Patents by Inventor Teiji Ukawa
Teiji Ukawa 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).
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Patent number: 11903684Abstract: A blood pressure measuring apparatus includes a pressure control unit that controls an applied pressure applied to a region of a living body in which a vein and artery exist by a cuff mountable to the region, a detection unit that detects pressure waveforms in which pulse wave components from the region overlap with the applied pressure, and an analysis unit that obtains a respiratory variation on the waveform of artery and a venous pressure based on the pressure waveforms detected by the detection unit through one-time blood pressure measurement. The analysis unit obtains the respiratory variation on the waveform of artery based on data of a first pressure waveform in a first process, and the venous pressure based on data of a second pressure waveform in a second process and the data of the first pressure waveform.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2015Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignees: HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Masashi Kawamoto, Noboru Saeki, Ryuji Nakamura, Teiji Ukawa, Tsuneo Takayanagi, Haruka Morimoto
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Publication number: 20230218208Abstract: A medical photometer includes a signal producing section that produces a first control signal to emit a first light having a first wavelength, a second control signal to emit a second light having a second wavelength, a third control signal to emit a third light having a third wavelength, and a fourth control signal to emit a fourth light having a fourth wavelength, a signal acquiring section that acquires a first to fourth intensity signals, a processor, and a memory that stores instructions. In the medical photometer, the first wavelength and the second wavelength are selected as two wavelengths at each of which an extinction coefficient of blood is a first value. The third wavelength and the fourth wavelength are selected as two wavelengths at each of which the extinction coefficient of the blood is a second value which is different from the first value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinori UEDA, Naoki KOBAYASHI, Kazumasa ITO, Hideki FUJISAKI, Teiji UKAWA
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Patent number: 11642053Abstract: A medical photometer includes a signal producing section that produces a first control signal to emit a first light having a first wavelength, a second control signal to emit a second light having a second wavelength, a third control signal to emit a third light having a third wavelength, and a fourth control signal to emit a fourth light having a fourth wavelength, a signal acquiring section that acquires a first to fourth intensity signals, a processor, and a memory that stores instructions. In the medical photometer, the first wavelength and the second wavelength are selected as two wavelengths at each of which an extinction coefficient of blood is a first value. The third wavelength and the fourth wavelength are selected as two wavelengths at each of which the extinction coefficient of the blood is a second value which is different from the first value.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinori Ueda, Naoki Kobayashi, Kazumasa Ito, Hideki Fujisaki, Teiji Ukawa
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Patent number: 11166665Abstract: An index output device for appropriately evaluating the conditions of the patient under anesthesia. An index output device 100 includes an electric stimulation section 170, an acquisition section 180, a calculation section, and an output section. The electric stimulation section 170 is configured to apply an electric stimulus to a living body. The acquisition section 180 is configured to acquire a plurality of physiological responses from the living body in response to the common electric stimulus applied to the living body by the electric stimulation section 170. The calculation section is configured to calculate, from the plurality of responses of the living body acquired by the acquisition section, an index related to a level of muscular relaxation (TOF) and an index related to a level of analgesia (PIR). The output section is configured to output the indexes calculated by the calculation section.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2017Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Nihon Kohden CorporationInventors: Teiji Ukawa, Kazuya Nagase
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Patent number: 10791941Abstract: A venous pressure measurement apparatus includes a pressure controller configured to change a pressure applied from a cuff to a portion of a body where a vein and an artery exist and to which the cuff is attached, a pulse wave detector configured to detect pulse waves from a pressure the cuff receives from the portion of the body, and a venous pressure calculating section configured to calculate a venous pressure based on the applied pressure and the pulse waves detected by the pulse wave detector during a period in which the applied pressure is changed. The pressure controller is configured to execute a plurality of measurement steps, the applied pressure being increased or reduced from an initial value in each of the measurement steps.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2016Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Teiji Ukawa, Haruka Morimoto
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Patent number: 10791942Abstract: A pulse wave analyzing apparatus comprises an acquiring section (11) which acquires a pulse wave that is non-invasively measured, and an analyzer (12) which calculates data on the frequency axis by using the pulse wave, and which obtains the index value of the respiratory-induced variation based on the calculated data on the frequency axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2015Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignees: HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Masashi Kawamoto, Noboru Saeki, Ryuji Nakamura, Teiji Ukawa, Tsuneo Takayanagi, Haruka Morimoto
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Patent number: 10722154Abstract: A medical photometer includes a processor and a memory that stores an instruction readable by a computer. When the instruction is executed by the processor, the medical photometer acquires a first light attenuation of a first light beam that is transmitted through or reflected from a tissue of a living body, and that has a first wavelength, based on a first intensity signal corresponding to an intensity of the first light beam, acquires a second light attenuation of a second light beam that is transmitted through or reflected from the tissue, and that has a second wavelength, based on a second intensity signal corresponding to an intensity of the second light beam, calculates a tissue thickness based on a ratio of the first light attenuation and the second light attenuation, and detects an artifact of the living body based on a temporal variation of the tissue thickness.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinori Ueda, Teiji Ukawa, Kazumasa Ito, Hideki Fujisaki
