External Funding

List of Projects planned and executed, Ongoing Projects and Funds received.

Competitive Funding

Year Funds
2025 Project to strengthen industrial promotion bases related to the creation of excellent medical devices ; Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Innovation Producer, Support Program for R&D of Growing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) ; the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency
2024 METI R&D Support Program for Growth-oriented Technology SMEs (Go-Tech Business) ; Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industrythe
Project to strengthen industrial promotion bases related to the creation of excellent medical devices ; Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Innovation Producer, Support Program for R&D of Growing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) ; the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency
2023 Project to promote acquiring WHO pre-certification on medical devices and running the product information on WHO’s list on the recommended health and medical related equipment for developing countries ; Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan
Project to promote acquiring WHO pre-certification on medical devices and running the product information on WHO’s list on the recommended health and medical related equipment for developing countries ; Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan
Innovation Producer, Support Program for R&D of Growing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) ; the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency
2022 Country-specific Training Program ; Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
METI R&D Support Program for Growth-oriented Technology SMEs (Go-Tech Business) ; Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industrythe
2021 Japan Brand Development Project ; Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
2020 Viral Infectious Disease Control Technology ; Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
2019 Project to promote acquiring WHO pre-certification on medical devices and running the product information on WHO’s list on the recommended health and medical related equipment for developing countries ; Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
Support Program on Collaborative Innovation Networks for Medical Device ; Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
2009 Principal investigator & project leader, Project “ENGINE” (Endeavors for Next Generation of INterventional Endoscopy) ; National R&D Grant from Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan
Principal investigator, Anatomical measurement to optimize transvaginal NOTES instrumentation ; Grant from Japan NOTES
2008 Principal investigator, Development of novel transgastric overtube with dilating tip; Research Grant ; Takeda Science Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
Principal investigator, Comprehension of current limitations in endoscopic automatic CO2 insufflation: towards pure NOTES; Research Grant ; Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research™ (NOSCAR™), USA
Principal investigator, Feasibility and safety study of CO2 feeding gastrointestinal endoscopy for patients with inflammatory bowel diseases ; The Japanese Foundation for Research and Promotion of Endoscopy, Tokyo, Japan
Principal investigator, Research Grant for Foreign Researchers’ Exchange Program ; Goho Life Sciences International Fund, Tokyo, Japan

Activities

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動物実験
韓国での講演(ソウル)
ネットワークを活かした大規模評価ラボ