Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Iio
Toshiaki Iio 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: 9149582Abstract: An expansion/compression mechanism of a piston rod assembly is composed of a bush shaft, a first cylindrical piston rod that is screwed with the bush shaft, a second cylindrical piston rod that is screwed with the first piston rod, and a piston rod holding member for housing the bush shaft and these piston rods. Therefore, the piston rods move linearly in multiple stages.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2008Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirofumi Sugimoto, Kouichi Matsuda, Toshiaki Iio, Seiji Kikuchi, Yoshiki Takeuchi
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Patent number: 9114201Abstract: A storage case (100) for storing a pharmaceutical syringe unit (4) that is mounted to a pharmaceutical administering device (8) comprises a base body (1) that is open at its upper face, and a cover (2) for covering the opening in the base body (1). The base body (1) has in its interior a concave portion (5) that holds the cylindrical pharmaceutical syringe unit (4). The concave portion (5) has holders (6) that hold two ends of the pharmaceutical syringe unit (4), and a center concave portion (7) for attaching and removing the pharmaceutical syringe unit (4) and being provided in a position that corresponds to the main body portion of a stored pharmaceutical syringe unit (4). The center concave portion (7) further has a bottom part positioned lower than the holders (6), and is formed such that the pharmaceutical administering device (8) can be disposed in an upright position.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2012Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiaki Iio, Yukihiro Takabatake
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Patent number: 9114213Abstract: The pharmaceutical injection device comprises a syringe mounting portion configured to mount thereon a syringe containing a drug, the syringe including at a front end side thereof an injection needle mounting portion on which an injection needle is mounted and a gasket at a rear end side thereof, a plunger operable to press the gasket in the syringe mounted on the syringe mounting portion toward the injection needle mounting portion, a motor operable to drive the plunger, an encoder operable to detect a rotation amount of the motor, and a controller connected to the encoder and operable to control a driving of the motor. The controller is operable to obtain a motor rotation amount that corresponds to a deformation amount of the gasket deformed by the plunger, and control a rotation of the motor at a time of injection of the drug in accordance with the motor rotation amount.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2012Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Murakami, Mitsuteru Fujimoto, Toshiaki Iio
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Patent number: 8945056Abstract: An injection device with a puncture function includes, in a single casing, a cylindrical cartridge in which insulin is enclosed, a cartridge holder to which the cartridge is inserted, a needle inserted at a front end of the cartridge, a reciprocation unit for reciprocating the cartridge toward the needle, and an extrusion member for extruding the insulin from a rear end of the cartridge toward the needle, and the motion speed and the motion amount of the reciprocation unit are made variable.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2012Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiaki Iio, Yoshinori Amano
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Publication number: 20140371683Abstract: A medication administering device, to which a preparation syringe containing a preparation is mounted, and which administers a preparation to a living body, and comprises a main body; a cylindrical syringe holder that is provided to the main body and into which the preparation syringe is inserted from the rear end side; a cylindrical syringe cover that supports the preparation syringe on the inner peripheral face side, and into which the preparation syringe is inserted from the distal end side; an inner case that guides the syringe cover and is removably fitted together with the syringe cover; and a distal end cap that guides the main body and is removably fitted together with the main body, and moves in conjunction with the syringe cover during attachment to the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Toshiaki IIO, Hidenori WATANABE, Seiji KIKUCHI, Yukihiro TAKABATAKE
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Publication number: 20140360903Abstract: A storage case (100) for storing a pharmaceutical syringe unit (4) that is mounted to a pharmaceutical administering device (8) comprises a base body (1) that is open at its upper face, and a cover (2) for covering the opening in the base body (1). The base body (1) has in its interior a concave portion (5) that holds the cylindrical pharmaceutical syringe unit (4). The concave portion (5) has holders (6) that hold two ends of the pharmaceutical syringe unit (4), and a center concave portion (7) for attaching and removing the pharmaceutical syringe unit (4) and being provided in a position that corresponds to the main body portion of a stored pharmaceutical syringe unit (4). The center concave portion (7) further has a bottom part positioned lower than the holders (6), and is formed such that the pharmaceutical administering device (8) can be disposed in an upright position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2012Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicant: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiaki Iio, Yukihiro Takabatake
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Publication number: 20140330199Abstract: The pharmaceutical injection device comprises a syringe mounting portion configured to mount thereon a syringe containing a drug, the syringe including at a front end side thereof an injection needle mounting portion on which an injection needle is mounted and a gasket at a rear end side thereof, a plunger operable to press the gasket in the syringe mounted on the syringe mounting portion toward the injection needle mounting portion, a motor operable to drive the plunger, an encoder operable to detect a rotation amount of the motor, and a controller connected to the encoder and operable to control a driving of the motor. The controller is operable to obtain a motor rotation amount that corresponds to a deformation amount of the gasket deformed by the plunger, and control a rotation of the motor at a time of injection of the drug in accordance with the motor rotation amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2012Publication date: November 6, 2014Inventors: Kenji Murakami, Mitsuteru Fujimoto, Toshiaki Iio
