Patents by Inventor Shin Hoshino

Shin Hoshino 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: 20220413071
    Abstract: An MRI apparatus equipped with a magnetic shield structure to reduce flux leakage. The MRI apparatus includes: a pair of static magnetic magnets that are disposed on opposite sides of an imaging space; and a pair of gradient coils that are disposed on opposite sides of the imaging space. Each static magnetic magnet has a disk-shaped magnetic material pole 201 and a ring-shaped magnetic material pole 202. Each gradient coil has a first coil 204 that applies a magnetic field gradient in a Z axis direction in an imaging region, and a laminate 301 that shields the disk-shaped magnetic material pole from magnetic flux produced in the first coil. The laminate has a smaller thickness in the Z axis direction on the ring-shaped magnetic material pole side than that in a center portion of the imaging space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kengo Goto, Manabu Aoki, Taisuke Takayanagi, Shin Hoshino, Yukinobu Imamura, Hiroyuki Takeuchi, Takeshi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11002811
    Abstract: Provided are a magnetic resonance imaging device and a superconducting magnet capable of preventing generation of eddy currents accompanying vibration of a radiation shield and of reducing image quality deterioration. The superconducting magnet for a magnetic resonance imaging device includes a substantially cylindrical vacuum vessel, a substantially cylindrical radiation shield that is provided inside the vacuum vessel, and a superconducting coil that is provided inside the radiation shield. The radiation shield has an inner cylinder located radially inward of the superconducting coil. The inner cylinder of the radiation shield is provided with an annular rib formed in a circumferential direction about the central axis of the inner cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukinobu Imamura, Akira Kurome, Shin Hoshino, Takeshi Yatsuo, Takuya Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20200371178
    Abstract: Provided are a magnetic resonance imaging device and a superconducting magnet capable of preventing generation of eddy currents accompanying vibration of a radiation shield and of reducing image quality deterioration. The superconducting magnet for a magnetic resonance imaging device includes a substantially cylindrical vacuum vessel, a substantially cylindrical radiation shield that is provided inside the vacuum vessel, and a superconducting coil that is provided inside the radiation shield. The radiation shield has an inner cylinder located radially inward of the superconducting coil. The inner cylinder of the radiation shield is provided with an annular rib formed in a circumferential direction about the central axis of the inner cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Yukinobu Imamura, Akira Kurome, Shin Hoshino, Takeshi Yatsuo, Takuya Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 10060997
    Abstract: To prevent image quality deterioration of an image due to a variable magnetic field generated by a fan motor provided in a position where a measuring magnetic field leaks, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus has a gantry including a static magnetic field generating magnet; a gradient magnetic field generating coil; and an irradiation coil, a table for placing the object, and an input/output device including a display device and is provided with at least a pair of cooling fan motors arranged almost symmetrically to the central axis that extends along the long-axis direction of the cylindrical space and is located in the center in the horizontal direction of the static magnetic field generating magnet or the vertical plane passing through the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Shin Hoshino, Kenji Sakakibara
  • Publication number: 20150301134
    Abstract: To prevent image quality deterioration of an image due to a variable magnetic field generated by a fan motor provided in a position where a measuring magnetic field leaks, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus has a gantry including a static magnetic field generating magnet; a gradient magnetic field generating coil; and an irradiation coil, a table for placing the object, and an input/output device including a display device and is provided with at least a pair of cooling fan motors arranged almost symmetrically to the central axis that extends along the long-axis direction of the cylindrical space and is located in the center in the horizontal direction of the static magnetic field generating magnet or the vertical plane passing through the central axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin HOSHINO, Kenji SAKAKIBARA
  • Patent number: 7276908
    Abstract: In the MRI apparatus of the present invention, a reinforcing member is firmly provided so as to enhance the rigidity strength of two connecting tubes connecting upper and lower cryostats, thereby suppression of vibration caused by a gradient magnetic field coil and suppression of variation of static magnetic field can be realized. Further, in the MRI apparatus of the present invention, the reinforcing member is provided in upper and lower portions of the connecting tubes of the vacuum vessels, thereby suppression of vibration caused by the gradient magnetic field coil and suppression of variation of static magnetic field can be realized. Further, in the MRI apparatus of the present invention, the reinforcing member is provided in upper and lower parts of the vacuum vessels, thereby suppression of vibration caused by the gradient magnetic field coil and suppression of variation of static magnetic field can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Medical Corporation, Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihito Suzuki, Hirofumi Motoshiromizu, Kunihiro Takayama, Yoshihide Wadayama, Akira Kurome, Shin Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20050285596
    Abstract: In the MRI apparatus of the present invention, a reinforcing member is firmly provided so as to enhance the rigidity strength of two connecting tubes connecting upper and lower cryostats, thereby suppression of vibration caused by a gradient magnetic field coil and suppression of variation of static magnetic field can be realized. Further, in the MRI apparatus of the present invention, the reinforcing member is provided in upper and lower portions of the connecting tubes of the vacuum vessels, thereby suppression of vibration caused by the gradient magnetic field coil and suppression of variation of static magnetic field can be realized. Further, in the MRI apparatus of the present invention, the reinforcing member is provided in upper and lower parts of the vacuum vessels, thereby suppression of vibration caused by the gradient magnetic field coil and suppression of variation of static magnetic field can be realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: Kunihito Suzuki, Hirofumi Motoshiromizu, Kunihiro Takayama, Yoshihide Wadayama, Akira Kurome, Shin Hoshino
  • Patent number: D681207
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Ninomiya, Masaru Yokoyama, Kazuyuki Yanase, Manabu Yanagimoto, Hiroyuki Ohzeki, Shin Hoshino, Satoshi Yamashita
  • Patent number: D681815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Ninomiya, Masaru Yokoyama, Kazuyuki Yanase, Manabu Yanagimoto, Shin Hoshino, Satoshi Yamashita
  • Patent number: D702352
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Yokoyama, Atsushi Ninomiya, Shin Hoshino, Satoshi Yamashita, Takeshi Yatsuo