Patents by Inventor Toru Kuratani

Toru Kuratani 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).

  • HEART VALVE ABNORMALITY DETECTION DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DETECTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20230414192
    Abstract: A heart valve abnormality detection device includes a heart sound data acquisition portion 21 configured to acquire heart sound data corresponding to heart sounds, a first processing portion configured to set, based on the heart sound data, a section between a first heart sound and a second heart sound of the heart sounds as a target range and acquire a peak frequency that is a peak value of a frequency in a frequency component of the heart sounds within the target range, and a second processing portion configured to output a detection signal indicating that there is a high probability of severe aortic stenosis in a case where the peak frequency is a peak reference value or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hirotada MASUDA, Yoshiki SAWA, Toru KURATANI
  • Drug-eluting stent graft
    Patent number: 9968716
    Abstract: The present invention provides a drug-eluting stent graft for preventing stent graft-related complications as well as treating aneurysm. Specifically, the present invention relates to a drug-eluting stent graft comprising a drug, a drug-retaining agent and a stent graft, and a method for therapy of aneurysm including the use of the drug-eluting stent graft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignees: ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yoshiki Sawa, Toru Kuratani, Koichi Toda, Takayoshi Ueno, Shigeru Miyagawa, Satsuki Fukushima, Atsuhiro Saito, Yoshiki Watanabe, Yoshiki Sakai
  • DRUG-ELUTING STENT GRAFT
    Publication number: 20160250395
    Abstract: The present invention provides a drug-eluting stent graft for preventing stent graft-related complications as well as treating aneurysm. Specifically, the present invention relates to a drug-eluting stent graft comprising a drug, a drug-retaining agent and a stent graft, and a method for therapy of aneurysm including the use of the drug-eluting stent graft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshiki Sawa, Toru Kuratani, Koichi Toda, Takayoshi Ueno, Shigeru Miyagawa, Satsuki Fukushima, Atsuhiro Saito, Yoshiki Watanabe, Yoshiki Sakai