Patents by Inventor Tetsushi Sekiguchi

Tetsushi Sekiguchi 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: 7433731
    Abstract: A biological signal detection system includes a pair of electrodes, adapted to be attached on a living body; a transmitter, adapted to be attached on the living body, and including an electric circuit operable to process the biological signal and to telemeter the processed signal; and a biological signal inputting apparatus. The system may also include a receiver-transmitter operable to receive the processed signal telemetered from the transmitter and to telemeter the processed signal to the biological signal inputting apparatus by way of a wide area network; and a storage for storing the processed signal telemetered from the transmitter as biological signal data and for inputting the biological signal data to the biological signal inputting apparatus. Also, the system may include a storage for storing the processed signal telemetered from the transmitter as biological signal data and for inputting the biological signal data to the biological signal inputting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiyuki Matsumura, Tetsushi Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Sakata, Hidehiro Hosaka, Shin Suda, Kohei Ono
  • Patent number: 7089048
    Abstract: An electrode 4 for detecting a biological signal and a loop antenna 3 are integrally mounted on a support 2 placed on the surface of a living body and a transmitter 5 is placed on the support 2. A biological signal detected on the electrode 4 is input through a connector 11 to electric circuitry 10 of the transmitter 5 and an electric signal processed by the electric circuitry 10 is output through connectors 12 and 13 to both ends of the loop antenna 3 from which the biological signal is emitted to a receiver. At this time, the opening face of the loop antenna 3 is in a direction almost perpendicular to the surface of a living body for improving sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiyuki Matsumura, Tetsushi Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Sakata, Hidehiro Hosaka
  • Publication number: 20050143669
    Abstract: An electrode 4 for detecting a biological signal and a loop antenna 3 are integrally mounted on a support 2 placed on the surface of a living body and a transmitter 5 is placed on the support 2. A biological signal detected on the electrode 4 is input through a connector 11 to electric circuitry 10 of the transmitter 5 and an electric signal processed by the electric circuitry 10 is output through connectors 12 and 13 to both ends of the loop antenna 3 from which the biological signal is emitted to a receiver. At this time, the opening face of the loop antenna 3 is in a direction almost perpendicular to the surface of a living body for improving sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Fumiyuki Matsumura, Tetsushi Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Sakata, Hidehiro Hosaka, Shin Suda, Kohei Ono
  • Publication number: 20050119581
    Abstract: A communication system has a Holter electrocardiograph having a biological signal detection apparatus having a transmitter 10 for processing and telemetering signals detected by a plurality of electrodes supported on supports for detecting biological signals, a receiver 14 for receiving the signal telemetered from the transmitter, demodulating the received signal, and outputting the demodulated signal to a biological signal input section of required record means, and a recorder 16 having record means for recording the demodulated signal by the receiver. The recorder of the Holter electrocardiograph has transmitting and receiving means 17 for telemetering the signal stored in the record means, receiving an external transmission signal, and telemetering some or all of the signals stored in the record means as instructed by the external transmission signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Fumiyuki Matsumura, Tetsushi Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Sakata, Hidehiro Hosaka, Shin Suda, Kohei Ono
  • Publication number: 20050119582
    Abstract: An electrode 4 for detecting a biological signal and a loop antenna 3 are integrally mounted on a support 2 placed on the surface of a living body and a transmitter 5 is placed on the support 2. A biological signal detected on the electrode 4 is input through a connector 11 to electric circuitry 10 of the transmitter 5 and an electric signal processed by the electric circuitry 10 is output through connectors 12 and 13 to both ends of the loop antenna 3 from which the biological signal is emitted to a receiver. At this time, the opening face of the loop antenna 3 is in a direction almost perpendicular to the surface of a living body for improving sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Fumiyuki Matsumura, Tetsushi Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Sakata, Hidehiro Hosaka, Shin Suda, Kohei Ono
  • Publication number: 20050107714
