Patents by Inventor Yasushi Iseki
Yasushi Iseki 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: 20240068884Abstract: A thermosensitive part sensing temperature; a temperature sensor for measurement provided in the unit and measuring temperature by contacting the unit with a body to be measured; a temperature detecting part detecting, from when the unit contacts the body, the time when the sensor senses a difference from an initial temperature of the sensor, and a measured temperature of the sensor at that time, and detecting, from when the difference is sensed, a time after a certain length of time and a measured temperature of the sensor at that time; an estimating part estimating, from the time when the difference is sensed and a time after a certain length of time, the time when the thermosensitive part contacts the body, and the measured temperature at that time; and a heat conduction analyzing part estimating the measured temperature based on output information from the temperature detecting part and the estimating part.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicants: SEMITEC Corporation, National Institute of Technology, HIROSAKI UNIVERSITYInventors: Shigenao MARUYAMA, Yuya ISEKI, Takuma KOGAWA, Takashi NONAKA, Yasushi HOSOKAWA, Takahiro OKABE, Yutaro TABATA, Tadashi MATSUDATE, Toshinori NAKAJIMA, Masaya HIGASHI, Manabu ORITO
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Patent number: 10835762Abstract: A medical apparatus according to an embodiment includes an acquirer, an identifier, and a controller. The acquirer acquires a fluoroscopic image of an object from an imager which performs imaging by irradiating the object with an electromagnetic wave to generate the fluoroscopic image. The identifier identifies a target position of the object in the fluoroscopic image. The controller outputs an irradiation permission signal to a therapeutic device which irradiates the object with a therapeutic beam in a case where the target position identified by the identifier is settled within an irradiation permission range.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Shinichiro Mori, Koki Yanagawa, Ryusuke Hirai, Shinya Fukushima, Yasushi Iseki, Keiko Okaya
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Patent number: 10737117Abstract: A medical apparatus according to an embodiment includes an acquirer, an identifier, an output controller, a display controller, and an input operation acquirer. The acquirer acquires a fluoroscopic image of a object from an imager which performs imaging by irradiating the object with an electromagnetic wave to generate the fluoroscopic image. The identifier identifies a target position of the object in the fluoroscopic image. The output controller outputs an irradiation permission signal to a therapeutic device which irradiates the object with a therapeutic beam when the target position identified by the identifier is settled within an irradiation permission range. The display controller causes a display to display an interface image for receiving an instruction to start each of a preparation stage of a therapy and an irradiation stage of the therapeutic beam. The input operation acquirer acquires details of an input operation performed by a user in the interface image.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Shinichiro Mori, Keiko Okaya, Ryusuke Hirai, Koki Yanagawa, Fumi Maruyama, Yasushi Iseki
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Patent number: 10653891Abstract: According to an embodiment, a particle beam treatment system has: a CT device that is a three-dimensional image acquisition part installed in a treatment room for acquisition of a three-dimensional internal image on a day of treatment; a dose distribution display part that displays a dose distribution in the three-dimensional image acquired on the day of treatment and a dose distribution in treatment plan data designed in advance; a treatment management device that is a selection part to select whether or not to change the treatment plan data based on the dose distribution in the three-dimensional image acquired on the day of treatment and the dose distribution in treatment plan data designed in advance; and an irradiation part that irradiates an affected part with a particle beam according to the treatment plan data based on selection made by the treatment management device.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Yasushi Iseki
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Patent number: 10434337Abstract: A particle beam adjustment device includes: a position monitor that detects a positional deviation of a particle beam transported from a beam transport section; an interlock device to interrupt irradiation of the particle beam when a positional deviation of the particle beam is detected by the position monitor; a pair of screen monitors that measure position and angle of an axis of the particle beam; a correction electromagnet that controls the axis of the particle beam by adjusting a magnetic field on a basis of a signal indicating the particle beam position and angle measured by the screen monitors; and a beam scanning electromagnet that irradiates an irradiation target with the particle beam. One of the screen monitors is installed outside a treatment room, and the other screen monitor and the position monitor are installed inside the treatment room.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2014Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Shinji Hanada, Yasushi Iseki, Satoshi Kimura, Katsushi Hanawa
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Publication number: 20190184200Abstract: A medical apparatus according to an embodiment includes an acquirer, an identifier, an output controller, a display controller, and an input operation acquirer. The acquirer acquires a fluoroscopic image of a object from an imager which performs imaging by irradiating the object with an electromagnetic wave to generate the fluoroscopic image. The identifier identifies a target position of the object in the fluoroscopic image. The output controller outputs an irradiation permission signal to a therapeutic device which irradiates the object with a therapeutic beam when the target position identified by the identifier is settled within an irradiation permission range. The display controller causes a display to display an interface image for receiving an instruction to start each of a preparation stage of a therapy and an irradiation stage of the therapeutic beam. The input operation acquirer acquires details of an input operation performed by a user in the interface image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Shinichiro MORI, Keiko Okaya, Ryusuke Hirai, Koki Yanagawa, Fumi Maruyama, Yasushi Iseki
