Patents by Inventor Shuya JOGASAKI
Shuya JOGASAKI 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).
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Patent number: 11745361Abstract: A joint structure of a manipulator includes: swiveling members that are coupled so as to be able to swivel via a rolling contact; shafts that constitute bending joints between the swiveling members and that are parallel to each other; pulleys that are rotatably supported about the shafts; and a connector attached to the shafts so as to be able to swivel about longitudinal axes of the shafts. The connector includes supports that are disposed on axial ends of the shafts so as to sandwich the pulleys therebetween in a direction of the longitudinal axis, and a beam that extends in between the supports to couple the supports to each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Kayuri Kimura, Shuya Jogasaki, Hiroyuki Takayama, Noriaki Yamanaka
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Patent number: 11253281Abstract: A medical treatment tool includes an elongated insertion section; a grasper supported by a distal end of the insertion section so as to be openable and closable; a generator disposed at a proximal end of the insertion section and generating a force to drive the grasper; a transmitter transmitting the force generated by the generator to the distal end of the insertion section; an amplifier amplifying the force transmitted through the transmitter; and a toggle amplifying and converting the force amplified by the amplifier into a force directed to open or close the grasper.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Kayuri Kimura, Masatoshi Iida, Noriaki Yamanaka, Shuya Jogasaki, Yoshiyuki Kumada
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Patent number: 11130244Abstract: In order to prevent swiveling of unintended joint pieces and enhance positioning and motion reproducibility of a distal end portion, a bending mechanism includes: a plurality of joint pieces connected in series along the longitudinal axis; a plurality of elongated tension-transmissions that transmit tensions for individually driving the joint pieces; and at least one guide having guide channels that movably support the tension-transmissions in the longitudinal direction thereof and that guide the tension-transmissions along curved paths extending around the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Shuya Jogasaki
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Publication number: 20200261104Abstract: A medical gripping tool includes: an elongated insertion section; a gripping section; an operating unit; and a wire that transmits, to the gripping section, a driving force input to the operating unit. The gripping section includes a pair of gripping pieces supported so as to be relatively swivelable. The pair of gripping pieces include a pair of first gripping sections, and a pair of second gripping sections that are disposed at positions farther away from a swiveling axis than the pair of first gripping sections are. In a state in which the pair of gripping pieces are closed by the driving force transmitted by the wire, opposed surfaces of the pair of first gripping sections are disposed with a first distance therebetween, and opposed surfaces of the pair of second gripping sections are disposed with a second distance, which is longer than the first distance, therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Shuya JOGASAKI, Noriaki YAMANAKA
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Publication number: 20200114527Abstract: A joint structure of a manipulator includes: swiveling members that are coupled so as to be able to swivel via a rolling contact; shafts that constitute bending joints between the swiveling members and that are parallel to each other; pulleys that are rotatably supported about the shafts; and a connector attached to the shafts so as to be able to swivel about longitudinal axes of the shafts. The connector includes supports that are disposed on axial ends of the shafts so as to sandwich the pulleys therebetween in a direction of the longitudinal axis, and a beam that extends in between the supports to couple the supports to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Kayuri KIMURA, Shuya JOGASAKI, Hiroyuki TAKAYAMA, Noriaki YAMANAKA
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Publication number: 20190380800Abstract: A medical-treatment-tool according to the present invention is provided with: a inserting-portion; a gripping-piece pivots about a shaft orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the inserting-portion; a driving-portion generates a motive power with which the gripping-piece is driven; a first motive-power transmitting member transmits the motive power to the inserting-portion; a motive-power amplifying mechanism amplifies the motive power; a pulley secured to the shaft of the gripping-piece; a wire-like second motive-power transmitting member wound around the pulley, transmits amplified the motive power to the pulley, and rotates the pulley about the shaft, thus causing the gripping-piece to be pivoted.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Shuya JOGASAKI, Yoshiyuki KUMADA, Kayuri KIMURA
