Patents by Inventor Seiji Kikuchi

Seiji Kikuchi 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: 20180318527
    Abstract: In a medicament dispensing device (1), when a medicament preparation-containing syringe (11) is replaced, a microprocessor (23) detects the time at which the replacement is performed as the time of the start of use of the preparation, and counts the elapsed time after the use of the preparation has started. Then, the microprocessor (23) notifies the result of the counting by a LCD (10), etc. to the user. Also, the microprocessor (23) detects that a syringe needle for dispensing the preparation has been mounted, and after detecting the mounting of the syringe needle, the microprocessor (23) counts the elapsed time after the start of use of the preparation. When an effective use period has expired, the microprocessor (23) issues a message in a step S17 that the effective period of a medicament has expired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Atsushi WATANABE, Seiji KIKUCHI, Tsuguhiro KONDO
  • Patent number: 10052442
    Abstract: In a medicament dispensing device (1), when a medicament preparation-containing syringe (11) is replaced, a microprocessor (23) detects the time at which the replacement is performed as the time of the start of use of the preparation, and counts the elapsed time after the use of the preparation has started. Then, the microprocessor (23) notifies the result of the counting by a LCD (10), etc. to the user. Also, the microprocessor (23) detects that a syringe needle for dispensing the preparation has been mounted, and after detecting the mounting of the syringe needle, the microprocessor (23) counts the elapsed time after the start of use of the preparation. When an effective use period has expired, the microprocessor (23) issues a message in a step S17 that the effective period of a medicament has expired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Seiji Kikuchi, Tsuguhiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 9943647
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical injection device comprises a main body case (2); a pharmaceutical syringe mounting component (3) that is provided inside the main body case (2) and onto which a pharmaceutical syringe (4) is mounted; a piston (5) provided movably with respect to the pharmaceutical syringe (4) mounted onto the pharmaceutical syringe mounting component (3); a drive mechanism (6) for driving the piston (5); a memory (46) that stores a preset pharmaceutical injection schedule; and a controller (7) that resets a current pharmaceutical dose by comparing a planned cumulative pharmaceutical dose, which is a planned cumulative amount of pharmaceutical injected up to the last time on the basis of the pharmaceutical injection schedule stored in the memory, and an actual cumulative pharmaceutical dose, which is a cumulative amount of pharmaceutical actually injected up to the last time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Mukai, Seiji Kikuchi, Tsuguhiro Kondoh
  • Publication number: 20180085526
    Abstract: A medication administering device, to which a preparation syringe containing a preparation is mounted, and which administers a preparation to a living body, and comprises a main body; a cylindrical syringe holder that is provided to the main body and into which the preparation syringe is inserted from the rear end side; a cylindrical syringe cover that supports the preparation syringe on the inner peripheral face side, and into which the preparation syringe is inserted from the distal end side; an inner case that guides the syringe cover and is removably fitted together with the syringe cover; and a distal end cap that guides the main body and is removably fitted together with the main body, and moves in conjunction with the syringe cover during attachment to the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Toshiaki IIO, Hidenori WATANABE, Seiji KIKUCHI, Yukihiro TAKABATAKE
  • Patent number: 9861751
    Abstract: A medication administering device, to which a preparation syringe containing a preparation is mounted, and which administers a preparation to a living body, and comprises a main body; a cylindrical syringe holder that is provided to the main body and into which the preparation syringe is inserted from the rear end side; a cylindrical syringe cover that supports the preparation syringe on the inner peripheral face side, and into which the preparation syringe is inserted from the distal end side; an inner case that guides the syringe cover and is removably fitted together with the syringe cover; and a distal end cap that guides the main body and is removably fitted together with the main body, and moves in conjunction with the syringe cover during attachment to the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iio, Hidenori Watanabe, Seiji Kikuchi, Yukihiro Takabatake
  • Patent number: 9861768
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical injection device may comprise a main body case in the interior of which a pharmaceutical syringe can be mounted; a drive means that is provided inside the main body case and pushes out the pharmaceutical inside the pharmaceutical syringe through a syringe needle; a cover that opens and closes an opening on the side of the main body case where the syringe needle is mounted; an outside air temperature sensor that measures a first temperature, which is the temperature outside the main body case; a display component; and a controller that controls the drive means and the display component and acquires the first temperature at predetermined intervals. When the cover is closed, the controller causes the display component to display information about the storage state of the pharmaceutical in the mounted pharmaceutical syringe on the basis of the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kataoka, Tooru Aoki, Seiji Kikuchi, Kenji Murakami, Takahiko Tanida, Katsumi Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20170333638
