Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Yoshii

Toshihiro Yoshii 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: 20250176971
    Abstract: A medical device, a clip unit, and a method for indwelling a clip unit. The medical device includes a treatment portion, an operation wire that can operate the treatment portion, and a link that can releasably connect the treatment portion and the operation wire. The link includes a hook that includes first and second deformation portions, and a base that can be releasably coupled to the hook. The first deformation portion is capable of being deformed by movement of the operation wire, and the second deformation portion is capable of being deformed by further movement of the operation portion after the first deformation portion is deformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro YOSHII, Tomohiro Tsuji, Toshinori Tamura
  • Patent number: 12256942
    Abstract: A clip device includes a clip, including a plurality of arms having sliding grooves; and an intermediate member inserted into the sliding grooves for connecting the plurality of arms; a pressing tube accommodating a proximal end portion of the clip; a connection member connecting with an operation wire at a proximal end side and including an engaging portion engaging with the intermediate member; and a locking mechanism for lock the plurality of arms when the clip is pulled toward the proximal end side by a predetermined distance by the connection member, wherein the clip includes a contact portion formed on a side surface of the arm to be in contact with the engaging portion from a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the intermediate portion for preventing a deformation of the engaging portion when the intermediate portion slides along the sliding groove before the plurality of arms are locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yoshii, Naoki Takizawa
  • Patent number: 12232741
    Abstract: A medical device, a clip unit, and a method for indwelling a clip unit. The medical device includes a treatment portion, an operation wire that can operate the treatment portion, and a link that can releasably connect the treatment portion and the operation wire. The link includes a hook that includes first and second deformation portions, and a base that can be releasably coupled to the hook. The first deformation portion is capable of being deformed by movement of the operation wire, and the second deformation portion is capable of being deformed by further movement of the operation portion after the first deformation portion is deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yoshii, Tomohiro Tsuji, Toshinori Tamura
  • Publication number: 20240415369
    Abstract: A medical manipulator system includes: a medical manipulator including an insertion portion having a bending portion and a wire connected to the bending portion; a drive device connected to the medical manipulator and driving the wire to bend the bending portion, wherein the drive device pulls the wire at a higher speed when the wire is slack than when the wire is not slack, and determines whether the wire is slack or not based on a comparison between a threshold tension estimated from a shape of the insertion portion and a tension of the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Shota SAWADA, Noriaki YAMANAKA, Takahiro KOMURO, Yuji SAKAKI, Kosuke KISHI, Michito MATSUOKA, Tatsuya HORIUCHI, Masao NICHOGI, Shu KAMBE, Toshihiro YOSHII, Hiroshi ASHIBA, Hiroki JINNAI, Soichiro KOSHIKA, Ryota YANAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240407875
    Abstract: A medical manipulator system includes a medical manipulator having an insertion portion to be intracorporeally inserted, a drive device to which the medical manipulator is detachably connected, and a controller which is communicatively connected to the drive device and to which a manipulation input for driving the medical manipulator is input. The controller has a groove engaged with a part of the medical manipulator. The medical manipulator has a connection portion and an extracorporeal flexible portion. The connection portion rotatably connects the insertion portion and the extracorporeal flexible portion around a rotation axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the medical manipulator. The connection portion has a fitting portion fitted with the groove of the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Michito MATSUOKA, Tatsuya HORIUCHI, Kosuke KISHI, Takahiro KOMURO, Yuji SAKAKI, Masao NICHOGI, Shu KAMBE, Toshihiro YOSHII, Shota SAWADA, Noriaki YAMANAKA, Hiroshi ASHIBA, Hiroki JINNAI, Soichiro KOSHIKA, Ryota YANAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240407628
    Abstract: A medical manipulator system includes: a medical manipulator having a bending portion; a drive device connected to the medical manipulator and bending the bending portion; and a controller into which a manipulation input for bending the bending portion is input. The drive device is configured to determine a bending direction in which the bending portion is bent based on a first part of the manipulation input, and determine an amount of bending drive based on an entire input from a start to an end of the manipulation input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Tatsuya HORIUCHI, Kosuke KISHI, Takahiro KOMURO, Yuji SAKAKI, Michito MATSUOKA, Masao NICHOGI, Shu KAMBE, Toshihiro YOSHII, Shota SAWADA, Noriaki YAMANAKA, Hiroshi ASHIBA, Hiroki JINNAI, Soichiro KOSHIKA, Ryota YANAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240407874
