Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Ooyauchi

Tetsuya Ooyauchi 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: 10434265
    Abstract: A medical hollow needle assembly includes an outer cylindrical body including a through-hole; a hollow needle having an outer peripheral surface, wherein a proximal portion of the hollow needle is disposed in the through-hole of the outer cylindrical body, and wherein the outer peripheral surface of the hollow needle has an outer reduced-diameter surface that has a smaller outer diameter than that of a more proximal portion of the outer peripheral surface of the hollow needle; and an inner cylindrical body including an insertion hole in which the hollow needle is disposed, wherein the inner cylindrical body is disposed between the hollow needle and an inner peripheral surface of the through-hole of the outer cylindrical body, and wherein the inner cylindrical body joins the outer cylindrical body and the hollow needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ooyauchi, Kenta Gotou, Yukio Imai, Hidenori Fujiwara, Madoka Horie, Hideo Kawamoto, Ayumi Kumagai
  • Publication number: 20160317757
    Abstract: A medical puncture needle includes an end portion including a needle tip; and a main body portion contiguous with the end portion, having a substantially circular cross-sectional outer shape. The end portion includes a first bevel formed by a curved surface, the bevel having an angle that gradually decreases toward the needle tip in an axial direction, in a cross-section orthogonal to the axial direction, relative to an imaginary plane that extends along an axis of the main body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya OOYAUCHI, Daisuke NISHIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160184532
    Abstract: A medical hollow needle assembly includes an outer cylindrical body including a through-hole; a hollow needle having an outer peripheral surface, wherein a proximal portion of the hollow needle is disposed in the through-hole of the outer cylindrical body, and wherein the outer peripheral surface of the hollow needle has an outer reduced-diameter surface that has a smaller outer diameter than that of a more proximal portion of the outer peripheral surface of the hollow needle; and an inner cylindrical body including an insertion hole in which the hollow needle is disposed, wherein the inner cylindrical body is disposed between the hollow needle and an inner peripheral surface of the through-hole of the outer cylindrical body, and wherein the inner cylindrical body joins the outer cylindrical body and the hollow needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya OOYAUCHI, Kenta GOTOU, Yukio IMAI, Hidenori FUJIWARA, Madoka HORIE, Hideo KAWAMOTO, Ayumi KUMAGAI
  • Patent number: 7632253
    Abstract: A drug injection needle comprises a puncturing needle part that has a puncturing part that is capable of puncturing a body, a drug introducing needle part that is capable of communicating with the inside of the drug container, and a housing that supports the puncturing needle part and the drug introducing needle part in such a way as to allow the liquid drug to flow between the needle parts. The outer diameter of the puncturing part is not more than 0.254 mm. The outer diameter of the drug introducing needle part is larger than at least that of the vicinity of the distal end of the puncturing part of the puncturing needle part, and a cutting edge is formed at the end of the drug introducing needle part for penetrating through an elastic member that is provided to seal the drug injection port of the drug container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tetsuya Ooyauchi
  • Patent number: 7587820
    Abstract: Side hole-bearing tubular bodies made of metal and having an inside diameter of up to 2 mm are manufactured by a method which includes punching from a metal sheet a sheet blank in the developed shape of a tubular body and punching in the sheet blank a hole which corresponds to the side hole in the tubular body and/or notches which form the side hole when the sheet blank is pressed into a tubular shape, in such a way that the metal sheet and the sheet blank remain partly joined; pressing the sheet blank into a tubular shape; and cutting apart the metal sheet and the sheet blank where they remain joined. Metal tubular bodies manufactured in this way can have one or more side holes of any shape, position or number thereon, and are highly suitable for use in medical devices such as syringe needles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignees: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Okano Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ooyauchi, Masayuki Okano
  • Patent number: 7435239
    Abstract: An injection needle that can reduce the pain associated with piercing a patient's skin with a needle. The needle has a needle tip provided by forming at least two or more ground surfaces after a first ground surface is formed at the tip of a needle tube. The needle tip is not present on a central plane, which is the plane that crosses vertically the first ground surface and includes a central axis of the needle tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Teruyuki Yatabe, Tetsuya Ooyauchi
  • Patent number: 7252653
