Patents by Inventor Takao Kusunoki

Takao Kusunoki 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: 8186349
    Abstract: To provide a tracheostomy tube which can be easily attached to and detached from an incision site and in which sputum or the like does not readily longer, a tracheostomy tube A includes a lumen body 10 having an airway securing lumen 10b, a connector section 11 formed at the base end portion of the lumen body 10, and a cuff 13 which is formed on the outer circumference of the tip end portion of the lumen body 10 and which can be expanded and contracted. A circumferential wall 10a of the lumen body 10 defines a cuff-expanding lumen 15 which puts the surface portion of the connector section 11 in communication with the inside of the cuff 13. it also defines a suction lumen 14 allowing the surface portion of the connector section 11 to communicate with the surface portion of the lumen body 10. A coating layer exhibiting surface lubricity in moisture is formed on the surface of the tracheostomy tube A and the inner surface of the lumen body 10 in which the airway securing lumen 10b is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Covidien AG
    Inventors: Takao Kusunoki, Masaki Moriyama
  • Publication number: 20080163870
    Abstract: To provide a tracheostomy tube which can be easily attached to and detached from an incision site and in which sputum or the like does not readily longer, a tracheostomy tube A includes a lumen body 10 having an airway securing lumen 10b, a connector section 11 formed at the base end portion of the lumen body 10, and a cuff 13 which is formed on the outer circumference of the tip end portion of the lumen body 10 and which can be expanded and contracted. A circumferential wall 10a of the lumen body 10 defines a cuff-expanding lumen 15 which puts the surface portion of the connector section 11 in communication with the inside of the cuff 13. it also defines a suction lumen 14 allowing the surface portion of the connector section 11 to communicate with the surface portion of the lumen body 10. A coating layer exhibiting surface lubricity in moisture is formed on the surface of the tracheostomy tube A and the inner surface of the lumen body 10 in which the airway securing lumen 10b is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Takao Kusunoki, Masaki Moriyama