Patents by Inventor Tatsuo Kaneshige

Tatsuo Kaneshige 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: 6527737
    Abstract: An indwelling catheter comprising a flexible malecot tube having a plurality of slits elongating toward the longitudinal direction in the vicinity of the tip of the catheter, a flexible core wire movable in the axial direction along the malecot tube with its tip fixed to the tip of the malecot tube, a cylindrical connector fixed to the root side of the malecot tube and permitting the root of the core wire to protrude out of the end portion of the malecot tube, and a stopper provided on the connector to constrain arbitrary movement of the core wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Inventor: Tatsuo Kaneshige
  • Publication number: 20010025169
    Abstract: An indwelling catheter comprising a flexible malecot tube having a plurality of slits elongating toward the longitudinal direction in the vicinity of the tip of the catheter, a flexible core wire movable in the axial direction along the malecot tube with its tip fixed to the tip of the malecot tube, a cylindrical connector fixed to the root side of the malecot tube and permitting the root of the core wire to protrude out of the end portion of the malecot tube, and a stopper provided on the connector to constrain arbitrary movement of the core wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventor: Tatsuo Kaneshige