    Abstract: The pharmaceutical injection device includes a pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion (3) provided within a main body case (2) and to which a pharmaceutical syringe (4) is removably mounted, a piston (5) provided movably with respect to the pharmaceutical syringe (4) mounted to the pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion (3), a drive mechanism (6) for driving the piston (5), a controller (7) that is electrically connected to the drive mechanism (6), a display section (35) that is connected to the controller (7), and an encoder (26) that is connected to the controller (7) and detects the amount of the pharmaceutical remaining inside the pharmaceutical syringe (4). The controller (7) displays a warning on the display section (35) recommending removal of the pharmaceutical syringe (4) from the pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion (3) when the presence of a pharmaceutical is detected by the encoder (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Tsuguhiro Kondoh, Seiji Kikuchi, Takashi Hanada
  • Publication number: 20170274150
    Abstract: There is provided a pharmaceutical syringe unit that is mounted to a pharmaceutical injection device main body and holds a pharmaceutical syringe, in order to mount the pharmaceutical-filled pharmaceutical syringe to a pharmaceutical injection device, wherein a syringe cover is slid in the forward and backward direction with respect to a distal end cap by the operation of the pharmaceutical injection device main body, allowing movement between a needle insertion position at which the insertion of an injection needle into a target is completed, and a needle withdrawal position at which the withdrawal of the injection needle from the target is completed, and the range over which the syringe cover can be slid by a guide component is greater than the distance between the needle insertion position and the needle withdrawal position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Yukihiro TAKABATAKE, Toshiaki IIO, Seiji KIKUCHI, Yutaro FUJINO
  • Patent number: 9744310
    Abstract: The pharmaceutical injection device includes a pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion (3) provided within a main body case (2) and to which a pharmaceutical syringe (4) is removably mounted, a piston (5) provided movably with respect to the pharmaceutical syringe (4) mounted to the pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion (3), a drive mechanism (6) for driving the piston (5), a controller (7) that is electrically connected to the drive mechanism (6), a display section (35) that is connected to the controller (7), and an encoder (26) that is connected to the controller (7) and detects the amount of the pharmaceutical remaining inside the pharmaceutical syringe (4). The controller (7) displays a warning on the display section (35) recommending removal of the pharmaceutical syringe (4) from the pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion (3) when the presence of a pharmaceutical is detected by the encoder (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignees: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., JCR PHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuguhiro Kondoh, Seiji Kikuchi, Takashi Hanada
  • Patent number: 9734361
    Abstract: It is an object to provide an information recording medium with which information symbols can be suitably read. This information recording medium comprises a sheet-form member, a plurality of information symbols that are displayed on the surface of the sheet-form member and each have the same information, and an edge line that is provided at one end and/or the other end of the sheet-form member and allows an information reading device which reads the information symbols to recognize the end of the sheet-form member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tooru Aoki, Seiji Kikuchi, Mitsuteru Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20170224921
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical cartridge holding unit holds a pharmaceutical cartridge and is mounted to a pharmaceutical injection device main body in order to mount the pharmaceutical cartridge to a pharmaceutical injection device. The pharmaceutical cartridge holding unit comprises an outer peripheral cap having a distal end opening and a rear end opening, and a cartridge cover that is disposed on the inside of the outer peripheral cap and is held in a state of being able to slide forward and backward with respect to the outer peripheral cap. The outer peripheral cap has a guide component that guides the sliding of the cartridge cover forward and backward, stoppers that prevent the cartridge cover from coming loose from the outer peripheral cap, and protrusions that can engage with the pharmaceutical injection device main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Yukihiro TAKABATAKE, Toshiaki IIO, Seiji KIKUCHI, Yutaro FUJINO, Takashi HANADA
  • Publication number: 20170140177
    Abstract: It is an object to provide an information recording medium with which information symbols can be suitably read. This information recording medium comprises a sheet-form member, a plurality of information symbols that are displayed on the surface of the sheet-form member and each have the same information, and an edge line that is provided at one end and/or the other end of the sheet-form member and allows an information reading device which reads the information symbols to recognize the end of the sheet-form member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Tooru AOKI, Seiji KIKUCHI, Mitsuteru FUJIMOTO
  • Patent number: 9623180
    Abstract: This pharmaceutical injection system is provided with a pharmaceutical injection device, a charging device, a detector, and an alarm section. The pharmaceutical injection device has a main body case and a pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion provided within the main body case and to which a pharmaceutical syringe is removably mounted. The pharmaceutical injection device is placed in the charging device, and the charging device has a charger for charging the pharmaceutical injection device. The detector is provided to the pharmaceutical injection device and/or the charging device and detects whether or not the pharmaceutical syringe has been mounted to the pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion. The alarm section is connected to the detector and emits an alarm when it is detected that the pharmaceutical syringe has been mounted onto the pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignees: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., JCR PHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iio, Yukihiro Takabatake, Seiji Kikuchi, Tsuguhiro Kondoh, Shinsuke Hata, Takashi Hanada
