Patents by Inventor Tomohiko FUKUHARA

Tomohiko FUKUHARA 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: 11517359
    Abstract: In order to apply, with a simple and easy means, proper pressure between bone segments spaced apart as a result of osteotomy or a bone fracture, without lowering the fixing force at the screw meshing portion, without increasing a dead space, and without increasing the thickness of the plate, the present invention provides a bone plate having an upper face, which is to be in contact with bone, a lower face, which is to be in contact with the bone, and a plurality of holes arranged to receive bone screws and connecting the upper face and the lower face. In at least one of the holes, a portion of an edge, on the upper face, of the hole is formed so as to be raised in the form of a protrusion higher than the upper face around the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: OLYMPUS TERUMO BIOMATERIALS CORP.
    Inventors: Koichi Kuroda, Yasuharu Yokoyama, Tomohiko Fukuhara, Masaki Atarashi, Kitaru Suzuki, Minoru Harada, Toshihisa Iwanaga, Mitsuya Urata
  • Patent number: 11253295
    Abstract: Provided is a vertebral spacer including a columnar main-body portion attached to individual cut end portions of the cut vertebral arch by screws, wherein the main-body portion is provided with two accommodating holes formed inside the main-body portion at positions spaced in a longitudinal direction of the main-body portion, and individually accommodating head portions of the screws, the individual accommodating holes are provided with openings through which the head portions are inserted into the accommodating holes from outside the main-body portion, and the openings have diameters greater than diameters of shaft portions of the screws, smaller than diameters of the head portions, and increased to a size that is greater than the diameters of the head portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: OLYMPUS TERUMO BIOMATERIALS CORP.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Fukuhara, Koji Nishiyama, Koichi Kuroda, Mitsuya Urata, Katsuyoshi Sobue, Ryunosuke Seki
  • Publication number: 20210177473
    Abstract: In order to apply, with a simple and easy means, proper pressure between bone segments spaced apart as a result of osteotomy or a bone fracture, without lowering the fixing force at the screw meshing portion, without increasing a dead space, and without increasing the thickness of the plate, the present invention provides a bone plate having an upper face, which is to be in contact with bone, a lower face, which is to be in contact with the bone, and a plurality of holes arranged to receive bone screws and connecting the upper face and the lower face. In at least one of the holes, a portion of an edge, on the upper face, of the hole is formed so as to be raised in the form of a protrusion higher than the upper face around the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS TERUMO BIOMATERIALS CORP.
    Inventors: Koichi KURODA, Yasuharu YOKOYAMA, Tomohiko FUKUHARA, Masaki ATARASHI, Kitaru SUZUKI, Minoru HARADA, Toshihisa IWANAGA, Mitsuya URATA
  • Publication number: 20200000499
    Abstract: Provided is a vertebral spacer including a columnar main-body portion attached to individual cut end portions of the cut vertebral arch by screws, wherein the main-body portion is provided with two accommodating holes formed inside the main-body portion at positions spaced in a longitudinal direction of the main-body portion, and individually accommodating head portions of the screws, the individual accommodating holes are provided with openings through which the head portions are inserted into the accommodating holes from outside the main-body portion, and the openings have diameters greater than diameters of shaft portions of the screws, smaller than diameters of the head portions, and increased to a size that is greater than the diameters of the head portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: OLYMPUS TERUMO BIOMATERIALS CORP.
    Inventors: Tomohiko FUKUHARA, Koji NISHIYAMA, Koichi KURODA, Mitsuya URATA, Katsuyoshi SOBUE, Ryunosuke SEKI