Patents by Inventor Susumu Komagata

Susumu Komagata 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: 8702700
    Abstract: A surgical treatment device which is used together with an endoscope, includes a sheath, a treatment portion which is arranged at the distal end portion of the sheath and includes first to third electrodes configured to treat a living tissue by using electrical energy, an operation portion which is arranged at a proximal end portion of the sheath and which is configured to operate the treatment portion, and a switching portion which is configured to switch between a first mode in which a treatment is given by using the first electrode and at least one of the second and third electrodes in the treatment portion and a second mode in which a treatment is given by using the second and third electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignees: Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation, Olympus Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Maeda, Hideyuki Kasahara, Akihito Kano, Hiroaki Ichikawa, Susumu Komagata, Randal J. Kadykowski
  • Patent number: 8273087
    Abstract: An ultrasonic surgical instrument has an ultrasonic transducer unit having an ultrasonic transducer for producing ultrasonic vibration, a transmission member which connects the ultrasonic transducer in the proximal end side, and transmits the ultrasonic vibration produced by the ultrasonic transducer from the proximal end side to the distal end side, a sheath, in which the transmission member is inserted, having an open part on one side of the distal end side, and a treatment portion which is provided at the distal end of the transmission member, and exposed to the open part for carrying out a surgical treatment on an object part by the ultrasonic vibration transmitted from the transmission member. The ultrasonic surgical instrument cuts or shaves hard tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kimura, Susumu Komagata, Hideto Yoshimine, Manabu Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 8236018
    Abstract: An ultrasonic surgical instrument comprises an ultrasonic transducer producing ultrasonic vibration, a transmission member transmitted ultrasonic vibration from the proximal end to the distal end, a sheath in which the transmission member is inserted, a procedural unit provided to the distal end of the transmission member so that it projects from the distal end of the sheath, and treating a surgical target portion using ultrasonic vibration, a procedural unit main body provided in the procedural unit, a procedural member provided in the sheath so that it projects from the distal end of the sheath to treat the surgical target portion, and a procedural member main body provided at the distal end of the procedural member. In the ultrasonic surgical instrument, the procedural member main body overlaps with the procedural unit main body, and thereby, the procedural member main body and the procedural unit main body treat the portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Hideto Yoshimine, Manabu Ishikawa, Kenichi Kimura, Susumu Komagata
  • Patent number: 8048100
    Abstract: A blunt dissector for separating a blood vessel from surrounding tissues in a body comprises a longitudinal rod having a proximal end, a distal end, and an internal passage for conducting insufflation gas between the proximal and distal ends. An interior sleeve is mounted within the longitudinal rod for receiving an endoscope at the proximal end. A transparent tip is mounted to the distal end of the longitudinal rod. A handle is mounted to the proximal end of the longitudinal rod. The longitudinal rod has an outer surface along substantially all of the longitudinal rod between the proximal and distal ends consisting essentially of a fluoropolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Terumo Cardiovascular Systems, Corp.
    Inventors: Randal J. Kadykowski, Lyne M. Charron-Keller, Seiji Maeda, Susumu Komagata, Hideyuki Kasahara, Akihito Kano, Ken Yamatani
  • Publication number: 20090318944
    Abstract: An ultrasonic surgical instrument has an ultrasonic transducer unit having an ultrasonic transducer for producing ultrasonic vibration, a transmission member which connects the ultrasonic transducer in the proximal end side, and transmits the ultrasonic vibration produced by the ultrasonic transducer from the proximal end side to the distal end side, a sheath, in which the transmission member is inserted, having an open part on one side of the distal end side, and a treatment portion which is provided at the distal end of the transmission member, and exposed to the open part for carrying out a surgical treatment on an object part by the ultrasonic vibration transmitted from the transmission member. The ultrasonic surgical instrument cuts or shaves hard tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Kenichi Kimura, Susumu Komagata, Hideto Yoshimine, Manabu Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20090318945
    Abstract: An ultrasonic surgical instrument comprises an ultrasonic transducer producing ultrasonic vibration, a transmission member transmitted ultrasonic vibration from the proximal end to the distal end, a sheath in which the transmission member is inserted, a procedural unit provided to the distal end of the transmission member so that it projects from the distal end of the sheath, and treating a surgical target portion using ultrasonic vibration, a procedural unit main body provided in the procedural unit, a procedural member provided in the sheath so that it projects from the distal end of the sheath to treat the surgical target portion, and a procedural member main body provided at the distal end of the procedural member. In the ultrasonic surgical instrument, the procedural member main body overlaps with the procedural unit main body, and thereby, the procedural member main body and the procedural unit main body treat the portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Hideto Yoshimine, Manabu Ishikawa, Kenichi Kimura, Susumu Komagata
  • Publication number: 20090306699
    Abstract: A blunt dissector for separating a blood vessel from surrounding tissues in a body comprises a longitudinal rod having a proximal end, a distal end, and an internal passage for conducting insufflation gas between the proximal and distal ends. An interior sleeve is mounted within the longitudinal rod for receiving an endoscope at the proximal end. A transparent tip is mounted to the distal end of the longitudinal rod. A handle is mounted to the proximal end of the longitudinal rod. The longitudinal rod has an outer surface along substantially all of the longitudinal rod between the proximal and distal ends consisting essentially of a fluoropolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicants: TERUMO CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS CORPORATION, OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Randal J. Kadykowski, Lyne M. Charron-Keller, Seiji Maeda, Susumu Komagata, Hideyuki Kasahara, Akihito Kano, Ken Yamatani