    Abstract: A medical manipulator system includes: a medical manipulator having a movable portion; and a drive device to which the medical manipulator is detachably connected. The medical manipulator includes a driven portion to which a driving force for driving the movable portion is input. The drive device includes: a drive portion that is attached to the driven portion when the medical manipulator is connected and drives the driven portion; and a controller that controls the drive portion. The number of the drive portions is greater than the number of the driven portions. The drive device is capable of simultaneously connecting a first manipulator and a second manipulator that are the medical manipulators. All of the driven portions of the first manipulator and the second manipulator are attachable to the drive device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Takahiro KOMURO, Yuji SAKAKI, Kosuke KISHI, Michito MATSUOKA, Tatsuya HORIUCHI, Masao NICHOGI, Shu KAMBE, Toshihiro YOSHII, Shota SAWADA, Noriaki YAMANAKA, Hiroshi ASHIBA, Hiroki JINNAI, Soichiro KOSHIKA, Ryota YANAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240206883
    Abstract: A clip device includes a clip, including a plurality of arms having sliding grooves; and an intermediate member inserted into the sliding grooves for connecting the plurality of arms; a pressing tube accommodating a proximal end portion of the clip; a connection member connecting with an operation wire at a proximal end side and including an engaging portion engaging with the intermediate member; and a locking mechanism for lock the plurality of arms when the clip is pulled toward the proximal end side by a predetermined distance by the connection member, wherein the clip includes a contact portion formed on a side surface of the arm to be in contact with the engaging portion from a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the intermediate portion for preventing a deformation of the engaging portion when the intermediate portion slides along the sliding groove before the plurality of arms are locked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Toshihiro YOSHII, Naoki TAKIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11944321
    Abstract: A clip device includes a clip, including a plurality of arms having sliding grooves; and an intermediate member inserted into the sliding grooves for connecting the plurality of arms; a pressing tube accommodating a proximal end portion of the clip; a connection member connecting with an operation wire at a proximal end side and including an engaging portion engaging with the intermediate member; and a locking mechanism for lock the plurality of arms when the clip is pulled toward the proximal end side by a predetermined distance by the connection member, wherein the clip includes a contact portion formed on a side surface of the arm to be in contact with the engaging portion from a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the intermediate portion for preventing a deformation of the engaging portion when the intermediate portion slides along the sliding groove before the plurality of arms are locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yoshii, Naoki Takizawa
  • Publication number: 20230034974
    Abstract: A treatment device includes an indwelling device including a treatment portion, and a tubular member including a proximal-end opening and in which a proximal-end portion of the treatment portion is disposed. The treatment device further includes an actuator including a connector releasably connected to a proximal-end portion of the treatment portion, and a power transmission member connected to the connector for moving the connector. The treatment portion can be fixed with respect to the tubular member when the power transmission member is retracted such that connector pulls the proximal-end portion of the treatment portion in a proximal direction to a predetermined position. The treatment device also includes a regulation portion for regulating a displacement of the connector in a direction separating from a longitudinal axis of the tubular member in the state in which the connector pulls the proximal-end portion towards the predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshinori TAMURA, Toshihiro YOSHII, Motoi SATAKE
  • Publication number: 20220409013
    Abstract: A medical system comprises: an endoscope comprising a joint; and a drive device that generates a driving force that bends the joint. The endoscope comprises a first tube comprising the joint, a second tube, a connecting portion that rotatably connects the first tube and the second tube about a rotation axis extending in longitudinal direction of the endoscope, and an attachment or detachment portion that connects the second tube and the drive device so that the driving force can be transmitted. The drive device bends the joint by transmitting the driving force to the joint via the second tube, the connecting portion, and the first tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shu KAMBE, Masao NICHOGI, Hiroki JINNAI, Kosuke KISHI, Toshihiro YOSHII
  • Publication number: 20220370076
    Abstract: A ligation device that includes a clip device including an openable arm, a connector connected to the clip device and is able to be released from the connector, a wire connected to the connector and configured to operate the clip device, and a pipe including an opening into which the wire is inserted. An inner diameter of the opening is smaller than a dimension in a diameter direction of the connector in a first state in which the connector and the clip device are connected with each other, and the inner diameter of the opening decreases towards a proximal end side of the pipe and is larger than the dimension of the connector in a second state in which the connector and the clip device are unconnected with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiro YOSHII
  • Publication number: 20220280159