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Patent number: 10722153Abstract: A medical photometer includes a processor and a memory that stores an instruction readable by a computer. When the instruction is executed by the processor, the medical photometer acquires an intensity of one of a first intensity signal and a second intensity signal, the first intensity signal corresponding to an intensity of a first light beam that has a first wavelength and that is transmitted through or reflected from a tissue of a living body, and a second intensity signal corresponding to an intensity of a second light beam that has a second wavelength and that is transmitted through or reflected from the tissue of the living body acquires an intensity ratio of the first intensity signal and the second intensity signal, and detects an artifact of the living body based on the acquired intensity and the acquired intensity ratio.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Nihon Kohden CorporationInventors: Yoshinori Ueda, Teiji Ukawa, Kazumasa Ito, Hideki Fujisaki
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Patent number: 10702196Abstract: A pulse photometer includes a light emitter, a light detector, a first signal separator that separates a first signal component and a first noise component, a second signal separator that separates a second signal component and a second noise component, a first determining section, a second determining section, and a concentration calculating section that calculates a concentration of a light absorption material in blood of the subject based on a fundamental frequency of the first signal component or a fundamental frequency of the second signal component.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinori Ueda, Teiji Ukawa, Kazumasa Ito, Hideki Fujisaki
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Patent number: 10561375Abstract: A pulse photometer includes: a first variation acquirer acquiring a first variation corresponding to a light attenuation variation of a first light beam due to pulsation of blood in a subject based on a first intensity signal corresponding to an intensity of the first light beam transmitted through or reflected from a body of the subject and having a first wavelength; a second variation acquirer acquiring a second variation; a third variation acquirer acquiring a third variation; a concentration calculator calculating a blood light absorber concentration based on the first variation and the second variation; an estimated value calculator calculating an estimated value of the third variation based on the first variation and the second variation; and an evaluator evaluating reliability of a calculated value of the blood light absorber concentration based on the third variation and the estimated value.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinori Ueda, Teiji Ukawa, Kazumasa Ito, Hideki Fujisaki
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Patent number: 10524704Abstract: A pulse photometer includes: a first variation acquirer acquiring a first variation corresponding to a light attenuation variation of a first light beam due to pulsation of blood in a subject, based on a first intensity signal corresponding to an intensity of the first light beam that is transmitted through or reflected from a body of the subject, and that has a first wavelength; a second variation acquirer acquiring a second variation; and a concentration calculator calculating a blood light absorber concentration, based on the first and second variations, the second variation containing a first offset which is based on an inverse of the light attenuation variation of the first light beam.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinori Ueda, Teiji Ukawa, Kazumasa Ito, Hideki Fujisaki
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Patent number: 10485480Abstract: A probe which is to be attached to a finger of a subject to acquire physiological parameter of the subject includes a light emitter that emits a light beam toward the finger, a light detector that outputs a signal corresponding to a light beam that is transmitted through or reflected from the finger, a first holding face that has a portion which is faced with a nail of the finger and another portion which is faced with a side face of the finger, and a second holding face that has a portion which is faced with a pad of the finger and another portion which is faced with the side face of the finger. In a state where the probe is attached to the finger, the first holding face and the second holding face are placed to be continuous to each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2016Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinori Ueda, Teiji Ukawa, Kazumasa Ito, Hideki Fujisaki
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Patent number: 10349897Abstract: A biological signal measuring system includes: first and second optical sensors attached to first and second body portions of a subject; a first average oxygen saturation acquiring section acquiring a first average value corresponding to an average value of the first oxygen saturation corresponding to an arterial oxygen saturation in the first body portion in a predetermined time period starting at a first time; a second average oxygen saturation acquiring section acquiring a second average value corresponding to an average value of the second oxygen saturation corresponding to an arterial oxygen saturation in the second body portion in the predetermined time period starting at a second time that is different from the first time; and a difference value acquiring section acquiring a difference value, to be displayed, between the first average value and the second average value.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Kobayashi, Teiji Ukawa, Kazumasa Ito, Masahiro Takeuchi, Yoshinori Ueda, Hiroko Hagiwara