    Abstract: A liquid injection needle (10) includes a hollow needle part (2) for injecting a liquid (8) and a supporting part (3), to which the needle part (2) is fixed. The needle part (2) includes an anchoring part (22) that extends through the inside of the supporting part (3) and a puncturing part (21) that extends from the supporting part (3) for making a puncture in a living body. The puncturing part (21) has a distal side outer diameter equal to or greater than 0.1 mm and equal to or less than 0.25 mm, and a proximal side outer diameter than the distal side outer diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mieko Ueda, Tetsuya Ooyauchi
  • Patent number: 7104103
    Abstract: A small diameter metal tube whose inner surface is smooth and its production method are provided. The metal tube has an inner diameter of up to 1.0 mm and its inner surface has a maximum height difference (Rf) in the surface roughness of up to 3 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignees: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Okano Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ooyauchi, Masayuki Okano
  • Patent number: 7082795
    Abstract: A small diameter metal tube having at least two inner diameters is provided. A method for producing this metal tube is also provided. In this method, a plate member having a development shape of the metal tube is blanked from a metal thin plate so that the plate member is left partly tied to the metal thin plate, the plate member is press formed into a tubular body having the at least two inner diameters, and the plate member partly tied to the metal thin plate is cut apart to produce the metal tube having at least two inner diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignees: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Okano Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ooyauchi, Masayuki Okano
  • Publication number: 20050241357
    Abstract: A small diameter metal tube whose inner surface is smooth and its production method are provided. The metal tube has an inner diameter of up to 1.0 mm and its inner surface has a maximum height difference (Rf) in the surface roughness of up to 3 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicants: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Okano Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ooyauchi, Masayuki Okano
  • Publication number: 20050234386
    Abstract: An injection needle has a puncture section having a small diameter that does not give a patient pain, injury, etc. and, moreover, does not make a patient feel fear and anxiety, a base end section with a large diameter to achieve a required flow rate and strength, and a tapered section connecting the puncture section and the base end section. The injection needle and a liquid introducing instrument can eliminate pain caused by a tapered section, and excellent puncture can be made with the needle and the instrument. An injection needle (1) has a puncture section (2) provided with a needle point that can be punctured into a living body, a base end section (3) having an outer and an inner diameter larger than the puncture section (2), a tapered section (4) connecting the puncture section (2) and the base end section (3). The tapered section (4) has smaller puncture resistance than the puncture section (2), or specifically, taper angle (A) is equal to or less than 2 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Hisao Nishikawa, Tetsuya Ooyauchi, Teruyuki Yatabe
  • Patent number: 6915821
    Abstract: A small diameter metal tube whose inner surface is smooth and its production method are provided. The metal tube has an inner diameter of up to 1.0 mm and its inner surface has a maximum height difference (Rf) in the surface roughness of up to 3 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignees: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Okano Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ooyauchi, Masayuki Okano
  • Publication number: 20050145676
    Abstract: Side hole-bearing tubular bodies made of metal and having an inside diameter of up to 2 mm are manufactured by a method which includes punching from a metal sheet a sheet blank in the developed shape of a tubular body and punching in the sheet blank a hole which corresponds to the side hole in the tubular body and/or notches which form the side hole when the sheet blank is pressed into a tubular shape, in such a way that the metal sheet and the sheet blank remain partly joined; pressing the sheet blank into a tubular shape; and cutting apart the metal sheet and the sheet blank where they remain joined. Metal tubular bodies manufactured in this way can have one or more side holes of any shape, position or number thereon, and are highly suitable for use in medical devices such as syringe needles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ooyauchi, Masayuki Okano
  • Publication number: 20050145677
    Abstract: Side hole-bearing tubular bodies made of metal and having an inside diameter of up to 2 mm are manufactured by a method which includes punching from a metal sheet a sheet blank in the developed shape of a tubular body and punching in the sheet blank a hole which corresponds to the side hole in the tubular body and/or notches which form the side hole when the sheet blank is pressed into a tubular shape, in such a way that the metal sheet and the sheet blank remain partly joined; pressing the sheet blank into a tubular shape; and cutting apart the metal sheet and the sheet blank where they remain joined. Metal tubular bodies manufactured in this way can have one or more side holes of any shape, position or number thereon, and are highly suitable for use in medical devices such as syringe needles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ooyauchi, Masayuki Okano
