Patents Assigned to Panasonic Healthcare Holdings, Co., Ltd
  • Patent number: 10101073
    Abstract: A drug refrigerator capable of temperature control with a small fluctuation range in interior temperature is provided. This is the drug refrigerator in which cold air in a cooling chamber partitioned by a vertical partition plate in the back of an interior is circulated into the interior by a fan. A cold air inlet is formed above the center of the vertical partition plate. At right and left positions lower than a cooler in the cooling chamber, forward-facing cold air outlets are provided. A downward-facing cold air outlet for blowing out cold air toward a bottom part of the interior is provided at a position lower than the forward-facing cold air outlets. The circulation amount of cold air blown out through the forward-facing cold air outlet is made larger than the circulation amount of cold air blown out through the downward-facing cold air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Otsuki, Kenichi Mizumoto
  • Patent number: 9962700
    Abstract: An analyzing device includes: an operation cavity that is adjacent to a first reserving cavity retaining a sample liquid, in a circumferential direction of rotational driving; a connecting section provided on a side wall of the first reserving cavity to suck the sample liquid by a capillary force and transfer the sample liquid to the operation cavity; and second reserving cavities that are disposed outside the operation cavity in the circumferential direction of the rotational driving and communicate with the outermost position of the operation cavity through a connecting passage. The connecting section is circumferentially extended farther than the liquid level of the sample liquid retained in the first reserving cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Saiki
  • Patent number: 9956343
    Abstract: The pharmaceutical injection device of the present invention comprises a cartridge holder, a main case, a piston, a motor, an opening component, an open/closed detection switch, and a controller. The motor drives the piston in either an insertion direction in which the piston is inserted into a pharmaceutical cartridge, or a pull-out direction in which the piston is pulled out of the pharmaceutical cartridge. The opening component opens the cartridge holder in conjunction with the movement of the piston in the pull-out direction. The open/closed detection switch detects whether the cartridge holder is open or closed. When the open/closed detection switch detects that the cartridge holder is open, the controller controls the motor so as to stop the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Murakami, Masato Kagiyama, Tooru Aoki, Yoshihiro Kataoka, Takahiko Tanida, Hiroshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9958400
    Abstract: A pill inspection apparatus of the present invention includes: an illumination portion 30 for irradiating light to a medical envelope 20 in which at least a translucent pill 22 is enclosed; an imaging portion 11 for acquiring a transmission image of the irradiated medical envelope 20; and an image processing portion 12 for detecting, as the translucent pill 22, a pill having a brightness value of its outer periphery lower than that of its center using the transmission image, the illumination portion 30 includes a light emitting portion 31, and a light-collecting portion 33 for collecting light is provided between the light emitting portion 31 and the medical envelope 20. By obtaining a uniform outline of the translucent pill 22 irrespective of a shooting position, it is possible to inspect the translucent pill 22 irrespective of a permeation rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanobu Tanimoto, Hitoshi Yamashita, Hiroshi Ehara
  • Patent number: 9958411
    Abstract: Provided is a sensor chip for electrochemically measuring a concentration of an analyte in a blood sample. In one embodiment of the sensor, the sensor chip includes a substrate, and a preliminary measurement analyzer and a hematocrit value analyzer disposed on the substrate. The preliminary measurement analyzer includes a preliminary working electrode and a preliminary counter electrode. The hematocrit value analyzer includes a working electrode and a counter electrode. An oxidant of a redox substance is disposed on the preliminary measurement analyzer and the counter electrode. A reductant of a redox substance is disposed on the working electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Fujiwara, Shin Ikeda, Takahiro Nakaminami
  • Patent number: 9943647
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical injection device comprises a main body case (2); a pharmaceutical syringe mounting component (3) that is provided inside the main body case (2) and onto which a pharmaceutical syringe (4) is mounted; a piston (5) provided movably with respect to the pharmaceutical syringe (4) mounted onto the pharmaceutical syringe mounting component (3); a drive mechanism (6) for driving the piston (5); a memory (46) that stores a preset pharmaceutical injection schedule; and a controller (7) that resets a current pharmaceutical dose by comparing a planned cumulative pharmaceutical dose, which is a planned cumulative amount of pharmaceutical injected up to the last time on the basis of the pharmaceutical injection schedule stored in the memory, and an actual cumulative pharmaceutical dose, which is a cumulative amount of pharmaceutical actually injected up to the last time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Mukai, Seiji Kikuchi, Tsuguhiro Kondoh
  • Publication number: 20180095047
