Patents by Inventor Osamu Tsukada

Osamu Tsukada 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).

  • Publication number: 20240068380
    Abstract: There is provided a pit initiation evaluation system or the like capable of predicting pit initiation effectively and at low cost. In a pit initiation evaluation system of an embodiment, a pit initiation evaluation unit creates and retains, based on a dry-wet alternate time data, a deposit impurity concentration data, and a pit initiation data on pitting corrosion initiated in each of a plurality of turbine stages when an operation is actually performed in the steam turbine, a pit initiation evaluation table presenting a relationship between a dry-wet alternate time, a deposit impurity concentration, and pit initiation. Further, the pit initiation evaluation unit is configured to evaluate, by using the pit initiation evaluation table, pitting corrosion to be initiated in each of the plurality of turbine stages in an operation planned for the steam turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuka TSUKADA, Kazuhiro SAITO, Yusuke SUZUKI, Yoshikazu NINOMIYA, Osamu TANAKA, Yasuteru KAWAI, Shinichi TERADA, Makoto SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240049684
    Abstract: A fluid supply apparatus that can eliminate the need for a power supply source, and store fluid efficiently. The apparatus may comprise a first balloon that is formed of an elastic body to be capable of storing the fluid, a second balloon that is formed of an elastic body to be capable of storing the fluid, and has a larger contraction force than a contraction force of the first balloon, a support member that supports both of the first balloon and the second balloon, and a casing that houses the first balloon and the second balloon, and defines inflation ranges of the first balloon and the second balloon, in which the support member has a flow path formed to permit fluid communication between an interior of the first balloon and an interior of the second balloon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicants: TSUKADA MEDICAL RESEARCH CO., LTD., JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY, MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu TSUKADA, Akihiko NAKASA, Jumpei YOSHIDA, Hiroyasu MIZUNO, Dai SHIBA, Teruhiro SENKOJI, Yusuke HAGIWARA
  • Publication number: 20230211124
    Abstract: An object is to provide a catheter and a branched connector that can improve sealing properties and have high versatility. In a branched connector 40 used in a catheter 100, the branched connector 40 comprises a first end portion 44 to which a catheter main body 10 is attached and having a first hole portion 43 communicating with the catheter main body 10 being formed at the first end portion 44, and a second end portion 49 including an elastic member and having a second hole portion 48 for inserting a wire-like instrument 20 being formed in the elastic member, and the second hole portion 48 communicates with the first hole portion 43 and has a flow passage area smaller than a flow passage area of the first hole portion 43.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Osamu TSUKADA, Akihiko NAKASA, Naoya IGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10888685
    Abstract: A purpose is to enable partial replacement of an indwelling urethral catheter. A unit for a balloon catheter according to the present invention includes a urethral catheter tube (13) provided with a first urethral catheterization passage (14), a branch tube (11) provided with a first passage (12) adapted to allow passage of a liquid used to inflate or deflate a balloon (54), and a connecting tube (30) configured to be connected at one end to the first urethral catheterization passage (14) or the first passage (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: TSUKADA MEDICAL RESEARCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Tsukada, Masato Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10737927
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid supply apparatus eliminating the need for a power supply, having relatively light weight and small footprint, and ensuring a stable liquid supply. The liquid supply apparatus includes a first support member, a second support member, a balloon having one end supported by the first support member and the other end supported by the second support member, and a casing having a constant longitudinal length. The balloon is disposed in the casing and is configured so as to be able to hold a liquid therein and discharge the liquid therefrom. When the balloon holds the liquid, the one end and the other end of the balloon are positioned in the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignees: TSUKADA MEDICAL RESEARCH CO., LTD., JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY, MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Tsukada, Akihiko Nakasa, Kengo Kanai, Masato Shimizu, Haruna Koike, Nami Hatakeyama, Naoki Takizawa, Masaki Shirakawa, Hiroyasu Mizuno, Atsuko Homma, Dai Shiba, Akane Yumoto, Hirochika Murase, Makoto Ohira
  • Publication number: 20190046101
    Abstract: A bladder urodynamic measurement apparatus is provided, which can measure and record pressure inside a bladder continuously for a short time period to a long time period. A bladder urodynamic measurement apparatus 10 according to the present invention includes a pressure sensor 20 configured to measure a value of pressure that is applied to an inside of a urinary catheter 50 by urine in a bladder 55, and a recording device 30 configured to record a pressure value measured by the pressure sensor 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: TSUKADA MEDICAL RESEARCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu TSUKADA, Manabu TSUKADA, Kazutoshi KUSANO, Masato SHIMIZU, Akihiko NAKASA
  • Patent number: 10137281
    Abstract: A catheter for treatment of sinusitis capable of causing a space in a further rear (distal side) of a posterior nasal aperture to communicate with external air is provided. The catheter comprises an anterior nasal aperture balloon 33, an anterior nasal aperture balloon air supply lumen 39b for inflating the anterior nasal aperture balloon 33, a posterior nasal aperture balloon 13, a posterior nasal aperture balloon air supply lumen 19b for inflating the posterior nasal aperture balloon 13, and a drainage lumen 39a having an opening 41 between the anterior nasal aperture balloon 33 and the posterior nasal aperture balloon 13, in which an external air communication lumen 19a having an opening 21 on a distal side from the posterior nasal aperture balloon 13 is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Tsukada Medical Research Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Tsukada, Masamichi Iijima, Kengo Kanai
