Patents by Inventor Takuji Gotoda

Takuji Gotoda 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).

  • Magnetic anchor remote guidance system
    Patent number: 7169104
    Abstract: A magnetic anchor remote guidance system includes an engagement member which engages with a body portion in a patient's body; a magnetic anchor made of a magnetic material, connected to the engagement member; and a magnetic anchor guide device which is disposed out of the patient's body and which produces a magnetic field to power the magnetic anchor. The body portion engaged by the engagement member is raised by supplying power to the magnetic anchor via the magnetic field produced by the magnetic anchor guide device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignees: Pentax Corporation, National Cancer Center, Tamakawa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohisa Ueda, Kunitoshi Ikeda, Tadao Kakizoe, Toshiaki Kobayashi, Takuji Gotoda, Katsunori Tamakawa
  • Magnetic anchor remote guidance system
    Publication number: 20040050395
    Abstract: A magnetic anchor remote guidance system includes an engagement member which engages with a body portion in a patient's body; a magnetic anchor made of a magnetic material, connected to the engagement member; and a magnetic anchor guide device which is disposed out of the patient's body and which produces a magnetic field to power the magnetic anchor. The body portion engaged by the engagement member is raised by supplying power to the magnetic anchor via the magnetic field produced by the magnetic anchor guide device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicants: PENTAX Corporation, National Cancer Center, Tamakawa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohisa Ueda, Kunitoshi Ikeda, Tadao Kakizoe, Toshiaki Kobayashi, Takuji Gotoda, Katsunori Tamakawa