Patents by Inventor Tomoaki Takemura

Tomoaki Takemura 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: 12073572
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor designates, from one frame image of a dynamic image acquired by dynamic imaging of a movement of a locomotorium, a plurality of regions or points on a structure included in the locomotorium, sets an alignment reference based on the designated regions or points, tracks the designated regions or points in a plurality of frame images of the dynamic image, aligns a line segment connecting the regions or the points to each other in the plurality of frame images based on the alignment reference, and causes a display to display the line segment so as to be superimposed on a representative frame image of the dynamic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hisashi Wada, Tomoaki Takemura, Hidekazu Takahashi, Ryuta Ogawa, Sumiya Nagatsuka, Ikki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 12053184
    Abstract: A medical device is disclosed, which is capable of preventing a maintenance treatment element imparting energy to biological tissue from being displaced from a treatment target site and a treatment method performed on a heart failure patient. A medical device is disclosed, which includes a shaft portion, an expandable and contractible expansion body provided on a distal side of the shaft portion, and a maintenance treatment element disposed in the expansion body and imparting energy to biological tissue. The expansion body includes a concave portion recessed in a direction intersecting with an axial direction of the shaft portion. The maintenance treatment element is disposed in the concave portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Takahashi, Yukitoshi Kato, Tomoaki Takemura
  • Publication number: 20240138907
    Abstract: A medical device and a method for forming a shunt configured to effectively cauterize a biological tissue having a variation in thickness. The medical device includes an expansion body, an elongated shaft portion to which the proximal end of the expansion body is fixed, a plurality of energy transfer elements disposed along the expansion body, and a pulling shaft are included, and the expansion body, which has a recess that defines a reception space, is configured such that an easy-to-deform portion that is disposed on the expansion body and is easily deformable is deformed to enlarge the reception space at the position corresponding to the easy-to-deform portion in the circumferential direction when a force in the axial direction of the expansion body is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoaki TAKEMURA, Yusuke TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11950836
    Abstract: A medical device and a treatment method, in which energy is accurately applied to a target site by suppressing a positional displacement between an expansion body and a biological tissue. The medical device includes an elongated shaft portion and an expansion body disposed in a distal portion of the shaft portion and configured to expand and contract in a radial direction. The expansion body includes a holding portion having a proximal side holding portion and a distal side holding portion configured to hold the biological tissue, and a movable portion configured to open and close the holding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Takahashi, Yukitoshi Kato, Tomoaki Takemura
  • Publication number: 20230402155
    Abstract: An image display system includes a first hardware processor that: obtains an analysis result acquired by a computer process for first medical image data having a first slice thickness; obtains second medical image data reconstructed, from the first medical image data, to have a second slice thickness different from the first slice thickness; and converts the analysis result of the first medical image data into what is displayable on a second medical image based on the second medical image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoaki TAKEMURA, Hisashi WADA
  • Publication number: 20230377725
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a hardware processor configured to cause a display part to simultaneously display first display information indicating a first lesion candidate region obtained by computer processing on medical information and second display information indicating a second lesion candidate region specified by a user on the basis of the medical information, wherein, in a case where the first display information and the second display information are displayed at the same time, the hardware processor distinguishably displays the first display information and the second display information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Tomoaki TAKEMURA, Hidekazu TAKAHASHI, Hisashi WADA, Kei OKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230267920
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an analysis unit configured to analyze a character string indicating contents of utterance obtained as a result of speech recognition, and a display control unit configured to display the character string indicating the contents of the utterance and an analysis result on a display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: TOMOAKI TAKEMURA, SHINYA MASUNAGA, KOJI FUJITA, KATSUTOSHI ISHIWATA, KENICHI IKENAGA, KATSUTOSHI KUSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230233223
    Abstract: A medical device includes: an expansion body, a shaft portion, and an electrode portion, the expansion body includes a recessed portion defining a receiving space configured to receive a biological tissue, a proximal side upright portion of the recessed portion includes a first surface facing the receiving space and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a distal side upright portion of the recessed portion includes a third surface facing the receiving space and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface, the proximal side upright portion is an electrode arrangement portion in which the electrode portion is arranged, the distal side upright portion is an opposing surface portion opposing the electrode portion, the expansion body includes a heat insulation layer at least on the third surface or the fourth surface so as to oppose the electrode portion with the receiving space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinji KONDO, Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Tomoaki TAKEMURA
  • Patent number: 11676578
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an analysis unit configured to analyze a character string indicating contents of utterance obtained as a result of speech recognition, and a display control unit configured to display the character string indicating the contents of the utterance and an analysis result on a display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Tomoaki Takemura, Shinya Masunaga, Koji Fujita, Katsutoshi Ishiwata, Kenichi Ikenaga, Katsutoshi Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20230052910
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor designates, from one frame image of a dynamic image acquired by dynamic imaging of a movement of a locomotorium, a plurality of regions or points on a structure included in the locomotorium, sets an alignment reference based on the designated regions or points, tracks the designated regions or points in a plurality of frame images of the dynamic image, aligns a line segment connecting the regions or the points to each other in the plurality of frame images based on the alignment reference, and causes a display to display the line segment so as to be superimposed on a representative frame image of the dynamic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Hisashi WADA, Tomoaki TAKEMURA, Hidekazu TAKAHASHI, Ryuta OGAWA, Sumiya NAGATSUKA, Ikki NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220254013
