Patents by Inventor Yuki Eda

Yuki Eda 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: 12102745
    Abstract: A blood purification device includes a blood circuit for extracorporeally circulating blood of a patient: a blood purifier provided on the blood circuit; a gas-liquid separator being provided on the blood circuit on the downstream side of the blood purifier on a blood flow and separating air bubbles contained in inflowing blood: and a liquid level adjustment unit capable of adjusting a liquid level height in the gas-liquid separator. The liquid level adjustment unit performs control so that the liquid level height during priming is higher than the liquid level height during treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Nikkiso Company Limited
    Inventors: Tomohiro Furuhashi, Hideto Maki, Ferenc Kazinczi, Yuki Eda, Kenji Furuhashi
  • Patent number: 12083257
    Abstract: A blood purification apparatus capable of performing pre-substitution and post-substitution simultaneously is provided. A patient's blood flows through an arterial blood circuit and reaches a dialyzer. The blood purified by the dialyzer flows through a venous blood circuit and returns into the patient. A first substitution pump delivers substitution fluid through a substitution line to a branching point. A pre-substitution line connects the branching point and the arterial blood circuit to each other and is provided with a second substitution pump at a halfway position thereof. A post-substitution line connects the branching point and the venous blood circuit to each other and is provided with a check valve at a halfway position thereof. When the two pumps are activated simultaneously, the substitution fluid is supplied to the arterial blood circuit (pre-substitution). When only the first substitution pump is activated, the substitution fluid is supplied to the venous blood circuit (post-substitution).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Nikkiso Company Limited
    Inventors: Tomohiro Furuhashi, Yuki Eda, Masaaki Ohta, Kazuhide Ono
  • Patent number: 12016986
    Abstract: A blood purification apparatus includes: a peristaltic pump that includes a stator to which a pump tube including a first portion and a second portion is detachably attached, and a rotor including a roller and a guide portion, the roller delivering liquid by squeezing the pump tube, the guide portion retaining the pump tube so that the pump tube is squeezable with the roller about a predetermined axis; an anchor member that anchors an attaching member to which the pump tube is attached; and a displacing portion that displaces the attaching member between a set position and an unset position by moving the anchor member with the attaching member being anchored by the anchor member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Nikkiso Company Limited
    Inventors: Yuki Eda, Masaaki Ohta
  • Patent number: 11911544
    Abstract: A blood purification apparatus that includes a blood circuit including an arterial blood circuit and a venous blood circuit and that allows a patient's blood to extracorporeally circulate, with a blood purifier that is interposed between the arterial blood circuit and the venous blood circuit and purifies; a dialysate temporary chamber that temporarily stores dialysate received from a dialysate storage supported by a supporting unit; a substitution-fluid temporary chamber that temporarily stores substitution fluid received from a substitution-fluid storage supported by the supporting unit; a first dialysate introduction line through which the dialysate in the dialysate storage flows into the dialysate temporary chamber; and a substitution line through which the substitution fluid in the substitution-fluid storage flows into the substitution-fluid temporary chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Nikkiso Company Limited
    Inventors: Tomohiro Furuhashi, Yuki Eda, Masaaki Ohta, Kenji Furuhashi
  • Patent number: 11896751
    Abstract: An adjusting device for a pressure detector that is capable of arbitrarily adjusting the initial position of a membrane member is provided. An adjusting device for a pressure detector includes a control unit that sequentially executes a first step in which a predetermined adjusting pressure is generated in a first zone by activating a pump with the first zone being closed by the closing of an electromagnetic valve, and a second step in which a gas-phase portion, the first zone, and a second zone are combined into a closed space by disabling the closing of the electromagnetic valve; and an adjusting-pressure-acquiring unit that acquires the adjusting pressure to be generated in the first step, the adjusting pressure being acquired in accordance with a relationship between a pressure and a capacity of the first zone in the first step and a pressure and a capacity of the combination of the gas-phase portion, the first zone, and the second zone in the second step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Nikkiso Company Limited
    Inventors: Hideto Maki, Shinya Hasegawa, Yuki Eda
  • Publication number: 20220088280
