Patents by Inventor Nobuaki Matsubara

Nobuaki Matsubara 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: 8768721
    Abstract: The examination schedule memory unit stores an examination schedule including the starting time and the ending time of each examination. A cleaning capacity memory unit stores cleaning-capacity information that specifies the cleaning capacity of cleaning apparatuses that clean a scope used for the examination. A cleaning schedule generation unit generates a cleaning schedule for cleaning a used scope produced at the end of each examination with cleaning apparatuses having a cleaning capacity required by the cleaning-capacity information stored in the cleaning capacity memory unit. The scope shortage determination unit determines whether or not there will be a shortage of scopes to be used for each examination in accordance with both the examination starting time specified by the above examination schedule and the cleaning ending time specified by the cleaning schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Araki, Tatsuya Shiobara, Chieko Watanabe, Nobuaki Matsubara, Kazuhiro Akiyama, Hidenori Tsuruma, Tasuku Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8311852
    Abstract: A medical information management apparatus is provided which enables the person in charge of the medical services to easily keep track of the amount of services. In a medical information management apparatus according to the present invention, a task information storing unit stores the information indicating the completion of task execution or the progress of task to be executed for the task generated in a plurality of the medical services. A task number counting unit counts for each medical service the number of the tasks to be executed, and a display control unit displays for the respective medical service the number of the counted tasks on a display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Masakazu Omoto, Koichi Hirose, Nobuaki Matsubara, Michael Ian Krupnick, Philip Michael Pearson
  • Publication number: 20100030573
    Abstract: The examination schedule memory unit stores an examination schedule including the starting time and the ending time of each examination. A cleaning capacity memory unit stores cleaning-capacity information that specifies the cleaning capacity of cleaning apparatuses that clean a scope used for the examination. A cleaning schedule generation unit generates a cleaning schedule for cleaning a used scope produced at the end of each examination with cleaning apparatuses having a cleaning capacity required by the cleaning-capacity information stored in the cleaning capacity memory unit. The scope shortage determination unit determines whether or not there will be a shortage of scopes to be used for each examination in accordance with both the examination starting time specified by the above examination schedule and the cleaning ending time specified by the cleaning schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Araki, Tatsuya Shiobara, Chieko Watanabe, Nobuaki Matsubara, Kazuhiro Akiyama, Hidenori Tsuruma, Tasuku Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20080281634
    Abstract: A medical information management apparatus is provided which enables the person in charge of the medical services to easily keep track of the amount of services. In a medical information management apparatus according to the present invention, a task information storing unit stores the information indicating the completion of task execution or the progress of task to be executed for the task generated in a plurality of the medical services. A task number counting unit counts for each medical service the number of the tasks to be executed, and a display control unit displays for the respective medical service the number of the counted tasks on a display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Masakazu OMOTO, Koichi Hirose, Nobuaki Matsubara, Michael Ian Krupnick, Phillip Michael Pearson
  • Publication number: 20080162184
    Abstract: A medical service support system is provided which manages a use state of medical instrument used in medical operations with predetermined task sequence is provided. A reading unit reads use state specifying information recorded in the use state specifying information recording unit before the medical instruments are used for a certain task. A determination unit determines whether the use of the medical instrument for the task follows the task sequence from use state specifying information read. A writing unit writes, in the use state specifying information recording unit, the use state specifying information which specifies that the task is executed when the task is executed by a task execution unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Nobuaki MATSUBARA, Hidenobu KUBO, Shigeyoshi BABA, Hiroshi FUJIMOTO, Atsushi KUSUOKA, Atsushi SUGIYAMA, Hirofumi INABA, Yusuke KATO, Hiroyuki ARAKI, Hideki YASUDA, Hitoshi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20070299696
    Abstract: A recording unit records implementation information on a medical treatment performed on a patient. An extraction unit extracts information necessary to prepare an interview result of an interview item for the patient, from the implementation information recorded in the recording unit. A preparation unit prepares the interview result by referring to the information extracted by the extraction unit, and prepares interview sheet data from the interview result and the interview item corresponding to the interview result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Matsubara, Hidenori Tsuruma
  • Publication number: 20050197861
    Abstract: An examination management system of the present invention comprises implemented information inputting means for inputting implemented information related to a content of implementation of medical conduct in which the conduct is implemented regarding the examination, implemented information storing means for storing therein the implemented information input by the implemented information inputting means, implemented information obtaining means for obtaining, from the implemented information storing means, implemented information corresponding to a content of implementation which is scheduled to be implemented using as a key a content of implementation of medical conduct which is scheduled to be currently implemented, and implemented information displaying means for displaying the implemented information obtained by the implemented information obtaining means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Omori, Ryoichi Hosoya, Hiroyuki Araki, Hideki Yasuda, Nobuaki Matsubara, Masafumi Kobayashi, Kazuyuki Inokihara
  • Publication number: 20050177394
    Abstract: An examination management system according to the present invention comprises implemented information input means for inputting implemented information including information related to a content of implementation of medical service, implemented regarding an examination and information related to a report about the medical service, implemented information storing means for storing the implemented information input by the implemented information input means, implemented information acquisition means for obtaining the implemented information related to the report from the implemented information storage means by using information indicating the same examination of the same patient matching a key, report comparison means for the comparison of a plurality of reports obtained by the implemented information acquisition means, and report comparison result display means for the display of the result of the comparison by the report comparison means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoichi Hosoya, Nobuaki Matsubara, Hiroyuki Araki, Hideki Yasuda, Shinichi Omori, Masafumi Kobayashi, Yoshinori Matsumoto, Kazuyuki Inokihara
  • Publication number: 20050171814
    Abstract: An examination management system according to the present invention compares an examining information relating to a predetermined examination with an examining target information corresponding to the examination, when the examination is conducted. If a predetermined condition is met, an input of the matter as the result of the comparison is permitted. When the matter is input, the matter is recorded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi Kobayashi, Shinichi Omori, Ryoichi Hosoya, Hiroyuki Araki, Nobuaki Matsubara, Hideki Yasuda