Patents by Inventor Tetsutaro KIKUCHI

Tetsutaro KIKUCHI 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).

  • Apparatus for measuring contractile ability of myocardial tissue
    Patent number: 10365264
    Abstract: A measuring apparatus relates to a contractile ability of a spontaneously pulsating myocardial tissue. The measuring apparatus includes a measurement table and a pressure sensor. The measurement table includes a storage section having an opening and configured to hold liquid inside the storage section, and an attaching portion on which the myocardial tissue is attached around the opening. The pressure sensor is disposed inside the storage section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignees: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kubo, Tatsuya Shimizu, Tetsutaro Kikuchi
  • MEASURING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180067098
    Abstract: A measuring apparatus relates to a contractile ability of a spontaneously pulsating myocardial tissue. The measuring apparatus includes a measurement table and a pressure sensor. The measurement table includes a storage section having an opening and configured to hold liquid inside the storage section, and an attaching portion on which the myocardial tissue is attached around the opening. The pressure sensor is disposed inside the storage section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Hirotsugu KUBO, Tatsuya SHIMIZU, Tetsutaro KIKUCHI