Patents by Inventor Toshimasa Sakagami
Toshimasa Sakagami 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: 8821428Abstract: A traction apparatus which impresses a desired traction force to a body to be pulled is provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2007Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Ito Co., Ltd.Inventors: Noboru Tanaka, Yoshiharu Ootomo, Toshimasa Sakagami
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Patent number: 8328730Abstract: A living body measurement apparatus according to the present invention functions both as a muscular tissue hardness tester for measuring hardness of muscular tissue of a living body and as an algesiometer for measuring a degree of sense of pain of the living body, and the apparatus includes: an contacting section which includes a first contact surface contacting the living body, and which applies pressure to the living body; an auxiliary section which includes a second contact surface contacting the living body, and which supports the second contact surface so that the second contact surface perform reciprocating movement between a coplanar position in which the second contact surface is disposed substantially coplanar with the first contact surface and a retracted position in which the second contact surface is retracted with respect to the first contact surface; and a locking mechanism which locks the auxiliary section in a state in which the second contact surface is disposed at the retracted position.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2007Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: ITO Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshimasa Sakagami, Hiroshi Karasuno, Hisashi Kuroda, Makoto Sasaki, Wataru Orito
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Patent number: 8246553Abstract: A muscle hardness meter according to the present invention, which measures the hardness of muscle tissue of a living organism, includes: an auxiliary part which touches a periphery of a section of the living organism to be measure so as to apply pressure to the periphery; a touching part which touches the section to be measured so as to apply pressure to the section to be measured; a first pressure sensor which measures pressures that the touching part and the auxiliary part sustain, respectively, from the section to be measured and the periphery, and outputs a first measurement result; a second pressure sensor which measures a pressure that the touching part sustains from the section to be measure, and outputs a second measurement result; a notification part which notifies the second measurement result; and a control part which determines whether or not the first measurement result teaches a reference pressure value input in advance and notifies the second measurement result to the notification part at a timType: GrantFiled: August 23, 2007Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Ito Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshimasa Sakagami, Hiroshi Karasuno, Hisashi Kuroda, Makoto Sasaki, Wataru Orito
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Publication number: 20110130682Abstract: A muscle hardness meter according to the present invention, which measures the hardness of muscle tissue of a living organism, includes: an auxiliary part which touches a periphery of a section of the living organism to be measured so as to apply pressure to the periphery; a touching part which touches the section to be measured so as to apply pressure to the section to be measured; a first pressure sensor which measures pressures that the touching part and the auxiliary part sustain, respectively, from the section to be measured and the periphery, and outputs a first measurement result; a second pressure sensor which measures a pressure that the touching part sustains from the section to be measured, and outputs a second measurement result; a notification part which notifies the second measurement result; and a control part which determines whether or not the first measurement result reaches a reference pressure value input in advance and notifies the second measurement result to the notification part at a tType: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2007Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: ITO Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshimasa Sakagami, Hiroshi Karasuno, Hisashi Kuroda, Makoto Sasaki, Wataru Orito
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Patent number: 7949406Abstract: Quantity and time for medical operation are measured after starting the medical operation (step S1). Parameters in a parameter protection mode and parameters in a standard mode are compared so as to determine whether or not contents in the parameters coincide and whether or not five minutes passes (step S2). If five minutes do not pass, it is detected whether or not a power supply switch is turned off (step S4). If it is not turned off, the operation returns to the step S1 so as to determine whether or not the power supply is turned off within five minutes in steps S3 and S4 while measuring the quantity and the time for the medical operation. If five minutes passes without turning off the power supply, data for the quantity and the time for the medical operation are loaded in a memory (step S5). After that, the operation is completed.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2008Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignees: Ito Co., Ltd., Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshimasa Sakagami, Hirotsugu Sato, Takashi Nemoto
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Publication number: 20100174208Abstract: A living body measurement apparatus according to the present invention functions both as a muscular tissue hardness tester for measuring hardness of muscular tissue of a living body and as an algesiometer for measuring a degree of sense of pain of the living body, and the apparatus includes: an contacting section which includes a first contact surface contacting the living body, and which applies pressure to the living body; an auxiliary section which includes a second contact surface contacting the living body, and which supports the second contact surface so that the second contact surface perform reciprocating movement between a coplanar position in which the second contact surface is disposed substantially coplanar with the first contact surface and a retracted position in which the second contact surface is retracted with respect to the first contact surface; and a locking mechanism which locks the auxiliary section in a state in which the second contact surface is disposed at the retracted position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2007Publication date: July 8, 2010Applicant: ITO CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshimasa Sakagami, Hiroshi Karasuno, Hisashi Kuroda, Makoto Sasaki, Wataru Orito
