattern does not occur within the respective range of the distance of the dictionary is less than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Yamagata, Michiyoshi Tachikawa, Toshio Miyazawa, Hiroshi Shimura, Miwa Kawano