Patents by Inventor Yoichi Hiyama

Yoichi Hiyama 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: 11491063
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a bed system that is mechanically and electrically connectable to a main body of a medical image diagnosis apparatus includes a traveling unit and an interface. The traveling unit provided between the bed system and a floor surface. The interface configured to receive an operation of locking or unlocking driving of the traveling unit. The operation on the interface of locking or unlocking driving of the traveling unit is interlocked with electrical connection between the bed system and the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Takamura, Yoichi Hiyama, Shigeru Usuda, Yurina Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20190247253
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a bed system that is mechanically and electrically connectable to a main body of a medical image diagnosis apparatus includes a traveling unit and an interface. The traveling unit provided between the bed system and a floor surface. The interface configured to receive an operation of locking or unlocking driving of the traveling unit. The operation on the interface of locking or unlocking driving of the traveling unit is interlocked with electrical connection between the bed system and the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Takamura, Yoichi Hiyama, Shigeru Usuda, Yurina Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20080267358
    Abstract: A patient couch apparatus includes a top plate on which a subject is laid, a top plate frame portion that supports the top plate such that the top plate is movable into an imaging region in a cavity of a gantry, and an up-down-lifting frame portion that is allowed to move to up-down directions by a V-shaped link and a cylinder. The V-shaped link and the cylinder are located closer to the gantry than a rotation axis of the top plate frame portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventor: Yoichi Hiyama
  • Publication number: 20070143921
    Abstract: A bed apparatus has a table-top movable at least in a longitudinal direction, a bed supporting unit located below the table-top, an intermediate unit located at a position between the table-top and the bed supporting unit and not overlapping with a center in a width direction of the table-top, and movable in the same direction as the table-top, and a changing unit configured to change a relative positional relationship of the table-top and the intermediate unit while the intermediate unit moves with respect to the bed supporting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoichi Hiyama
  • Patent number: 7144156
    Abstract: A driving means for moving a detector in a C-arm includes a first frame including a first pulley, a motor connected to the first pulley, and a first belt stretched over the first pulley, a second frame for supporting the detector, and a third frame provided between the first frame and the second frame. Since the first belt and the third frame are connected to each other by a first connection member, a second pulley and a second belt stretched over the second pulley are mounted, and the second belt is connected to the first frame by a second connection member, an interval between an X-ray tube device and the detector for detecting X-ray becomes wider and a patient can be easily set at a photographing position. In addition, it is possible to lengthen a movement range of the detector to improve a freedom degree of photographing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Yoichi Hiyama
  • Publication number: 20060256926
    Abstract: A driving means for moving a detector in a C-arm includes a first frame including a first pulley, a motor connected to the first pulley, and a first belt stretched over the first pulley, a second frame for supporting the detector, and a third frame provided between the first frame and the second frame. Since the first belt and the third frame are connected to each other by a first connection member, a second pulley and a second belt stretched over the second pulley are mounted, and the second belt is connected to the first frame by a second connection member, an interval between an X-ray tube device and the detector for detecting X-ray becomes wider and a patient can be easily set at a photographing position. In addition, it is possible to lengthen a movement range of the detector to improve a freedom degree of photographing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoichi Hiyama