    Abstract: A blood purification device includes a blood circuit for extracorporeally circulating blood of a patient; a liquid supply circuit for supplying a supply liquid to the blood circuit or to a blood purifier provided on the blood circuit and a warmer provided on the liquid supply circuit to warm the supply liquid. The warmer is configured to sandwich and hold a warming circuit constituting a part of the liquid supply circuit. The warmer includes a heater provided on a sandwiching-and-holding surface sandwiching and holding the warming circuit. The warmer includes a heater temperature detection unit capable of detecting temperature of the heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Tomohiro Furuhashi, Hideto Maki, Ferenc Kazinczi, Yuki Eda
  • Publication number: 20220088281
    Abstract: A blood purification device 1 is provided with: a blood circuit 2 for extracorporeally circulating blood of a patient; a blood purifier 3 provided in the blood circuit 2; a gas-liquid separator 24 which is provided in the blood circuit 2 and located on the downward side of the blood purifier 3 in the direction of blood flow, and separates air bubbles contained in blood flowing thereinto; and a liquid surface adjustment unit 6 capable of adjusting the liquid level in the gas-liquid separator 24. The liquid surface adjustment unit 6 performs control such that the liquid level during priming is higher than the liquid level during treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Tomohiro Furuhashi, Hideto Maki, Ferenc Kazinczi, Yuki Eda, Kenji Furuhashi
  • Publication number: 20210316050
    Abstract: A blood purification apparatus including the following: a peristaltic pump that includes a stator to which a pump tube including a first portion and a second portion is detachably attached, and a rotor including a roller and a guide portion, the roller delivering liquid by squeezing the pump tube attached to the stator, the guide portion retaining the pump tube at an appropriate position where the pump tube is squeezable with the roller, the rotor being rotatable about a predetermined axis; an anchor member that anchors an attaching member to which the pump tube is attached; and a displacing portion that displaces the attaching member between a set position and an unset position by moving the anchor member with the attaching member being anchored by the anchor member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Yuki Eda, Masaaki Ohta
  • Publication number: 20210220537
    Abstract: A blood purification apparatus that includes a blood circuit including an arterial blood circuit and a venous blood circuit and that allows a patient's blood to extracorporeally circulate, with a blood purifier that is interposed between the arterial blood circuit and the venous blood circuit and purifies; a dialysate temporary chamber that temporarily stores dialysate received from a dialysate storage supported by a supporting unit; a substitution-fluid temporary chamber that temporarily stores substitution fluid received from a substitution-fluid storage supported by the supporting unit; a first dialysate introduction line through which the dialysate in the dialysate storage flows into the dialysate temporary chamber; and a substitution line through which the substitution fluid in the substitution-fluid storage flows into the substitution-fluid temporary chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Tomohiro Furuhashi, Yuki Eda, Masaaki Ohta, Kenji Furuhashi
  • Publication number: 20210213189
    Abstract: A blood purification apparatus capable of performing pre-substitution and post-substitution simultaneously is provided. A patient's blood flows through an arterial blood circuit and reaches a dialyzer. The blood purified by the dialyzer flows through a venous blood circuit and returns into the patient. A first substitution pump delivers substitution fluid through a substitution line to a branching point. A pre-substitution line connects the branching point and the arterial blood circuit to each other and is provided with a second substitution pump at a halfway position thereof. A post-substitution line connects the branching point and the venous blood circuit to each other and is provided with a check valve at a halfway position thereof. When the two pumps are activated simultaneously, the substitution fluid is supplied to the arterial blood circuit (pre-substitution). When only the first substitution pump is activated, the substitution fluid is supplied to the venous blood circuit (post-substitution).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Tomohiro Furuhashi, Yuki Eda, Masaaki Ohta, Kazuhide Ono
  • Publication number: 20200338254
    Abstract: An adjusting device for a pressure detector that is capable of arbitrarily adjusting the initial position of a membrane member is provided. An adjusting device for a pressure detector includes a control unit that sequentially executes a first step in which a predetermined adjusting pressure is generated in a first zone by activating a pump with the first zone being closed by the closing of an electromagnetic valve, and a second step in which a gas-phase portion, the first zone, and a second zone are combined into a closed space by disabling the closing of the electromagnetic valve; and an adjusting-pressure-acquiring unit that acquires the adjusting pressure to be generated in the first step, the adjusting pressure being acquired in accordance with a relationship between a pressure and a capacity of the first zone in the first step and a pressure and a capacity of the combination of the gas-phase portion, the first zone, and the second zone in the second step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Hideto Maki, Shinya Hasegawa, Yuki Eda