Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Noguchi
Toshiaki Noguchi 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: 7582056Abstract: An endoscope system includes an endoscope having an image pickup device, a control unit, signal lines, a first earth electric wire, a light guide and a scope connector. The scope connector is formed by collecting a first electric contact, a first non-contact power transmitting portion serving as a non-contact electromagnetic induction and coupling device, a first non-contact signal transmitting portion, and a first illumination light transmitting portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2006Date of Patent: September 1, 2009Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Toshiaki Noguchi, Hitoshi Hasegawa, Masanori Gocho, Eiri Suzuki, Hisashi Kuroshima
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Publication number: 20090206674Abstract: A medical instrument storage system includes a power feeder connected to a power source (4), a main body (3) which includes a power receiver (14) for receiving a contactless power supply from the power feeder, and a holding portion (2) for holding a medical instrument, a sanitation keeping unit (13, 35) connected to the power receiver and driven by the power supplied from the power feeder through the power receiver to keep the medical instrument held in the holding portion in a sanitary state, a moving unit (12) for making the main body movable, an electric storage unit (91) provided in the holding vessel for storing power supplied from the power feeder, and a light emitting unit (35) connected to the electric storage unit provided in the holding vessel for emitting a light ray with a predetermined wavelength toward the medical instrument.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2006Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Toshiaki Noguchi, Eiri Suzuki
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Publication number: 20090205687Abstract: A washing tube of the present invention is a washing tube for supplying a washing and disinfecting fluid to an endoscope conduit of an endoscope placed in an endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus, includes: a tube body, one end of which is connected to fluid supply sections of the endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus for sending a fluid, a connector section disposed at the other end of the tube body and loosely and detachably fitted to a base of the endoscope conduit, a sealing member that is provided inside the connector section and comes into close contact with the base to keep the base and the connector section connected in a watertight manner, a valve body that moves forward by a liquid sending pressure of the supplied fluid and a biasing member provided inside the connector section for biasing the valve body backward.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2009Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Hideto ONISHI, Eiri SUZUKI, Masahiko TOMITA, Toshiaki NOGUCHI, Ryuta SEWAKE, Hitoshi HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20090158539Abstract: An endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus includes: a connecting portion connected to a bending transmitting portion of an endoscope to transmit driving force; a distal end driving portion for transmitting the driving force to the bending transmitting portion through the connecting portion; a fluid supplying unit for supplying gas into an inner space of the endoscope; and a control unit for controlling a pressure detecting portion for detecting pressure in the inner space and the distal end driving portion to provide the bending portion with bending motion, and for determining occurrence or nonoccurrence of water leak in the endoscope by comparing the pressure detected by the pressure detecting portion and a preset threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2008Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Hideto ONISHI, Kenichi KOBAYASHI, Keisuke NOZAKI, Shintaro SUZUKI, Naoya TAYA, Masahiko TOMITA, Toshiaki NOGUCHI, Eiri SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20090065034Abstract: An endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus 1 according to the prevent invention includes an apparatus body 2 including a cleaning tank 6 for storing an endoscope retaining tray 4 in which an endoscope 5 is stored, a top cover 3 provided to the apparatus body 2 and caused by a cover body opening/closing mechanism unit to rotationally move between an open-state stop position and a closed-state stop position, a wireless tag 14 provided to either one of the endoscope retaining tray 4 and the endoscope 5 stored in the endoscope retaining tray 4 and transmitting information for identifying the type of the endoscope 5, a wireless receiver unit 22 provided to the apparatus body 2 and receiving the information of the wireless tag 14, and a control unit 10 provided to the apparatus body 2 and determining whether or not to cause an opening movement of the top cover 3 on the basis of the information obtained by the wireless receiver unit 22 to thereby control the rotational movement by the cover body opening/closing meType: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2006Publication date: March 12, 2009Inventors: Eiri Suzuki, Toshiaki Noguchi
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Publication number: 20080171909Abstract: An endoscope of the present invention includes an insert section inserted in a subject body, an operation section provided on a base end side of the insert section, a grasping section provided to the operation section and formed to be substantially bilaterally symmetric to a reference line extending in a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of instruction input sections provided to be substantially bilaterally symmetric to the reference line extending in the longitudinal direction of the grasping section.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2008Publication date: July 17, 2008Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Fumiyuki Onoda, Sumihiro Uchimura, Toshiaki Noguchi, Katsuya Suzuki
