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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 04, 2015
Applicants:

Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya-shi, Aichi, JP;

National University Corporation Nagoya University, Nagoya-shi, Aichi, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshihiro Tanaka, Nagoya, JP;

Akihito Sano, Motosu-gun, JP;

Michitaka Fujiwara, Nagoya, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/042 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01); A61B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/6885 (2013.01); A61B 5/042 (2013.01); A61B 5/7415 (2013.01); A61B 5/7455 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/445 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 34/76 (2016.02); A61B 90/06 (2016.02); A61M 25/0021 (2013.01); A61B 5/065 (2013.01); A61B 5/1076 (2013.01); A61B 5/4238 (2013.01); A61B 5/4887 (2013.01); A61B 7/00 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00115 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00973 (2013.01); A61B 2090/065 (2016.02); A61B 2505/05 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0204 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract

A contact detection instrument including a rod, a tip sensor portion that is attached to one end of the rod and is inserted into a living body through a hole, a speaker that, from outside the living body, inputs a sound into a hollow space that is formed in the interior of the rod and the tip sensor portion, and a microphone that, outside the living body, outputs an electrical signal that corresponds to the sound inside the hollow space, with the tip sensor portion including an elastic material that covers the hollow space.


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