Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki Takashino

Tomoyuki Takashino 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).

  • Publication number: 20230414268
    Abstract: An electrically conductive plate of a treatment instrument includes a treating surface and a back surface facing an opposite side of the treating surface, and an electric component is arranged on the back surface of the electrically conductive plate. The electric component is electrically independent from the electrically conductive plate, and a holder supports the electrically conductive plate from the back surface side. A connector is made of a thermoplastic resin, and arranged on either side of and spaced from the electric component in a width direction intersecting with a longitudinal axis. The connector stationarily fixes each end of the electrically conductive plate in the width direction to the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKEI, Kazuhiro TANAKA, Tomoyuki TAKASHINO
  • Patent number: 11786288
    Abstract: An electrically conductive plate of a treatment instrument includes a treating surface and a back surface facing an opposite side of the treating surface, and an electric component is arranged on the back surface of the electrically conductive plate. The electric component is electrically independent from the electrically conductive plate, and a holder supports the electrically conductive plate from the back surface side. A connector is made of a thermoplastic resin, and arranged on either side of and spaced from the electric component in a width direction intersecting with a longitudinal axis. The connector stationarily fixes each end of the electrically conductive plate in the width direction to the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Takei, Kazuhiro Tanaka, Tomoyuki Takashino
  • Patent number: 11707316
    Abstract: A treatment instrument includes a rotating body and a housing. The rotating body includes a connecting portion including: a supported portion having a cylindrical outer peripheral surface, and an engaged portion that is adjacent to the supported surface. The housing includes a supporting portion that is configured to support the supported portion of the rotating body, the supporting portion being rotatable around a predetermined rotation axis; and an engaging portion that is configured to generate a frictional force larger than a frictional force between the supporting portion and the supported portion by coming into contact with the engaged portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tanaka, Yuki Kawaguchi, Yusuke Takei, Ojiro Kitamura, Akinori Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Takashino, Tatsuro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230200887
    Abstract: A treatment tool includes: an insertion tube; a distal end part that is provided at a distal end of the insertion tube; a shaft that is provided in the distal end part and that includes an outer circumferential surface; and a pair of transmitters each of which is inserted into the insertion tube and is fixed to the distal end part, the pair of transmitters being configured to transmit a drive force that causes the distal end part to flex with respect to the insertion tube, each transmitter being arranged along the outer circumferential surface with the shaft being sandwiched between the pair of transmitters and, on a distal end side with respect to the shaft, the pair of transmitters extending in a state of being separate from each other in a distance smaller than a diameter of the outer circumferential surface of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Akira MIYAZAKI, Hiroyuki Takayama, Daisuke Yanagi, Kazuhiro Tanaka, Ojiro Kitamura, Tomoyuki Takashino
  • Patent number: 11596464
    Abstract: A medical apparatus includes a first jaw; a second jaw that opens and closes with the first jaw; a shaft to which the second jaw is pivotably attached; and a sliding member provided between the second jaw and the shaft, abutted to each of the second jaw and the shaft, and configured to be slidable with respect to at least one of the second jaw or the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Takei, Kazuhiro Tanaka, Tomoyuki Takashino
  • Publication number: 20220323136
    Abstract: A treatment system includes a treatment tool and a generator. The treatment tool includes a first grasper configured to apply treatment energy to a living tissue, and a second grasper. The generator includes a power circuit, a detecting circuit configured to detect an index value indicating a treatment state of a test material, and a processor configured to, based on the index value, measure a treatment completion time. At least one of the treatment tool and the generator further includes a memory configured to store property data which indicates a property of the test material, and based on the measured treatment completion time, the intensity of the treatment energy applied to the test material, and the property data, the processor is configured to calculate a control parameter related to the intensity of the treatment energy when the living tissue is treated, and output the control parameter to the power circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato NARISAWA, Yuki KAWAGUCHI, Tomoyuki TAKASHINO
  • Patent number: 10869711
