Patents by Inventor Yoshio Hosoi

Yoshio Hosoi 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).

  • High-frequency capacitive heating electrode device
    Patent number: 4961435
    Abstract: A high-frequency capacitive heating electrode device comprises a cap-shaped electrode, a flexible support for supporting the electrode with one end thereof capped with the electrode, a flexible polymer film which surrounds the electrode and forms a gastight space between the support and the flexible polymer film, and passages for respectively introducing and discharging a cooling medium to and from the gastight space. The high-frequency capacitive heating electrode device is disposed in the vicinity of the target portion of a living body to be heated and is useful for the hyperthermia therapy for a cancer of the uterine cervix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: Kureha Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaishi
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Yoshio Hosoi, Akira Sogawa, Chikau Onodera, Tadashi Onuma