Patents by Inventor Yuichiro Abe
Yuichiro Abe 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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Patent number: 11950821Abstract: A surgical tool for positioning a surgical device includes a gripping portion; a rod protruding from the gripping portion; and a coupling system. The coupling system comprises an axial retention assembly comprising, at a free end of the rod, two opposite semispherical portions, wherein respective flat surfaces are separated from each other by an axial notch made partially along the rod, and a central clutch movable between a locking position and a disengagement position. In the locking position, the central clutch approaches the free end of the rod and is interposed between the two semispherical portions, preventing reciprocal approach thereof so as to block the two semispherical portions within a seat of said surgical device. In the disengagement position, the central clutch moves away from the free end such that the two semispherical portions can approach to allow the tool to come out of the surgical device.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Medacta International SAInventors: Takashi Kaito, Keitaro Matsukawa, Geert Mahieu, Ralph Mobbs, Yuichiro Abe, Meinrad Fiechter, Francesco Siccardi, Gianluca Milano
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Publication number: 20230190335Abstract: A rod group includes a plurality of first rods that has an arcuate first curve, the first rods having mutually different lengths; and a plurality of second rods that has an S-shaped second curve, the second rods having mutually different lengths. The first rods and the second rods have shapes for treatment of scoliosis by (i) guiding the postoperative apex of the thoracic kyphosis to be located at the thoracic vertebrae T6 to T8, and (ii) guiding a postoperative apex of the thoracic kyphosis to be located at a position different from a preoperative apex of the thoracic kyphosis and the second rod each have a shape extending along an anatomically normal spinal column arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Hideki Sudo, Satoshi Kanai, Terufumi Kokabu, Yuichiro Abe, Tsuyoshi Segawa
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Patent number: 11622792Abstract: A rod group includes a plurality of first rods that has an arcuate first curve, the first rods having mutually different lengths; and a plurality of second rods that has an S-shaped second curve, the second rods having mutually different lengths. The first rods and the second rods have shapes for treatment of scoliosis by (i) guiding the postoperative apex of the thoracic kyphosis to be located at the thoracic vertebrae T6 to T8, and (ii) guiding a postoperative apex of the thoracic kyphosis to be located at a position different from a preoperative apex of the thoracic kyphosis and the second rod each have a shape extending along an anatomically normal spinal column arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2018Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, ROBERT REID INC.Inventors: Hideki Sudo, Satoshi Kanai, Terufumi Kokabu, Yuichiro Abe, Tsuyoshi Segawa
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Patent number: 11376078Abstract: A surgery assistance system including: a physically suitable jig to be attached to a predetermined attached portion of a body on which surgery is to be performed; and a surgery assistance device which displays an augmented reality image. The physical suitable jig includes: a site fitting unit that can be fitted with the predetermined attached portion; and an image-recognizing unit including features that can be image-recognized to display the augmented reality image with the surgery assistance device.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2016Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: LEXI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuichiro Abe, Akio Seitoku
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Publication number: 20220008109Abstract: A surgical tool for positioning a surgical device including a gripping portion; a rod protruding from the gripping portion; and a coupling system. The coupling system comprises an axial retention assembly comprising, at a free end of the rod, two opposite semispherical portions, wherein the respective flat surfaces are separated from each other by an axial notch made partially along the rod, and a central clutch movable between a locking position and a disengagement position. In the locking position, the central clutch approaches the free end of the rod and is interposed between the two semispherical portions, preventing the reciprocal approach thereof so as to block the two semispherical portions within a seat of said surgical device. In the disengagement position, the central clutch moves away from the free end and the two semispherical portions can approach to allow the tool to come out of the surgical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Takashi KAITO, Keitaro MATSUKAWA, Geert MAHIEU, Ralph MOBBS, Yuichiro ABE, Meinrad FIECHTER, Francesco SICCARDI, Gianluca MILANO
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Patent number: 11179096Abstract: A scoliosis diagnosis assistance device includes: a first shape information acquisition module configured to acquire back shape information representing the three-dimensional shape of a back of a subject; a second shape information acquisition module configured to acquire minor-symmetry information representing a three-dimensional shape having a minor-symmetry relationship with the three-dimensional shape of the back of the subject with respect to a sagittal plane of the three-dimensional shape; a deviation distribution acquisition module configured to acquire a distribution of deviation between the three-dimensional shape represented by the back shape information and the three-dimensional shape represented by the mirror-symmetry information; and an output controller configured to cause a display to display the distribution of deviation, for example.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2017Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, NOA CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Kanai, Hideki Sudo, Yuichiro Abe, Hiroshi Nagaeda
