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: 20150359977
    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: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Atsushi WATANABE, Seiji KIKUCHI, Tsuguhiro KONDO
  • Patent number: 9192722
    Abstract: This pharmaceutical injection device comprises a main body case (2) having an injection needle extension/retraction opening (1); a pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion (3) provided inside the main body case (2); a piston (5) capable of moving relative to the pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion (3); a drive mechanism (6) for the piston (5); a controller (7) that is electrically connected to the drive mechanism (6); and an orientation sensor (8) that is electrically connected to the controller (7). The controller (7) controls the speed of the piston (5) in order to reduce liquid leakage during pharmaceutical mixing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinsuke Hata, Tatsuya Kawabata, Seiji Kikuchi, Tsuguhiro Kondoh
  • Patent number: 9155835
    Abstract: A medicament dispensing device capable of managing the effective use period of a medicament preparation-containing syringe by simply and accurately detecting a period of time after the start of use of the preparation. 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. In a step S12, the microprocessor (23) checks whether or not the elapsed time counted by a timer (21) has exceeded a specified time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Seiji Kikuchi, Tsuguhiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 9149582
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Sugimoto, Kouichi Matsuda, Toshiaki Iio, Seiji Kikuchi, Yoshiki Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20150051538
    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: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Shinsuke Hata, Tsuguhiro Kondoh, Seiji Kikuchi, Toshiaki Ilo, Yukio Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20140371683
    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: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Toshiaki IIO, Hidenori WATANABE, Seiji KIKUCHI, Yukihiro TAKABATAKE
  • Publication number: 20140330215
    Abstract: The pharmaceutical syringe unit includes a cylindrical syringe cover having at one end side thereof a needle mount for an injection needle and a piston-inserting portion at the other end side, and a pharmaceutical syringe configured to be loaded in the syringe cover. The syringe cover includes, on an outer surface thereof, a discrimination mark that is detectable by the pharmaceutical injection device and indicates a type of a drug. The syringe cover includes, on an outer surface thereof, a rotation marker that indicates a rotation direction of the pharmaceutical syringe unit with respect to the main body when the pharmaceutical syringe unit is mounted on the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Kikuchi, Toshiaki Iio
  • Publication number: 20140243787
    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: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yasutaka Mukai, Seiji Kikuchi, Tsuguhiro Kondoh
  • Publication number: 20140228766
    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: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicants: JCR PHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD., PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iio, Yukihiro Takabatake, Seiji Kikuchi, Tsuguhiro Kondoh, Shinsuke Hata, Takashi Hanada
  • Publication number: 20140228763
    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: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicants: JCR PHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD., PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuguhiro Kondoh, Seiji Kikuchi, Takashi Hanada
  • Patent number: 8801679
    Abstract: A medication administering device has mounted thereto a preparation syringe containing a preparation and comprises a substantially cylindrical syringe cover that supports the preparation syringe on the inner peripheral face side, a piston that presses on the rear end of the preparation syringe, and a piston case that surrounds the piston, that guides the outer peripheral face of the syringe cover in the direction of the piston on the substantially cylindrical inner peripheral face side, and that is mounted in a state in which the syringe cover is removable. The medication administering device comprises a syringe holder that guides the outer peripheral face of the preparation syringe in the direction of the piston on the cylindrical inner peripheral face side, and whose outer peripheral face is removably fitted together with the inner peripheral face of the syringe cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iio, Yukihiro Takabatake, Hidenori Watanabe, Seiji Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20140221925
    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: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicants: JCR PHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD., PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuguhiro Kondoh, Seiji Kikuchi, Takashi Hanada
  • Publication number: 20140207058
    Abstract: This pharmaceutical injection device comprises a main body case (2) having an injection needle extension/retraction opening (1); a pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion (3) provided inside the main body case (2); a piston (5) capable of moving relative to the pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion (3); a drive mechanism (6) for the piston (5); a controller (7) that is electrically connected to the drive mechanism (6); and an orientation sensor (8) that is electrically connected to the controller (7). The controller (7) controls the speed of the piston (5) in order to reduce liquid leakage during pharmaceutical mixing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinsuke Hata, Tatsuya Kawabata, Seiji Kikuchi, Tsuguhiro Kondoh
  • Patent number: 8784381
    Abstract: A drug injection device includes a main body case having an injection needle let-in/let-out opening, a drug syringe mounting component that is provided inside the main body case and in which a drug syringe is mounted, a piston that is movable with respect to the drug syringe mounting component, a drive mechanism that drives the piston, a controller that is electrically connected to the drive mechanism, and an acceleration sensor that is electrically connected to the controller. This drug injection device allows the injection of a drug to be carried out safely and properly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Seiji Kikuchi, Tsuguhiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 8771233
    Abstract: A medication administering device for automatically identifying a medication syringe and administering a correct medication. A microprocessor (20) of the medication administering device (1) identifies the color of a medication or a medication syringe on the basis of a reference value, determines the adequateness of the medication, and indicates the result of the determination by means of an LCD (10) or the like to the user. In step S4, the microprocessor (20) determines whether or not color data received from a color detecting unit (13) is within a reference value range. If the color data is within the reference value range, the microprocessor proceeds to step S5, otherwise proceeds to step S6. In step S6, the microprocessor (20) issues a message to the effect that the user needs to check the medication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Seiji Kikuchi, Tsuguhiro Kondo
  • Publication number: 20140166742
    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: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tooru Aoki, Seiji Kikuchi, Mitsuteru Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 8728033
    Abstract: The pharmaceutical injection device of the present invention comprises an inner case (111) in which is mounted a preparation syringe (104) having an identification code (104a), a piston driving motor (115) that drives the preparation syringe (104) mounted in this inner case (111), and a code reader (112) that reads the identification code (104a) of the preparation syringe (104). A slide motor (113) is provided that drives the preparation syringe (104) mounted in the inner case (111) and/or the code reader (112), so that the identification code (104a) is read by the code reader (112).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Seiji Kikuchi, Tsuguhiro Kondoh, Toshiaki Ilo
  • Publication number: 20120323176
    Abstract: The pharmaceutical injection device of the present invention comprises an inner case (111) in which is mounted a preparation syringe (104) having an identification code (104a), a piston driving motor (115) that drives the preparation syringe (104) mounted in this inner case (111), and a code reader (112) that reads the identification code (104a) of the preparation syringe (104). A slide motor (113) is provided that drives the preparation syringe (104) mounted in the inner case (111) and/or the code reader (112), so that the identification code (104a) is read by the code reader (112).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Seiji Kikuchi, Tsuguhiro Kondoh, Toshiaki Ilo
  • Patent number: 8206351
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Sugimoto, Kouichi Matsuda, Toshiaki Iio, Seiji Kikuchi, Yoshiki Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20120148819
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a resin composition suitable for use in a flat panel display fixing frame having a snap fit structure, which comprises a filler and has stiffness and flame retardancy, and a flat panel display fixing frame. The resin composition comprises (i) an aromatic polycarbonate resin (component A), (ii) at least one lamellar silicate mineral (component B) selected from the group consisting of talc having an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 9 ?m (component B-1) and muscovite mica having an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 50 ?m (component B-2), (iii) a fluorine-containing dripping preventing agent (component C), and (iv) an organic sulfonic acid alkali (earth) metal salt (component D) in a specific ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Hidenori NAKAGAWA, Seiji Kikuchi, Makoto Takagi