Patents by Inventor Naoe Tatara

Naoe Tatara 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: 7695440
    Abstract: A blood pressure measurement apparatus which can install cuffs at a tragus that has differences includes a holding member 3 having a shape part 52 to be installed in a space between an auricular concha and an antihelix, a first protrusion 54 extended from the shape part such that the first protrusion is directed towards the ear hole, a second protrusion 55 extended from the shape part such that the second protrusion is nearly right-angled with respect to the first protrusion and the second protrusion steps over the tragus, an integral member 50 having an ear hook part 51 that is extended from the shape part, the ear hook is integrally made with the integral member or made as an independent member, inner cuff 6 is supported at the end portion of the first protrusion, support member 15 is attached at the end portion of the second protrusion, cuffs 6,7 are attached to the support member through a clamping width adjustment part 11 that makes a clamping width adjustment against the tragus possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignees: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kondo, Takashi Watanabe, Masaru Nakanishi, Shuichi Oonishi, Hitoshi Ozawa, Naoe Tatara, Shoichi Hayashida
  • Publication number: 20080319325
    Abstract: In measurement requiring application of pressure to a tissue of a living body such as blood pressure measurement, noise due to vibration tends to occur. It is therefore difficult to accurately measure a pulse wave and a blood pressure value, and there is a problem of measuring blood pressure stably. It is also difficult to measure blood pressure in daily life activities or to measure blood pressure at predetermined intervals or continuously in a state where a tonometer is always attached. There is consequently a problem of providing a method of holding a biologic information detecting apparatus. The present invention has been achieved to solve the problems and an object of the invention is to provide an easy-to-wear biologic information detecting apparatus for stably detecting biologic information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoe Tatara, Kimihisa Aihara, Shinji Mino, Hiroshi Koizumi, Shoichi Hayashida, Taisuke Oguchi, Junichi Shimada, Shoichi Sudo, Osamu Tochikubo, Hidetoshi Miura
  • Publication number: 20080243008
    Abstract: To provide a technique which makes it possible to obtain a proper pulse wave signal for high-accuracy blood pressure measurements, thereby saving the trouble of taking measurements repeatedly and reducing a physical burden imposed on the user by cuff pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicants: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Habu, Kouji Hagi, Hitoshi Ozawa, Kimihisa Aihara, Naoe Tatara, Shinji Mino, Hiroshi Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20080097228
    Abstract: A blood-pressure meter having storing means for storing a blood pressure measurement result, and time measurement means for measuring a time is disclosed. The blood-pressure meter includes: input means for entering behavior history; means for storing the blood pressure measurement result into the storing means while associating the blood pressure measurement result with a time when blood pressure measurement is performed; and means for storing the entered behavior history into the storing means while associating the behavior history with a time corresponding to the behavior history.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kimihisa Aihara, Shoichi Hayashida, Shinji Mino, Hiroshi Koizumi, Naoe Tatara, Taisuke Oguchi, Junichi Shimada
  • Publication number: 20080091113
    Abstract: A blood pressure measurement apparatus which can install cuffs at a tragus that has differences between individuals is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicants: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kondo, Takashi Watanabe, Masaru Nakanishi, Shuichi Oonishi, Hitoshi Ozawa, Naoe Tatara, Shoichi Hayashida
  • Publication number: 20070135717
    Abstract: An living body information collecting apparatus having a shape suitable for being worn in the external auditory meatus of the human body, and having a sensing part for collecting living body information from the external auditory meatus is provided. In addition, a blood-pressure meter is provided, wherein the blood-pressure meter includes: a frame part including a first arm and a second arm that are opposed to each other; a pressure applying part provided on at least one of a side of the first arm opposed to the second arm and a side of the second arm opposed to the first arm; and a detection part for detecting a pulse wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORP
    Inventors: Yuji Uenishi, Eiji Higurashi, Kazunori Naganuma, Shouichi Sudo, Junichi Shimada, Kimihisa Aihara, Hiroshi Koizumi, Naoe Tatara, Shoichi Hayashida, Shinji Mino, Taisuke Oguchi, Osamu Tochikubo