Patents by Inventor Takaaki HANAI

Takaaki HANAI 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: 20220395287
    Abstract: An endoscope treatment instrument having a sheath, a rotation axis extending in a width direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the sheath, a plate formed with a first opening through which the rotation axis passes and a second opening having a width different from the width of the first opening, a forceps piece rotatably supported about the first opening and the rotation axis passing through the second opening, and a wire connected to a proximal end portion of the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Haruki OKAMOTO, Takaaki HANAI, Risa WATANABE, Yusuke NOMURA, Ryu YORITA, Kenji KARASAWA
  • Publication number: 20190381216
    Abstract: A tube for medical instruments according to the present invention includes: a tubular member that is made of resin, a linear member that includes a metal wire member and a resin coating film that covers the metal wire member and that surrounds the tubular member outside the tubular member, and a polymeric elastomer layer that is laminated on an outer circumferential surface of the tubular member such that the polymeric elastomer layer fills in at least a part of an outer peripheral portion of the linear member in a circumferential direction over a longitudinal direction of the linear member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takaaki HANAI
  • Publication number: 20190029503
    Abstract: The channel tube for endoscope according to the present invention is provided with: an inner-layer tube inside which a through hole extending in a longitudinal direction is formed, the inner-layer tube having as a base material thereof an elastomer or a flexible resin; an elastomer layer comprising a polymer elastomer, the elastomer layer being disposed so as to cover the outside of the inner-layer tube, and the surface of the elastomer layer being exposed to the outside; a reinforcing layer part including a flexible reinforcing member, the reinforcing layer part being disposed so as to surround the inner-layer tube; and a buffer layer part which deforms more readily than the reinforcing layer part, the buffer layer part being layered on the reinforcing layer part and disposed between the inner-layer tube and an outer peripheral surface of the elastomer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki HANAI, Kiyoshi TAKAO, Yoshiteru NONAKA, Yoshinori HIGUCHI