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Patent number: 10342465Abstract: A medical photometer includes a processor and a memory that stores an instruction readable by a computer. When the instruction is executed by the processor, the medical photometer acquires a first light attenuation of a first light beam that is transmitted through or reflected from a tissue of a living body, and that has a first wavelength, based on a first intensity signal corresponding to an intensity of the first light beam, acquires a second light attenuation of a second light beam that is transmitted through or reflected from the tissue, and that has a second wavelength, based on a second intensity signal corresponding to an intensity of the second light beam, and calculates a light absorber amount that is an amount of a first light absorber in the tissue, based on a ratio of the first light attenuation and the second light attenuation.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Nihon Kohden CorporationInventors: Yoshinori Ueda, Teiji Ukawa, Kazumasa Ito, Hideki Fujisaki
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Publication number: 20190083016Abstract: A medical photometer includes a signal producing section that produces a first control signal to emit a first light having a first wavelength, a second control signal to emit a second light having a second wavelength, a third control signal to emit a third light having a third wavelength, and a fourth control signal to emit a fourth light having a fourth wavelength, a signal acquiring section that acquires a first to fourth intensity signals, a processor, and a memory that stores instructions. In the medical photometer, the first wavelength and the second wavelength are selected as two wavelengths at each of which an extinction coefficient of blood is a first value. The third wavelength and the fourth wavelength are selected as two wavelengths at each of which the extinction coefficient of the blood is a second value which is different from the first value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinori UEDA, Naoki KOBAYASHI, Kazumasa ITO, Hideki FUJISAKI, Teiji UKAWA
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Publication number: 20190059808Abstract: An index output device for appropriately evaluating the conditions of the patient under anesthesia. An index output device 100 includes an electric stimulation section 170, an acquisition section 180, a calculation section, and an output section. The electric stimulation section 170 is configured to apply an electric stimulus to a living body. The acquisition section 180 is configured to acquire a plurality of physiological responses from the living body in response to the common electric stimulus applied to the living body by the electric stimulation section 170. The calculation section is configured to calculate, from the plurality of responses of the living body acquired by the acquisition section, an index related to a level of muscular relaxation (TOF) and an index related to a level of analgesia (PIR). The output section is configured to output the indexes calculated by the calculation section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2017Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Teiji UKAWA, Kazuya NAGASE
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Patent number: 10133340Abstract: A biological information monitoring system includes: a first monitoring device which includes a first displaying section and a first connector; a second monitoring device which includes a second connector; and a cable. The second monitoring device includes: a signal receiving section configured to receive a measurement signal related to biological information; and a second displaying section on which information corresponding to the measurement signal is displayed. When communication between the first and second connectors via the cable is established, the second displaying section is set to a non-display state, and the information corresponding to the measurement signal is displayed on the first displaying section.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2014Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Hirohiko Ikeya, Teiji Ukawa, Nobuko Kawasaki, Junya Kawano, Takaharu Suzuki
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Patent number: 10117619Abstract: An optical sensor includes: a light emitter; a light receiver; a rod-shaped grasping member in which one of the light emitter and the light receiver is disposed, and which is to be grasped by a hand of a subject; and a clamping member which is adapted to clamp a part of the hand of the subject with the grasping member, another one of the light emitter and the light receiver being disposed in the clamping member.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2014Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Kobayashi, Teiji Ukawa, Kazumasa Ito, Masahiro Takeuchi, Yoshinori Ueda, Hiroko Hagiwara
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Patent number: RE48076Abstract: A non-invasive venous pressure measurement apparatus is provided, including: a first cuff attached to a portion including a vein and an artery in a living body; a pressure control unit that changes a first applied pressure applied by the cuff to the portion; a pulse wave detection unit that detects a pulse wave from a pressure received by the cuff from the portion; another pulse wave detection unit that detects another pulse wave including at least an arterial pulse wave in another portion of the living body; an analyzing unit that analyzes a correlation between the two pulse waves, which are changed as the applied pressure is changed by the pressure control unit changes; and a venous pressure calculation unit that calculates a venous pressure based on the applied pressure and a result of analysis by the analyzing unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2019Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Teiji Ukawa, Tsuneo Takayanagi, Haruka Morimoto, Tatsuo Nishihara, Tatsuo Yoshida, Shiro Adachi, Mitsushi Hyogo
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Patent number: RE49055Abstract: A non-invasive venous pressure measurement apparatus is provided, including: a first cuff attached to a portion including a vein and an artery in a living body; a pressure control unit that changes a first applied pressure applied by the cuff to the portion; a pulse wave detection unit that detects a pulse wave from a pressure received by the cuff from the portion; another pulse wave detection unit that detects another pulse wave including at least an arterial pulse wave in another portion of the living body; an analyzing unit that analyzes a correlation between the two pulse waves, which are changed as the applied pressure is changed by the pressure control unit changes; and a venous pressure calculation unit that calculates a venous pressure based on the applied pressure and a result of analysis by the analyzing unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Teiji Ukawa, Tsuneo Takayanagi, Haruka Morimoto, Tatsuo Nishihara, Tatsuo Yoshida, Shiro Adachi, Mitsushi Hyogo