Patents by Inventor Toshihisa IWANAGA

Toshihisa IWANAGA 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: 20250017606
    Abstract: A guide device that guides a drill that drills a second bone hole in a bone in which a first bone hole is formed includes: an elongated protective portion that is inserted into the first bone hole and that defines, in an interior of the first bone hole, a pathway that extends in a longitudinal direction of the first bone hole and through which a suture passes; a guide portion that has a guide hole that specifies a guide axis and that guides the drill passing through the guide hole along the guide axis; and an arm portion that connects the protective portion with the guide portion. The guide axis is disposed at a twist position with respect to the protective portion, and the drill guided along the guide axis passes through a position at which the drill does not interfere with the suture that passes through the pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicants: OLYMPUS TERUMO BIOMATERIALS CORP., National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University
    Inventors: Tomohiko FUKUHARA, Toshihisa IWANAGA, Hideyuki KOGA
  • Publication number: 20230102016
    Abstract: A bone plate including a long-plate-shaped main section to be disposed on a side surface of a diaphysis, a transverse section to be disposed on the side surface of an epiphysis, a coupling section coupling the transverse section and the main section to each other. The main section is twisted relative to the transverse section around an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the main section. when the bone plate is viewed in a transverse direction of the main section, the bone plate has a shape in conformity to the shin bone such that the coupling section is inclined relative to a longitudinal direction of the main section and the main section and the transverse section are bent to have a cranked shape in which the main section and the transverse section are offset relative to each other in a thickness direction of the bone plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuharu YOKOYAMA, Toshihisa IWANAGA
  • Patent number: 11517359
    Abstract: In order to apply, with a simple and easy means, proper pressure between bone segments spaced apart as a result of osteotomy or a bone fracture, without lowering the fixing force at the screw meshing portion, without increasing a dead space, and without increasing the thickness of the plate, the present invention provides a bone plate having an upper face, which is to be in contact with bone, a lower face, which is to be in contact with the bone, and a plurality of holes arranged to receive bone screws and connecting the upper face and the lower face. In at least one of the holes, a portion of an edge, on the upper face, of the hole is formed so as to be raised in the form of a protrusion higher than the upper face around the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: OLYMPUS TERUMO BIOMATERIALS CORP.
    Inventors: Koichi Kuroda, Yasuharu Yokoyama, Tomohiko Fukuhara, Masaki Atarashi, Kitaru Suzuki, Minoru Harada, Toshihisa Iwanaga, Mitsuya Urata
  • Publication number: 20210177473
    Abstract: In order to apply, with a simple and easy means, proper pressure between bone segments spaced apart as a result of osteotomy or a bone fracture, without lowering the fixing force at the screw meshing portion, without increasing a dead space, and without increasing the thickness of the plate, the present invention provides a bone plate having an upper face, which is to be in contact with bone, a lower face, which is to be in contact with the bone, and a plurality of holes arranged to receive bone screws and connecting the upper face and the lower face. In at least one of the holes, a portion of an edge, on the upper face, of the hole is formed so as to be raised in the form of a protrusion higher than the upper face around the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS TERUMO BIOMATERIALS CORP.
    Inventors: Koichi KURODA, Yasuharu YOKOYAMA, Tomohiko FUKUHARA, Masaki ATARASHI, Kitaru SUZUKI, Minoru HARADA, Toshihisa IWANAGA, Mitsuya URATA