Patents by Inventor Norio Onishi

Norio Onishi 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: 9023066
    Abstract: A treatment device for endoscopic therapy of the present invention includes a suturing-ligating member having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, that carries out at least one of suturing and ligation of biological tissue, a stopper provided to be movable forward or backward on an proximal end side of the suturing or ligating member, and stoppable by friction on the suturing-ligating member to maintain the biological tissue in a sutured or ligated state by the suturing-ligating member, and a suturing-ligation releasing member provided movable with relative to the suturing-ligating member to release the suturing-ligation state maintained by firctional stopping between the suturing-ligating member and the stopper by moving the releasing member to the proximal end portion side of the suturing-ligating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignees: Olympus Corporation, Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Pankaj Jay Pasricha, Yuji Sakamoto, Satoshi Miyamoto, Yoshio Onuki, Norio Onishi
  • Patent number: 8939998
    Abstract: A biological tissue is sutured or ligatured, a suture and ligature member such as a ligature wire is cut, and then a holding member is reliably recovered from the body. In a holding member of a medical ligature tool, a protrusion is disposed between distal lateral holes, and proximal lateral holes, so that it protrudes outward in a diameter direction thereof. On the other hand, a concave portion is formed in the inner periphery of a cutting member. When the cutting member is extended to cut a ligature wire, the concave portion is fitted to the protrusion to allow the holding member to engage the cutting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Miyamoto, Norio Onishi
  • Patent number: 8777964
    Abstract: A ligature device for medical treatment has an operating device that has a ligature tool for medical treatment fitted onto a distal end portion thereof. The operating device is provided with a cutting member that is able to move freely backwards and forwards and is used to cut a ligature wire of the ligature tool for medical treatment. A distal end side of the cutting member has an inclined end portion that is inclined relative to the direction of forward and backward movement, and a blade portion is provided in this inclined end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Norio Onishi, Satoshi Miyamoto, Masayuki Iwasaka
  • Patent number: 8632553
    Abstract: A ligature and suture device for medical application includes a distal end insertion portion, a needle body, a ligature tool, and an operation section. The operation section includes a housing that is provided in a base end portion of the distal end insertion portion, a puncture handle that is provided in the housing so as to be able to move freely backwards and forwards and that drives the needle body, a pressing handle that is provided in the housing so as to be able to move freely backwards and forwards and that drives a pressing member, a ligature tool operation unit that is provided in the housing so as to be able to move freely backwards and forwards and that drives a ligature sheath, and a ligature handle that is provided in the ligature tool operation unit so as to be able to move freely backwards and forwards and that drives an engaging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Sakamoto, Norio Onishi, Satoshi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 8118819
    Abstract: A medical treatment tool comprises: a flexible wire; a first wire holding member which holds the wire; a second wire holding member capable of holding the wire between itself and the first wire holding member; a first sheath which is provided in contact with a proximal side of the second wire holding member; a second sheath which is provided in a back-and-forth movable manner with respect to the first sheath; and a sheath operation portion which operates the second sheath. The first wire holding member and the second sheath have a connection device for connecting them to each other; the first wire holding member and the second wire holding member have a latching device which latches them to each other when holding the wire there between, and a cutting device which cuts the wire; and the second wire holding member has a connection releasing device which releases the connection of the connection device, when latched by the first wire holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Miyamoto, Norio Onishi
  • Publication number: 20100049218
    Abstract: A biological tissue is sutured or ligatured, a suture and ligature member such as a ligature wire is cut, and then a holding member is reliably recovered from the body. In a holding member of a medical ligature tool, a protrusion is disposed between distal lateral holes, and proximal lateral holes, so that it protrudes outward in a diameter direction thereof. On the other hand, a concave portion is formed in the inner periphery of a cutting member. When the cutting member is extended to cut a ligature wire, the concave portion is fitted to the protrusion to allow the holding member to engage the cutting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Satoshi Miyamoto, Norio Onishi
  • Publication number: 20090204125
    Abstract: A ligature device for medical treatment has an operating device that has a ligature tool for medical treatment fitted onto a distal end portion thereof. The operating device is provided with a cutting member that is able to move freely backwards and forwards and is used to cut a ligature wire of the ligature tool for medical treatment. A distal end side of the cutting member has an inclined end portion that is inclined relative to the direction of forward and backward movement, and a blade portion is provided in this inclined end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Norio Onishi, Satoshi Miyamoto, Masayuki Iwasaka
  • Publication number: 20090088778
