Patents by Inventor Munekuni SATO

Munekuni SATO 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: 11663929
    Abstract: A heart model is retained in a container for a catheter simulator. The container includes an accommodating unit for accommodating a liquid, having side walls and a bottom surface, a connection unit attached to one of the side walls and retaining the heart model, and an installation part provided on one of the side walls. The installation part is configured to insert a catheter from an outside of the container into the simulated blood vessel of the heart model. The connection unit includes a holding protrusion protruding inside the accommodating unit, and a communicating hole. A front end of the holding protrusion is open so that the heart model is detachable from and reattachable to the holding protrusion by inserting and extracting a terminal of the heart model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, JMC CORPORATION, FUYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keita Okayama, Yasushi Sakata, Shinsuke Nanto, Daichi Watanabe, Makoto Inada, Munekuni Sato
  • Patent number: 11195436
    Abstract: An organ model for a catheter simulator is formed from elastic materials, and a heart model for a catheter simulator includes a main body of heart and coronary arteries laid along the surface of the main body of heart, in which a portion of the coronary arteries is attachable and detachable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignees: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, JMC CORPORATION, FUYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keita Okayama, Yasushi Sakata, Daichi Watanabe, Makoto Inada, Munekuni Sato
  • Patent number: 11151903
    Abstract: An imaging method for a catheter having a heart model, the heart model being installed in a container in a state of having the container filled with a liquid, and being provided with coronary arteries and an aorta. The imaging method includes causing a chemical reaction between an injection agent injected into the coronary arteries through a catheter, and the liquid in the container, and changing the color of the injection agent to the same color as that of the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, JMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keita Okayama, Shinsuke Nanto, Yasushi Sakata, Daichi Watanabe, Makoto Inada, Munekuni Sato
  • Publication number: 20210142695
    Abstract: A heart model is retained in a container for a catheter simulator. The container includes an accommodating unit for accommodating a liquid, having side walls and a bottom surface, a connection unit attached to one of the side walls and retaining the heart model, and an installation part provided on one of the side walls. The installation part is configured to insert a catheter from an outside of the container into the simulated blood vessel of the heart model. The connection unit includes a holding protrusion protruding inside the accommodating unit, and a communicating hole. A front end of the holding protrusion is open so that the heart model is detachable from and reattachable to the holding protrusion by inserting and extracting a terminal of the heart model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Keita OKAYAMA, Yasushi SAKATA, Shinsuke NANTO, Daichi WATANABE, Makoto INADA, Munekuni SATO
  • Patent number: 10937337
    Abstract: A container for a catheter simulator includes an accommodating unit for accommodating a liquid, the accommodating unit being defined by side walls and a bottom face. On the side walls, there are formed connection units capable of retaining any one of the heart models selected from a four-chamber heart model, a coronary artery model, and a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation model, the heart model being installed in the accommodating unit in a state of having the accommodating unit filled with a liquid; and installation parts for inserting a catheter from the outside of the container into simulated blood vessels of the heart model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignees: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, JMC CORPORATION, FUYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keita Okayama, Yasushi Sakata, Shinsuke Nanto, Daichi Watanabe, Makoto Inada, Munekuni Sato
  • Publication number: 20200349865
    Abstract: An imaging method for a catheter having a heart model, the heart model being installed in a container in a state of having the container filled with a liquid, and being provided with coronary arteries and an aorta. The imaging method includes causing a chemical reaction between an injection agent injected into the coronary arteries through a catheter, and the liquid in the container, and changing the color of the injection agent to the same color as that of the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Keita OKAYAMA, Shinsuke NANTO, Yasushi SAKATA, Daichi WATANABE, Makoto INADA, Munekuni SATO
  • Patent number: 10755601
