Patents by Inventor Yasunori Yamashita
Yasunori Yamashita 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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Publication number: 20240088287Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first insulating film formed on an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate in an outer peripheral region so as to surround a cell region in plan view, and a resistive element formed on the first insulating film so as to surround the cell region in plan view. A second insulating film having a thickness thinner than that of the first insulating film is formed on the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate in the outer peripheral region. A dummy pattern is formed from a portion over the second insulating film to a portion over the first insulating film so as to cover a step occurring between the second insulating film and the first insulating film.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Takahiro OHARA, Koichi ARAI, Yasunori YAMASHITA, Hideyuki YASHIMA
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Publication number: 20230077367Abstract: A drift layer is formed over a semiconductor substrate which is an SiC substrate. The drift layer includes first to third n-type semiconductor layers and a p-type impurity region. Herein, an impurity concentration of the second n-type semiconductor layer is higher than an impurity concentration of the first n-type semiconductor layer and an impurity concentration of the third n-type semiconductor layer. Also, in plan view, the second semiconductor layer located between the p-type impurity regions adjacent to each other overlaps with at least a part of a gate electrode formed in a trench.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Yasuhiro OKAMOTO, Nobuo MACHIDA, Koichi ARAI, Kenichi HISADA, Yasunori YAMASHITA, Satoshi EGUCHI, Hironobu MIYAMOTO, Atsushi SAKAI, Katsumi EIKYU
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Publication number: 20230016997Abstract: The disclosed image acquisition medical device and medical system make it possible to easily grasp an orientation of a distal end portion of the medical device based on an angiographic image and a tomographic image. The image acquisition medical device includes a flexible body portion that extends in an axial direction; an image sensor that is disposed in the body portion and that is configured to acquire an image of a hollow organ; and a contrast unit that protrudes toward a distal end side of the body portion and that makes an orientation of a distal end portion of the body portion visually recognizable in an angiographic image. Relative positions of the image sensor and the contrast unit in an axial rotation direction are fixed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasunori YAMASHITA, Tomoji MARUYAMA
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Patent number: 11445999Abstract: An imaging medical device includes a shaft main body portion having an image acquiring lumen and a guide wire lumen. The shaft main body portion includes a first shaft proximal portion in which the image acquiring lumen is disposed, and a second shaft proximal portion in which the guide wire lumen is disposed, with the two being bifurcated. First and second hub portions are interlocked with the first and second shaft proximal portions respectively, and a transducer unit is fixed to a drive shaft. Reference line X represents the axis line of the shaft main body portion, ?1 represents the inclination of the central axis of the first hub portion relative to the reference line, ?2 represents the inclination of the central axis of the second hub portion relative to the reference line, and the relationship of |?1|>|?2| is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasunori Yamashita
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Patent number: 11419576Abstract: A medical device is disclosed, which includes a motor drive device that is connected to a proximal end of an image diagnosis catheter, and that rotates a drive shaft included in the image diagnosis catheter around an axial direction and moves the drive shaft along the axial direction, and a support unit that supports the motor drive device in a state where the motor drive device is separated in a vertical direction from a laying table on which a subject P is laid.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuuki Sakaguchi, Yasunori Yamashita
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Patent number: 11331451Abstract: A medical tube includes a distal portion provided on one end side having a first outer diameter, a first inner diameter, and a first thickness; a proximal portion provided on the other end side having a second outer diameter greater than the first outer diameter, a second inner diameter greater than the first inner diameter, and a second thickness greater than the first thickness; and an intermediate portion provided between the distal portion and the proximal portion and having an outer diameter, an inner diameter, and a thickness which gradually vary. Thus, a medical tube is provided having improved operability and which reduces the likelihood of bending during an operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasunori Yamashita, Noriyuki Kitada, Hiroki Nagatsu
