Patents by Inventor Shizuo ICHIMURA

Shizuo ICHIMURA 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: 20230172736
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a tubular medical instrument transfer device which includes a tubular medical instrument and a tubular tube body comprise a step S1 for accommodating at least a part of the tubular medical instrument into a lumen of the tubular tube body and a step S2 for cooling the tubular medical instrument to a temperature of a martensitic phase transformation start temperature of the shape memory alloy+7° C. or less and a tubular medical instrument transfer device characterized in that a sliding load under 50° C. warm water and a sliding load under 25° C. warm water satisfy a relationship represented by Expression (1). increase rate of sliding load [%]=(sliding load under 50° C. warm water [N]?sliding load under 25° C. warm water [N])/sliding load under 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro SATO, Shizuo ICHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230026765
    Abstract: Provided is a medical tubular body delivering device that can prevent kinking and efficiently deploy a medical tubular body, while maintaining the reinforcing effect without reducing operability. The device has an outer tube through which the medical tubular body is disposed; a guidewire insertion member provided proximal to the medical tubular body; and an inner insertion member provided in the outer tube, and the guidewire insertion member has a penetration passage; a guidewire tube is provided in the penetration passage; the inner insertion member is partially fixed to the guidewire insertion member; a first protection member is provided outside a part of the inner insertion member proximal to a fixing portion; and at least a part of the inner insertion member between a proximal end of the fixing portion and a distal end of a region where the first protection member is provided is covered by a second protection member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shizuo ICHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230011535
    Abstract: Provided is a medical tubular body delivering device that is less likely to kink without reducing operability. The device has an outer tube through which the medical tubular body is disposed; a guidewire insertion member provided proximal to the medical tubular body; and an inner insertion member provided in the outer tube, and the guidewire insertion member has a penetration passage; a guidewire tube is provided in the penetration passage; the inner insertion member is partially fixed to the guidewire insertion member; a protection member is provided outside a part of the inner insertion member proximal to a fixing portion; the protection member has a reduced-area section where the protection member has a cross-sectional area in a cross-section perpendicular to an axis direction decreases towards a distal end; and the protection member in the reduced-area section is biasedly located against the guidewire tube with respect to the inner insertion member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shizuo ICHIMURA
  • Patent number: 11426295
    Abstract: A tubular medical instrument which can be easily ejected from a transfer device and accurately placed in a case the tubular medical instrument is released from the transfer device and placed at an affected area is provided. A tubular medical instrument includes ends portions, and a central portion, wherein each of the end portions is a region including one axial end of the tubular medical instrument and having a length of 10% with respect to an axial length L1 of the tubular medical instrument, the central portion is a region including an axial center of the tubular medical instrument and having a length of 10% with respect to the axial length L1 of the tubular medical instrument, and a ratio (difference V/difference W) is 3 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryogo Higashi, Shizuo Ichimura, Sadao Bessho
  • Publication number: 20220183868
    Abstract: Provided are a medical tubular body delivery device that allows frictional resistance between an outer tube and another member to be reduced. A device for delivering a medical tubular body into a body contains: an outer tube in which the medical tubular body is disposed; a traction member connected to the outer tube; a traction member housing tube into which the traction member is inserted; a wire disposed outside the traction member housing tube; a covering tube in which the traction member housing tube and the wire are disposed; and a protective tube in which the covering tube is disposed, wherein the traction member housing tube and the wire are fixed to each other between a distal end of the covering tube and a proximal end of the outer tube, and the traction member housing tube and the wire are not fixed to each other at the covering tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shizuo ICHIMURA, Kentaro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220175564
    Abstract: Provided are a medical tubular body delivery device that allows frictional resistance between an outer tube and another member to be reduced and manipulation resistance during pulling of the outer tube to be reduced, thereby making it easy to handle the outer tube, and that allows indwelling of a medical tubular body to be stably performed; and a method for manufacturing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shizuo ICHIMURA, Kentaro SUZUKI, Mei KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210196931
    Abstract: Disclosed is a delivery device for a medical tubular body that is unlikely to be kinked without decreasing handleability. The delivery device for a medical tubular body has an outer tube in which the medical tubular body is to be disposed; an inner rod disposed in the outer tube; and a guidewire insertion member disposed proximal to the medical tubular body, the guidewire insertion member having a penetration passage in which a guidewire is to be passed through; the inner rod is partially fixed to the guidewire insertion member; and the guidewire insertion member having a cross-sectional area in a cross-section perpendicular to an axis direction satisfying the formula (1): cross-sectional area Sa>cross-sectional area Sb??(1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shizuo ICHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200138612
    Abstract: A tubular medical instrument which can be easily ejected from a transfer device and accurately placed in a case the tubular medical instrument is released from the transfer device and placed at an affected area is provided. A tubular medical instrument includes ends portions, and a central portion, wherein each of the end portions is a region including one axial end of the tubular medical instrument and having a length of 10% with respect to an axial length L1 of the tubular medical instrument, the central portion is a region including an axial center of the tubular medical instrument and having a length of 10% with respect to the axial length L1 of the tubular medical instrument, and a ratio (difference V/difference W) is 3 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryogo HIGASHI, Shizuo ICHIMURA, Sadao BESSHO