Patents by Inventor Toshikazu Matsumoto
Toshikazu Matsumoto 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: 10163202Abstract: The present invention provides an automatic blood-sampling tube preparation device which can detect the presence of the proper or improper blood-sampling tube by selectively taking out a blood-sampling tube and transferring the blood-sampling tube to a label pasting position, printing information of the patient on a label, pasting the printed label on the blood-sampling tube positioned in the label pasting position, and collecting the label pasted blood-sampling tubes in the container for each patient. The device also includes photographing means for photographing an appearance of the blood-sampling tube taken out from the blood-sampling tube containing section and a control means arranged to have a threshold with respect to at least one characteristic information previously extracted from an appearance of a blood-sampling tube, to extract the characteristic information from the appearance image photographed to judge whether the blood-sampling tube corresponds to the instruction information from the doctor.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2011Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: TECHNO MEDICA CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshikazu Matsumoto, Yoshimi Hirasawa, Yasushi Nakano, Yusuke Wada, Ichiro Nakamura
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Patent number: 9733157Abstract: The present invention provides an automatic blood-sampling tube preparation system which can reduce the reading mistake of the information of the RFID tags by selectively taking out a blood-sampling tube required to an examination of a patient according to a doctor's instruction information from the blood-sampling tube containing section, writing the patient examination information on a RFID tag of the taken out tube on the basis of the instruction information, reading simultaneously all patient examination information from all RFID tags contained in the prepared container for every patient, and comparing the information read from the RFID tags with the instruction information to ensure accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2011Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: TECHNO MEDICA CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshikazu Matsumoto, Yoshimi Hirasawa, Yasushi Nakano, Yusuke Wada, Ichiro Nakamura
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Patent number: 9033020Abstract: A labeling device comprising a guide frame, rotatably supporting a label roll formed by winding around a core a label holding band, which releasably holds a plurality of labels in series, and a peeling member which peels the printed label from the band by bending the band at an acute angle towards a slanting lower part in relation to the direction of movement of the band. The labeling device comprises a guide unit that is pivotally provided for nipping and holding a leading edge of the label holding band in front of the peeling member and is rotatable around the peeling member with the leading edge of the band so that the leading edge of the band is automatically brought to a feeding roller arranged on the slanting lower part of the peeling member in relation to the direction of the movement of the label holding band.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignees: Techno Medica Co., Ltd., Autonics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshikazu Matsumoto, Yoshimi Hirasawa, Yasushi Nakano, Mitsuyuki Suzuki, Kazuo Kuwahara, Masashi Hamano, Takeshi Yokochi
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Publication number: 20140133941Abstract: The present invention provides an automatic blood-sampling tube preparation system which can reduce the reading mistake of the information of the RFID tags by selectively taking out a blood-sampling tube required to an examination of a patient according to a doctor's instruction information from the blood-sampling tube containing section, writing the patient examination information on a RFID tag of the taken out tube on the basis of the instruction information, reading simultaneously all patient examination information from all RFID tags contained in the prepared container for every patient, and comparing the information read from the RFID tags with the instruction information to ensure accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2011Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: TECHNO MEDICA CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshikazu Matsumoto, Yoshimi Hirasawa, Yasushi Nakano, Yusuke Wada, Ichiro Nakamura
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Publication number: 20140125797Abstract: The present invention provides an automatic blood-sampling tube preparation device which can detect the presence of the proper or improper blood-sampling tube by selectively taking out a blood-sampling tube and transferring the blood-sampling tube to a label pasting position, printing information of the patient on a label, pasting the printed label on the blood-sampling tube positioned in the label pasting position, and collecting the label pasted blood-sampling tubes in the container for each patient. The device also includes photographing means for photographing an appearance of the blood-sampling tube taken out from the blood-sampling tube containing section and a control means arranged to have a threshold with respect to at least one characteristic information previously extracted from an appearance of a blood-sampling tube, to extract the characteristic information from the appearance image photographed to judge whether the blood-sampling tube corresponds to the instruction information from the doctor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2011Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: TECHNO MEDICA CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshikazu Matsumoto, Yoshimi Hirasawa, Yasushi Nakano, Yusuke Wada, Ichiro Nakamura