    Abstract: A communication system has a Holter electrocardiograph having a biological signal detection apparatus having a transmitter 10 for processing and telemetering signals detected by a plurality of electrodes supported on supports for detecting biological signals, a receiver 14 for receiving the signal telemetered from the transmitter, demodulating the received signal, and outputting the demodulated signal to a biological signal input section of required record means, and a recorder 16 having record means for recording the demodulated signal by the receiver. The recorder of the Holter electrocardiograph has transmitting and receiving means 17 for telemetering the signal stored in the record means, receiving an external transmission signal, and telemetering some or all of the signals stored in the record means as instructed by the external transmission signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Fumiyuki Matsumura, Tetsushi Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Akata, Hidehiro Hosaka, Shin Suda, Kohei Ono
  • Patent number: 6856832
    Abstract: A communication system has a Holter electrocardiograph having a biological signal detection apparatus having a transmitter 10 for processing and telemetering signals detected by a plurality of electrodes supported on supports for detecting biological signals, a receiver 14 for receiving the signal telemetered from the transmitter, demodulating the received signal, and outputting the demodulated signal to a biological signal input section of required record means, and a recorder 16 having record means for recording the demodulated signal by the receiver. The recorder of the Holter electrocardiograph has transmitting and receiving means 17 for telemetering the signal stored in the record means, receiving an external transmission signal, and telemetering some or all of the signals stored in the record means as instructed by the external transmission signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiyuki Matsumura, Tetsushi Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20020107453
    Abstract: An electrode 4 for detecting a biological signal and a loop antenna 3 are integrally mounted on a support 2 placed on the surface of a living body and a transmitter 5 is placed on the support 2. A biological signal detected on the electrode 4 is input through a connector 11 to electric circuitry 10 of the transmitter 5 and an electric signal processed by the electric circuitry 10 is output through connectors 12 and 13 to both ends of the loop antenna 3 from which the biological signal is emitted to a receiver. At this time, the opening face of the loop antenna 3 is in a direction almost perpendicular to the surface of a living body for improving sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumiyuki Matsumura, Tetsushi Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Sakata, Hidehiro Hosaka
  • Publication number: 20020103441
    Abstract: An electrode 4 for detecting a biological signal and a loop antenna 3 are integrally mounted on a support 2 placed on the surface of a living body and a transmitter 5 is placed on the support 2. A biological signal detected on the electrode 4 is input through a connector 11 to electric circuitry 10 of the transmitter 5 and an electric signal processed by the electric circuitry 10 is output through connectors 12 and 13 to both ends of the loop antenna 3 from which the biological signal is emitted to a receiver. At this time, the opening face of the loop antenna 3 is in a direction almost perpendicular to the surface of a living body for improving sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumiyuki Matsumura, Tetsushi Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Sakata, Hidehiro Hosaka
  • Patent number: 6389309
    Abstract: An electrode 4 for detecting a biological signal and a loop antenna 3 are integrally mounted on a support 2 placed on the surface of a living body and a transmitter 5 is placed on the support 2. A biological signal detected on the electrode 4 is input through a connector 11 to electric circuitry 10 of the transmitter 5 and an electric signal processed by the electric circuitry 10 is output through connectors 12 and 13 to both ends of the loop antenna 3 from which the biological signal is emitted to a receiver. At this time, the opening face of the loop antenna 3 is in a direction almost perpendicular to the surface of a living body for improving sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiyuki Matsumura, Tetsushi Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Sakata, Hidehiro Hosaka
  • Patent number: 6370941
    Abstract: The conduit tube 3 and the conduit tube 4 to flow the carrier solution to the gas exchanger 7 are provided, and in the conduit tube 3, the reference pH electrode 14 is provided, and in the conduit tube 4, the measuring pH electrode 16 is provided, both pH electrodes preferably being chosen of the ISFET type (Ion-Sensitive Field-Effect-Transistor). The gas exchanger 7 is partitioned from the outside by the gas permeable membrane 6. Initially, the gas exchange section 1 is inserted into the test substance, and next, the carrier solution is flowed at the speed of a degree in which the gas exchange is not conducted in the gas exchanger 7. The output potential difference &Dgr;V(0) between the reference pH electrode 14 and the measuring pH electrode 16 at this time, is found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Michihiro Nakamura, Yuko Nagai, Tetsushi Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20010011475