    Abstract: A grasping treatment unit includes a first jaw, and a second jaw openable and closable relative to the first jaw. In the first jaw, a heating wire continues without branching from a first extending end to a second extending end, and generates heat over an entire length from the first extending end to the second extending end when an electric current flows therethrough. A heating portion is lower in calorific value per unit area in a distal portion than in a proximal portion in the first jaw in a state where the heat is generated from the heating wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Takashino, Yusuke Takei, Kazuhiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20200390490
    Abstract: A treatment instrument includes a first jaw including a first electrode and a second jaw including a second electrode. The first jaw is openable and closable, together with the first electrode, with respect to the second jaw and the second electrode. The first electrode includes a projection projecting toward the second jaw. In a base of each of the jaws, an extending surface extends from an outer edge surface of a corresponding one of the electrodes toward a side away from the projection in a width direction so as to slope away from in an opening and closing direction of the first and second jaws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki KAWAGUCHI, Tomoyuki TAKASHINO, Akinori KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200275969
    Abstract: An electrically conductive plate of a treatment instrument includes a treating surface and a back surface facing an opposite side of the treating surface, and an electric component is arranged on the back surface of the electrically conductive plate. The electric component is electrically independent from the electrically conductive plate, and a holder supports the electrically conductive plate from the back surface side. A connector is made of a thermoplastic resin, and arranged on either side of and spaced from the electric component in a width direction intersecting with a longitudinal axis. The connector stationarily fixes each end of the electrically conductive plate in the width direction to the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKEI, Kazuhiro TANAKA, Tomoyuki TAKASHINO
  • Publication number: 20200268430
    Abstract: A medical apparatus includes a first jaw; a second jaw that opens and closes with the first jaw; a shaft to which the second jaw is pivotably attached; and a sliding member provided between the second jaw and the shaft, abutted to each of the second jaw and the shaft, and configured to be slidable with respect to at least one of the second jaw or the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKEI, Kazuhiro TANAKA, Tomoyuki TAKASHINO
  • Patent number: 10617462
    Abstract: A medical device that includes a support member, a heat insulator provided on at least a portion of a first surface of the support member, an energy output member configured to output energy, the energy output member provided on at least a portion of a first surface of the heat insulator, the output energy configured to treat biological tissue and a heat conductor provided on at least a portion of the first surface of the support member and contacting a second surface of the heat insulator, the second surface of the heat insulator opposite the first surface of the heat insulator, wherein a portion of the support member is located proximal than the energy output, and the energy output member is configured to transfer heat to the heat insulator, and wherein the heat conductor is configured to conduct the heat from the heat insulator to the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Takei, Tomoyuki Takashino, Kazuhiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190282252
    Abstract: A medical instrument includes: a jaw which is provided with a grasping section; and a blade which is movable close to and away from the grasping section and which extends from a distal-end portion thereof to a proximal-end portion thereof, the blade having a top portion including a ridge opposed to the grasping section, and the ridge of the top portion in the proximal-end portion being sharper than the ridge of the top portion in the distal-end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKEI, Kazuhiro TANAKA, Tomoyuki TAKASHINO
  • Patent number: 10363083
    Abstract: An energy output section outputs first electric energy so that a high-frequency current flows between electrodes through a treated target, and outputs second electric energy so that heat occurs in an end effector. A controller outputs the first electric energy at the same time as the second electric energy in at least a part of a period during which the heat is continuously denaturing the treated target from an output start of the second electric energy. The controller makes, based on judging that the treated target entered a predetermined state, an electric power of the first electric energy increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Takashino, Yusuke Takei, Kazuhiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190175257
    Abstract: A treatment instrument includes a rotating body and a housing. The rotating body includes a connecting portion including: a supported portion having a cylindrical outer peripheral surface, and an engaged portion that is adjacent to the supported surface. The housing includes a supporting portion that is configured to support the supported portion of the rotating body, the supporting portion being rotatable around a predetermined rotation axis; and an engaging portion that is configured to generate a frictional force larger than a frictional force between the supporting portion and the supported portion by coming into contact with the engaged portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TANAKA, Yuki KAWAGUCHI, Yusuke TAKEI, Ojiro KITAMURA, Akinori KOBAYASHI, Tomoyuki TAKASHINO, Tatsuro YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190008573