  • Publication number: 20170056605
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical injecting device comprises a main body case, a piston, a drive mechanism, a display component, and a controller. The body case has a cartridge holder in which a pharmaceutical syringe is installed. The piston is provided movably with respect to the pharmaceutical syringe that is installed in the cartridge holder. The drive mechanism drives the piston. The controller is electrically connected to the drive mechanism. The display component is connected to the controller. The controller has a display controller. The display controller causes the display component to display a plurality of injection sites and to display at two or more injection sites selectable displays indicating that those injection sites are suitable for injection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Tsuguhiro KONDO, Seiji KIKUCHI, Yasutaka MUKAI
  • Patent number: 9563790
    Abstract: It is an object to provide an information recording medium with which information symbols can be suitably read. This information recording medium comprises a sheet-form member (33), a plurality of information symbols (18) that are displayed on the surface of the sheet-form member (33) and each have the same information, and an edge line (34) that is provided at one end and/or the other end of the sheet-form member (33) and allows an information reading device which reads the information symbols (18) to recognize the end of the sheet-form member (33).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tooru Aoki, Seiji Kikuchi, Mitsuteru Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 9526831
    Abstract: This pharmaceutical injection device comprises a main body case (2) that has an injection needle insertion and retraction opening (1); pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion (3) that is provided within the main body case (2); a piston (5) that is provided movably with respect to a pharmaceutical syringe (4) that is mounted to the pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion (3); a drive mechanism (6) that drives the piston (5); a controller (7) that is electrically connected to the drive mechanism (6); and a display section (35) that is electrically connected to the controller (7). The controller (7) updates the display content that is displayed on the display section (35) according to the number of times the drive mechanism (6) has been driven, and saves this updated display content in a memory (51), so that when the drive mechanism (6) has been driven a specific number of times, the display contents during the various instances of drive that were saved in the memory (51) are combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignees: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., JCR PHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuguhiro Kondoh, Seiji Kikuchi, Takashi Hanada
  • Publication number: 20160310680
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical injection device may comprise a main body case in the interior of which a pharmaceutical syringe can be mounted; a drive means that is provided inside the main body case and pushes out the pharmaceutical inside the pharmaceutical syringe through a syringe needle; a cover that opens and closes an opening on the side of the main body case where the syringe needle is mounted; an outside air temperature sensor that measures a first temperature, which is the temperature outside the main body case; a display component; and a controller that controls the drive means and the display component and acquires the first temperature at predetermined intervals. When the cover is closed, the controller causes the display component to display information about the storage state of the pharmaceutical in the mounted pharmaceutical syringe on the basis of the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KATAOKA, Tooru AOKI, Seiji KIKUCHI, Kenji MURAKAMI, Takahiko TANIDA, Katsumi NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20160296700
    Abstract: With certain implementations, the configuration is such that a controller uses a first driver to move a pharmaceutical syringe attachment component closer to the distal end side than a needle removal position when a needle unit is attached to a pharmaceutical syringe unit or when the needle unit is removed from the pharmaceutical syringe unit, so when an injection needle is attached to the pharmaceutical syringe unit, or when the injection needle is removed from the pharmaceutical syringe unit, these operations can be executed without removing a distal end cap, which makes the device extremely convenient to use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Seiji KIKUCHI, Toshiaki IIO
  • Patent number: 9289551
    Abstract: This pharmaceutical injection device comprises a main body case; a pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion provided inside the main body case; a piston that is provided so as to be movable with respect to a pharmaceutical syringe that is removably attached to the pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion; a drive mechanism for driving the piston; a controller that is electrically connected to the drive mechanism; and an acceleration sensor that is connected to the controller. When a manual mixing mode of the pharmaceutical syringe is selected, the controller changes to the next step (air venting mode) if the inclination angle of the main body case sensed by the acceleration sensor is greater than a specific value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinsuke Hata, Tsuguhiro Kondoh, Seiji Kikuchi, Toshiaki Iio, Yukio Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20150374912
    Abstract: An expansion/compression mechanism of a piston rod assembly is composed of a bush shaft, a first cylindrical piston rod that is screwed with the bush shaft, a second cylindrical piston rod that is screwed with the first piston rod, and a piston rod holding member for housing the bush shaft and these piston rods. Therefore, the piston rods move linearly in multiple stages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Hirofumi SUGIMOTO, Toshiaki IIO, Seiji KIKUCHI, Yoshiki TAKEUCHI, Kouichi MATSUDA