Patents by Inventor Yukihiko Tamai

Yukihiko Tamai 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: 8936550
    Abstract: An eyelids opening device with a drape comprising a flexible upper ring (1) applied in contact with the face while surrounding eyelids, a lower ring (2) inserted into a conjunctiva sac and applied in contact with the eyelids conjunctiva side, and an elastic sheet (3) of soft tubular thin film located to extend from the face side to the eyelids conjunctiva side and used to fix one end to the upper ring and to fix the other end to the lower ring by expanding, wherein the outside diameter at the smallest portion of the elastic sheet is substantially equal to or longer than the interpalpebral length (between upper and lower eyelids). Difference in size of conjunctiva sac or interpalpebral length of individuals is absorbed even by an appliance of one size, the eyelids can be opened by fitting the eyelids opening device to the eyelids or the face while burden on the eyeball is reduced and high safety is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignees: Kurume University, Hakko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Urano, Yukihiko Tamai
  • Publication number: 20100041957
    Abstract: An eyelids opening device with a drape comprising a flexible upper ring (1) applied in contact with the face while surrounding eyelids, a lower ring (2) inserted into a conjunctiva sac and applied in contact with the eyelids conjunctiva side, and an elastic sheet (3) of soft tubular thin film located to extend from the face side to the eyelids conjunctiva side and used to fix one end to the upper ring and to fix the other end to the lower ring by expanding, wherein the outside diameter at the smallest portion of the elastic sheet is substantially equal to or longer than the interpalpebral length (between upper and lower eyelids). Difference in size of conjunctiva sac or interpalpebral length of individuals is absorbed even by an appliance of one size, the eyelids can be opened by fitting the eyelids opening device to the eyelids or the face while burden on the eyeball is reduced and high safety is ensured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicants: KURUME UNIVERSITY, HAKKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Urano, Yukihiko Tamai
  • Patent number: 6589167
    Abstract: A valve and a valved trocar jacket tube by which there is no need of an adapter, types of a clamp or the like to be used are not limited, and leakage of an inert gas from an abdominal cavity can be prevented. In the valve and the valved trocar jacket tube, when a pair of rings are relatively rotated at a predetermined angle in the opposite directions, a cylindrical section in a rubber-like member is opened. In case of employing a clamp or the like, it is inserted into the abdominal cavity through the opened cylindrical section. Since the rubber-like member has elasticity, the cylindrical section is close together with the clamp or the like inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignees: Hakko Electric Machine Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shimomura, Yukihiko Tamai
  • Patent number: 6110154
    Abstract: A valve and and a valved trocar jacket tube by which there is no need of an adapter, types of a clamp or the like to be used are not limited, and leakage of an inert gas from an abdominal cavity can be prevented. In the valve and the valved trocar jacket tube, when a pair of rings are relatively rotated at a predetermined angle in the opposite directions, a cylindrical section in a rubber-like member is opened. In case of employing a clamp or the like, it is inserted into the abdominal cavity through the opened cylindrical section. Since the rubber-like member has elasticity, the cylindrical section is close together with the clamp or the like inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignees: Hakko Electric Machine Works, Co. Ltd., Kazuyuki Shimomura
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shimomura, Yukihiko Tamai
  • Patent number: 6077288
    Abstract: Disclosed is a valved trocar jacket tube, in which both ends of a first cylindrical elastic member are secured, one end of a second cylindrical elastic member is attached to one of first and second rings, which are so constructed that when they are rotated relatively in the opposite directions the opening of the first cylindrical elastic member is closed from the opening state, and a fluid container is provided at a predetermined position of the second cylindrical elastic member, which is inflated to have a ring shape by the increase of an inner pressure generated by injection of a fluid. According to this structure, it is possible to provide a valved trocar jacket tube, which can prevent leakage of an inert gas from an abdominal cavity without reducing the operativity during surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Hakko Electric Machine Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shimomura, Yukihiko Tamai
  • Patent number: D678523
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignees: Hakko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Shibao, Yukihiko Tamai, Kikuko Noguchi