    Abstract: An endoscopic treatment device includes a clip unit having a first arm and a second arm connected with each other; a power transmission member; an applicator connected with the clip unit; an engaging portion provided in one of the proximal end portion or the power transmission member; and an engaged portion provided in the other of the proximal end portion or the power transmission member without the engaging portion, wherein the engaging portion includes a hook portion entering the engaged portion so as to be engageable with the engaged portion; a support portion continuing with the hook portion; and a protrusion portion having a dimension so as to be impossible to enter the engaged portion, and at least one of the hook portion and the support portion is deformed to release the engagement between the engaging portion and the engaged portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Toshihiro YOSHII, Naoki TAKIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220233198
    Abstract: A clip device includes a clip, including a plurality of arms having sliding grooves; and an intermediate member inserted into the sliding grooves for connecting the plurality of arms; a pressing tube accommodating a proximal end portion of the clip; a connection member connecting with an operation wire at a proximal end side and including an engaging portion engaging with the intermediate member; and a locking mechanism for lock the plurality of arms when the clip is pulled toward the proximal end side by a predetermined distance by the connection member, wherein the clip includes a contact portion formed on a side surface of the arm to be in contact with the engaging portion from a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the intermediate portion for preventing a deformation of the engaging portion when the intermediate portion slides along the sliding groove before the plurality of arms are locked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Toshihiro YOSHII, Naoki TAKIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220183691
    Abstract: A clip device includes a clip unit including an openable arm; a hook detachably connected to the clip unit; a wire configured to operate the clip unit and connected to the hook, a tubular member through which the hook is insertable; and a claw portion provided in the hook. In a first state in which the hook is connected with the clip unit, the claw portion is configured to have a radial dimension larger than an inner diameter of the tubular member, and in a second state in which the hook is disconnected from the clip unit, the radial dimension of the claw portion is equal to or less than the inner diameter of the tubular member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiro YOSHII
  • Patent number: 11147643
    Abstract: Provided is a manipulator including: a movable part; a drive unit generating power; an elongated flexible long guide member to which the part is attached at one end thereof and the drive unit is attached at the other end thereof; an elongated tension transmission member passing through a lumen in the long guide member and transmitting the power of the drive unit to the part by means of a tension; a tension adjusting mechanism adjusting the tension of the tension transmission member; and a holding unit to which the drive unit is detachably attached. The mechanism includes: a tensioner, provided in a movable manner in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the tension transmission member, that pulls the tension transmission member; and a pressing member, provided in the holding unit, that moves the tensioner in a state in which the drive unit has been attached to the holding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yoshii, Mitsuaki Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20210290245
    Abstract: A medical device, a clip unit, and a method for indwelling a clip unit. The medical device includes a treatment portion, an operation wire that can operate the treatment portion, and a link that can releasably connect the treatment portion and the operation wire. The link includes a hook that includes first and second deformation portions, and a base that can be releasably coupled to the hook. The first deformation portion is capable of being deformed by movement of the operation wire, and the second deformation portion is capable of being deformed by further movement of the operation portion after the first deformation portion is deformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro YOSHII, Tomohiro TSUJI, Toshinori TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210290240
    Abstract: A medical device that includes a clip unit; an operation wire for operating the clip unit; a link capable of linking the clip unit and the operation wire such that the clip unit is engaged with the operation wire; and a sheath. The link can be moved to release an engagement between the operation wire and the clip unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiro YOSHII
  • Patent number: 11033346
    Abstract: A correction jig of a medical master-slave manipulator system limits a straight state of a master manipulator, in a state where the correction jig is attached to the master manipulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Higuchi, Toshihiro Yoshii
  • Patent number: 10959796
    Abstract: The disclosed technology is directed to a medical instrument comprises a first pulley configured to be rotatable about a rotational shaft. A transmitting member having a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion is disposed along an outer circumferential surface of the first pulley and the second end portion extends tangentially to the first pulley and away from the first pulley. The transmitting member being capable of rotating the first pulley upon being actuated to move forwardly or rearwardly in longitudinal directions thereof. A dislodgement guard is disposed on at least one side of the first pulley along a direction in which the rotational shaft extends with respect to the second end portion of the transmitting member for preventing the transmitting member from being dislodged off the first pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiro Yoshii