Patents by Inventor Yuuho IWANAGA

Yuuho IWANAGA 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: 11464441
    Abstract: A myocardial excitation complementation/visualization apparatus includes an acquiring section that acquires intracardiac electrocardiograms of a subject, the intracardiac electrocardiograms being recorded by a recording unit having a plurality of electrodes, a processing section that performs a computation for completing and visualizing a state of excitation in a myocardium of the subject based on the intracardiac electrocardiograms, and a displaying section that displays the state of excitation in the myocardium of the subject based on an output of the processing section. The processing section includes a first generating section, a correcting section, a second generating section, and a third generating section. The displaying section displays a change of the state of excitation in the myocardium of the subject based on the visualized data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER
    Inventors: Takashi Ashihara, Koji Takizawa, Tatsuo Nishihara, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Yuuho Iwanaga, Akio Ota, Takeshi Tsuchiya, Kazuo Nakazawa, Shin Inada
  • Patent number: 10898098
    Abstract: A myocardial excitation determining apparatus which can support the determination of excitation dynamics of the myocardium during atrial fibrillation is provided. A myocardial excitation determining apparatus has: an acquiring section 2 which acquires an intracardiac electrocardiogram of a subject; a processing section 3 which computes to produce visualized data indicating a state of excitation in the myocardium, based on the intracardiac electrocardiogram; and a determining section 4 which determines the type of excitation dynamics of the myocardium based on the visualized data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignees: SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, Takeshi TSUCHIYA, NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER
    Inventors: Takashi Ashihara, Koji Takizawa, Tatsuo Nishihara, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Yuuho Iwanaga, Akio Ota, Takeshi Tsuchiya, Kazuo Nakazawa, Shin Inada
  • Publication number: 20200221964
    Abstract: A myocardial excitation complementation/visualization apparatus includes an acquiring section that acquires intracardiac electrocardiograms of a subject, the intracardiac electrocardiograms being recorded by a recording unit having a plurality of electrodes, a processing section that performs a computation for completing and visualizing a state of excitation in a myocardium of the subject based on the intracardiac electrocardiograms, and a displaying section that displays the state of excitation in the myocardium of the subject based on an output of the processing section. The processing section includes a first generating section, a correcting section, a second generating section, and a third generating section. The displaying section displays a change of the state of excitation in the myocardium of the subject based on the visualized data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicants: SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, Takeshi TSUCHIYA, NATIONAL CERERAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER
    Inventors: Takashi ASHIHARA, Koji Takizawa, Tatsuo Nishihara, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Yuuho Iwanaga, Akio Ota, Takeshi Tsuchiya, Kazuo Nakazawa, Shin Inada
  • Patent number: 10624555
    Abstract: A myocardial excitation complementation/visualization apparatus includes an acquiring section that acquires intracardiac electrocardiograms of a subject, the intracardiac electrocardiograms being recorded by a recording unit having a plurality of electrodes, a processing section that performs a computation for completing and visualizing a state of excitation in a myocardium of the subject based on the intracardiac electrocardiograms, and a displaying section that displays the state of excitation in the myocardium of the subject based on an output of the processing section. The processing section includes a first generating section, a correcting section, a second generating section, and a third generating section. The displaying section displays a change of the state of excitation in the myocardium of the subject based on the visualized data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER
    Inventors: Takashi Ashihara, Koji Takizawa, Tatsuo Nishihara, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Yuuho Iwanaga, Akio Ota, Takeshi Tsuchiya, Kazuo Nakazawa, Shin Inada
  • Publication number: 20190076041
    Abstract: A myocardial excitation determining apparatus which can support the determination of excitation dynamics of the myocardium during atrial fibrillation is provided. A myocardial excitation determining apparatus has: an acquiring section 2 which acquires an intracardiac electrocardiogram of a subject; a processing section 3 which computes to produce visualized data indicating a state of excitation in the myocardium, based on the intracardiac electrocardiogram; and a determining section 4 which determines the type of excitation dynamics of the myocardium based on the visualized data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicants: SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER
    Inventors: Takashi ASHIHARA, Koji TAKIZAWA, Tatsuo NISHIHARA, Nobuhiro SUZUKI, Yuuho IWANAGA, Akio OTA, Takeshi TSUCHIYA, Kazuo NAKAZAWA, Shin INADA
  • Publication number: 20180070844