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Publication number: 20100137772Abstract: A traction apparatus which impresses a desired traction force to a body to be pulled is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2007Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: ITO CO., LTD.Inventors: Noboru Tanaka, Yoshiharu Ootomo, Toshimasa Sakagami
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Patent number: 7519427Abstract: Quantity and time for medical operation are measured after starting the medical operation (step S1). Parameters in a parameter protection mode and parameters in a standard mode are compared so as to determine whether or not contents in the parameters coincide and whether or not five minutes passes (step S2). If five minutes do not pass, it is detected whether or not a power supply switch is turned off (step S4). If it is not turned off, the operation returns to the step S1 so as to determine whether or not the power supply is turned off within five minutes in steps S3 and S4 while measuring the quantity and the time for the medical operation. If five minutes passes without turning off the power supply, data for the quantity and the time for the medical operation are loaded in a memory (step S5). After that, the operation is completed.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2004Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignees: ITO Co., Ltd., Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshimasa Sakagami, Hirotsugu Sato, Takashi Nemoto
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Publication number: 20090069864Abstract: Quantity and time for medical operation are measured after starting the medical operation (step S1). Parameters in a parameter protection mode and parameters in a standard mode are compared so as to determine whether or not contents in the parameters coincide and whether or not five minutes passes (step S2). If five minutes do not pass, it is detected whether or not a power supply switch is turned off (step S4). If it is not turned off, the operation returns to the step S1 so as to determine whether or not the power supply is turned off within five minutes in steps S3 and S4 while measuring the quantity and the time for the medical operation. If five minutes passes without turning off the power supply, data for the quantity and the time for the medical operation are loaded in a memory (step S5). After that, the operation is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicants: ITO CO., LTD., HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshimasa Sakagami, Hirotsugu Sato, Takashi Nemoto
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Patent number: 7471984Abstract: A low-frequency treatment device includes electrodes to which a low-frequency pulse signal is supplied so as to apply an electric stimulus to a living body; a section for presetting a number of times of muscle contraction which occurs by applying the electric stimulus; a section for setting a pulse signal conducting time period and a pulse signal pausing time period in an interval; a section for computing a treatment time period based on the number of times of muscle contraction and on the conducting and the pausing time periods; a timer which starts counting a time period when supply of the pulse signal is started, and transmits a stop signal for stopping the supply of the pulse signal when the counted time period reaches the computed treatment time period; and a device for shutting off a circuit for supplying the pulse signal based on the stop signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2005Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Ito Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshimasa Sakagami, Nobuo Ogiwara
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Publication number: 20070142876Abstract: A low-frequency treatment device includes electrodes to which a low-frequency pulse signal is supplied so as to apply an electric stimulus to a living body; a section for presetting a number of times of muscle contraction which occurs by applying the electric stimulus; a section for setting a pulse signal conducting time period and a pulse signal pausing time period in an interval; a section for computing a treatment time period based on the number of times of muscle contraction and on the conducting and the pausing time periods; a timer which starts counting a time period when supply of the pulse signal is started, and transmits a stop signal for stopping the supply of the pulse signal when the counted time period reaches the computed treatment time period; and a device for shutting off a circuit for supplying the pulse signal based on the stop signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2005Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventors: Toshimasa Sakagami, Nobuo Ogiwara
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Publication number: 20040230253Abstract: Quantity and time for medical operation are measured after staring the medical operation (step S1). Parameters in a parameter protection mode and parameters in a standard mode are compared so as to determined whether or not contents in the parameters coincide and whether or not five minutes passes (step S2). If five minutes do not pass, it is detected whether or not a power supply switch is turned off (step S4). If it is not turned off, the operation returns to the step S1 so as to determine whether or not the power supply is turned off within five minutes in steps S3 and S4 while measuring the quantity and the time for the medical operation. If five minutes passes without turning off the power supply, data for the quantity and the time for the medical operation are loaded in a memory (step S5). After that, the operation is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2004Publication date: November 18, 2004Inventors: Toshimasa Sakagami, Hirotsugu Sato, Takashi Nemoto