    Abstract: A method of measuring a quantity of a substrate contained in sample liquid is provided. This method can reduce measurement errors caused by a biosensor. The biosensor includes at least a pair of electrodes on an insulating board and is inserted into a measuring device which includes a supporting section for supporting detachably the biosensor, plural connecting terminals to be coupled to the respective electrodes, and a driving power supply which applies a voltage to the respective electrodes, and a driving power terminals. One of the electrodes of the biosensor is connected to the first and second connecting terminals of the measuring device only when the biosensor is inserted into the measuring device in a given direction, and has a structure such that the electrode becomes conductive between the first and second connecting terminals due to a voltage application by the driving power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Miyazaki, Hiroyuki Tokunaga, Yoshinobu Tokuno
  • Patent number: 9932555
    Abstract: The present invention includes a conveyor body which partitions a plurality of storage chambers, a connection opening connected to an external device, and a conveying chamber that connects the plurality of storage chambers to the connection opening, a plurality of incubators detachably stored in the plurality of incubators, a conveyor device that conveys one of the plurality of incubators from the storage chamber to the connection opening, and an environment control device that individually controls an interior environment of the plurality of incubators by supplying and discharging gas to and from each incubator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Tokumaru, Akira Higuchi
  • Patent number: 9933410
    Abstract: A biological sample measurement device includes a biological sample measuring instrument and measurement-related information supply instrument which supplies measurement-related information. Measurement-related information supply instrument has reading unit which reads the measurement-related information, first storage unit which stores identification information of measurement-related information supply instrument, and transmission unit which transmits the measurement-related information and the identification information of measurement-related information supply instrument to the biological sample measuring instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Watanabe, Masumi Aono
  • Patent number: 9931058
    Abstract: Certain implementations relate to an exhalation measurement device that is used in checking pulmonary function, diagnosing asthma, and may perform zero point correction accurately even when there is disturbance. The exhalation measurement device may comprise a flow regulator. The flow regulator comprises a first offset adjuster that puts an exhalation inflow component and an exhalation outflow component in a separated state and performs first offset adjustment of an inflow pressure sensor and an outflow pressure sensor, a voltage difference detector that puts the exhalation inflow component and the exhalation outflow component in a linked state and detects an output voltage difference after the first offset adjustment of the inflow pressure sensor and the outflow pressure sensor, and a second offset adjuster that uses the output voltage difference to perform second offset adjustment of the inflow pressure sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun'ichi Hyohgo, Takeshi Ohsora, Toru Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 9928573
    Abstract: The controller divides a display of the display component provided to the main body case into a first display area that is disposed on a sensor mounting component side and displays measurement values, and a second display area that is disposed on the opposite side from the sensor mounting component side and displays input buttons. When the acceleration sensor has detected that the orientation of the main body case is inverted in a horizontal direction, the controller rotates a display of the first display area and a display of the second display area 180 degrees within each of these areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toyotoshi Uemura
  • Patent number: 9919104
    Abstract: The protrusion relates to a device comprising a main body case having a sensor mounting component, a measurement component that is connected to the sensor mounting component, a controller that is connected to this measurement component, and a display component that is connected to this controller. A communication component that is connected to the controller communicates pharmaceutical injection information and non-pharmaceutical-injection information to a specific pump. The controller performs communication at a first output when communicating non-pharmaceutical-injection information to the pump, and performs communication at a second output that is smaller than the first output when communicating pharmaceutical injection information to the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akiyoshi Ohzawa
  • Patent number: 9921227
    Abstract: Biological sample measurement device includes biological sample measuring instrument, and temperature information supply instrument which supplies temperature information regarding a measurement environment to biological sample measuring instrument and has holding portion of biological sample measuring instrument on the upper surface thereof. Biological sample measuring instrument has main body case, measurement unit provided inside main body case, a control unit connected to the measurement unit, and temperature information reception unit connected to the control unit. Holder has temperature sensor, and temperature information transmission unit which is connected to temperature sensor and transmits the temperature information to temperature information reception unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Matsumura, Masumi Aono, Kaoru Shigematsu, Yoshiki Takeuchi, Takahiro Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20180074007