    Abstract: A treatment system includes a pair of holding members, a high-frequency energy output section, a heat generating section and a control section. At least one of the pair of holding members moves to the other holding member. The high-frequency energy output section and the heat generating section are provided on at least one of the holding members. The high-frequency energy output section exerts high-frequency energy to a living tissue to denature the living tissue, and collects the biological information of the living tissue. The heat generating section applies heat to it held between the holding members, generates the heat owing to the supply of the energy, and conducts the heat therefrom to denature the living tissue. The control section controls the output of the energy to the high-frequency energy output section and the heat generating section based on the biological information collected by the high-frequency energy output section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Tomoyuki TAKASHINO, Kenichi KIMURA
  • Patent number: 10098688
    Abstract: A treatment system includes a pair of holding members, a high-frequency energy output section, a heat generating section and a control section. At least one of the pair of holding members moves to the other holding member. The high-frequency energy output section and the heat generating section are provided on at least one of the holding members. The high-frequency energy output section exerts high-frequency energy to a living tissue to denature the living tissue, and collects the biological information of the living tissue. The heat generating section applies heat to it held between the holding members, generates the heat owing to the supply of the energy, and conducts the heat therefrom to denature the living tissue. The control section controls the output of the energy to the high-frequency energy output section and the heat generating section based on the biological information collected by the high-frequency energy output section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Takashino, Kenichi Kimura
  • Patent number: 10070913
    Abstract: A grasping surface opposed to a second jaw is provided on an outer surface in a first jaw of the grasping treatment unit, and a heat applying portion applying heat to a treated target is provided in a grasping-surface-side part in the first jaw. The heat applying portion includes a projection portion in which the grasping surface projects toward the second jaw, and the projection portion includes a first thermal conduction portion, and a second thermal conduction portion with a thermal conductivity which is different from that of the first thermal conduction portion. The second thermal conduction portion is continuous with the first thermal conduction portion in a longitudinal direction of the first jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Takashino, Yusuke Takei, Kazuhiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10058373
    Abstract: A treatment instrument includes a treatment body that includes a treatment surface provided in the first clamp surface, the treatment surface protruding toward the second clamp surface in response to the supply of heat energy and increasing pressure on the living tissue to treat the living tissue in cooperation with the action of the heat energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Takashino, Hiroaki Ichikawa, Yusuke Takei, Kazuhiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10034703
    Abstract: A control device is a control device for an energy treatment tool including a first holding member and a second holding member which hold a biological tissue, and a heating element configured to generate heat corresponding to supplied power, thereby heating a holding surface. The control device includes a temperature acquiring section that acquires a temperature of the heating element; and a surface temperature estimating section that estimates, as a surface temperature, a temperature of at least a part of a surface of the first holding member which is different from a portion facing the second holding member, based on a change of the temperature of the heating element after supply of the power is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Takashino, Yusuke Takei, Kazuhiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9993289
    Abstract: A treatment device configured to hold a living tissue includes a swing member supported by a first grasping member and rotatable in a first direction and in an opposite direction opposite to the first direction. A support shaft of the swing member is supported on a side close to the distal end including a middle position between the distal end and the proximal end. A first holding surface is provided on the swing member close to a side of the second grasping member and grasps the living tissue. A second holding surface is provided on the second grasping member close to a side of the swing member and which faces the first holding surface and which is configured to hold the living tissue together with the first holding surface of the swing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Sobajima, Tomoyuki Takashino, Yusuke Takei