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Publication number: 20190184199Abstract: A medical apparatus according to an embodiment includes an acquirer, an identifier, and a controller. The acquirer acquires a fluoroscopic image of an object from an imager which performs imaging by irradiating the object with an electromagnetic wave to generate the fluoroscopic image. The identifier identifies a target position of the object in the fluoroscopic image. The controller outputs an irradiation permission signal to a therapeutic device which irradiates the object with a therapeutic beam in a case where the target position identified by the identifier is settled within an irradiation permission range.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Shinichiro Mori, Koki Yanagawa, Ryusuke Hirai, Shinya Fukushima, Yasushi Iseki, Keiko Okaya
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Publication number: 20190151678Abstract: According to an embodiment, a particle beam treatment system has: a CT device that is a three-dimensional image acquisition part installed in a treatment room for acquisition of a three-dimensional internal image on a day of treatment; a dose distribution display part that displays a dose distribution in the three-dimensional image acquired on the day of treatment and a dose distribution in treatment plan data designed in advance; a treatment management device that is a selection part to select whether or not to change the treatment plan data based on the dose distribution in the three-dimensional image acquired on the day of treatment and the dose distribution in treatment plan data designed in advance; and an irradiation part that irradiates an affected part with a particle beam according to the treatment plan data based on selection made by the treatment management device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Yasushi ISEKI
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Patent number: 10232193Abstract: According to an embodiment, a particle beam treatment system has: a CT device that is a three-dimensional image acquisition part installed in a treatment room for acquisition of a three-dimensional internal image on a day of treatment; a dose distribution display part that displays a dose distribution in the three-dimensional image acquired on the day of treatment and a dose distribution in treatment plan data designed in advance; a treatment management device that is a selection part to select whether or not to change the treatment plan data based on the dose distribution in the three-dimensional image acquired on the day of treatment and the dose distribution in treatment plan data designed in advance; and an irradiation part that irradiates an affected part with a particle beam according to the treatment plan data based on selection made by the treatment management device.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Yasushi Iseki
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Publication number: 20170368371Abstract: A particle beam adjustment device includes: a position monitor that detects a positional deviation of a particle beam transported from a beam transport section; an interlock device to interrupt irradiation of the particle beam when a positional deviation of the particle beam is detected by the position monitor; a pair of screen monitors that measure position and angle of an axis of the particle beam; a correction electromagnet that controls the axis of the particle beam by adjusting a magnetic field on a basis of a signal indicating the particle beam position and angle measured by the screen monitors; and a beam scanning electromagnet that irradiates an irradiation target with the particle beam. One of the screen monitors is installed outside a treatment room, and the other screen monitor and the position monitor are installed inside the treatment room.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2014Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Shinji HANADA, Yasushi ISEKI, Satoshi KIMURA, Katsushi HANAWA
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Publication number: 20170304649Abstract: An X-ray irradiating apparatus according to an embodiment is an X-ray irradiating apparatus that can transmit a maintenance electric current for suppressing the motion of a diaphragm in a subject, and includes an electric current outputting unit, electrode units, an electric current output controlling unit and an operating unit. The electric current outputting unit outputs the maintenance electric current for maintaining the contraction of the muscle. The electrode units, which are disposed on a skin surface of the subject, transmit the maintenance electric current. The electric current output controlling unit controls the electric current outputting unit to switch between a state in which the maintenance electric current is output to the electrode units and a state in which the maintenance electric current is not output to the electrode units. The operating unit performs the operation of the electric current output controlling unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Akio SUMITA, Yasushi Iseki
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Patent number: 8552408Abstract: Provided is a particle beam irradiation apparatus capable of highly reliable measurement of a dose of each beam and capable of highly sensitive measurement of a leakage dose caused by momentary beam emission.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2011Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, National Institute of Radiological SciencesInventors: Katsushi Hanawa, Yasushi Iseki, Nobukazu Kakutani, Takuji Furukawa, Taku Inaniwa, Shinji Sato, Kouji Noda
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Patent number: 8487282Abstract: A particle beam irradiation apparatus that can measure and display a dose two-dimensional distribution during scan while reducing degradation of a particle beam shape, including a particle beam generation portion; a particle beam emission control portion; a two-dimensional beam scanning portion; a sensor portion including first linear electrodes arranged in parallel in a first direction and second linear electrodes arranged in parallel in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a beam shape calculation portion that calculates a center of gravity of the particle beam from outputs of each the first linear and second linear electrodes and that obtains a two-dimensional beam shape of the particle beam around the center of gravity; a storage portion that accumulates and stores the two-dimensional beam shapes; and a display portion that displays the two-dimensional beam shapes as a two-dimensional distribution of a dose.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2011Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, National Institute of Radiological SciencesInventors: Yasushi Iseki, Katsushi Hanawa, Kazunao Maeda, Nobukazu Kakutani, Takuji Furukawa, Taku Inaniwa, Shinji Sato, Kouji Noda
