Patents by Inventor Seiko Hamada

Seiko Hamada 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: 20180279858
    Abstract: A treatment instrument insertion tool includes a tubular treatment instrument guide portion, configured to guide a treatment instrument into an insertion portion of an insertion device via a treatment instrument insertion port, a guide portion body freely attachably/detachably provided in a region of the insertion portion located outside a subject when the insertion portion is inserted into the subject, and a film member including a hole that allows insertion of the treatment instrument, water-tightly engaging with the treatment instrument when the treatment instrument is inserted into the hole, and being formed of a material freely expandable/contractible and restricting permeation of a liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fuminori WAKE, Yuki HOSHINO, Seiko HAMADA
  • Patent number: 8133265
    Abstract: This stent delivery system includes: a guide catheter inserted inside a stent, and inserted into the interior of the living body with the stent by a guide member inserted inside the guide catheter; a guide member inserted inside the guide catheter, and which guides the guide catheter and the stent to the interior of a living body; a pusher catheter inserted into the interior of the living body with the guide catheter in a state where the guide catheter is inserted inside the pusher catheter, and which pushes the stent along the guide catheter; and an engaging portion disposed on a head section of the guide catheter protruding from the stent, which engages with the stent in a state where the guide member is inserted into the head section, and which releases the stent in a state where the guide member is retracted away from the head section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Seemann, Seiko Hamada
  • Publication number: 20080004685
    Abstract: This stent delivery system includes: a guide catheter inserted inside a stent, and inserted into the interior of the living body with the stent by a guide member inserted inside the guide catheter; a guide member inserted inside the guide catheter, and which guides the guide catheter and the stent to the interior of a living body; a pusher catheter inserted into the interior of the living body with the guide catheter in a state where the guide catheter is inserted inside the pusher catheter, and which pushes the stent along the guide catheter; and an engaging portion disposed on a head section of the guide catheter protruding from the stent, which engages with the stent in a state where the guide member is inserted into the head section, and which releases the stent in a state where the guide member is retracted away from the head section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: Olympus Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Seemann, Seiko Hamada