Patents by Inventor Naoki Koike

Naoki Koike 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: 9770388
    Abstract: The present application provides a co-infusion apparatus and a co-infusion method which can photograph an image suitable for inspecting whether or not a co-infusion process in the co-infusion apparatus is properly carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Koike, Akitomi Kohama, Masatoshi Warashina, Fumitaka Hino, Takuya Tsugui, Kazuki Kawauchi, Sho Oya
  • Patent number: 9767635
    Abstract: The medicament dispensing machine enables to use vials having various sizes and shapes without changing a part in the machine or without performing a special operation. The medicament dispensing machine contains a discharging unit that receives a vial filled with a medicament from a medicament filling means and discharges out of a vial discharging window. The discharging unit contains a vial gripping means having a pair of gripping arms that grip a vial, a body of gripping means having the vial gripping means, a moving means that moves the vial gripping means from the medicament filling means to the vial discharging window, and an orientation changing mechanism that changes the orientation of the body of gripping means. With a coordination of the movement of the body of gripping means toward the vial discharging window, the orientation changing mechanism makes the gripping arms orient to the vial discharging window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji Yuyama, Naoki Koike, Takafumi Imai, Yoshinori Kumano, Akira Maeda, Mitsuhiro Mitani
  • Patent number: 9758686
    Abstract: A solvent-based ink jet ink composition includes a coloring material; and a solvent; in which the composition includes, as the solvent, two or more types of solvent that are compounds represented by the following general formula (1), and R1, R2, and R3 have the same structure as one another and m are consecutive integers, in the solvent. R1O—(R2O)m—R3??(1) (in the formula, R1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R2 is an alkylene group with 2 or 3 carbon atoms, and R3 is a hydrogen atom, an acetyl group, or an alkyl group with 1 to 4 carbon atoms. However, both of R1 and R3 are not hydrogen atoms. m is an integer of 1 to 7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Nagase, Kenichiro Kubota, Jun Ito, Naoki Koike
  • Patent number: 9758685
    Abstract: A nonaqueous ink jet ink composition according to the invention includes a solvent including at least one compound represented by the following formula (1), and a pigment including a pigment orange 43 (PO-43), in which a Na amount included in the ink is 5 ppm to 500 ppm. R1O—(R2O)m—R3??(1) (wherein, in formula (1), R1 and R3 each independently represent hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms. However, either R1 or R3 is an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms. R2 represents an alkylene group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms. m represents an integer of 1 to 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Ito, Keiji Iida, Kenichiro Kubota, Naoki Koike, Makoto Nagase
  • Publication number: 20170252267
    Abstract: The invention addresses the problem of providing a medication cassette, which in addition to being capable of smooth automated dispensing despite being capable of storing large amounts of medication, allows accurate ascertainment of whether the medication has run out or is jammed. This medication cassette is provided with: a cylindrical body in which the medication is stored; a first rotating body capable of reciprocating movement inside the cylindrical body in the direction of the shaft center thereof; a second rotating body disposed on the outer circumference of the cylindrical body; a conveyed medication-detecting element for detecting medication that has been conveyed by the second rotating body; and a control for moving the first rotating body upward when a medication detection signal is not output from the conveyed medication-detecting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20170224587
    Abstract: This drug-supplying device is provided with: a rotator that discharges drugs towards the outer diameter by being rotated; a drug shape-specifying unit for specifying the shape of the drug; and a control unit that rotates the rotator at a rotational speed specified, on the basis of a speed table that correlates drug shape to rotator rotational speed, by the shape that has been specified by a drug-detecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki KOIKE, Mitsuhiro MITANI, Masao FUKADA
  • Publication number: 20170218216
    Abstract: An ink composition set has at least a solvent-based orange ink composition containing an orange pigment as a pigment and a solvent and a solvent-based red ink composition containing a red pigment as a pigment and a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichiro KUBOTA, Makoto NAGASE, Jun ITO, Naoki KOIKE, Keiji IIDA
  • Publication number: 20170210923
    Abstract: A non-aqueous ink jet composition includes a pigment at least containing a diketopyrrolopyrrole red pigment, and an organic solvent at least containing a glycol diether represented by Formula (1): R1O—(R3O)m—R2 and a glycol monoether represented by Formula (2): OH—(R5O)n—R4, wherein, in Formula (1), R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, R3 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and m represents an integer of 1 to 7; and in Formula (2), R4 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, R5 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichiro KUBOTA, Naoki KOIKE, Jun ITO, Shugo HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20170210924
    Abstract: A non-aqueous ink jet composition includes a pigment component containing a diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment and an organic solvent. The organic solvent contains glycol ethers. The amount of dissolved nitrogen in the non-aqueous ink jet composition is 90 mass ppm or less based on the total amount of the non-aqueous ink jet composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichiro KUBOTA, Naoki KOIKE, Jun ITO, Shugo HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20170210925
    Abstract: A non-aqueous ink jet composition includes a pigment component containing a diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment and an organic solvent. The organic solvent contains a glycol ether. The amount of water in the non-aqueous ink jet composition is 10 mass % or less based on the total amount of the non-aqueous ink jet composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Shugo HATTORI, Naoki KOIKE, Jun ITO, Kenichiro KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 9687418
    Abstract: The invention addresses the problem of providing a medication cassette, which in addition to being capable of smooth automated dispensing despite being capable of storing large amounts of medication, allows accurate ascertainment of whether the medication has run out or is jammed. This medication cassette is provided with: a cylindrical body in which the medication is stored; a first rotating body capable of reciprocating movement inside the cylindrical body in the direction of the shaft center thereof; a second rotating body disposed on the outer circumference of the cylindrical body; a conveyed medication-detecting element for detecting medication that has been conveyed by the second rotating body; and a control for moving the first rotating body upward when a medication detection signal is not output from the conveyed medication-detecting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki Koike
