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Granted Patent B2
US 11,051,792 · App. 16/408,304 · Granted Jul 6, 2021

Sperm sampler driving device

Inventors: Kengo Nakamura (Tokyo, JP); Kai Endo (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TENGA CO., LTD
A61B10/0058A61F5/451A61F5/453A61H19/32A61F5/41
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Patent No.
US 11,051,792
App. No.
16/408,304
Granted
Jul 6, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

To include a rotating holder 30 that is rotatably arranged in an opening of a casing 10 and detachably holds a part of a sperm sampler, a motor 50 that rotates and drives the rotating holder, a control unit 60 , a battery 70 , a single switch 20, 67 , and an angular speed sensor 61 that detects an angular speed of the casing 10 , where the control unit changes a rotation direction and a rotation speed of the motor according to a change in a turning angle of the casing 10.

Claims (13)

1. A sperm sampler driving device that detachably holds a sperm sampler and rotates a held sperm sampler, the sperm sampler driving device comprising:

a casing that has one end being open and is manually holdable;

a rotating holder that is rotatably arranged in an opening of the casing and detachably holds a part of the sperm sampler;

a motor that is arranged in the casing and rotates and drives the rotating holder;

a control unit;

a battery as power supply for the motor and the control unit;

a single switch that is arranged on an outer face of the casing and turns on and off power supply from the battery to the motor; and

an angular speed sensor that detects a turning angular speed of the casing, wherein

the control unit changes a rotation direction and a rotation speed of the motor according to a change in a turning angle of the casing.

2. The sperm sampler driving device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control unit obtains, as an initial original point, a turning angle of the casing that is detected by the angular speed sensor at a time point when the switch is turned ON,

when the casing is turned from the initial original point to one direction or another direction, the control unit controls switching of a turning direction and a rotation speed of the motor based on an angular difference from the initial original point after turning, and

when the turning angle of the casing exceeds a predetermined value, the control unit moves the original point in a same direction from the initial original point by an angle exceeding the predetermined value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2021
From: NAKAMURA, KENGO; ENDO, KAI
To: TENGA CO., LTD
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-229008 · Dec 6, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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