Patents by Inventor Satoshi Kidooka

Satoshi Kidooka 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: 6354519
    Abstract: A spray device used for an endoscope, the spray device having a liquid transfer tube and a spray nozzle connected to a distal end of the liquid transfer tube, includes at least one spiral guide channel; a liquid whirling chamber positioned in front of at least one spiral guide channel to be connected to an outlet thereof; and an orifice formed at a center of a front inner surface of the liquid whirling chamber. The front inner surface includes a concave surface, and the concave surface is formed so that the orientation of a tangential plane at a point on the front inner surface becomes closer to the orientation of a plane normal to the axis of the spray nozzle as the point on the front inner surface approaches the axis of the spray nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Kidooka, Teruo Ouchi
  • Publication number: 20010004692
    Abstract: In an endoscopic spraying instrument, liquid passed through a liquid supplying tube and a rotatingly guiding groove disposed at a leading end side of the supplying tube is rotated about an central axis within a liquid rotating chamber disposed at a leading end side of the rotatingly guiding groove and discharged forwardly from an ejection hole formed in a leading end wall of the liquid rotating chamber. An annular, protruded wall, is provided, which is spaced outwardly from an outer periphery of the ejection hole, which is protruded forwardly, and which surrounds an exit of the ejection hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Publication date: June 21, 2001
    Applicant: ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Kidooka, Teruo Ouchi