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Publication number: 20140330215Abstract: The pharmaceutical syringe unit includes a cylindrical syringe cover having at one end side thereof a needle mount for an injection needle and a piston-inserting portion at the other end side, and a pharmaceutical syringe configured to be loaded in the syringe cover. The syringe cover includes, on an outer surface thereof, a discrimination mark that is detectable by the pharmaceutical injection device and indicates a type of a drug. The syringe cover includes, on an outer surface thereof, a rotation marker that indicates a rotation direction of the pharmaceutical syringe unit with respect to the main body when the pharmaceutical syringe unit is mounted on the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2012Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seiji Kikuchi, Toshiaki Iio
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Publication number: 20140228766Abstract: This pharmaceutical injection system is provided with a pharmaceutical injection device, a charging device, a detector, and an alarm section. The pharmaceutical injection device has a main body case and a pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion provided within the main body case and to which a pharmaceutical syringe is removably mounted. The pharmaceutical injection device is placed in the charging device, and the charging device has a charger for charging the pharmaceutical injection device. The detector is provided to the pharmaceutical injection device and/or the charging device and detects whether or not the pharmaceutical syringe has been mounted to the pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion. The alarm section is connected to the detector and emits an alarm when it is detected that the pharmaceutical syringe has been mounted onto the pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicants: JCR PHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD., PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiaki Iio, Yukihiro Takabatake, Seiji Kikuchi, Tsuguhiro Kondoh, Shinsuke Hata, Takashi Hanada
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Patent number: 8801679Abstract: A medication administering device has mounted thereto a preparation syringe containing a preparation and comprises a substantially cylindrical syringe cover that supports the preparation syringe on the inner peripheral face side, a piston that presses on the rear end of the preparation syringe, and a piston case that surrounds the piston, that guides the outer peripheral face of the syringe cover in the direction of the piston on the substantially cylindrical inner peripheral face side, and that is mounted in a state in which the syringe cover is removable. The medication administering device comprises a syringe holder that guides the outer peripheral face of the preparation syringe in the direction of the piston on the cylindrical inner peripheral face side, and whose outer peripheral face is removably fitted together with the inner peripheral face of the syringe cover.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2009Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiaki Iio, Yukihiro Takabatake, Hidenori Watanabe, Seiji Kikuchi
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Patent number: 8674656Abstract: A carrying case, which accommodates a pharmaceutical injection device for administering a pharmaceutical to a living body, comprises a case unit configured to accommodate the pharmaceutical injection device therein and a temperature regulation unit configured to regulate a temperature within the case unit. The temperature regulation unit includes: a cooling execution section configured to execute a cooling operation; a cooling fan configured to supply a cool air into the case unit; and a cooling control section configured to control the cooling execution section.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2013Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Toshiaki Iio, Yukihiro Takabatake
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Patent number: 8562814Abstract: A measurement device includes a sensor holding part (10) which detachably holds a sensor having an electrode terminal at its one end, a connection terminal (14) which elastically contacts the electrode terminal of the sensor to take out a signal required for analysis, an ejection mechanism having a pushing member (11) which is extrudably attached to the device body, and pushes the sensor that is held by the sensor holding part (10) with the electrode terminal thereof elastically contacting the connection terminal (14) while releasing the contact between the sensor electrode terminal and the connection terminal (14), thereby to eject the sensor from the sensor holding part (10), and a first brake part (13) which elastically contacts the sensor to brake the movement of the sensor in the ejection direction while performing the extrusion operation of pushing out the sensor by the ejection mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2007Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hidenori Watanabe, Toshiaki Iio
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Publication number: 20130172819Abstract: A pharmaceutical injection device (100) comprises a main body (1), a movable member (11), a pharmaceutical holding member (10), and a first detector (28). The movable member (11) is mounted movably in the lengthwise direction of the main body (1). The pharmaceutical holding member (10) is mounted to the movable member (11), has a needle mount (17) for an injection needle (16) on one end, and houses a pharmaceutical syringe (50) containing the drug to be injected into a body. The first detector (28) is provided to the movable member (11) and detects the mounting of the needle (16) on the needle mount (17). The pharmaceutical injection device (100) improves the accuracy of detecting the mounting of a needle and/or a pharmaceutical syringe.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2011Publication date: July 4, 2013Inventors: Toshiaki Iio, Yukihiro Takabatake
