Patents by Inventor Norihiko Hareyama

Norihiko Hareyama 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: 11547430
    Abstract: In an energy treatment system, circuitry temporally detects an electrical property value of an ultrasonic transducer. After an elapse of predetermined time since a power supply outputs electric power by first output power, when determining that the value has started gradual decrease, causes the power supply to change the electric power from the first output power to second output power smaller than the first output power, and after the change to the second output power, when the electrical property has gradually increased, causes the power supply to change the electric power from the second output power to third output power larger than the second output power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norihiko Hareyama
  • Patent number: 11317960
    Abstract: A processor of an electric power source device exercises control over a power output before a control switching time point based on a value related to initial impedance, and determines the control switching time point upon detecting that a value related to impedance of a living tissue is at a minimum. The processor sets a set electric-power value of the power output based on a parameter related to controlling the power output before the control switching time point, and performs constant-electric-power control by controlling the power output using the electric-power value at and after the control switching time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hayashida, Yoshitaka Honda, Norihiko Hareyama, Ko Kawashima, Kenji Matsuki
  • Publication number: 20220079652
    Abstract: A medical device includes: an end effector configured to apply treatment energy for treating a living tissue according to supplied power; a drive source configured to supply the power to the end effector; and a processor configured to classify, in a first time period after a supply of the power to the end effector is started, the living tissue into any one of a plurality of tissue types based on a first parameter detected in the first time period, control an operation of the drive source after the first time period based on the classified tissue type, reclassify the classified living tissue into any one of the plurality of tissue types based on a second parameter detected after the first time period, and control an operation of the drive source based on the tissue type into which the classified living tissue is reclassified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Danilo LEGASPI, Tsuyoshi HAYASHIDA, Satoshi HONDA, Norihiko HAREYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200000507
    Abstract: A processor of an electric power source device exercises control over a power output before a control switching time point based on a value related to initial impedance, and determines the control switching time point upon detecting that a value related to impedance of a living tissue is at a minimum. The processor sets a set electric-power value of the power output based on a parameter related to controlling the power output before the control switching time point, and performs constant-electric-power control by controlling the power output using the electric-power value at and after the control switching time point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi HAYASHIDA, Yoshitaka HONDA, Norihiko HAREYAMA, Ko KAWASHIMA, Kenji MATSUKI
  • Publication number: 20190192184
    Abstract: In an energy treatment system, circuitry temporally detects an electrical property value of an ultrasonic transducer. After an elapse of predetermined time since a power supply outputs electric power by first output power, when determining that the value has started gradual decrease, causes the power supply to change the electric power from the first output power to second output power smaller than the first output power, and after the change to the second output power, when the electrical property has gradually increased, causes the power supply to change the electric power from the second output power to third output power larger than the second output power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norihiko HAREYAMA
  • Patent number: 9808305
    Abstract: In an energy treatment apparatus, maximum source electric power of source electric power output from an electric power source is defined, first energy is generated by supplying first driving electric power to a first energy generator due to the source electric power, and second energy is generated by supplying second driving electric power to a second energy generator due to the source electric power. A controller keep the sum of the first driving electric power and the second driving electric power that are supplied per unit time less than or equal to the maximum source electric power of the electric power source continuously with time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihiko Hareyama, Akinori Kabaya
  • Publication number: 20170079707
    Abstract: In an energy treatment apparatus, maximum source electric power of source electric power output from an electric power source is defined, first energy is generated by supplying first driving electric power to a first energy generator due to the source electric power, and second energy is generated by supplying second driving electric power to a second energy generator due to the source electric power. A controller keep the sum of the first driving electric power and the second driving electric power that are supplied per unit time less than or equal to the maximum source electric power of the electric power source continuously with time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihiko HAREYAMA, Akinori KABAYA
  • Patent number: 7458969
    Abstract: The therapeutic device for treating a living tissue, has jaws and serving as a pair of openable/closable holding portions each having a distal end portion configured to hold the living tissue, and a heating plate provided on at least one of the jaws and, and used to treat the living tissue, wherein a plurality of heat generating mechanism provided independently controllable are provided on the heating plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Iida, Norihiko Hareyama
  • Patent number: 7415301
    Abstract: A therapeutic system comprising a therapeutic applicator for treating living tissues and an observation unit for determining the position of the applicator. The therapeutic energy applied from the applicator to the living tissues is controlled in accordance with data representing the position of the applicator, determined by the observation unit. It is therefore easy to operate the system even if the applicator and the observation unit (e.g., an MRI apparatus) are used at the same time. The image of the living tissues remains clear during the use of the therapeutic applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihiko Hareyama, Toru Nagase, Shinji Hatta
  • Patent number: 7329257
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a heat generating element to be current-carried is provided at a grasp portion on the tip side of a treatment portion, the patient's body tissue grasped between a pair of grasp portions is coagulated by heat of the heat generating element, and a metal scissors blade for cutting the patient's body tissue is provided on the rear side of the grasp portion in the treatment portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Kanehira, Koji Iida, Naomi Sekino, Makoto Inaba, Norihiko Hareyama, Taisuke Sato, Kenichi Kimura, Hideto Yoshimine