    Abstract: A catheter simulator (10) of the invention has a container (20) filled with a liquid; an elastic heart model (30) installed in a floating state in the liquid with which the container (20) is filled; and a pump (50) connected to the heart model (30). The pump (50) is connected to an apex section of the heart model and produces a pulsatile flow from the apex section toward an aorta. Coronary arteries (33) provided on the surface of a main body (30A) of the heart model (30), pulsate together with the main body as a result of the pulsatile flow flowing from the pump (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignees: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, JMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keita Okayama, Shinsuke Nanto, Yasushi Sakata, Daichi Watanabe, Makoto Inada, Munekuni Sato
  • Publication number: 20190244544
    Abstract: An organ model for a catheter simulator is formed from elastic materials, and a heart model for a catheter simulator includes a main body of heart and coronary arteries laid along the surface of the main body of heart, in which a portion of the coronary arteries is attachable and detachable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Keita OKAYAMA, Yasushi SAKATA, Daichi WATANABE, Makoto INADA, Munekuni SATO
  • Patent number: 10360813
    Abstract: A pulsatile flow generating pump for a catheter simulator, which makes it possible to conveniently perform catheter operation training is provided. The pump (10) includes a cylinder (13) provided inside with a piston performing a reciprocating motion; a driving motor (15) causing the piston to perform a reciprocating motion; a link mechanism (19) converting the rotational motion of the driving motor (15) to the reciprocating motion of the piston; an extrusion port (86b), through which a liquid inside the cylinder is extruded to the outside by the piston; a suction port (86a), through which a liquid from the outside is sucked into the cylinder; and a control unit 70 for controlling the rotation of the driving motor 15. The control unit 70 controls the driving motor 15 so as to output pulsatile flows at a rate of 20 times to 200 times per minute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignees: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, JMC CORPORATION, FUYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keita Okayama, Yasushi Sakata, Daichi Watanabe, Makoto Inada, Munekuni Sato
  • Publication number: 20180018904
    Abstract: A container 10 for a catheter simulator comprising an accommodating unit 10a for accommodating a liquid, the accommodating unit 10a being defined by side walls 11 to 14 and a bottom face 15. On the side walls, there are formed connection units 11a and 11c capable of retaining any one of the heart models selected from a four-chamber heart model, a coronary artery model, and a TAVI model, the heart model being installed in the accommodating unit 10a in a state of having the accommodating unit filled with a liquid; and installation parts 11d, 12a, and 13a for inserting a catheter from the outside of the container into simulated blood vessels of the heart model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Keita OKAYAMA, Yasushi SAKATA, Shinsuke NANTO, Daichi WATANABE, Makoto INADA, Munekuni SATO
  • Publication number: 20170103682
    Abstract: A catheter simulator (10) of the invention has a container (20) filled with a liquid; an elastic heart model (30) installed in a floating state in the liquid with which the container (20) is filled; and a pump (50) connected to the heart model (30). The pump (50) is connected to an apex section of the heart model and produces a pulsatile flow from the apex section toward an aorta. Coronary arteries (33) provided on the surface of a main body (30A) of the heart model (30), pulsate together with the main body as a result of the pulsatile flow flowing from the pump (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Keita OKAYAMA, Shinsuke NANTO, Yasushi SAKATA, Daichi WATANABE, Makoto INADA, Munekuni SATO
  • Publication number: 20170051736
    Abstract: A pulsatile flow generating pump for a catheter simulator, which makes it possible to conveniently perform catheter operation training is provided. The pump (10) includes a cylinder (13) provided inside with a piston performing a reciprocating motion; a driving motor (15) causing the piston to perform a reciprocating motion; a link mechanism (19) converting the rotational motion of the driving motor (15) to the reciprocating motion of the piston; an extrusion port (86b), through which a liquid inside the cylinder is extruded to the outside by the piston; a suction port (86a), through which a liquid from the outside is sucked into the cylinder; and a control unit 70 for controlling the rotation of the driving motor 15. The control unit 70 controls the driving motor 15 so as to output pulsatile flows at a rate of 20 times to 200 times per minute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicants: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, JMC CORPORATION, FUYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keita OKAYAMA, Yasushi SAKATA, Daichi WATANABE, Makoto INADA, Munekuni SATO