Patents by Inventor Terumasa YAMADA

Terumasa YAMADA 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).

  • Method for detecting cancer using ICG fluorescence method
    Patent number: 9717806
    Abstract: A method of detecting an accessory cancer lesion, comprising an administration step wherein indocyanine green is administered to a living body, an irradiation step wherein a target organ suspected of having cancer is surgically exposed and irradiated with excitation light of indocyanine green, an imaging step wherein a near-infrared fluorescence intensity distribution image from the excited indocyanine green in the target organ is obtained, and an identification step wherein an area having the near-infrared fluorescence in the intensity distribution image, excluding the area detected in preoperative examination or intraoperative macroscopic observation, is identified as an accessory cancer lesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: OSAKA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION, HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Osamu Ishikawa, Terumasa Yamada, Kunihito Gotoh, Mitsuharu Miwa, Takahiro Shikayama
  • METHOD FOR DETECTING CANCER USING ICG FLUORESCENCE METHOD
    Publication number: 20150104396
    Abstract: A method of detecting an accessory cancer lesion, comprising an administration step wherein indocyanine green is administered to a living body, an irradiation step wherein a target organ suspected of having cancer is surgically exposed and irradiated with excitation light of indocyanine green, an imaging step wherein a near-infrared fluorescence intensity distribution image from the excited indocyanine green in the target organ is obtained, and an identification step wherein an area having the near-infrared fluorescence in the intensity distribution image, excluding the area detected in preoperative examination or intraoperative macroscopic observation, is identified as an accessory cancer lesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Osamu Ishikawa, Terumasa Yamada, Kunihito GOTOH, Mitsuharu Miwa, Takahiro Shikayama
  • Method for detecting cancer using ICG fluorescence method
    Patent number: 8956591
    Abstract: A method of detecting an accessory cancer lesion, comprising an administration step wherein indocyanine green is administered to a living body, an irradiation step wherein a target organ suspected of having cancer is surgically exposed and irradiated with excitation light of indocyanine green, an imaging step wherein a near-infrared fluorescence intensity distribution image from the excited indocyanine green in the target organ is obtained, and an identification step wherein an area having the near-infrared fluorescence in the intensity distribution image, excluding the area detected in preoperative examination or intraoperative macroscopic observation, is identified as an accessory cancer lesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignees: Osaka Prefectural Hospital Organization, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
    Inventors: Osamu Ishikawa, Terumasa Yamada, Kunihito Gotoh, Mitsuharu Miwa, Takahiro Shikayama
  • METHOD FOR DETECTING CANCER USING ICG FLUORESCENCE METHOD
    Publication number: 20090285760
    Abstract: A method of detecting an accessory cancer lesion, comprising an administration step wherein indocyanine green is administered to a living body, an irradiation step wherein a target organ suspected of having cancer is surgically exposed and irradiated with excitation light of indocyanine green, an imaging step wherein a near-infrared fluorescence intensity distribution image from the excited indocyanine green in the target organ is obtained, and an identification step wherein an area having the near-infrared fluorescence in the intensity distribution image, excluding the area detected in preoperative examination or intraoperative macroscopic observation, is identified as an accessory cancer lesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicants: OSAKA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION, HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Osamu ISHIKAWA, Terumasa YAMADA, Kunihito GOTOH, Mitsuharu MIWA, Takahiro SHIKAYAMA