    Abstract: The conduit tube 3 and the conduit tube 4 to flow the carrier solution to the gas exchanger 7 are provided, and in the conduit tube 3, the reference pH electrode 14 is provided, and in the conduit tube 4, the measuring pH electrode 16 is provided. The gas exchanger 7 is partitioned from the outside by the gas permeable membrane 6. Initially, the gas exchange section 1 is inserted into the test substance, and next, the carrier solution is flowed at the speed of a degree in which the gas exchange is not conducted in the gas exchanger 7. The output potential difference &Dgr;V(0) between the reference pH electrode 14 and the measuring pH electrode 16 at this time, is found.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Inventors: Michihiro Nakamura, Yuko Nagai, Tetsushi Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 6267723
    Abstract: A sensor device a sensor unit which detects a biomedical signal, and a transmitter which converts the biomedical signal into a radio signal and then transmits the radio signal. The transmitter has an electrode detachment detection unit 12 which detects electrode detachment on the basis of an output of the sensor unit, and transmits an electrode detachment signal indicative of the detachment. In a receiver, the biomedical signal transmitted from the transmitter is received, the signal is attenuated by an attenuation unit, and the attenuated signal is supplied to a wired sensor input portion of another device through a switch and a connection unit. In the receiver, when the electrode detachment signal is detected from the signal transmitted from the transmitter, the switch is turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiyuki Matsumura, Tetsushi Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Sakata, Hidehiro Hosaka, Kohei Ono
  • Patent number: 6161036
    Abstract: An electrode 4 for detecting a biological signal and a loop antenna 3 are integrally mounted on a support 2 placed on the surface of a living body and a transmitter 5 is placed on the support 2. A biological signal detected on the electrode 4 is input through a connector 11 to electric circuitry 10 of the transmitter 5 and an electric signal processed by the electric circuitry 10 is output through connectors 12 and 13 to both ends of the loop antenna 3 from which the biological signal is emitted to a receiver. At this time, the opening face of the loop antenna 3 is in a direction almost perpendicular to the surface of a living body for improving sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiyuki Matsumura, Tetsushi Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Sakata, Hidehiro Hosaka
  • Patent number: 6143150
    Abstract: A biological gas sensor for measuring a carbon dioxide partial pressure in an alimentary canal while excluding the influences of hydrogen sulfide and/or weak acid is disclosed. The gas sensor comprises a sensor which has in the sensitive part thereof a bicarbonate buffer solution held by a gas permeable membrane and detects a carbon dioxide partial pressure based on the hydrogen ion concentration of the bicarbonate buffer solution, a liquid holding part which is formed of a gas permeable tube having in the inside thereof the sensitive part of the sensor, an isotonic solution which is held in the liquid holding part and is isotonic with the bicarbonate buffer solution, and a metallic member (e.g., a coil of copper wire) so that hydrogen sulfide entering the liquid holding part may react with the metal and precipitate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Yuko Nagai, Tetsushi Sekiguchi, Michihiro Nakamura, Kohei Ono
  • Patent number: 5969223
    Abstract: A gas sensor 1 has a catheter 3 to which a gas sensor body 4 and a signal guide member 5 for guiding a detection signal of the gas sensor body 4 are attached. The other end of the signal guide member 5 is connected to a connector 6. The gas sensor 1 is airtightly received in the reception body in the state where a connection terminal of the connector 6 is exposed to the outside. The reception body 2 is filled with a mixed gas containing a gas to be measured by a predetermined concentration. At the time of calibration, the connection terminal of the connector 6 is connected to a measurement amplifier while the reception body 2 is not opened and calibration is performed, and at the time of measurement, the reception body 2 is opened and the gas sensor 1 is taken out to perform ordinary measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Yuko Nagai, Tetsushi Sekiguchi, Tetsuya Makino, Michihiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 4903099
    Abstract: A field effect transistor for use as an ion sensor has a P-type silicon substrate on which are formed a source region and a drain region. An N-type isolation diffusion layer is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the silicon substrate and this diffusion layer is surrounded by an insulation layer. According to this arrangement, even when the potential of the electrolyte has been raised to a level which is positive with respect to the silicon substrate, an electrical isolation is established by the reverse dielectric strength exhibited by the P-N junction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1990
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corp
    Inventors: Tetsushi Sekiguchi, Tetsuo Hamatani, Hideo Ozawa, Masao Takahashi