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing device that includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor calculates a feature amount relevant to a breast shape from a mammography image. The hardware processor selects a schema image corresponding to the breast shape of the mammography image from a plurality of types of predetermined schema images based on the feature amount relevant to the breast shape calculated by the hardware processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Tomoaki TAKEMURA, Hisashi WADA, Hidekazu TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220218414
    Abstract: An energy generating device and a cauterization system capable of uniformly cauterizing a biological tissue at a desired damage level, and reducing the generation of tissue damage or the generation of peripheral embolism caused by the formation of blood clots. The energy generating device includes a control unit that controls an electric energy output to electrodes that cauterize a biological tissue. The control unit includes an impedance calculation unit that calculates an impedance between an electrode and an electrode serving as a return electrode of the electrode, and an output adjustment unit that causes electric power to the electrodes to decrease when the impedance calculated by the impedance calculation unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Yukitoshi KATOU, Tomoaki TAKEMURA
  • Patent number: 11247023
    Abstract: A catheter includes: a catheter shaft; and a hub on a proximal side of the catheter shaft. The catheter shaft includes a shaft inner surface inclined portion at a proximal portion, the diameter of which increases proximally such that the shaft inner surface inclined portion forms an angle with the catheter central axis. The hub includes a first hub inner surface inclined portion continuous from the shaft inner surface inclined portion and inclined at the same inclination angle as the shaft inner surface inclined portion, and a second hub inner surface inclined portion proximal of the first hub inner surface inclined portion. The second hub inner surface inclined portion inclination angle differs from the first hub inner surface inclined portion inclination angle. The hub does not cover an inner peripheral surface of the catheter shaft in an interlock portion in which the catheter shaft and the hub are interlocked together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoaki Takemura, Yuya Otake
  • Publication number: 20210358480
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an analysis unit configured to analyze a character string indicating contents of utterance obtained as a result of speech recognition, and a display control unit configured to display the character string indicating the contents of the utterance and an analysis result on a display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: TOMOAKI TAKEMURA, SHINYA MASUNAGA, KOJI FUJITA, KATSUTOSHI ISHIWATA, KENICHI IKENAGA, KATSUTOSHI KUSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 11100919
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an analysis unit configured to analyze a character string indicating contents of utterance obtained as a result of speech recognition, and a display control unit configured to display the character string indicating the contents of the utterance and an analysis result on a display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Tomoaki Takemura, Shinya Masunaga, Koji Fujita, Katsutoshi Ishiwata, Kenichi Ikenaga, Katsutoshi Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20210007791
    Abstract: A medical device is disclosed which can suppress torsion of a wire in a circumferential direction in an expansion body formed using the wire. The medical device includes an elongated shaft portion, and an expansion body disposed in a distal portion of the shaft portion, the expansion body configured to expand and contract in a radial direction. The expansion body has wire portions in which a distal portion and a proximal portion are linked with the shaft portion, and a holding portion formed using at least one of the wire portions, and holding a biological tissue. At least one of a proximal side and a distal side of the holding portion has an opening portion formed using a wire portion or formed using a plurality of the wire portions. When the expansion body expands, the wire portion forming the holding portion faces the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Takahashi, Yukitoshi Kato, Tomoaki Takemura, Nozomu Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20210007800
    Abstract: A medical device is disclosed which can suppress torsion of a wire in a circumferential direction in an expansion body formed using the wire. A medical device is disclosed, which enlarges a biological tissue. The medical device includes an elongated shaft portion and an expansion body disposed in a distal portion of the shaft portion. The expansion body has a wire portion configured to expand and contract in a radial direction, and a torsion restriction portion that restricts movement of the wire portion in a circumferential direction of the expansion body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Yukitoshi KATO, Tomoaki TAKEMURA
  • Publication number: 20210007790
    Abstract: A medical device and a treatment method, in which energy is accurately applied to a target site by suppressing a positional displacement between an expansion body and a biological tissue. The medical device includes an elongated shaft portion and an expansion body disposed in a distal portion of the shaft portion and configured to expand and contract in a radial direction. The expansion body includes a holding portion having a proximal side holding portion and a distal side holding portion configured to hold the biological tissue, and a movable portion configured to open and close the holding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Yukitoshi KATO, Tomoaki TAKEMURA
  • Patent number: 10715398
    Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus including a control unit configured to control, based on a content list as a list of content items to be provided by providing apparatuses that are connected to a network and capable of providing the content items and on connection relationship information indicating connection relationships between the providing apparatuses and input terminals of output apparatuses that are connected to the network and capable of outputting the content items, a providing apparatus to provide a selected content item that is selected from among the content items in the content list and an output apparatus including an input terminal to which the providing apparatus is connected, as control targets via the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Ikenaga, Yukihiro Isono, Tomoaki Takemura, Koji Fujita, Kenichiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20200138445
    Abstract: A medical device is disclosed, which is capable of preventing a maintenance treatment element imparting energy to biological tissue from being displaced from a treatment target site and a treatment method performed on a heart failure patient. A medical device is disclosed, which includes a shaft portion, an expandable and contractible expansion body provided on a distal side of the shaft portion, and a maintenance treatment element disposed in the expansion body and imparting energy to biological tissue. The expansion body includes a concave portion recessed in a direction intersecting with an axial direction of the shaft portion. The maintenance treatment element is disposed in the concave portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Yukitoshi KATO, Tomoaki TAKEMURA