  • Publication number: 20180015250
    Abstract: A purpose is to enable partial replacement of an indwelling urethral catheter. A unit for a balloon catheter according to the present invention includes a urethral catheter tube (13) provided with a first urethral catheterization passage (14), a branch tube (11) provided with a first passage (12) adapted to allow passage of a liquid used to inflate or deflate a balloon (54), and a connecting tube (30) configured to be connected at one end to the first urethral catheterization passage (14) or the first passage (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: TSUKADA MEDICAL RESEARCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu TSUKADA, Masato SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20170318780
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid supply apparatus eliminating the need for a power supply, having relatively light weight and small footprint, and ensuring a stable liquid supply. The liquid supply apparatus includes a first support member, a second support member, a balloon having one end supported by the first support member and the other end supported by the second support member, and a casing having a constant longitudinal length. The balloon is disposed in the casing and is configured so as to be able to hold a liquid therein and discharge the liquid therefrom. When the balloon holds the liquid, the one end and the other end of the balloon are positioned in the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicants: TSUKADA MEDICAL RESEARCH CO., LTD., JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY, MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu TSUKADA, Akihiko NAKASA, Kengo KANAI, Masato SHIMIZU, Haruna KOIKE, Nami HATAKEYAMA, Naoki TAKIZAWA, Masaki SHIRAKAWA, Hiroyasu MIZUNO, Atsuko HOMMA, Dai SHIBA, Akane YUMOTO, Hirochika MURASE, Makoto OHIRA
  • Publication number: 20160228031
    Abstract: A current perception threshold examination apparatus capable of realizing increased efficiency and reduction in a burden on an examinee is provided. In the current perception threshold examination apparatus that controls supply of a current from a power supply to electrodes of a catheter for diagnosis of interstitial cystitis, the current perception threshold examination apparatus has a direct current generating unit for generating a direct current on the basis of an instruction of a control unit, and a direct current resistance measuring unit that measures an electric resistance value of a diagnosis site on the basis of the direct current which is supplied to the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: TSUKADA MEDICAL RESEARCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu TSUKADA, Yasuhiko NAKAJIMA, Tomohiro UEDA, Kazutoshi KUSANO, Masato SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20160038723
    Abstract: A catheter for treatment of sinusitis capable of causing a space in a further rear (distal side) of a posterior nasal aperture to communicate with external air is provided. The catheter comprises an anterior nasal aperture balloon 33, an anterior nasal aperture balloon air supply lumen 39b for inflating the anterior nasal aperture balloon 33, a posterior nasal aperture balloon 13, a posterior nasal aperture balloon air supply lumen 19b for inflating the posterior nasal aperture balloon 13, and a drainage lumen 39a having an opening 41 between the anterior nasal aperture balloon 33 and the posterior nasal aperture balloon 13, in which an external air communication lumen 19a having an opening 21 on a distal side from the posterior nasal aperture balloon 13 is further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Osamu TSUKADA, Masamichi IIJIMA, Kengo KANAI
  • Patent number: 8109907
    Abstract: A continuous drug solution infusion device is provided that is capable of administering a drug solution into a patient's body for a predetermined period of time substantially at a predetermined flow rate from the beginning to end of the drug solution infusion by suppressing the change in pressure from the beginning to end of the infusion. The continuous drug solution infusion device has at least two tubular members disposed in series along an infusion path for a drug solution and at least one expandable/contractible tubular member disposed between the tubular members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Inventors: Osamu Tsukada, Yasuhiko Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20090247950
    Abstract: A continuous drug solution infusion device is provided that is capable of administering a drug solution into a patient's body for a predetermined period of time substantially at a predetermined flow rate from the beginning to end of the drug solution infusion by suppressing the change in pressure from the beginning to end of the infusion. The continuous drug solution infusion device has at least two tubular members disposed in series along an infusion path for a drug solution and at least one expandable/contractible tubular member disposed between the tubular members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Osamu Tsukada, Yasuhiko Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7537589
    Abstract: An intermittent urethra self-retaining catheter set 10 comprises a catheter unit 1, a disinfectant casing 2, and a cap 3. The catheter unit 1 includes a catheter body 11 having an urine-guiding passage 111 and a water-guiding passage 112 that extend along a longitudinal direction and are separated from each other, a balloon 12 attached to a distal end of the catheter body 11 in an inflatable manner and communicated to the water-guiding passage 112, an elastic plug 13 attached to an intermediate portion of the catheter body 11, a branched tube 14 branched from the catheter body 11 above the elastic plug 13 and communicated to the water-guiding passage 112, a reservoir 16 attached to a free end of the branched tube 14 in a collapsible manner for storing a sterilized water 15, an on-off valve 17 attached to an intermediate portion of the branched tube 14, and a reinforcement tube 18 inserted into an upper interior of the urine-guiding passage 111 in the catheter body 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Tsukada Medical Research Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Tsukada, Yasuhiko Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20080051762
