Patents by Inventor Takatoshi Umeta

Takatoshi Umeta 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).

  • Endoscope and attaching method of connection mouth ring to end of endoscopic flexible tube
    Patent number: 8317684
    Abstract: An endoscope includes a flexible tube having a helical tube in which a thin strip plate is helically wound, a braid tube covering the outside of the helical tube, and a flexible outer tube covering the outside of the braid tube, a connection mouth ring plastically deformed and fixed to an end of the flexible tube, and a helical tube displacement preventing portion which prevents displacement of the strip plate of the helical tube at the end of the flexible tube to which the connection mouth ring is fixed, when the connection mouth ring is fixed to the end of the flexible tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Shigeki Matsuo, Takatoshi Umeta, Shigeru Kosuki
  • ENDOSCOPE AND ATTACHING METHOD OF CONNECTION MOUTH RING TO END OF ENDOSCOPIC FLEXIBLE TUBE
    Publication number: 20090171158
    Abstract: An endoscope includes a flexible tube having a helical tube in which a thin strip plate is helically wound, a braid tube covering the outside of the helical tube, and a flexible outer tube covering the outside of the braid tube, a connection mouth ring plastically deformed and fixed to an end of the flexible tube, and a helical tube displacement preventing portion which prevents displacement of the strip plate of the helical tube at the end of the flexible tube to which the connection mouth ring is fixed, when the connection mouth ring is fixed to the end of the flexible tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Shigeki Matsuo, Takatoshi Umeta, Shigeru Kosuki