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Patent number: 8414608Abstract: A lancet is pressed against a puncture needle cartridge while fitting a puncture needle loading inlet of the lancet to the axis of a puncture needle on the puncture needle cartridge. In order to facilitate the operation, one of plural puncture needles, arranged in parallel, is tilted up from its initial position at a predetermined angle, and the puncture needle is guided into a puncture needle holding rod of the lancet. Simultaneously, the puncture needle is pressed up to a position where the rear end part of the needle pushes the bottom surface of a puncture needle loading chamber of the puncture needle holding rod, whereby the puncture needle is loaded. When discarding a used puncture needle, the puncture needle is inserted into a lancet guide member of the puncture needle cartridge, whereby the puncture needle is reliably captured to be discarded.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2012Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Toshiaki Iio, Yoshinori Amano, Koya Kurokawa, Noriyuki Shinohara
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Patent number: 8372104Abstract: A lancet having a slider with a puncture needle holding mechanism at one end thereof, and having a cam ring with a continuous cam groove, rotatable about a support shaft, and with a cam ring claw and an anti-return claw restricting the rotation. The lancet also having a ring spring applying a force to rotate the cam ring, having a rotatable stopper arm holding and releasing the rotation of the cam ring, and having a rotatable ratchet restricting the direction of rotation of the cam ring. A puncture needle unit including a puncture needle body integrally molded with a protrusion fitted to the lancet, a rotation stop rib, a puncture needle, and a puncture needle cap lightly pressed into the puncture needle body.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2009Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Toshiaki Iio, Yoshinori Amano, Koya Kurokawa, Noriyuki Shinohara
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Publication number: 20120179016Abstract: An injection device with a puncture function includes, in a single casing, a cylindrical cartridge in which insulin is enclosed, a cartridge holder to which the cartridge is inserted, a needle inserted at a front end of the cartridge, a reciprocation unit for reciprocating the cartridge toward the needle, and an extrusion member for extruding the insulin from a rear end of the cartridge toward the needle, and the motion speed and the motion amount of the reciprocation unit are made variable.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventors: Toshiaki IIO, Yoshinori Amano
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Patent number: 8206351Abstract: An expansion/compression mechanism of a piston rod assembly is composed of a bush shaft, a first cylindrical piston rod that is screwed with the bush shaft, a second cylindrical piston rod that is screwed with the first piston rod, and a piston rod holding member for housing the bush shaft and these piston rods. Therefore, the piston rods move linearly in multiple stages.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2008Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hirofumi Sugimoto, Kouichi Matsuda, Toshiaki Iio, Seiji Kikuchi, Yoshiki Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20120157881Abstract: A lancet is pressed against a puncture needle cartridge while fitting a puncture needle loading inlet of the lancet to the axis of a puncture needle on the puncture needle cartridge. In order to facilitate the operation, one of plural puncture needles, arranged in parallel, is tilted up from its initial position at a predetermined angle, and the puncture needle is guided into a puncture needle holding rod of the lancet. Simultaneously, the puncture needle is pressed up to a position where the rear end part of the needle pushes the bottom surface of a puncture needle loading chamber of the puncture needle holding rod, whereby the puncture needle is loaded. When discarding a used puncture needle, the puncture needle is inserted into a lancet guide member of the puncture needle cartridge, whereby the puncture needle is reliably captured to be discarded.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2012Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventors: Toshiaki IIO, Yoshinori Amano, Koya Kurokawa, Noriyuki Shinohara
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Patent number: 8202249Abstract: An injection device with a puncture function includes, in a single casing, a cylindrical cartridge in which insulin is enclosed, a cartridge holder to which the cartridge is inserted, a needle inserted at a front end of the cartridge, a reciprocation unit for reciprocating the cartridge toward the needle, and an extrusion member for extruding the insulin from a rear end of the cartridge toward the needle, and the motion speed and the motion amount of the reciprocation unit are made variable.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2006Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Toshiaki Iio, Yoshinori Amano
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Patent number: 8181779Abstract: A puncture instrument set is constituted by a puncture instrument which includes a cylindrical body, plural puncture needles to be held in a state where the puncture needles are connected in series in an axis direction, a puncture needle cartridge for linearly arranging the plural puncture needles in the body, a stopping member for stopping the puncture needle cartridge at a predetermined position in its axis direction, and an elastic biasing member for biasing the puncture needle cartridge in one direction; and a puncture needle replacement jig that enables, after puncturing by the puncture needle, setting of the puncture needle cartridge at the puncture position as well as disposal of the used puncture needle, for a subsequent puncture operation. Thereby, it is an object to provide a high-security puncture instrument set for puncturing the surface of a biologic body, which is provided with plural puncture needles, and is able to perform puncturing continuously by a simple operation.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2010Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Toshiaki Iio, Yoshinori Amano, Seiji Kikuchi