  • Patent number: 7164940
    Abstract: A therapeutic system comprising a therapeutic applicator for treating living tissues and an observation unit for determining the position of the applicator. The therapeutic energy applied from the applicator to the living tissues is controlled in accordance with data representing the position of the applicator, determined by the observation unit. It is therefore easy to operate the system even if the applicator and the observation unit (e.g., an MRI apparatus) are used at the same time. The image of the living tissues remains clear during the use of the therapeutic applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihiko Hareyama, Toru Nagase, Shinji Hatta
  • Publication number: 20060241571
    Abstract: In an energy irradiation device, individual identification information provided to an energy transmitting and irradiating section is acquired, and a date and time when the individual identification information has been acquired is recorded. Next, the acquired individual identification information is associated with at least one of an output signal of an output operating section and a date and time when the information has been recorded to store the information. When new individual identification information is acquired, the new individual identification information is searched from the individual identification information stored in the memory. It is judged whether or not energy irradiation is possible based on the information of the output signal or the date and time stored in association with the individual identification information in a case where the new individual identification information exists in the individual identification information stored in the memory as a result of the searching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Norihiko Hareyama, Taisuke Sato, Tomoyuki Takashino
  • Patent number: 7108694
    Abstract: Treatment equipment for treating body tissue comprises heater elements which are heated by electric power supplied from an electric power supply circuit, and the heat of the heater elements is provided to the body tissue through a heat transmitting member. The state of thermal connection between the heater elements and the heat transmitting member is determined by a determining device for determining the thermal connection state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Miura, Norihiko Hareyama
  • Publication number: 20050222556
    Abstract: The apparatus and method of the invention is equipped with an applicator for heating a target are of body tissue by a heating unit, a temperature sensor for measuring the body tissue's temperature, a target temperature calculating unit for calculating target temperatures based on temperature change pattern set up from an operating unit, and a control unit for controlling the laser power from the heating unit so that the temperature measured by the temperature sensor follow the calculated temperature change pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Applicants: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki Ariura, Seiichi Ootsubo, Akira Sakaguchi, Norihiko Hareyama
  • Publication number: 20050137909
    Abstract: A medical apparatus is provided which includes a usage detecting section which operates in connection with an operation of a medical device. A counting section stores a value corresponding to a number of operations of the usage detecting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Tabata, Junichi Onishi, Makoto Tsunakawa, Norihiko Hareyama, Takashi Ozaki, Satoshi Honma, Kazunori Taniguchi, Takeaki Nakamura, Yoshia Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20040242992
    Abstract: A treatment system is formed of a magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus and an energy-emission treatment apparatus. The magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus obtains tomographic images of living-body tissue of a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Norihiko Hareyama
  • Patent number: 6764485
    Abstract: The thermal treatment apparatus is equipped with a laser generator for supplying laser beams, a laser irradiation unit for applying the supplied laser beams to tissues, and a control unit for totally controlling various parts of the system. The laser irradiation unit is equipped with a movable laser emission part for emitting laser beams to tissues, a motor for reciprocating a laser emission part, and a guide lumen for supporting an endoscope in such a way as to enable it to move in the direction of the laser emission part. The control unit controls the motor that drives the laser emission part to make reciprocation motion in such a way that the laser emission part stops at a position where it does not interfere with the moving passage of the endoscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignees: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norihiko Hareyama, Takefumi Uesugi, Taisuke Sato, Shigenobu Iwahashi, Shigeki Ariura, Wataru Karino, Makoto Inaba, Shin Maki
  • Patent number: 6740085
    Abstract: A heating treatment system consists mainly of coagulating/incising forceps in which a plurality of heating elements are incorporated, and a main unit that feeds power to the heating elements incorporated in the coagulating/incising forceps and that drives and controls the heating elements. The main unit can be connected to coagulating/incising forceps in which up to four heating elements are incorporated. The main unit includes element temperature measurement/output control units and temperature setting units which are associated with four channels allocated to the heating elements. A control unit controls the element temperature measurement/output control units and temperature setting units. The control unit judges the type of connected forceps by referencing data stored in advance in a memory using information of the type of forceps received from the coagulating/incising forceps, and controls power feed to the heating elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Norihiko Hareyama, Taisuke Sato
  • Publication number: 20040092923
    Abstract: Treatment equipment for treating body tissue comprises heater elements which are heated by electric power supplied from an electric power supply circuit, and the heat of the heater elements is provided to the body tissue through a heat transmitting member. The state of thermal connection between the heater elements and the heat transmitting member is determined by a determining device for determining the thermal connection state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Miura, Norihiko Hareyama
  • Publication number: 20040078035
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a heat generating element to be current-carried is provided at a grasp portion on the tip side of a treatment portion, the patient's body tissue grasped between a pair of grasp portions is coagulated by heat of the heat generating element, and a metal scissors blade for cutting the patient's body tissue is provided on the rear side of the grasp portion in the treatment portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Applicant: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Kanehira, Koji Iida, Naomi Sekino, Makoto Inaba, Norihiko Hareyama, Taisuke Sato, Kenichi Kimura, Hideto Yoshimine