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Publication number: 20190231374Abstract: A medical treatment tool includes an elongated insertion section; a grasper supported by a distal end of the insertion section so as to be openable and closable; a generator disposed at a proximal end of the insertion section and generating a force to drive the grasper; a transmitter transmitting the force generated by the generator to the distal end of the insertion section; an amplifier amplifying the force transmitted through the transmitter; and a toggle amplifying and converting the force amplified by the amplifier into a force directed to open or close the grasper.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Kayuri KIMURA, Masatoshi IIDA, Noriaki YAMANAKA, Shuya JOGASAKI, Yoshiyuki KUMADA
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Patent number: 10343291Abstract: A gripping mechanism according to the present invention is provided with: two gripping pieces pivoted about a pivoting axis; a gripper main body that supports the gripping pieces at a distal-end portion; a pulley that is supported about a rotation axis that is parallel to the pivoting axis; an opening wire that is wound around the pulley that has one end secured to the gripping pieces or the gripper main body, and that causes tensile forces that cause the rotation axis to be moved in one direction pulley, wherein the pulley is disposed so that a resultant force of the tensile forces in the opening wire that acts on the rotation axis becomes greater than the pulling force, and so that a moment that causes the gripping pieces to be pivoted in the directions in which the gripping pieces are opened relative to each other is generated.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Shuya Jogasaki, Noriaki Yamanaka
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Patent number: 10271913Abstract: A surgical tool includes: a treatment section that treats an object to be treated; a power source that generates a power to operate the treatment section; a traction section connected to the treatment section and the power source; a switching section that switches a transmission state of the power from the power source to the traction section between a state in which the power can be transmitted and a state in which the power cannot be transmitted; and a tension-applying section that has a pulley and applies a predetermined initial tension to the traction section by applying a power to the pulley in the state in which the power cannot be transmitted, wherein the traction section is hung on the pulley via the power source from the treatment section and is connected to the treatment section via the power source.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiro Yoshii, Shuya Jogasaki
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Patent number: 10265131Abstract: A surgical instrument has a treatment section, a first pulling section and a second pulling section configured to transmit a pulling force to the treatment section, a power source configured to generate force for operating the treatment section, and a switching section having a first path configured to transmit the force from the power source to the first pulling member and a second path configured to transmit the force from the power source to the second pulling member and configured to switch the first path and the second path.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Shuya Jogasaki, Toshihiro Yoshii
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Publication number: 20190077026Abstract: A gripping mechanism according to the present invention is provided with: two gripping pieces pivoted about a pivoting axis; a gripper main body that supports the gripping pieces at a distal-end portion; a pulley that is supported about a rotation axis that is parallel to the pivoting axis; an opening wire that is wound around the pulley that has one end secured to the gripping pieces or the gripper main body, and that causes tensile forces that cause the rotation axis to be moved in one direction pulley, wherein the pulley is disposed so that a resultant force of the tensile forces in the opening wire that acts on the rotation axis becomes greater than the pulling force, and so that a moment that causes the gripping pieces to be pivoted in the directions in which the gripping pieces are opened relative to each other is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Shuya JOGASAKI, Noriaki YAMANAKA
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Patent number: 10085728Abstract: A treatment-tool driving device being attached to a treatment tool provided with at least one pair of tensile-force transmitting members and driving the treatment tool by tensile forces imparted to the tensile-force transmitting members, wherein the device includes: movable members being individually attached to one ends of the individual tensile-force transmitting members; a driving source generating a motive power with which the treatment tool is driven; a motive-power transmitting mechanism switching between coupling and decoupling between the driving source and the movable members, and transmitting, in a coupled state, the motive power from the driving source so as to selectively impart tensile forces to the two movable members attached to the paired tensile-force transmitting members; and a biasing portion biasing the two movable members in directions in which tensile forces are imparted to the tensile-force transmitting members in a state in which coupling by the motive-power transmitting mechanism is rType: GrantFiled: January 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Shuya Jogasaki, Toshihiro Yoshii