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Publication number: 20080146876Abstract: A separate operation section is provided with a current-state display section, a cumulative display section, an air feed switch, a water feed switch, a sub-water feed switch and a suction switch. When air feed, water feed and suction are performed by the operation section, the air feed amount, water feed amount and suction amount are detected and displayed on the current-state display section and cumulative display section of the separate operation section. Thereby, the air feed amount, water feed amount and suction amount can be understood. In addition, by selectively operating the air feed switch, water feed switch, sub-water feed switch and suction switch, a operation control can be performed on the separate operation section side, in place of the air feed, water feed and suction operations of the operation section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2008Publication date: June 19, 2008Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Toshiaki NOGUCHI, Akira TANIGUCHI, Masanobu KOITABASHI, Kouji NAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20080146875Abstract: A direction of movement, an insertion amount and an insertion force amount at a time when an insertion section of an endoscope is inserted in a large intestine, which is an object of an inspection, are detected by detection unit. The direction of movement, the insertion amount and the insertion force amount of the insertion section are displayed on a display device which is separably disposed. Thereby, a high-precision insertion operation can simply and easily be realized, and a handling operability is improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2008Publication date: June 19, 2008Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Toshiaki NOGUCHI, Akira TANIGUCHI, Masanobu KOITABASHI, Kouji NAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20070286764Abstract: A managing system manages not only an endoscope washer-disinfector performing cleaning and disinfection with an insertion tube of an endoscope but also an endoscope apparatus performing an endoscopic examination using the endoscope. The system comprises an acquiring unit and a manger. The acquiring unit acquires information indicative of a finish time of the endoscopic examination which is the newest and performed by the endoscope apparatus. The manager manages states of the cleaning and disinfection performed by the endoscope washer-disinfector depending on the information indicative of the finish time of the endoscopic examination acquired by the acquiring unit. Every time when an endoscopic examination is finished, the information indicative of the finish time of the endoscopic examination is updated. For example, a length of an elapsing time from the finish of each endoscopic examination is reflected in how the cleaning and disinfection is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2007Publication date: December 13, 2007Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiaki Noguchi, Eiri Suzuki, Kenichi Kobayashi, Hitoshi Hasegawa, Shintaro Suzuki, Akihisa Ogawa
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Publication number: 20070251039Abstract: An endoscope washer-disinfector cleans and disinfects an endoscope with a duct. A brush cassette is detachably loaded to a loading part of the washer-disinfector and comprises a brush element and a shaft holding the brush element. Inside the cassette, first and second members are formed to hold the shaft tight therebetween for making the shaft advance and retreat to and from the duct. A lock device separates the second member from the first member so that the second member is located at a first position. The lock device locks the separated second member, when the brush is not loaded on the loading part. When the cassette is loaded to the loading part, the lock device also unlocks the locked second member responsively to an operating force and allows the second member to be moved to a second position where the first and second members hold tight the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2007Publication date: November 1, 2007Applicant: Olympus Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Kenichi Kobayashi, Eiri Suzuki, Shintaro Suzuki, Hitoshi Hasegawa, Akihisa Ogawa, Toshiaki Noguchi
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Publication number: 20070234495Abstract: In an endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus, a duct of the endoscope is washed by a washing brush having a brush chip and a shaft having a distal end to which the brush chip is detachably loaded. A brush-chip accommodating unit has a brush-chip accommodating chamber communicable to a flow passage of a nozzle detachably coupled to the duct. A shaft accommodating unit has a shaft accommodating chamber communicable to the brush-chip accommodating chamber, the shaft being selectively accommodated in the shaft accommodating chamber. A shaft driving unit drives the shaft to be fed to the duct from the shaft accommodating chamber and to be returned to the shaft accommodating chamber from the duct. In the brush-chip accommodating chamber, coupling and decupling means allow the brush chip to be coupled and decoupled with and from the shaft, during the shaft is driven to go back and forth.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2007Publication date: October 11, 2007Applicant: Olympus Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Eiri Suzuki, Hitoshi Hasegawa, Shintaro Suzuki, Toshiaki Noguchi, Kenichi Kobayashi, Akihisa Ogawa
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Publication number: 20070234494Abstract: An apparatus for washing and disinfecting an endoscope comprises a frame, a brush unit, and a lid. The frame is equipped with a washing bath accommodating therein the endoscope for washing and disinfection. The brush unit accommodates therein a brush for washing a duct of the endoscope and is detachably loaded to the frame at a predetermined position thereof to allow the brush to be inserted into the duct. The lid is attached to the frame to selectively open and close and formed to cover the washing bath and the brush unit loaded to the fame when the frame is closed. Further, the apparatus comprises a reuse-disabling device disabling the brush unit from being reused in association with the opening and closing actions of the lid. The reuse-disabling device prevents reuse of the brush unit which is poor in its washing performance due to being used already.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2007Publication date: October 11, 2007Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Eiri Suzuki, Hitoshi Hasegawa, Shintaro Suzuki, Toshiaki Noguchi, Kenichi Kobayashi, Akihisa Ogawa
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Publication number: 20070226927Abstract: An endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus according to the present invention includes an apparatus body having a washing tub for placing and washing an endoscope, a brush forward and reverse mechanism provided with a fluid supply part for supplying a fluid circulating in the apparatus body into a conduit of the endoscope, and a washing brush cassette freely attachable and detachable to/from the brush forward and reverse mechanism, having a washing brush for brush washing the inside of the conduit by moving forward and reversely by the brush forward and reverse mechanism through the fluid supply part. Thus, an inexpensive endoscope conduit washing brush cassette capable of readily changing a washing brush and an easy-to-use endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus corresponding to the endoscope conduit washing brush cassette can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2007Publication date: October 4, 2007Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Eiri Suzuki, Toshiaki Noguchi, Kenichi Kobayashi, Masahiko Tomita
