Patents by Inventor Toshifumi KATSURAGI

Toshifumi KATSURAGI 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: 20140207132
    Abstract: A treatment system includes a treatment instrument that has a pair of freely openable/closable holding sections for applying thermal energy generated by a heat generation section to a living tissue LT held between the holding sections, a signal output section that supplies an alternating current drive signal to the heat generation section, a setting section that sets a target temperature of the heat generation section, a signal detection section that detects a current and a voltage of the drive signal, a control section that controls a temperature of the heat generation section by adjusting power of the drive signal, a signal extraction section that extracts a direct current component from the drive signal detected by the signal detection section and a fault detection section that detects a precursory phenomenon of a fault of the heat generation section based on the extracted signal extracted by the signal extraction section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka HONDA, Takashi IRISAWA, Sadayoshi TAKAMI, Toshifumi KATSURAGI, Kazue TANAKA