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Publication number: 20170325905Abstract: A medical manipulator including: a rotating joint that rotates an end effector disposed at a distal end thereof about a first axis; a flexing joint that is disposed on a base-end side of the rotating joint and that pivots the end effector about a second axis that intersects the first axis; a drive portion that generates a rotational driving force; a motive-power transmitting member that transmits the rotational driving force generated by the drive portion to the rotating joint by passing through the flexing joint; and a speed-reduction portion that transmits the rotational driving force transmitted thereto by the motive-power transmitting member to the end effector after performing speed-reduction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Shuya JOGASAKI, Masatoshi IIDA, Noriaki YAMANAKA, Mitsuhiro HARA
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Publication number: 20170251902Abstract: A medical manipulator is provided with: a drive unit provided with a motor; a removable portion that is removably attached to the drive unit and that is provided with a rotating body to be connected to a rotating shaft of the motor; an elongated insertion portion coupled to the removable portion; a distal-end movable part disposed at a distal end of the insertion portion; a wire connecting the rotating body and the distal-end movable part and transferring tension generated by power of the motor to the distal-end movable part to actuate the distal-end movable part; a pressing member that is formed of an elastic material and that presses a longitudinal intermediate position of the wire in the wire diameter direction; and a sensor that is attached to the pressing member and that detects an elastic deformation amount caused in the pressing member according to the tension of the wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Shuya JOGASAKI, Masatoshi IIDA, Hiroshi WAKAI
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Publication number: 20170210015Abstract: In order to prevent swiveling of unintended joint pieces and enhance positioning and motion reproducibility of a distal end portion, a bending mechanism includes: a plurality of joint pieces connected in series along the longitudinal axis; a plurality of elongated tension-transmissions that transmit tensions for individually driving the joint pieces; and at least one guide having guide channels that movably support the tension-transmissions in the longitudinal direction thereof and that guide the tension-transmissions along curved paths extending around the longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Shuya JOGASAKI
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Publication number: 20170156711Abstract: A treatment-tool driving device being attached to a treatment tool provided with at least one pair of tensile-force transmitting members and driving the treatment tool by tensile forces imparted to the tensile-force transmitting members, wherein the device includes: movable members being individually attached to one ends of the individual tensile-force transmitting members; a driving source generating a motive power with which the treatment tool is driven; a motive-power transmitting mechanism switching between coupling and decoupling between the driving source and the movable members, and transmitting, in a coupled state, the motive power from the driving source so as to selectively impart tensile forces to the two movable members attached to the paired tensile-force transmitting members; and a biasing portion biasing the two movable members in directions in which tensile forces are imparted to the tensile-force transmitting members in a state in which coupling by the motive-power transmitting mechanism is rType: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2017Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Shuya JOGASAKI, Toshihiro YOSHII
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Publication number: 20160213438Abstract: A surgical instrument has a treatment section, a first pulling section and a second pulling section configured to transmit a pulling force to the treatment section, a power source configured to generate force for operating the treatment section, and a switching section having a first path configured to transmit the force from the power source to the first pulling member and a second path configured to transmit the force from the power source to the second pulling member and configured to switch the first path and the second path.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Shuya JOGASAKI, Toshihiro YOSHII
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Publication number: 20160206390Abstract: A surgical tool includes: a treatment section that treats an object to be treated; a power source that generates a power to operate the treatment section; a traction section connected to the treatment section and the power source; a switching section that switches a transmission state of the power from the power source to the traction section between a state in which the power can be transmitted and a state in which the power cannot be transmitted; and a tension-applying section that has a pulley and applies a predetermined initial tension to the traction section by applying a power to the pulley in the state in which the power cannot be transmitted, wherein the traction section is hung on the pulley via the power source from the treatment section and is connected to the treatment section via the power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiro YOSHII, Shuya JOGASAKI