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).

  • Patent number: 8821428
    Abstract: A traction apparatus which impresses a desired traction force to a body to be pulled is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Ito Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Tanaka, Yoshiharu Ootomo, Toshimasa Sakagami
  • Patent number: 8328730
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: ITO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimasa Sakagami, Hiroshi Karasuno, Hisashi Kuroda, Makoto Sasaki, Wataru Orito
  • Patent number: 8246553
    Abstract: 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 tim
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Ito Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimasa Sakagami, Hiroshi Karasuno, Hisashi Kuroda, Makoto Sasaki, Wataru Orito
  • Publication number: 20110130682
    Abstract: 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 t
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: ITO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimasa Sakagami, Hiroshi Karasuno, Hisashi Kuroda, Makoto Sasaki, Wataru Orito
  • Patent number: 7949406
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignees: Ito Co., Ltd., Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimasa Sakagami, Hirotsugu Sato, Takashi Nemoto
  • Publication number: 20100174208
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: ITO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshimasa Sakagami, Hiroshi Karasuno, Hisashi Kuroda, Makoto Sasaki, Wataru Orito
  • Publication number: 20100137772
    Abstract: A traction apparatus which impresses a desired traction force to a body to be pulled is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: ITO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noboru Tanaka, Yoshiharu Ootomo, Toshimasa Sakagami
  • Patent number: 7519427
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignees: ITO Co., Ltd., Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimasa Sakagami, Hirotsugu Sato, Takashi Nemoto
  • Publication number: 20090069864
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicants: ITO CO., LTD., HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshimasa Sakagami, Hirotsugu Sato, Takashi Nemoto
  • Patent number: 7471984
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Ito Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimasa Sakagami, Nobuo Ogiwara
  • Publication number: 20070142876
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Toshimasa Sakagami, Nobuo Ogiwara
  • Publication number: 20040230253
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Toshimasa Sakagami, Hirotsugu Sato, Takashi Nemoto