Patents by Inventor Tasuku Ogawa

Tasuku Ogawa 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).

  • Medical instrument management support apparatus for supporting scope management
    Patent number: 8768721
    Abstract: The examination schedule memory unit stores an examination schedule including the starting time and the ending time of each examination. A cleaning capacity memory unit stores cleaning-capacity information that specifies the cleaning capacity of cleaning apparatuses that clean a scope used for the examination. A cleaning schedule generation unit generates a cleaning schedule for cleaning a used scope produced at the end of each examination with cleaning apparatuses having a cleaning capacity required by the cleaning-capacity information stored in the cleaning capacity memory unit. The scope shortage determination unit determines whether or not there will be a shortage of scopes to be used for each examination in accordance with both the examination starting time specified by the above examination schedule and the cleaning ending time specified by the cleaning schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Araki, Tatsuya Shiobara, Chieko Watanabe, Nobuaki Matsubara, Kazuhiro Akiyama, Hidenori Tsuruma, Tasuku Ogawa
  • Medical Instrument Management Support Apparatus for Supporting Scope Management
    Publication number: 20100030573
    Abstract: The examination schedule memory unit stores an examination schedule including the starting time and the ending time of each examination. A cleaning capacity memory unit stores cleaning-capacity information that specifies the cleaning capacity of cleaning apparatuses that clean a scope used for the examination. A cleaning schedule generation unit generates a cleaning schedule for cleaning a used scope produced at the end of each examination with cleaning apparatuses having a cleaning capacity required by the cleaning-capacity information stored in the cleaning capacity memory unit. The scope shortage determination unit determines whether or not there will be a shortage of scopes to be used for each examination in accordance with both the examination starting time specified by the above examination schedule and the cleaning ending time specified by the cleaning schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Araki, Tatsuya Shiobara, Chieko Watanabe, Nobuaki Matsubara, Kazuhiro Akiyama, Hidenori Tsuruma, Tasuku Ogawa