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Patent number: 8436323Abstract: A particle beam irradiation apparatus includes: a beam generation unit that generates a particle beam; a beam emission control unit that controls emission of the particle beam; a beam scanning instruction unit that sequentially two-dimensionally instructs a position of the particle beam so that the particle beam is scanned across the entire slice; a beam scanning unit that two-dimensionally scans the particle beam; a respiration gate generation unit that generates a respiration gate synchronized with a respiration cycle of the patient; and a pulse generation unit that generates a predetermined number of scanning start pulses at substantially equally spaced time intervals in the respiration gate. The beam scanning instruction unit instructs to scan the entire slice by pattern irradiation based on a set dose from each of the scanning start pulses so that a scan of the same slice is repeated the predetermined number of times.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2008Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yasushi Iseki, Katsushi Hanawa
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Patent number: 8334509Abstract: A particle beam irradiation apparatus includes a beam scanning indication unit which two-dimensionally indicates a position of a particle beam in series for each of slices obtained by dividing an affected area to be irradiated in an axial direction of the particle beam, a beam scanning unit which two-dimensionally scans the particle beam based on an indication signal from the beam scanning indication unit, a phosphor film which is provided between the beam scanning unit and a patient and emits light in an amount corresponding to a particle dose of the particle beam transmitting therethrough, an imaging unit which images the phosphor film for each of the slices, and a display unit which obtains an irradiation dose distribution of each of the slices from image data imaged by the imaging unit and displays the obtained irradiation dose distribution associated with a scanning position of the particle beam.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2010Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yasushi Iseki, Masao Takahashi, Katsushi Hanawa, Kazunao Maeda, Atsuo Inoue, Teruyasu Nagafuchi, Nobukazu Kakutani
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Publication number: 20120305790Abstract: Provided is a particle beam irradiation apparatus capable of highly reliable measurement of a dose of each beam and capable of highly sensitive measurement of a leakage dose caused by momentary beam emission.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Katsushi Hanawa, Yasushi Iseki, Nobukazu Kakutani, Takuji Furukawa, Taku Inaniwa, Shinji Sato, Kouji Noda
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Publication number: 20120305796Abstract: Provided is a particle beam irradiation apparatus that can measure and display a dose two-dimensional distribution during scan with a simple configuration, while reducing degradation of a particle beam shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicants: National Institute of Radiological Sciences, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yasushi Iseki, Katsushi Hanawa, Kazunao Maeda, Nobukazu Kakutani, Takuji Furukawa, Taku Inaniwa, Shinji Sato, Kouji Noda
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Patent number: 8222617Abstract: A laser-driven particle beam irradiation apparatus includes: a particle beam generator irradiating a target with pulsed laser light to emit a laser-driven particle ray; a beam converging unit forming a transportation path which guides the emitted laser-driven particle ray to an object and spatially converging the laser-driven particle ray; an energy selector selecting an energy and an energy width of the laser-driven particle ray; an irradiation port causing the laser-driven particle ray to scan the object to adjust an irradiation position in the object; and an irradiation controller controlling operation of the particle beam generator, the beam converging unit, the energy selector and the irradiation port.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2009Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Japan Atomic Energy AgencyInventors: Yasushi Iseki, Takeshi Yoshiyuki, Hiroyuki Daido, Masahiro Ikegami, Mamiko Nishiuchi, Akira Noda
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Patent number: 8012772Abstract: A substrate treating apparatus, in which a voltage is applied to between a treatment electrode and a target substrate in such a state that the treatment electrode is opposed to the target substrate to thereby perform substrate treatment for removing undesired substances on the target substrate, has a reference electrode, a transfer unit which transfers at least one of the treatment electrode and the reference electrode to thereby provide the treatment electrode so that the treatment electrode is opposed to the reference electrode, and a check unit for applying a voltage to between the treatment electrode and the reference electrode in such a state that the treatment electrode is opposed to the reference electrode and thereby checking an adhesion level of undesired substances onto the treatment electrode surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2008Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoshi Koide, Yasushi Iseki, Akira Ishii
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Publication number: 20110139997Abstract: To obtain high-directivity, stable, and high-intensity ion beam. An ion beam irradiator 10 is constituted by a combination of a laser-driven ion/electron generator 20 and an ion transporter 30 and is configured to guide ion beam with low directivity emitted from the ion/electron generator 20 to the output end while increasing the directivity of the ion beam or focusing the ion beam at the ion transporter 30. In the ion transporter 30, an electron absorber 33 is provided around a beamline 31 at a location on the upstream side in terms of the flow of the ion beam relative to multipole magnets 32. The electron absorber 33 is formed of a material (e.g., polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)) that can effectively absorb high-energy electrons. The electron absorber 33 is surrounded by an X-ray shield 34 made of heavy metal such as lead.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2010Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicants: JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hironao Sakaki, Mamiko Nishiuchi, Toshihiko Hori, Masayuki Suzuki, Yasushi Iseki, Takeshi Yoshiyuki