Patents by Inventor Tomio Sugahara

Tomio Sugahara 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: 6004285
    Abstract: An injector head for medical use is provided with a tilt sense circuit between a switch circuit and a body control unit for sensing a tilt of the injector head, converting a signal output from the switch circuit to a prescribed signal and outputting it to the body control unit. Accordingly, an injector head is provided which can be operated without care at the time of injection of contrast medium into a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Sugan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomio Sugahara
  • Patent number: 5997484
    Abstract: A probe for measuring epidural pressure and the elasticity of brain parenchyma includes first and second chambers both formed of a thin film with a bag-shape so that they can contract/expand in response to introduction of first and second pressure transmission mediums, respectively, wherein the first and second chambers are independent of each other and provided in a stack. Thus a probe capable of accurately measuring epidural pressure and the elasticity of brain parenchyma can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Sugan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomio Sugahara
  • Patent number: 5464014
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device which receives and displays ECG and other signals from a patient in an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) control room, which display device comprises a video converter which outputs video signals corresponding to the displayed information, a magnetically shielded cable which transmits the output of the video converter to a location near the patient and a display unit which receives the video signals from the magnetically shielded cable and display ECG and other data in a location near the patient as accommodated in a magnetically shielded housing. With this display device, ECG and other signals can be monitored accurately within the MRI booth without adverse effects on the MRI unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Sugan Company Limited
    Inventor: Tomio Sugahara
  • Patent number: 5239265
    Abstract: Detection signals (about several microvolts) of bio-electrical and bio-physical phenomena from a patient are amplified to a prescribed level through a magnetically shielded preamplifier, and displayed as waveforms on the screen of a display device installed at a place free from magnetic effects.The waveforms are, however, not amplified so much by the preamplifier in order to prevent formation of distortion in the detection signals.The waveforms displayed on the screen are taken by a video camera, and video signals are picked up from the camera. The video signals are, unlike the feeble detection signals directly obtained from the human body, stable image information, and when they are transmitted again to the place of magnetic resonance CT apparatus (that is, the place exposed to magnetic effects), they are hardly influenced by the magnetism.The video signals are displayed again as waveforms on a magnetically shielded video display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Sugan Company Limited
    Inventor: Tomio Sugahara