    Abstract: An intermittent urethra self-retaining catheter set 10 comprises a catheter unit 1, a disinfectant casing 2, and a cap 3. The catheter unit 1 includes a catheter body 11 having an urine-guiding passage 111 and a water-guiding passage 112 that extend along a longitudinal direction and are separated from each other, a balloon 12 attached to a distal end of the catheter body 11 in an inflatable manner and communicated to the water-guiding passage 112, an elastic plug 13 attached to an intermediate portion of the catheter body 11, a branched tube 14 branched from the catheter body 11 above the elastic plug 13 and communicated to the water-guiding passage 112, a reservoir 16 attached to a free end of the branched tube 14 in a collapsible manner for storing a sterilized water 15, an on-off valve 17 attached to an intermediate portion of the branched tube 14, and a reinforcement tube 18 inserted into an upper interior of the urine-guiding passage 111 in the catheter body 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Osamu Tsukada, Yasuhiko Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7048193
    Abstract: A motorized infusion injection system having an information card record side unit 10 and an information card user side unit 20. Unit 10 includes an information card 11 on which medication information is written for a patient, a reader/writer 12 that can read/write the medication information from/on the information card 11, and an input 13 for inputting the medication information. Unit 20 includes a reader 21 for reading out information from the information card 11, an input 22 for inputting personal information of a patient and a controller 23 to generate a medication signal. A transducer 24 receives the medication signal and transduces the medication signal to a mechanical signal, and a motorized PCA pump 25 connected to an infusion storing-container 30 that contains a given infusion 31 and to an injector 40 that injects the infusion into a body of the patient for supplying the infusion 31 from the infusion storing-container 30 to the injector 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Tsukada Medical Research Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Tsukada, Yasuhiko Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20040238618
    Abstract: A motorized infusion injection system comprises an information card record side unit 10 and an information card user side unit 20. The information card record side unit 10 includes an information card 11 on which medication information is written in accordance with a case of a patient, a reader/writer 12 that can read/write the medication information from/on the information card 11, and an input means 13 for inputting the medication information into the reader/writer 12. The information card 11 is selected from one of a magnetic card, an IC card, and an optical card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Osamu Tsukada, Yasuhiko Nakajima
  • Patent number: 6695831
    Abstract: A catheter for intermittent self-conduction of urine which is relatively hard to deflect easy to insert into a body, and eliminate any pain and danger while in the body. A catheter for intermittent self-conduction of urine comprises an urine conduction tube (1) having an urine conduction aperture (13) in a distal end (11) thereof, a holder (3) coupled to a proximal end (12) of the urine conduction tube (1) and adapted to be detachably engaged with an inlet port (22) of a sterilizing solution case (2) which is adapted to contain a sterilizing solution (21), and a cap (4) for closing an outlet (311) of the holder (3). The urine conduction tube (1) is a dual layer tube including an inner tube member (101) made of a hard synthetic resin material which is medicine-proof and an outer tube member (102) made of a soft synthetic resin material which is medicine-proof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Tsukada Medical Research Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Tsukada, Yasuhiko Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20040024355
    Abstract: A catheter 100 for prostatomegaly treatment comprises a catheter body 1 including a perfusion passage 11, a first fluid passage 13, a second fluid passage 14, and an urination passage 15; a branch member 2 integrally formed on a proximal end of the catheter body 1 and having fluid injection and ejection ports communicated to the respective passages; a first balloon 3 adapted to be retained in a bladder, the first balloon 3 being provided on a distal end of the catheter body 1 and communicated to the first fluid passage 13; a second balloon 4 adapted to press a prostate gland, the second balloon 4 being provided on a distal end of the catheter body 1 at the upper stream than the first balloon 3 and communicated to the second fluid passage 14; and a distal end stopper 5 provided on a distal end of the catheter body 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventor: Osamu Tsukada
  • Patent number: 6530901
    Abstract: A portable painkilling system comprises: a first continuous injector (1) for liquid medicine which continuously discharges liquid medicine through a control path (131) in an outlet portion (13) for a given period of time; a flexible, elastic reservoir (3) connected to the outlet portion (13) of the first continuous injector (1) for liquid medicine at one end thereof, the reservoir (3) being adapted to constrict in a normal condition and to expand when liquid medicine from the first continuous injector (1) is being charged into the reservoir (3) so as to contain a maximum quantity of liquid medicine; and a second continuous injector (2) for liquid medicine having an inlet portion (22) connected to the other end (32) of the reservoir (3), the second continuous injector (2) being adapted to receive liquid medicine from the reservoir (3) and to continuously discharge liquid medicine stored in the second continuous injector (2) through a control path (231) in an outlet portion (23) for a given period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Tsukada Medical Research Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Tsukada, Yasuhiko Nakajima