Patents by Inventor Shiro Adachi

Shiro Adachi 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: 9743846
    Abstract: A non-invasive venous pressure measurement apparatus is provided, including: a first cuff attached to a portion including a vein and an artery in a living body; a pressure control unit that changes a first applied pressure applied by the cuff to the portion; a pulse wave detection unit that detects a pulse wave from a pressure received by the cuff from the portion; another pulse wave detection unit that detects another pulse wave including at least an arterial pulse wave in another portion of the living body; an analyzing unit that analyzes a correlation between the two pulse waves, which are changed as the applied pressure is changed by the pressure control unit changes; and a venous pressure calculation unit that calculates a venous pressure based on the applied pressure and a result of analysis by the analyzing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Teiji Ukawa, Tsuneo Takayanagi, Haruka Morimoto, Tatsuo Nishihara, Tatsuo Yoshida, Shiro Adachi, Mitsushi Hyogo
  • Publication number: 20120253209
    Abstract: A non-invasive venous pressure measurement apparatus is provided, including: a first cuff attached to a portion including a vein and an artery in a living body; a pressure control unit that changes a first applied pressure applied by the cuff to the portion; a pulse wave detection unit that detects a pulse wave from a pressure received by the cuff from the portion; another pulse wave detection unit that detects another pulse wave including at least an arterial pulse wave in another portion of the living body; an analyzing unit that analyzes a correlation between the two pulse waves, which are changed as the applied pressure is changed by the pressure control unit changes; and a venous pressure calculation unit that calculates a venous pressure based on the applied pressure and a result of analysis by the analyzing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Teiji UKAWA, Tsuneo Takayanagi, Haruka Morimoto, Tatsuo Nishihara, Tatsuo Yoshida, Shiro Adachi, Mitsushi Hyogo
  • Patent number: 4653518
    Abstract: A washing apparatus for containers used to hold urine wherein a retaining member for retaining a plurality of urine containers arranged laterally in parallel is supported inside a body rotatably in one step or in a plurality of steps and a cover capable of closing a top opening of each urine container is disposed so as to be opened and closed in synchronism with the rotation of the retaining member, the cover and the urine container are rotated by a required angle by rotation transfer means so the urine may be discharged from the opening at a position where the top opening of the urine container faces downward, simultaneously the urine containers are cleaned successively or all at once automatically by cleaning agent and water ejected from a cleaning agent nozzle and a washing water nozzle provided at the positions corresponding to the opening and returning to the original state after the completion of the cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Inventor: Shiro Adachi
  • Patent number: RE48076
    Abstract: A non-invasive venous pressure measurement apparatus is provided, including: a first cuff attached to a portion including a vein and an artery in a living body; a pressure control unit that changes a first applied pressure applied by the cuff to the portion; a pulse wave detection unit that detects a pulse wave from a pressure received by the cuff from the portion; another pulse wave detection unit that detects another pulse wave including at least an arterial pulse wave in another portion of the living body; an analyzing unit that analyzes a correlation between the two pulse waves, which are changed as the applied pressure is changed by the pressure control unit changes; and a venous pressure calculation unit that calculates a venous pressure based on the applied pressure and a result of analysis by the analyzing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teiji Ukawa, Tsuneo Takayanagi, Haruka Morimoto, Tatsuo Nishihara, Tatsuo Yoshida, Shiro Adachi, Mitsushi Hyogo
  • Patent number: RE49055
    Abstract: A non-invasive venous pressure measurement apparatus is provided, including: a first cuff attached to a portion including a vein and an artery in a living body; a pressure control unit that changes a first applied pressure applied by the cuff to the portion; a pulse wave detection unit that detects a pulse wave from a pressure received by the cuff from the portion; another pulse wave detection unit that detects another pulse wave including at least an arterial pulse wave in another portion of the living body; an analyzing unit that analyzes a correlation between the two pulse waves, which are changed as the applied pressure is changed by the pressure control unit changes; and a venous pressure calculation unit that calculates a venous pressure based on the applied pressure and a result of analysis by the analyzing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teiji Ukawa, Tsuneo Takayanagi, Haruka Morimoto, Tatsuo Nishihara, Tatsuo Yoshida, Shiro Adachi, Mitsushi Hyogo