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Publication number: 20210330360Abstract: A rod group includes a plurality of first rods that has an arcuate first curve, the first rods having mutually different lengths; and a plurality of second rods that has an S-shaped second curve, the second rods having mutually different lengths. The first rods and the second rods have shapes for treatment of scoliosis by (i) guiding the postoperative apex of the thoracic kyphosis to be located at the thoracic vertebrae T6 to T8, and (ii) guiding a postoperative apex of the thoracic kyphosis to be located at a position different from a preoperative apex of the thoracic kyphosis and the second rod each have a shape extending along an anatomically normal spinal column arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2018Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Hideki Sudo, Satoshi Kanai, Terufumi Kokabu, Yuichiro Abe, Tsuyoshi Segawa
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Publication number: 20190328463Abstract: A surgery assistance system including: a physically suitable jig to be attached to a predetermined attached portion of a body on which surgery is to be performed; and a surgery assistance device which displays an augmented reality image. The physical suitable jig includes: a site fitting unit that can be fitted with the predetermined attached portion; and an image-recognizing unit including features that can be image-recognized to display the augmented reality image with the surgery assistance device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2016Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: LEXI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuichiro ABE, Akio SEITOKU
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Publication number: 20190117148Abstract: A scoliosis diagnosis assistance device includes: a first shape information acquisition module configured to acquire back shape information representing the three-dimensional shape of a back of a subject; a second shape information acquisition module configured to acquire minor-symmetry information representing a three-dimensional shape having a minor-symmetry relationship with the three-dimensional shape of the back of the subject with respect to a sagittal plane of the three-dimensional shape; a deviation distribution acquisition module configured to acquire a distribution of deviation between the three-dimensional shape represented by the back shape information and the three-dimensional shape represented by the mirror-symmetry information; and an output controller configured to cause a display to display the distribution of deviation, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicants: National University Corporation Hokkaido University, NOA Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi KANAI, Hideki SUDO, Yuichiro ABE, Hiroshi NAGAEDA
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Publication number: 20160052430Abstract: A holder includes a stay lock member capable of locking a vertical movement of a headrest stay at an appropriate vertical position by engaging with an engagement portion of the headrest stay. The stay lock member includes a flexible holder having a nail portion engageable with the engagement portion along a circumferential direction of the headrest stay as the flexible holder moves in a lower direction and separable from the engagement portion as the flexible holder moves in an upper direction, and an operation member capable of moving the flexible holder in any of the upper and lower directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2013Publication date: February 25, 2016Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Yuichiro ABE, Shigeyuki IWASAKI, Masashi Iino
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Patent number: 8106206Abstract: Provided is a solid luminescent quinoline compound capable of emitting light in a crystalline state, capable of changing the luminescent color not requiring modification of molecular configuration and capable of emitting light in response to external pressure such as heat, physical pressure, etc. The quinoline compound is represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R1 may be the same or different, each representing any of CF3 or CF3CF2; R2 represents any of an amino group, an N,N-dimethylamino group, an N-phenylamino group, a carbazole group, an N-methylamino group or an N-methyl-N-phenylamino group.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2010Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Kyushu University, National University CorporationInventors: Noboru Koga, Satoru Karasawa, Yuichiro Abe
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Publication number: 20110263861Abstract: Provided is a solid luminescent quinoline compound capable of emitting light in a crystalline state, capable of changing the luminescent color not requiring modification of molecular configuration and capable of emitting light in response to external pressure such as heat, physical pressure, etc. The quinoline compound is represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R1 may be the same or different, each representing any of CF3 or CF3CF2; R2 represents any of an amino group, an N,N-dimethylamino group, an N-phenylamino group, a carbazole group, an N-methylamino group or an N-methyl-N-phenylamino group.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2010Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATIONInventors: Noboru Koga, Satoru Karasawa, Yuichiro Abe