Patents by Inventor Toshio Chiba

Toshio Chiba 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: 20230149019
    Abstract: Provided is a filling liquid (161) for filling a balloon (170) for a method for occluding a tubular organ, including a microcapsule (162) in which a balloon-dissolving substance that dissolves the balloon (170) is encapsulated, wherein the microcapsule is destroyable by an ultrasonic beam; and a liquid that is harmless in the tubular organ and does not dissolve the balloon. Further provided is a method for terminating a tubular organ occlusion including a step of applying an ultrasonic beam to a balloon (170) that is filled with the filling liquid (161) and occludes a tubular organ, thereby breaking the balloon (170) as a result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Toshio Chiba, Hiromasa Yamashita, Takashi Mochizuki, Kazuo Maruyama, Ryo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200322509
    Abstract: A high-resolution and compact endoscopic apparatus is provided. The endoscopic apparatus comprises: an insertion unit configured to be inserted into a body cavity and guide light from an object; an illumination device attached to the insertion unit and illuminating the object; and an imaging device comprising 8K-level or higher-level pixels arranged in a matrix form. The imaging device receives light reflected from the object and guided through the insertion unit and outputs image data of the object. The pitch of the pixels of the imaging device is equal to or larger than the longest wavelength of illumination light emitted from the illumination means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: KAIROS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio CHIBA, Kenkichi TANIOKA, Hiromasa YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20200268236
    Abstract: Provided is an endoscope system wherein, when a trigger signal generating unit of an endoscope (10) generates a zoom-in or zoom-out trigger signal, a control device (40) identifies the fixation point of an operator in a display image of a display device (30) on the basis of a relationship between a detection signal from a sensor in polarized glasses (50) and a detection signal from a sensor in the display device (30) at the time of generation of the trigger signal, and zooms in or zooms out the peripheries of the fixation point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: KAIROS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio CHIBA, Hiromasa YAMASHITA, Kenkichi TANIOKA, Akira TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20190142254
    Abstract: An endoscope device is provided to comprise an insertion unit configured to be inserted into a body cavity and guide light from an object, an illumination device attached to the insertion unit and illuminating the object, and an imaging device having an imaging element provided with 8K-level or higher-level pixels. The imaging element receives light reflected from the object and guided by the insertion unit and outputs imaging signals of the object. The insertion unit and the illumination device may be attached to the imaging device. The imaging device may be grasped and carried by a human hand. The imaging device has a mounting part incorporating the imaging element and a grasping part. The cross-sectional area of the mounting part perpendicular to an optical axis is equal to or larger than the cross-sectional area of the grasping part perpendicular to the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: KAIROS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio CHIBA, Hiromasa YAMASHITA, Kenkichi TANIOKA, Akira TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 9565993
    Abstract: The object lens 21 and the ocular lens 22 are disposed in the lens barrel unit 11 and the relay lens system 23 is disposed therebetween. The image sensor 31 is disposed in the camera unit 12 and the coaxial illumination unit 32 is disposed therearound. The focus position shift member 25 is disposed at the image formation position L1 in the lens barrel unit 11. The light from the coaxial illumination unit 32 is imaged at the image formation position L1 and is shifted to a position L2 by the focus position shift member 25. Since the position L2 positions at a position closer than a focus position, light through the object lens 21 diffuses to illuminate the object 51.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Okuda, Hiroshi Yokota, Toshio Chiba, Hiromasa Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20150157194
    Abstract: The object lens 21 and the ocular lens 22 are disposed in the lens barrel unit 11 and the relay lens system 23 is disposed therebetween. The image sensor 31 is disposed in the camera unit 12 and the coaxial illumination unit 32 is disposed therearound. The focus position shift member 25 is disposed at the image formation position L1 in the lens barrel unit 11. The light from the coaxial illumination unit 32 is imaged at the image formation position L1 and is shifted to a position L2 by the focus position shift member 25. Since the position L2 positions at a position closer than a focus position, light through the object lens 21 diffuses to illuminate the object 51.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Okuda, Hiroshi Yokota, Toshio Chiba, Hiromasa Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20040193020
    Abstract: An in-vivo information extracting system comprises a tag device (1) embedded in a living body, a relay device (2) disposed outside the living body and near the tag device (1), and main transceiver (3) for collecting the in-vivo information extracted by the tag device (1) through the relay device (2). The tag device (1) has a rectifier circuit for rectifying an electromagnetic wave received from the relay device (2) and generating an operating power. By thus generating, inside the tag device, the operating power needed to drive the tag device (1) from the electromagnetic wave fed from outside by means of an RFID, any cell or battery in the tag device (1) is not needed, and the size of the tag device (1) is accordingly reduced. Therefore, the tag device can be used in a living body almost permanently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: REAMETARU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio Chiba, Susumu Kusakabe