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Patent number: 8622108Abstract: Provided is a labeling device for an automatic test-tube setting-up device wherein an identification label can be pasted over a product label with a simple structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2009Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Techno Medica Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshikazu Matsumoto, Yoshimi Hirasawa, Junya Mashiko, Ichiro Nakamura, Syunji Morishima
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Publication number: 20130213577Abstract: A labeling device comprising a guide frame, rotatably supporting a label roll formed by winding around a core a label holding band, which releasably holds a plurality of labels in series, and a peeling member which peels the printed label from the band by bending the band at an acute angle towards a slanting lower part in relation to the direction of movement of the band. The labeling device comprises a guide unit that is pivotally provided for nipping and holding a leading edge of the label holding band in front of the peeling member and is rotatable around the peeling member with the leading edge of the band so that the leading edge of the band is automatically brought to a feeding roller arranged on the slanting lower part of the peeling member in relation to the direction of the movement of the label holding band.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicants: AUTONICS CO., LTD., TECHNO MEDICA CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshikazu Matsumoto, Yoshimi Hirasawa, Yasushi Nakano, Mitsuyuki Suzuki, Kazuo Kuwahara, Masashi Hamano, Takeshi Yokochi
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Publication number: 20120138231Abstract: Provided is a labeling device for an automatic test-tube setting-up device wherein an identification label can be pasted over a product label with a simple structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2009Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: TECHNO MEDICA CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshikazu Matsumoto, Yoshimi Hirasawa, Junya Mashiko, Ichiro Nakamura, Syunji Morishima
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Publication number: 20110071537Abstract: Disclosed is an intra-medullary rod, including: a cylindrical body made of an X-ray transmitting material; a plurality of wires, which are made of a material that does not transmit X-ray and are deposited at regular intervals along a surface of the cylindrical body in the circumferential direction, being extended in an axial direction in a spiral shape, wherein each of the wires is made in a way that a starting end and a terminating end of the cylindrical body are connected by the shortest distance along the outer surface thereof. In a fluoroscopic image of the cylindrical body, a distance from a reference position to an intersection location of a pair of the wires corresponds to an amount of rotational angle of the intra-medullary rod. By digitizing the intersection location, the rotational angle of the intra-medullary rod is measured.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2004Publication date: March 24, 2011Inventors: Yoshio Koga, Makoto Sakamoto, Toshikazu Matsumoto, Yuji Tanabe
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Patent number: 7383965Abstract: In the blood-sampling-tube preparation device according to the present invention, the each blood-sampling-tube containing section is provided with a number of compartments along a periphery thereof, in which the blood-sampling-tubes are contained one by one in a laying state, and an opening portion at a lower portion thereof for discharging the blood-sampling-tube from the each compartment, the compartments in each of the blood-sampling-tube containing section are intended to be moved in a peripheral direction thereof so that the blood-sampling-tube contained in the compartment aligned with the opening portion falls through the opening portion by moving the compartments at a suitable distance along the peripheral direction, and the blood-sampling-tube transferring means is arranged under the opening portions of the blood-sampling-tube containing sections for receiving the blood-sampling-tube felt from the each blood-sampling-tube containing section.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2002Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Techno Medica Co., Ltd.Inventor: Toshikazu Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20040159589Abstract: In the blood-sampling-tube preparation device according to the present invention, the each blood-sampling-tube containing section is provided with a number of compartments along a periphery thereof, in which the blood-sampling-tubes are contained one by one in a laying state, and an opening portion at a lower portion thereof for discharging the blood-sampling-tube from the each compartment, the compartments in each of the blood-sampling-tube containing section are intended to be moved in a peripheral direction thereof so that the blood-sampling-tube contained in the compartment aligned with the opening portion falls through the opening portion by moving the compartments at a suitable distance along the peripheral direction, and the blood-sampling-tube transferring means is arranged under the opening portions of the blood-sampling-tube containing sections for receiving the blood-sampling-tube felt from the each blood-sampling-tube containing section.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2003Publication date: August 19, 2004Inventor: Toshikazu Matsumoto