    Abstract: A myocardial excitation complementation/visualization apparatus includes an acquiring section that acquires intracardiac electrocardiograms of a subject, the intracardiac electrocardiograms being recorded by a recording unit having a plurality of electrodes, a processing section that performs a computation for completing and visualizing a state of excitation in a myocardium of the subject based on the intracardiac electrocardiograms, and a displaying section that displays the state of excitation in the myocardium of the subject based on an output of the processing section. The processing section includes a first generating section, a correcting section, a second generating section, and a third generating section. The displaying section displays a change of the state of excitation in the myocardium of the subject based on the visualized data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicants: SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER
    Inventors: Takashi ASHIHARA, Koji TAKIZAWA, Tatsuo NISHIHARA, Nobuhiro SUZUKI, Yuuho IWANAGA, Akio OTA, Takeshi TSUCHIYA, Kazuo NAKAZAWA, Shin INADA
  • Patent number: 9782100
    Abstract: A bio-information analysis device includes a measuring unit that measures biometric waveforms of a subject, and a calculating unit that calculates a matching rate of the biometric waveforms based on shapes and magnitudes of the biometric waveforms measured by the measuring unit. In the bio-information analysis device, the biometric waveforms may be electrocardiogram waveforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Takizawa, Tatsuo Nishihara, Naoki Koura, Yuuho Iwanaga, Naoki Hattori
  • Publication number: 20150250400
    Abstract: A bio-information analysis device includes a measuring unit that measures biometric waveforms of a subject, and a calculating unit that calculates a matching rate of the biometric waveforms based on shapes and magnitudes of the biometric waveforms measured by the measuring unit. In the bio-information analysis device, the biometric waveforms may be electrocardiogram waveforms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Koji Takizawa, Tatsuo Nishihara, Naoki Koura, Yuuho Iwanaga, Naoki Hattori
  • Patent number: 8918167
    Abstract: An RI measurement/notification apparatus includes: a displaying section configured to display waveform data of an intracardiac electrocardiogram; a waveform data acquiring section configured to acquire waveform data in a preset waveform data acquisition time period from an intracardiac electrocardiogram during atrial fibrillation; an RI calculating section configured to calculate an RI value based on the waveform data acquired by the waveform data acquiring section; and a notifying section configured to, in a case where the RI value calculated by the RI calculating section exceeds a preset threshold, notify that the value exceeds the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Takizawa, Tatsuo Nishihara, Yuuho Iwanaga
  • Patent number: 8825147
    Abstract: A cardiac muscle excitation waveform detector including: a waveform acquisition section that acquires, in a preset period, a waveform from an intracardiac electrocardiogram measured in middle of occurrence of atrial fibrillation; a waveform detection condition setting section that sets conditions for detecting a waveform of cardiac muscle excitation; and an excitation waveform detection section that detects a waveform of cardiac muscle excitation from the waveforms based on the conditions, wherein the waveform detection condition setting section includes a section that sets conditions based on a contour of a waveform to detect candidates for the waveform of cardiac muscle excitation, a section that sets a search period for searching for a waveform of cardiac muscle excitation; and a section that sets a preset period subsequent to detection as a detection exclusion period during which the candidate waveforms are not detected when the waveform of cardiac muscle excitation is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Takizawa, Tatsuo Nishihara, Yuuho Iwanaga, Satoshi Suzuki, Naoki Hattori, Hiroki Yuze
  • Publication number: 20130245476
    Abstract: A cardiac muscle excitation waveform detector including: a waveform acquisition section that acquires, in a preset period, a waveform from an intracardiac electrocardiogram measured in middle of occurrence of atrial fibrillation; a waveform detection condition setting section that sets conditions for detecting a waveform of cardiac muscle excitation; and an excitation waveform detection section that detects a waveform of cardiac muscle excitation from the waveforms based on the conditions, wherein the waveform detection condition setting section includes a section that sets conditions based on a contour of a waveform to detect candidates for the waveform of cardiac muscle excitation, a section that sets a search period for searching for a waveform of cardiac muscle excitation; and a section that sets a preset period subsequent to detection as a detection exclusion period during which the candidate waveforms are not detected when the waveform of cardiac muscle excitation is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji TAKIZAWA, Tatsuo NISHIHARA, Yuuho IWANAGA, Satoshi SUZUKI, Naoki HATTORI, Hiroki YUZE
  • Publication number: 20130245475
    Abstract: An RI measurement/notification apparatus includes: a displaying section configured to display waveform data of an intracardiac electrocardiogram; a waveform data acquiring section configured to acquire waveform data in a preset waveform data acquisition time period from an intracardiac electrocardiogram during atrial fibrillation; an RI calculating section configured to calculate an RI value based on the waveform data acquired by the waveform data acquiring section; and a notifying section configured to, in a case where the RI value calculated by the RI calculating section exceeds a preset threshold, notify that the value exceeds the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji TAKIZAWA, Tatsuo NISHIHARA, Yuuho IWANAGA