Patents by Inventor Toshio Hyogo

Toshio Hyogo 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).

  • Tool for removing foreign object in pipe line
    Publication number: 20060276814
    Abstract: To provide an intraductal foreign body removal instrument which can remove fibrous foreign bodies 80 out of a duct 90 without damaging inner walls of the duct 90 using a simple mechanism. The instrument has a flexible insertion tube 20 inserted in the duct 90, a wire 30 made of flexible wire material and inserted in the insertion tube 20; and a rotating device 40 which rotates the wire 30 in the insertion tube 20. Furthermore, the instrument 10 has a flexible guide tube 25 which is inserted in the duct 90 and into which the insertion tube 20 is inserted loosely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicants: NIHON UNIVERSITY, IR.Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadao Omata, Toshio Hyogo, Daisuke Kawabe, Kazuya Murayama