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Patent number: 11284857Abstract: A medical device includes a sheath having a guide wire lumen allowing a guide wire to be inserted therein and an imaging core lumen configured to have an ultrasound transducer inserted therein that acquires image information inside a living body. The medical device includes a rotary shaft that is inserted into the imaging core lumen and is rotatable in order to transmit mechanical drive force to the ultrasound transducer. In the sheath, a circular portion having a constant radii of curvature of the imaging core lumen is formed on a side separated from the guide wire lumen, and a non-circular portion having distances from the center point of the circular portion to the inner surface of the imaging core lumen non-uniform and longer than the radius of the circular portion is formed in at least a part of a side close to the guide wire lumen.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2017Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasunori Yamashita
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Publication number: 20210217888Abstract: To improve characteristics of a semiconductor device. A first p-type semiconductor region having an impurity of a conductivity type opposite from that of a drift layer is arranged in the drift layer below a trench, and a second p-type semiconductor region is further arranged that is spaced at a distance from a region where the trench is formed as seen from above and that has the impurity of the conductivity type opposite from that of the drift layer. The second p-type semiconductor region is configured by a plurality of regions arranged at a space in a Y direction (depth direction in the drawings). Thus, it is possible to reduce the specific on-resistance while maintaining the breakdown voltage of the gate insulating film by providing the first and second p-type semiconductor regions and further by arranging the second p-type semiconductor region spaced by the space.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Atsushi SAKAI, Katsumi EIKYU, Satoshi EGUCHI, Nobuo MACHIDA, Koichi ARAI, Yasuhiro OKAMOTO, Kenichi HISADA, Yasunori YAMASHITA
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Patent number: 10842465Abstract: A medical device having an imaging function includes a shaft main body portion having an image acquiring lumen and a guide wire lumen extending from a distal side to a proximal side of the shaft main body portion. A proximal portion of the shaft main body includes a first shaft proximal portion in which the image acquiring lumen is disposed, and a second shaft proximal portion in which the guide wire lumen is disposed, and which are bifurcated. A shaft distal portion has a common lumen in which the image acquiring lumen and the guide wire lumen converge, a first hub portion is interlocked with the first shaft proximal portion, a second hub portion is interlocked with the second shaft proximal portion, and a hub casing collectively covers the first shaft proximal portion, the second shaft proximal portion, the first hub portion and the second hub portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasunori Yamashita
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Patent number: 10792475Abstract: A medical tube includes a connection portion that is removably attached to an end of a catheter including a guide wire lumen through which a guide wire is inserted and a tube main body that includes a lumen through which the guide wire is inserted. The lumen communicates with the guide wire lumen while being attached to the end of the catheter through the connection portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasunori Yamashita, Yuuki Sakaguchi, Yuusuke Sekine
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Publication number: 20190275290Abstract: A medical tube includes a distal portion provided on one end side having a first outer diameter, a first inner diameter, and a first thickness; a proximal portion provided on the other end side having a second outer diameter greater than the first outer diameter, a second inner diameter greater than the first inner diameter, and a second thickness greater than the first thickness; and an intermediate portion provided between the distal portion and the proximal portion and having an outer diameter, an inner diameter, and a thickness which gradually vary. Thus, a medical tube is provided having improved operability and which reduces the likelihood of bending during an operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasunori YAMASHITA, Noriyuki KITADA, Hiroki NAGATSU
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Publication number: 20190237577Abstract: A drift layer is formed over a semiconductor substrate which is an SiC substrate. The drift layer includes first to third n-type semiconductor layers and a p-type impurity region. Herein, an impurity concentration of the second n-type semiconductor layer is higher than an impurity concentration of the first n-type semiconductor layer and an impurity concentration of the third n-type semiconductor layer. Also, in plan view, the second semiconductor layer located between the p-type impurity regions adjacent to each other overlaps with at least a part of a gate electrode formed in a trench.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Yasuhiro OKAMOTO, Nobuo MACHIDA, Koichi ARAI, Kenichi HISADA, Yasunori YAMASHITA, Satoshi EGUCHI, Hironobu MIYAMOTO, Atsushi SAKAI, Katsumi EIKYU
