Patents by Inventor Shiori Kuwahara

Shiori Kuwahara 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).

  • Patent number: 8075477
    Abstract: An electric connector for an endoscope, an endoscope, and a method for assembling an electric connector which make it possible to simplify work operations such as operation checks and repairs of the endoscope, as well as to reduce the time for the work operations. An endoscope having an insertion portion, an operation portion provided at a proximal end portion of the insertion portion, and a connection cable connected to the operation portion and having an electric connector at a proximal end thereof. The endoscope has a cable wire which is inserted through the endoscope and extends from the electric connector toward a distal end and a connector to which an end portion of the cable wire is releasably connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignees: Olympus Corporation, Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Naohiro Nakamura, Shiori Kuwahara
  • Publication number: 20080249363
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electric connector for an endoscope, an endoscope, and a method for assembling an electric connector which make it possible to simplify work operations such as operation checks and repairs of the endoscope, as well as to reduce the time for the work operations. An endoscope in accordance with the present invention has an insertion portion, an operation portion provided at a proximal end portion of the insertion portion, and a connection cable connected to the operation portion and having an electric connector at a proximal end thereof. The endoscope has a cable wire which is inserted through the endoscope and extends from the electric connector toward a distal end and a connector to which an end portion of the cable wire is releasably connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicants: Olympus Corporation, Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Naohiro Nakamura, Shiori Kuwahara