    Abstract: A biological tissue is sutured or ligatured, a ligature wire is cut, and then a holding member is reliably separated. A holding member which holds the ligature wire for ligaturing a pathological lesion portion includes a first cylindrical member and a second cylindrical member fitted to a distal end portion of the first cylindrical member. The ligature wire is allowed to pass through a pair of distal lateral holes and formed by the first and second cylindrical members and, is drawn out of the outer peripheral side of the first cylindrical member, and then is drawn into the first cylindrical member through proximal lateral holes and formed on the proximal side of the first cylindrical member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Satoshi Miyamoto, Norio Onishi
  • Publication number: 20090005792
    Abstract: A medical suturing and ligating apparatus is provided which enable to cut a suturing and ligating member such as a ligating wire in a simple manner while preventing a holding member from being removed from a flexible sheath. When a slider 32 pulls a ligating wire 18 toward the proximal end of an inner sheath 7 so as to suture or ligate a living tissue with the ligating wire 18 when a wire holding member is in abutting contact with the distal end of the inner sheath 7, a fixing screw 40 engages with an engaging recessed portion 41. As a result, the slider 32 is fixedly held on an operating section body 31. Accordingly, it is possible to maintain the state in which the wire holding member is in abutting contact with the distal end of the inner sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Satoshi Miyamoto, Norio Onishi
  • Publication number: 20080086153
    Abstract: A ligature and suture device for medical application includes a distal end insertion portion, a needle body, a ligature tool, and an operation section. The operation section includes a housing that is provided in a base end portion of the distal end insertion portion, a puncture handle that is provided in the housing so as to be able to move freely backwards and forwards and that drives the needle body, a pressing handle that is provided in the housing so as to be able to move freely backwards and forwards and that drives a pressing member, a ligature tool operation unit that is provided in the housing so as to be able to move freely backwards and forwards and that drives a ligature sheath, and a ligature handle that is provided in the ligature tool operation unit so as to be able to move freely backwards and forwards and that drives an engaging portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Sakamoto, Norio Onishi, Satoshi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20080082021
    Abstract: A tissue capturing device is formed by a substantially circular cylinder-shaped container, a filter member, and a lens member. The filter member is provided with a substantially circular plate-shaped partitioning portion, and a circular column portion that is formed substantially in the shape of a circular column and that is provided coaxially with a top surface of the partitioning portion. Recessed portions that have a sufficient size to enable them to capture biological tissue are formed in a circumferential wall portion of the circular column portion. Tissue capturing surfaces are formed in bottom surfaces of the recessed portions. A plurality of micro through holes that penetrate as far as a bottom surface of the partitioning portion are formed in the tissue capturing surfaces of the recessed portions. A lens member is also mounted on the container. The mounting position of the lens member is a position that faces the tissue capturing surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroaki ICHIKAWA, Yoshio ONUKI, Norio ONISHI, Tetsuya YAMAMOTO, Takayasu MIKKAICHI
  • Patent number: 7326221
    Abstract: A ligature and suture device for medical application includes a distal end insertion portion, a needle body, a ligature tool, and an operation section. The operation section includes a housing that is provided in a base end portion of the distal end insertion portion, a puncture handle that is provided in the housing so as to be able to move freely backwards and forwards and that drives the needle body, a pressing handle that is provided in the housing so as to be able to move freely backwards and forwards and that drives a pressing member, a ligature tool operation unit that is provided in the housing so as to be able to move freely backwards and forwards and that drives a ligature sheath, and a ligature handle that is provided in the ligature tool operation unit so as to be able to move freely backwards and forwards and that drives an engaging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Sakamoto, Norio Onishi, Satoshi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20070060929
    Abstract: A treating implement cartridge for living body tissue has a treating implement which has a plurality of engaging portions engaged with a plurality of engaged portions which are provided at a front end portion of a treatment apparatus inserted into an interior of a body in order to perform treatment of the living body tissue, and performs the treatment for the living body tissue according to operation of the treating apparatus by an operator, an accommodation container which has a plurality of accommodation portions which accommodate the engaging portions of the treating implement, and have opening portions into which the engaged portions are inserted, and a fixing portion which is attached to at least one accommodation portion, and holds the engaging portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Norio Onishi, Satoshi Miyamoto, Yuji Sakamoto, Yoshio Onuki
  • Publication number: 20060283985
    Abstract: An ultra-fine spray-jetting nozzle includes a liquid passage (37) and a gas passage (41) that is disposed on a peripheral side of the liquid passage (37) through a partitioning wall and communicates with a jetting port (A). An outer surface of the partitioning wall at a jetting port side thereof is formed sectionally polygonal, long circular or elliptic. A peripheral surface of the gas passage (41) is formed sectionally circular. The outer surface of the partitioning wall having the configuration is brought into contact with the sectionally circular peripheral surface of the gas passage (41) at a plurality of positions to circumferentially divide the gas passage (41) at the jetting side into a plurality of gas passages. A gas jetted from jetting ports (A) of a plurality of the separate gas passages is mixed with a periphery of a liquid jetted from the liquid passage (37) to generate spray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: H. IKEUCHI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ikeuchi, Norio Onishi, Takeo Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20060259043