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Publication number: 20190198663Abstract: To improve characteristics of a semiconductor device. A first p-type semiconductor region having an impurity of a conductivity type opposite from that of a drift layer is arranged in the drift layer below a trench, and a second p-type semiconductor region is further arranged that is spaced at a distance from a region where the trench is formed as seen from above and that has the impurity of the conductivity type opposite from that of the drift layer. The second p-type semiconductor region is configured by a plurality of regions arranged at a space in a Y direction (depth direction in the drawings). Thus, it is possible to reduce the specific on-resistance while maintaining the breakdown voltage of the gate insulating film by providing the first and second p-type semiconductor regions and further by arranging the second p-type semiconductor region spaced by the space.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Atsushi SAKAI, Katsumi EIKYU, Satoshi EGUCHI, Nobuo MACHIDA, Koichi ARAI, Yasuhiro OKAMOTO, Kenichi HISADA, Yasunori YAMASHITA
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Patent number: 10299757Abstract: A first tube is a medical tube provided with a first portion, a second portion and a third portion in this order from the proximal end side toward the distal end side and is made of a resin. At the second portion, the outer diameter is smaller than the outer diameter of the first portion and the inner diameter is substantially equal to the inner diameter of the first portion. At the third portion, the outer diameter and the inner diameter are respectively smaller than the outer diameter and the inner diameter of the second portion. In this manner, a medical tube in which the outer diameter of the proximal end side is relatively large and the outer diameter of the distal end side is relatively small while securing the inner diameter having a sufficient size at the distal end side can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2013Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasunori Yamashita, Tooru Oota, Youichi Ito, Naoko Katou
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Patent number: 10256339Abstract: In a semiconductor device, in a gate insulating film which is formed on/over an inner wall of a trench, the film thickness of a part of a gate insulating film formed so as to cover a corner of the trench is made thicker than the film thickness of apart of the gate insulating film part formed on/over a side face of the trench.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Yasunori Yamashita, Koichi Arai, Kenichi Hisada
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Publication number: 20190027597Abstract: In a semiconductor device, in a gate insulating film which is formed on/over an inner wall of a trench, the film thickness of a part of a gate insulating film formed so as to cover a corner of the trench is made thicker than the film thickness of apart of the gate insulating film part formed on/over a side face of the trench.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Yasunori YAMASHITA, Koichi ARAI, Kenichi HISADA
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Patent number: 10109733Abstract: In a semiconductor device, in a gate insulating film which is formed on/over an inner wall of a trench, the film thickness of a part of a gate insulating film formed so as to cover a corner of the trench is made thicker than the film thickness of a part of the gate insulating film part formed on/over a side face of the trench.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Yasunori Yamashita, Koichi Arai, Kenichi Hisada
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Patent number: 10022518Abstract: A medical tube includes a first portion, a second portion, a third portion, and a fourth portion in this order from a proximal side to a distal side thereof. The first portion has a tubular resin layer, the second portion has a tubular inner layer and outer layer, the third portion as an inner layer and outer layer, and the fourth portion has a tubular resin layer. When flexural rigidity of the first portion, the second portion, the third portion, and the fourth portion is G1, G2, G3, and G4, respectively, the flexural rigidity of each portion being configured to have a relationship with each other portion based upon the following expression (1): G1>G2>G3>G4??(1).Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2014Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasunori Yamashita, Tooru Oota, Youichi Ito, Naoko Katou
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Publication number: 20180055480Abstract: A medical device is disclosed, which includes a motor drive device that is connected to a proximal end of an image diagnosis catheter, and that rotates a drive shaft included in the image diagnosis catheter around an axial direction and moves the drive shaft along the axial direction, and a support unit that supports the motor drive device in a state where the motor drive device is separated in a vertical direction from a laying table on which a subject P is laid.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuuki Sakaguchi, Yasunori Yamashita
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Publication number: 20180050177Abstract: A medical tube includes a connection portion that is removably attached to an end of a catheter including a guide wire lumen through which a guide wire is inserted and a tube main body that includes a lumen through which the guide wire is inserted. The lumen communicates with the guide wire lumen while being attached to the end of the catheter through the connection portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2017Publication date: February 22, 2018Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasunori YAMASHITA, Yuuki SAKAGUCHI, Yuusuke SEKINE