Patents by Inventor Shinichirou Suda

Shinichirou Suda 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).

  • Insertion device and endoscope
    Patent number: 8944995
    Abstract: An insertion device and an endoscope which are inserted and extracted through a small incision and have multiple functions. A device body has grip forceps as a treatment means. A first folding back section and a second folding back section are provided at a distal portion of the device body such that the first and second folding back sections are aligned in a row in the longitudinal direction of the device body. The first folding back section and the second folding back section respectively have image obtaining means. An operation means can move the first folding back section to a folded back position in which the first folding back section is folded back relative to the second folding back section, and can also move the second folding back section to a position in which the second folding back section is folded back relative to the device body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Tohoku University
    Inventors: Shinichirou Suda, Yoichi Haga, Tadao Matsunaga
  • INSERTION DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPE
    Publication number: 20120232346
    Abstract: An insertion device and an endoscope which are inserted and extracted through a small incision and have multiple functions. A device body has grip forceps as a treatment means. A first folding back section and a second folding back section are provided at a distal portion of the device body such that the first and second folding back sections are aligned in a row in the longitudinal direction of the device body. The first folding back section and the second folding back section respectively have image obtaining means. An operation means can move the first folding back section to a folded back position in which the first folding back section is folded back relative to the second folding back section, and can also move the second folding back section to a position in which the second folding back section is folded back relative to the device body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shinichirou Suda, Yoichi Haga, Tadao Matsunaga