    Abstract: A medical treatment tool comprises: a flexible wire; a first wire holding member which holds the wire; a second wire holding member capable of holding the wire between itself and the first wire holding member; a first sheath which is provided in contact with a proximal side of the second wire holding member; a second sheath which is provided in a back-and-forth movable manner with respect to the first sheath; and a sheath operation portion which operates the second sheath. The first wire holding member and the second sheath have a connection device for connecting them to each other; the first wire holding member and the second wire holding member have a latching device which latches them to each other when holding the wire there between, and a cutting device which cuts the wire; and the second wire holding member has a connection releasing device which releases the connection of the connection device, when latched by the first wire holding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Satoshi Miyamoto, Norio Onishi
  • Publication number: 20050288688
    Abstract: A ligature and suture device for medical application includes a distal end insertion portion, a needle body, a ligature tool, and an operation section. The operation section includes a housing that is provided in a base end portion of the distal end insertion portion, a puncture handle that is provided in the housing so as to be able to move freely backwards and forwards and that drives the needle body, a pressing handle that is provided in the housing so as to be able to move freely backwards and forwards and that drives a pressing member, a ligature tool operation unit that is provided in the housing so as to be able to move freely backwards and forwards and that drives a ligature sheath, and a ligature handle that is provided in the ligature tool operation unit so as to be able to move freely backwards and forwards and that drives an engaging portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Sakamoto, Norio Onishi, Satoshi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20050261710
    Abstract: A medical treatment device includes a suturing-ligating member, a stopper, a fixing member and a suturing-ligation releasing member. The suturing-ligating member has a distal end portion, that carries out one of suturing and ligation of biological tissue by puncturing. The stopper is provided to be movable forward or backward on the suturing-ligating member, and stoppable by friction on the suturing-ligating member to maintain the biological tissue in a sutured or ligated state by the suturing-ligating member. The fixing member is provided on the distal end side of the suturing-ligating member to fix the distal end side of the suturing-ligating member to the biological tissue. The releasing member is provided on the distal end side of the suturing-ligating member to release the ligation state maintained by frictional stopping between the suturing-ligating member and the stopper by moving the suturing-ligating member to the distal end portion side with respect to the stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Sakamoto, Satoshi Miyamoto, Norio Onishi
  • Publication number: 20050261708
    Abstract: A treatment device for endoscopic therapy of the present invention includes a suturing-ligating member having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, that carries out at least one of suturing and ligation of biological tissue, a stopper provided to be movable forward or backward on an proximal end side of the suturing or ligating member, and stoppable by friction on the suturing-ligating member to maintain the biological tissue in a sutured or ligated state by the suturing-ligating member, and a suturing-ligation releasing member provided movable with relative to the suturing-ligating member to release the suturing-ligation state maintained by firctional stopping between the suturing-ligating member and the stopper by moving the releasing member to the proximal end portion side of the suturing-ligating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Applicants: Pankaj Jay Pasricha, OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pankaj Pasricha, Yuji Sakamoto, Satoshi Miyamoto, Yoshio Onuki, Norio Onishi
  • Publication number: 20050261709
    Abstract: A medical treatment device includes a ligating member, a stopper and a ligation releasing member. The ligating member has a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, that ligates biological tissue. The stopper is provided to be movable forward or backward with respect to the ligating member, and stoppable by friction on the ligating member to maintain the biological tissue in a ligated state by the ligating member. The ligation releasing member is provided on the ligating member to release the ligation state between the ligating member and the stopper by moving the ligating member to the distal end side with respect to the stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Sakamoto, Satoshi Miyamoto, Norio Onishi, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Keita Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20030052199
    Abstract: A spray nozzle has a nozzle tip removably installed on a main body of the spray nozzle at a spray side thereof. The nozzle tip has a flow path communicating a spray port disposed on a front-end surface with an inlet port disposed at a rear-end surface along an axis of the nozzle tip. A throat portion is provided on the flow path of the nozzle tip in a range from the inlet port to the spray port. The sectional configuration of the flow path in a range from the inlet port to the throat portion is circular or elliptic, and a sectional area of the flow path decreases gradually from the inlet port to the throat portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: H. IKEUCHI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ikeuchi, Norio Onishi, Yoshiki Fujii