    Abstract: A method of measuring a quantity of a substrate contained in sample liquid is provided. This method can reduce measurement errors caused by a biosensor. The biosensor includes at least a pair of electrodes on an insulating beard and is inserted into a measuring device which includes a supporting section for supporting detachably the biosensor, plural connecting terminals to be coupled to the respective electrodes, and a driving power supply which applies a voltage to the respective electrodes via the connecting terminals. One of the electrodes of the biosensor is connected to the first and second connecting terminals of the measuring device only when the biosensor is inserted into the measuring device in a given direction, and has a structure such that the electrode becomes conductive between the first and second connecting terminals due to a voltage application by the driving power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Miyazaki, Hiroyuki Tokunaga, Yoshinobu Tokuno
  • Publication number: 20180070883
    Abstract: A measurement device includes a housing to which a biosensor having a reagent is attachable and which is carriable by a user, the reagent selectively responding to a specific analyte in a biological fluid. An analyte measurer measures a concentration of the specific analyte, using the biosensor, a motion measurer measures vibration applied to the housing, as a motion amount, and a living activity calculator calculates a living activity amount based on the measured motion amount. A recorder records the living activity amount output by the living activity calculator and a controller causes the recorder to record the specific analyte concentration measured by the analyte measurer and an event of the living activity, the concentration and the event being associated with each other, the event of the living activity being estimated based on the living activity amount recorded in the recorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyoshi TERASHIMA, Masataka NADAOKA
  • Publication number: 20180067070
    Abstract: A biosensor is disclosed comprising a support; a conductive layer composed of an electrical conductive material such as a noble metal, for example gold or palladium, and carbon; slits parallel to and perpendicular to the side of the support; working, counter, and detecting electrodes; a spacer which covers the working, counter, and detecting electrodes on the support; a rectangular cutout in the spacer forming a specimen supply path; an inlet to the specimen supply path; a reagent layer formed by applying a reagent containing an enzyme to the working, counter, and detecting electrodes, which are exposed through the cutout in the spacer; and a cover over the spacer. The biosensor can be formed by a simple method, and provides a uniform reagent layer on the electrodes regardless of the reagent composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Miyazaki, Hiroyuki Tokunaga, Masaki Fujiwara, Eriko Yamanishi
  • Patent number: 9902931
    Abstract: A culture apparatus is provided which can suppress condensation on walls of a culture space and the like to suppress adverse effects on a culture material. In the culture apparatus having a culture space formed in a heat insulating box main body, a humidification water reservoir for humidifying the culture space is disposed in the heat insulating box main body. A heat transfer condensation member in which a condensation portion at one end and a cooling portion at the other end are integrated is disposed such that the cooling portion is disposed outside the heat insulating box main body, while the condensation portion is disposed inside the culture space. The condensation portion is disposed so that condensed water on the surface thereof is led into the humidification water reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Tokumaru, Masahiko Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9903829
    Abstract: Electrodes (A, B) are provided in at least one of plate-like members corresponding to an inner side direction of supply path from an opening of supply path. Electrode (C) of a biological sample is provided in the inner side direction from electrodes (A, B) Reagent part is provided so as to cover electrodes (A, B) and electrode (C). Inflow restricting hole of a sample liquid is provided in at least one of plate-like members corresponding to the portions on both sides of supply path closer to the opening side than the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Ezaki, Mamiko Ochi, Akihisa Higashihara, Eriko Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 9904764
    Abstract: In a housing configured to mount thereon a biosensor in an attachable and detachable manner in which the biosensor is configured to have a liquid sample of a biological object deposited thereon, the medial measuring device includes a measuring component operable to measure biological information from the liquid sample of the biological object, a recording component operable to store a result measured by the measuring component, and an information protection component operable to determine an access limitation to personal information data stored in the recording component. With this configuration of the device, it is possible to properly protect personal information stored in the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Terashima, Masataka Nadaoka, Yoshimasa Oda
  • Patent number: D814534
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumio Yamada, Akihiro Mochizuki, Tadashi Okada