Patents by Inventor Youichi OKUDA

Youichi OKUDA 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).

  • SYSTEM FOR MONITORING SURGICAL SITE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING SURGICAL SITE
    Publication number: 20200037923
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to enable, even in an endoscopic operation, an operation upon a specific operation site while monitoring the overall surgical site, such as an organ. An artificial magnetic field is generated such that a surgical site of a patient is positioned within a generated three-dimensional artificial magnetic field space. A plurality of magnetic sensors are respectively mounted in a plurality of predetermined locations of the surgical site of the patient. Data of a 3-D image of the surgical site and position information of the mounting locations of the magnetic sensors with respect to the surgical site are stored in a storage unit as position information of the mounting locations with respect to the 3-D image of the surgical site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: University of Tsukuba
    Inventors: Jian LU, Ryutaro MAEDA, Lan ZHANG, Hiroshi HIROSHIMA, Nobuhiro OHKOHCHI, Masanao KURATA, Youichi OKUDA