  • Publication number: 20170165966
    Abstract: An ink jet recording method including causing ink to adhere to a recording medium by ejecting an ink composition using a print head provided with a nozzle, a pressure chamber, and a connection portion which connects the pressure chamber and the nozzle to each other at a length of 500 ?m or more, in which the ink composition includes a coloring material and a solvent represented by General Formula (1) below at 30 mass % or more with respect to a total mass of the ink composition, R1O—(R2O)n—R3??(1) (in General Formula (1), R1 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen or an alkyl group with 1 to 5 carbon atoms and at least one of R1 and R3 is an alkyl group with 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkylene group with 2 to 4 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Jun ITO, Kenichiro KUBOTA, Naoki KOIKE, Keiji IIDA
  • Publication number: 20170128675
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide: an injection needle and an injector which are capable of simplifying injection and aspiration processes using an injector and reducing process time; and a co-injection device and co-injection method which perform a co-injection process using the injector. [Solution] This injection needle (11c) includes a needle tube (211), and a ventilation part (213) that connects, outside the needle tube (211), a first position (first opening (2131)) positioned nearer the rear end (211) side than the tip (2111) of the needle tube (211) and a second position (second opening (2132)) positioned nearer the rear end (2112) side than the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Koike, Hikaru KATAYAMA
  • Patent number: 9637655
    Abstract: Disclosed is an aqueous pigment dispersion including water and a base metal pigment, in which the base metal pigment is a base metal pigment which is surface-treated with a fluorine-based compound, and when performing an X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy analysis of a base metal pigment surface, a concentration of a fluorine element is 21 atm % to 35 atm %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Denda, Naoki Koike
  • Patent number: 9611084
    Abstract: This drug-supplying device is provided with: a rotator that discharges drugs towards the outer diameter by being rotated; a drug shape-specifying unit for specifying the shape of the drug; and a control unit that rotates the rotator at a rotational speed specified, on the basis of a speed table that correlates drug shape to rotator rotational speed, by the shape that has been specified by a drug-detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Koike, Mitsuhiro Mitani, Masao Fukada
  • Publication number: 20170073534
    Abstract: A solvent-based ink jet ink composition accommodating body includes a solvent-based ink jet ink composition which includes a solvent that is a compound represented by a general formula (1) below, and for which a moisture absorption rate is 2 (mass %·24 hours) or more at 40° C. and a relative humidity of 100% RH; and a container in which the solvent-based ink jet ink composition is accommodated, in which the container is either of at least a container formed of a member having an inorganic oxide layer or a package which accommodates the container in which the solvent-based ink jet ink composition is accommodated and is formed of a member having an inorganic oxide layer. R1O—(R2O)m—R3 ??(1) (In general formula (1), R1 and R3 each independently represent hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms. Herein, either of at least R1 or R3 is an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms. R2 represents an alkylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms. m represents an integer of 1 to 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Jun ITO, Kenichiro KUBOTA, Naoki KOIKE, Shugo HATTORI
  • Patent number: 9582956
    Abstract: A tablet division feeder includes a moving unit to move a tablet T, a fixing blade located in a movement path of the tablet T, and a support plate extending from the fixing blade such that divided tablets T2 on the fixing blade are transferred and kept onto the support plate. The fixing blade divides the tablet T into upper and lower divided tablets as the tablet T is moved in such a manner that the lower divided tablet T1 is discharged and the upper divided tablet T2 is transferred from the fixing blade to the support plate by the moving unit and kept on the support plate. The upper divided tablet T2 is discharged from the support plate as the upper divided tablet T2 is further moved by the moving unit in such a manner that the upper divided tablet T2 is discharged from the moving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji Yuyama, Naoki Koike, Mitsuhiro Mitani, Masao Fukada
  • Patent number: 9566814
    Abstract: An ink jet recording process using a glitter pigment provides satisfactory glitter even on a recording medium having a rough surface. The ink jet recording process includes a glitter image-forming step of forming a glitter image by discharging a glitter ink composition containing a glitter pigment to a recording medium and a pressing step of pressing the layer of the glitter image formed on the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Koike, Atsushi Denda
  • Patent number: 9561156
    Abstract: A coinfusion apparatus including a coinfusion operation section; a coinfusion processing room; a supply section; and a transfusion bag retention section. The coinfusion operation section consists of first and second robot arms. The first robot arm retains a medical agent container. The second robot arm performs an operation to insert a syringe needle of a syringe to a mouth section of the medical agent container and an operation to insert the syringe needle of the syringe to a coinfusion mouth of the transfusion bag. The coinfusion processing room holds the coinfusion operation section. The supply section supplies the medical agent container and the syringe into the coinfusion processing room. The transfusion bag retention section retains the transfusion bag at the outer side of the coinfusion processing room and positions the coinfusion mouth of the transfusion bag at the coinfusion communication mouth formed in the coinfusion processing room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Koike, Akifumi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9534129
    Abstract: A non-aqueous ink jet ink composition contains a glitter pigment, glycol diether represented by the following formula 1 and having a flash point of 70° C. or less, and glycol monoether represented by the following formula 2: R1O—(R2O)m—R3??Formula 1: (In Formula 1, R1 and R3 each independently represent alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R2 each independently represents alkylene groups having 2 to 3 carbon atoms, and m is an integer of 1 to 4.); and HO—(R4O)n—R5??Formula 2: (In Formula 2, R4 each independently represents alkylene groups having 2 to 3 carbon atoms, R5 is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 1 to 4.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Koike, Jun Ito, Kenichiro Kubota, Makoto Nagase