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).
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Patent number: 12073572Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Hisashi Wada, Tomoaki Takemura, Hidekazu Takahashi, Ryuta Ogawa, Sumiya Nagatsuka, Ikki Nakamura
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Patent number: 12053184Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 3, 2020Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Takahashi, Yukitoshi Kato, Tomoaki Takemura
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Publication number: 20240138907Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoaki TAKEMURA, Yusuke TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 11950836Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Takahashi, Yukitoshi Kato, Tomoaki Takemura
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Publication number: 20230402155Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Tomoaki TAKEMURA, Hisashi WADA
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Publication number: 20230377725Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Tomoaki TAKEMURA, Hidekazu TAKAHASHI, Hisashi WADA, Kei OKABAYASHI
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Publication number: 20230267920Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: TOMOAKI TAKEMURA, SHINYA MASUNAGA, KOJI FUJITA, KATSUTOSHI ISHIWATA, KENICHI IKENAGA, KATSUTOSHI KUSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20230233223Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinji KONDO, Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Tomoaki TAKEMURA
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Patent number: 11676578Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Tomoaki Takemura, Shinya Masunaga, Koji Fujita, Katsutoshi Ishiwata, Kenichi Ikenaga, Katsutoshi Kusumoto
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Publication number: 20230052910Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Hisashi WADA, Tomoaki TAKEMURA, Hidekazu TAKAHASHI, Ryuta OGAWA, Sumiya NAGATSUKA, Ikki NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20220254013Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Tomoaki TAKEMURA, Hisashi WADA, Hidekazu TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20220218414Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Yukitoshi KATOU, Tomoaki TAKEMURA
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Patent number: 11247023Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 25, 2016Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoaki Takemura, Yuya Otake
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Publication number: 20210358480Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: TOMOAKI TAKEMURA, SHINYA MASUNAGA, KOJI FUJITA, KATSUTOSHI ISHIWATA, KENICHI IKENAGA, KATSUTOSHI KUSUMOTO
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Patent number: 11100919Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Tomoaki Takemura, Shinya Masunaga, Koji Fujita, Katsutoshi Ishiwata, Kenichi Ikenaga, Katsutoshi Kusumoto
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Publication number: 20210007791Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Takahashi, Yukitoshi Kato, Tomoaki Takemura, Nozomu Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20210007800Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Yukitoshi KATO, Tomoaki TAKEMURA
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Publication number: 20210007790Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Yukitoshi KATO, Tomoaki TAKEMURA
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Patent number: 10715398Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 27, 2014Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Ikenaga, Yukihiro Isono, Tomoaki Takemura, Koji Fujita, Kenichiro Sato
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Publication number: 20200138445Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Yukitoshi KATO, Tomoaki TAKEMURA