Patents by Inventor Nobuko YOSHIZAWA

Nobuko YOSHIZAWA 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: 10631764
    Abstract: A breast measurement apparatus includes a distance measurement unit measuring a distance from a skin to a light absorption portion for a measurement region of a breast which is a normal region including no tumor or an object region including a tumor, a light measurement unit measuring a hemoglobin amount in the measurement region by a light measurement method using measurement light of a predetermined wavelength, a correlation data storage unit storing normal correlation data of the distance to the light absorption portion and a normal hemoglobin amount generated based on measurement results for normal regions, and an evaluation value calculation unit calculating a property evaluation value of the tumor based on the normal hemoglobin amount, obtained from the normal correlation data and the distance to the light absorption portion in the object region, and an object hemoglobin amount in the object region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Yukio Ueda, Etsuko Yamaki, Harumi Sakahara, Hiroyuki Ogura, Hatsuko Nasu, Nobuko Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20190209012
    Abstract: A biological measurement device includes a probe including a contact surface that includes a plurality of light input portions that input light to a measurement target part and a plurality of light receiving portions that receive measurement light output from the measurement target part, the contact surface being pressed against the measurement target part, and a calculation unit that calculates internal information on the basis of a result of detecting the measurement light obtained for each combination of the light input portion and the light receiving portion, wherein the plurality of light input portions and the plurality of light receiving portions constitute lattices having an interval d in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to each other on the contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicants: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
    Inventors: Kenji YOSHIMOTO, Yukio UEDA, Etsuko OHMAE, Tetsuya MIMURA, Nobuko YOSHIZAWA, Hatsuko NASU, Hiroyuki OGURA, Harumi SAKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20170119292
    Abstract: A breast measurement apparatus includes a distance measurement unit measuring a distance from a skin to a light absorption portion for a measurement region of a breast which is a normal region including no tumor or an object region including a tumor, a light measurement unit measuring a hemoglobin amount in the measurement region by a light measurement method using measurement light of a predetermined wavelength, a correlation data storage unit storing normal correlation data of the distance to the light absorption portion and a normal hemoglobin amount generated based on measurement results for normal regions, and an evaluation value calculation unit calculating a property evaluation value of the tumor based on the normal hemoglobin amount, obtained from the normal correlation data and the distance to the light absorption portion in the object region, and an object hemoglobin amount in the object region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Yukio UEDA, Etsuko YAMAKI, Harumi SAKAHARA, Hiroyuki OGURA, Hatsuko NASU, Nobuko YOSHIZAWA