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Patent number: 5893263Abstract: An automatic bar code label applying apparatus is characterized by comprising at least a test tube containing section (1) for containing test tubes (11) of a same type to be applied with respective bar code labels, a collection device (2) for collecting the test tubes from the test tube containing section, a transfer device (3) for transferring the collected test tubes to a bar code label applying station (41), a printing/application device for printing characters and bar codes on the labels and applying the printed labels to the respective test tubes and a delivery device for delivering the test tubes with applied bar code labels.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 1996Date of Patent: April 13, 1999Assignee: Techno Medica Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshikazu Matsumoto, Yoshimi Hirasawa
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Patent number: 5850221Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing a medical protocol graphic user interface is provided. The apparatus and method generates a plurality of graphic images representing a medical treatment plan. The graphic images are presented in a chronological order based on real or virtual time slots and may be viewed in either a flow chart or a chart view format. The view chart format may be used by healthcare professionals to enter data. The graphical images include an order node, result node and flow node. The various nodes may be connected to form a healthcare plan assigned to a patient. Costs may be assigned to each order and various costs of various treatments may be determined. Patient plans may be transferred or modified by other healthcare professionals.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1995Date of Patent: December 15, 1998Assignee: Araxsys, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth I. Macrae, Annsheng C. Ting, Chung-Jen Ho, Ragnar W. Edholm, Toshikazu Matsumoto, Robert B. Sigmon, Jr., Erik Worth
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Patent number: 5826237Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing a medical protocol graphic user interface which graphically merges medical treatments is provided. The apparatus and method generates a plurality of graphic images representing a medical treatment plan. The graphic images are presented in a chronological order based in real or virtual time slots and may be viewed in either a flow chart or a chart view format. The chart view format may be used by healthcare professionals to enter data. The graphical images include an order node, result node and flow node. The various nodes may be connected to form a healthcare plan assigned to a patient. Two separate medical treatment plans may be combined with duplicate or conflicting orders removed.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1995Date of Patent: October 20, 1998Assignee: Araxsys, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth I. Macrae, Annsheng C. Ting, Ragnar W. Edholm, Erik Worth, Robert B. Sigmon, Jr., Toshikazu Matsumoto, Chung-Jen Ho
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Patent number: 5786816Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing a medical protocol graphic user interface which graphically merges medical treatments is provided. The apparatus and method generates a plurality of graphic images representing a medical treatment plan. The graphic images are presented in a chronological order based on real or virtual time slots and may be viewed in either a flow chart or a chart view format. The view chart format may be used by healthcare professionals to enter data. The graphical images include an order node, result node and flow node located in certain time slots. The various nodes may be connected to form a healthcare plan assigned to a patient. A result node may be split into two result nodes. Each result node may be positioned in a different time slot corresponding to when results are available.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1995Date of Patent: July 28, 1998Assignee: Araxsys, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth I. Macrae, Annsheng C. Ting, Chung-Jen Ho, Ragnar W. Edholm, Toshikazu Matsumoto, Robert B. Sigmon, Jr., Erik Worth
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Patent number: D512155Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2002Date of Patent: November 29, 2005Assignee: Techno Medica Co., Ltd.Inventor: Toshikazu Matsumoto
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Patent number: D410677Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 1996Date of Patent: June 8, 1999Assignee: Techno Medica Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshikazu Matsumoto, Yoshimi Hirasawa