  • Publication number: 20050126241
    Abstract: A small diameter metal tube having at least two inner diameters is provided. A method for producing this metal tube is also provided. In this method, a plate member having a development shape of the metal tube is blanked from a metal thin plate so that the plate member is left partly tied to the metal thin plate, the plate member is press formed into a tubular body having the at least two inner diameters, and the plate member partly tied to the metal thin plate is cut apart to produce the metal tube having at least two inner diameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicants: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Okano Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ooyauchi, Masayuki Okano
  • Publication number: 20050107751
    Abstract: An injection needle (1), comprising a needle tip (5) provided by forming at least two or more ground surfaces (3b, 3c) after a first ground surface (3a) is formed at the tip of a needle tube (2), characterized in that the needle tip (5) is not present on a central plane (6), where a plane vertically crossing the first ground surface (3a) and including the center axis (8) of the needle tube (2) is the central plane (6), whereby the injection needle can reduce boring pain provided to a patient when the needle is pierced into a skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Teruyuki Yatabe, Tetsuya Ooyauchi
  • Publication number: 20050096603
    Abstract: A drug injection needle 1 comprises a puncturing needle part 2 that has a puncturing part 21 that is capable of puncturing a body, a drug introducing needle part 3 that is capable of communicating with the inside of the drug container, and a housing 4 that supports the puncturing needle part 2 and the drug introducing needle part 3 in such a way as to allow the liquid drug to flow between the needle parts 2 and 3. The outer diameter of the puncturing part 21 is not more than 0.254 mm. The outer diameter of the drug introducing needle part 3 is larger than at least that of the vicinity of the distal end of the puncturing part 21 of the puncturing needle part 2, and a cutting edge 31 is formed at the end of the drug introducing needle part 3 for penetrating through an elastic member that is provided to seal the drug injection port of the drug container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventor: Tetsuya Ooyauchi
  • Patent number: 6883552
    Abstract: A small diameter metal tube having at least two inner diameters is provided. A method for producing this metal tube is also provided. In this method, a plate member having a development shape of the metal tube is blanked from a metal thin plate so that the plate member is left partly tied to the metal thin plate, the plate member is press formed into a tubular body having the at least two inner diameters, and the plate member partly tied to the metal thin plate is cut apart to produce the metal tube having at least two inner diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignees: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Okano Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ooyauchi, Masayuki Okano
  • Patent number: 6877652
    Abstract: Side hole-bearing tubular bodies made of metal and having an inside diameter of up to 2 mm are manufactured by a method which includes punching from a metal sheet a sheet blank in the developed shape of a tubular body and punching in the sheet blank a hole which corresponds to the side hole in the tubular body and/or notches which form the side hole when the sheet blank is pressed into, a tubular shape, in such a way that the metal sheet and the sheet blank remain partly joined; pressing the sheet blank into a tubular shape; and cutting apart the metal sheet and the sheet blank where they remain joined. Metal tubular bodies manufactured in this way can have one or more side holes of any shape, position or number thereon, and are highly suitable for use in medical devices such as syringe needles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignees: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Okano Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ooyauchi, Masayuki Okano
  • Patent number: 6843783
    Abstract: A drug injection needle comprises a puncturing needle part having a puncturing part capable of puncturing a body, a drug introducing needle part capable of communicating with the inside of the drug container, and a housing supporting the puncturing needle part and the drug introducing needle part to allow the liquid drug to flow between the needle parts. The outer diameter of the puncturing part is not more than 0.254 mm. The outer diameter of the drug introducing needle part is larger than at least that of the vicinity of the distal end of the puncturing part of the puncturing needle part, and a cutting edge is formed at the end of the drug introducing needle part for penetrating through an elastic member that is provided to seal the drug injection port of the drug container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tetsuya Ooyauchi