Patents by Inventor Shouichi Fukuda

Shouichi Fukuda 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: 20160022264
    Abstract: The problem that a metal wire joined integrally to a hole formed in a proximal end face of a medical suture needle is susceptible to bending damage is reduced. A suture needle A has a blind hole 5 which is formed in a proximal end face 3, inserts the end of a wire 10 thereinto, and joins the wire 10 thereto by caulking, and a counterbore 6 which is formed on the proximal end face 3 side of the blind hole 5 and has a dimension D at least in the proximal end face 3 larger than a dimension d of the blind hole 5 and a depth L smaller than a depth of a caulked portion with respect to the blind hole 5. A suture needle with wire inserts the end of the wire 10 into the blind hole 5 to caulk the outer circumference of the suture needle corresponding to the blind hole 5, thereby integrally joins the wire 10 thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: MANI, INC.
    Inventors: Masaaki Matsutani, Shouichi Fukuda, Masatoshi Fukuda, Shinichi Akutsu, Kazuaki Kato, Shinichi Yano