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Publication number: 20070185385Abstract: In a washing/disinfecting tank of an endoscope washing/disinfecting device, an endoscope connection portion to be joined to a connector portion of an endoscope body is provided, and receiving-side bases to be connected to each of pipelines of the endoscope body are provided. In washing/disinfecting the endoscope body, the connector portion is opposed to the endoscope connection portion in the predetermined positioned state, and then, a switch is turned on. Then, an electromagnet disposed at the endoscope connection portion is excited so as to attract and fix the connector portion by a generated magnetic force.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2006Publication date: August 9, 2007Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventors: Toshiaki Noguchi, Eiri Suzuki, Masanori Gocho, Hasashi Kuroshima, Hitoshi Hasegawa, Satoshi Itoya, Akio Ogawa, Noriaki Ito
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Publication number: 20070169799Abstract: There is provide an apparatus for washing and disinfecting an endoscope having a duct for detecting a water leakage, the duct having an opening to which a fitting is attached. The apparatus comprises a nozzle unit having a nozzle to supply a gas into the duct via the fitting in a case where the nozzle is inserted into the fitting and a base member holding the nozzle member. The apparatus further comprises a gas supplying unit capable of supplying the gas to the nozzle, a shifting unit capable of shifting the base member toward the fitting of the endoscope, and a controlling unit controlling drive of the shifting unit to shift the base toward the fitting and to drive of the gas supplying unit to allow the nozzle to blow the gas from before the nozzle reaches the fitting.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2006Publication date: July 26, 2007Applicant: Olympus Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Toshiaki Noguchi, Eiri Suzuki
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Publication number: 20070149852Abstract: An endoscope is provided which has good operability, such as ease of varying the rigidity of an insertion portion, as well as a lighter-weight bending mechanism for changing the shape of a bending portion. The endoscope according to the present invention comprises an insertion portion to be inserted into a subject, an electroconductive expanding/contracting member which can expand/contract the insertion portion in the lengthwise direction and which is for expanding/contracting according to the state of voltage application, and electrodes for applying the voltage supplied from a power source to the electroconductive expanding/contracting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2007Publication date: June 28, 2007Inventors: Toshiaki NOGUCHI, Sumihiro UCHIMURA, Tatsuya FURUKAWA, Masahiro KAWAUCHI, Fumiyuki ONODA, Hiroki MORIYAMA, Ryuichi TOYAMA, Hiroshi NIWA, Hisashi KUROSHIMA, Hitoshi HASEGAWA, Eiri SUZUKI, Akio OGAWA, Masanori GOCHO, Noriaki ITO, Satoshi ITOYA
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Publication number: 20070149855Abstract: An endoscope includes an image capturing unit which is provided with at least a plurality of optical lenses, a zoom lens frame for supporting the optical lenses for zooming out of the plurality of optical lenses, and a first actuator for moving forward and reversely the zoom lens frame in an optical axis direction. The first actuator extends or contracts in accordance with an interruption of power supply.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2007Publication date: June 28, 2007Inventors: Toshiaki NOGUCHI, Sumihiro UCHIMURA, Tatsuya FURUKAWA, Masahiro KAWAUCHI, Fumiyuki ONODA, Hiroki MORIYAMA, Ryuichi TOYAMA
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Publication number: 20070107755Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for washing and disinfecting an endoscope equipped with an insertion tube through which a duct is formed and a base portion integrated with the insertion tube. The apparatus comprises a bath member providing a washing bath; and an accommodating member on which the endoscope is accommodated. The accommodating member is installed in the washing bath. The apparatus further comprises a duct washing unit and a brush washing unit. The duct washing unit is equipped with a washing brush and formed to wash the duct by advancing and retreating the brush through the duct, with the endoscope accommodated on the accommodating member. The brush washing unit is configured to wash the brush by spraying fluid toward the brush when the brush is made to advance and retreat through the duct.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2006Publication date: May 17, 2007Applicant: Olympus Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Toshiaki Noguchi, Eiri Suzuki, Hisashi Kuroshima, Hideto Onishi
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Publication number: 20070107152Abstract: An apparatus is provided for washing and disinfecting a medical instrument with a duct. The apparatus comprises an accommodating member on which the medical instrument is accommodated and a bath member providing a washing bath in which the accommodating member is placed. The apparatus further comprises a washing unit washing at least the duct of the medical instrument accommodated on the accommodating member and placed in the washing bath and a brushing unit detachably mounted on the bath member and formed to have a brush brushing an inside of the duct when the endoscope is washed and disinfected by the washing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2006Publication date: May 17, 2007Applicant: Olympus Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Toshiaki Noguchi, Eiri Suzuki
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Publication number: 20070066866Abstract: A medical bed in which an endoscope after use can be easily tidied up is provided. A medical bed of the present invention constitutes a medical bed having a laying table on which a patient is laid for inspection or treatment with an endoscope, and it has a tray housing portion for housing an endoscope tray in which an endoscope is housed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventors: Toshiaki NOGUCHI, Fumiyuki ONODA, Akira TANIGUCHI, Sumihiro UCHIMURA, Katsuya SUZUKI