Patents by Inventor Takahiko KAWASE

Takahiko KAWASE 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: 9420943
    Abstract: An endoscope reprocessing apparatus has a calculation section and a control section. The calculation section determines whether a flow rate or pressure information is in a region in which the circulation conduit is determined to be clogged, of a region exceeding a predetermined threshold value and a region below the predetermined threshold value, and determines whether newest flow rate or pressure information has a correlation with a change-over-time prediction axis when the flow rate or pressure information is in the region in which the circulation conduit is determined to be clogged. The control section performs a first measure relating to removal of scale when it is determined that the flow rate or pressure information has a correlation with the change-over-time prediction axis, and performs a second measure different from removal of scale when it is determined that the flow rate or pressure information does not have the correlation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiko Kawase
  • Publication number: 20150320303
    Abstract: An endoscope reprocessing apparatus has a calculation section and a control section. The calculation section determines whether a flow rate or pressure information is in a region in which the circulation conduit is determined to be clogged, of a region exceeding a predetermined threshold value and a region below the predetermined threshold value, and determines whether newest flow rate or pressure information has a correlation with a change-over-time prediction axis when the flow rate or pressure information is in the region in which the circulation conduit is determined to be clogged. The control section performs a first measure relating to removal of scale when it is determined that the flow rate or pressure information has a correlation with the change-over-time prediction axis, and performs a second measure different from removal of scale when it is determined that the flow rate or pressure information does not have the correlation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiko KAWASE
  • Publication number: 20110232700
    Abstract: An endoscope cleaning instrument and an endoscope cleaning apparatus are provided that have a simple configuration and that can be manufactured easily and at a low cost. An endoscope cleaning instrument of the invention cleans a distal end portion of an endoscope by ejecting a fluid fed from a fluid supply section towards a side face and a front face of the distal end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Eiri SUZUKI, Hideto ONISHI, Takahiko KAWASE
  • Publication number: 20110005556
    Abstract: A cleaning/disinfecting tube allows an opening portion provided in an object to be cleaned accommodated in a cleaning tank of an endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus to communicate with a liquid delivery connector which is provided in the endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus and through which a liquid is supplied. The cleaning/disinfecting tube includes a tube connector section to be connected to the opening portion and a holding portion that engages with the object to be cleaned with a gap therebetween and constrains the movement of the tube connector section in a direction away from the opening portion when the tube connector section is connected to the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Takahiko KAWASE, Mitsuyoshi TEZUKA