Patents by Inventor Kaoru Shigematsu

Kaoru Shigematsu 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: 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: 20170122956
    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: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke MATSUMURA, Masumi AONO, Kaoru SHIGEMATSU, Yoshiki TAKEUCHI, Takahiro WATANABE
  • Patent number: 9587989
    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: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Matsumura, Masumi Aono, Kaoru Shigematsu, Yoshiki Takeuchi, Takahiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9214753
    Abstract: In the present invention, a metal upper cover that covers an upper face opening of a frame is mounted on this upper face opening, and a bent piece that is inserted into a bent piece insertion hole provided to the frame is provided to a portion of the upper face cover on the side of a sensor insertion hole. Furthermore, ground connection pieces formed by extending the outside of the left and right sides of the frame from the upper face toward the lower face are provided in portions opposite the left and right edges linked to the edge of the top cover on which the sensor insertion opening of the frame is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Takeuchi, Kaoru Shigematsu
  • Publication number: 20150280350
    Abstract: In the present invention, a metal upper cover that covers an upper face opening of a frame is mounted on this upper face opening, and a bent piece that is inserted into a bent piece insertion hole provided to the frame is provided to a portion of the upper face cover on the side of a sensor insertion hole. Furthermore, ground connection pieces formed by extending the outside of the left and right sides of the frame from the upper face toward the lower face are provided in portions opposite the left and right edges linked to the edge of the top cover on which the sensor insertion opening of the frame is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshiki Takeuchi, Kaoru Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 8877130
    Abstract: A partition wall is provided between a display section and a sensor mount inside a main case. A control board housing chamber is disposed on the display unit side of the partition wall, and a measurement board housing chamber is disposed on the sensor mount side of the partition wall. A control board is housed in the control board housing chamber, and a measurement board and a temperature sensor are housed in the measurement board housing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Takeuchi, Toshiki Matsumoto, Eiji Okuda, Kiyohiro Horikawa, Takahiro Watanabe, Kaoru Shigematsu, Yoshinori Amano, Shinichi Kojima
  • Patent number: 8822230
    Abstract: In a chromatography quantitative measuring apparatus according to the present invention, a beam applied from a light source to a chromatography test strip is formed into an elliptical shape by an optical means such as a cylindrical lens, a variation in absorbance that accompanies elution of a marker regent is detected while the elliptical beam is applied between a marker reagent hold part and a detection part, and a measurement is automatically started in a prescribed period of time since the detection of variation. According to the chromatography quantitative measuring apparatus so configured, non-uniform coloration is reduced by shaping the beam elliptically with the optical means, whereby the accuracy of quantitative analysis is enhanced, and the apparatus can be operated easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Miyoshi, Masahiro Aga, Kaoru Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 8778698
    Abstract: In a chromatography quantitative measuring apparatus, a beam applied from a light source to a chromatography test strip is formed into an elliptical shape by an optical means such as a cylindrical lens, a variation in absorbance that accompanies elution of a marker regent is detected while the elliptical beam is applied between a marker reagent hold part and a detection part, and a measurement is automatically started in a prescribed period of time since the detection of variation. According to the chromatography quantitative measuring apparatus so configured, non-uniform coloration is reduced by shaping the beam elliptically with the optical means, whereby the accuracy of quantitative analysis is enhanced, and the apparatus can be operated easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Miyoshi, Masahiro Aga, Kaoru Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 8722424
    Abstract: In a chromatography quantitative measuring apparatus, a beam applied from a light source to a chromatography test strip is formed into an elliptical shape by an optical means such as a cylindrical lens, a variation in absorbance that accompanies elution of a marker regent is detected while the elliptical beam is applied between a marker reagent hold part and a detection part, and a measurement is automatically started in a prescribed period of time since the detection of variation. According to the chromatography quantitative measuring apparatus so configured, non-uniform coloration is reduced by shaping the beam elliptically with the optical means, whereby the accuracy of quantitative analysis is enhanced, and the apparatus can be operated easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Miyoshi, Masahiro Aga, Kaoru Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 8722425
    Abstract: In a chromatography quantitative measuring apparatus according to the present invention, a beam applied from a light source to a chromatography test strip is formed into an elliptical shape by an optical means such as a cylindrical lens, a variation in absorbance that accompanies elution of a marker regent is detected while the elliptical beam is applied between a marker reagent hold part and a detection part, and a measurement is automatically started in a prescribed period of time since the detection of variation. According to the chromatography quantitative measuring apparatus so configured, non-uniform coloration is reduced by shaping the beam elliptically with the optical means, whereby the accuracy of quantitative analysis is enhanced, and the apparatus can be operated easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Miyoshi, Masahiro Aga, Kaoru Shigematsu
  • Publication number: 20130279539
    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: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Matsumura, Masumi Aono, Kaoru Shigematsu, Yoshiki Takeuchi, Takahiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8556120
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technology of discharging, from a drug cartridge, a drug instructed to discharge, while managing a plurality of drugs stored in a drug cartridge. The technology makes it possible to correctly discharge the drugs even when the dosing order of the drugs is changed. A medical agent dispenser has: a main body case (1); an annular drug cartridge (2) which is housed in the main body case (1) and has a plurality of holders (3) at equal intervals in the longitudinal direction; a discharge mechanism (7) which discharges the drugs from the holders (3); and an input interface (6) which receives operations of leading the drug to be discharged. Based on the number of operations the input interface (6) has received, gears (4a, 4b), i.e., rotating mechanisms which rotationally transfer the drug cartridge (2), are controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ando, Kaoru Shigematsu, Toshiki Matsumoto, Yuichi Sugiue
  • Publication number: 20130108510
    Abstract: With this device for measuring a biological sample, a partition wall (14) is provided between a display section (2) and a sensor mount (5) inside a main case (1). A control board housing chamber (15) is disposed on the display unit (2) side of the partition wall (14), and a measurement board housing chamber (16) is disposed on the sensor mount (5) side of the partition wall (14). A control board (6) is housed in the control board housing chamber (15), and a measurement hoard (7) and a temperature sensor (13) are housed in the measurement board housing chamber (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Yoshiki Takeuchi, Toshiki Matsumoto, Eiji Okuda, Kiyohiro Horikawa, Takahiro Watanabe, Kaoru Shigematsu, Yoshinori Amano, Shinichi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20110315705
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technology of discharging, from a drug cartridge, a drug instructed to discharge, while managing a plurality of drugs stored in a drug cartridge. The technology makes it possible to correctly discharge the drugs even when the dosing order of the drugs is changed. A medical agent dispenser has: a main body case (1); an annular drug cartridge (2) which is housed in the main body case (1) and has a plurality of holders (3) at equal intervals in the longitudinal direction; a discharge mechanism (7) which discharges the drugs from the holders (3); and an input interface (6) which receives operations of leading the drug to be discharged. Based on the number of operations the input interface (6) has received, gears (4a, 4b), i.e., rotating mechanisms which rotationally transfer the drug cartridge (2), are controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ando, Kaoru Shigematsu, Toshiki Matsumoto, Yuichi Sugiue
  • Publication number: 20100104475
    Abstract: In a chromatography quantitative measuring apparatus according to the present invention, a beam applied from a light source to a chromatography test strip is formed into an elliptical shape by an optical means such as a cylindrical lens, a variation in absorbance that accompanies elution of a marker regent is detected while the elliptical beam is applied between a marker reagent hold part and a detection part, and a measurement is automatically started in a prescribed period of time since the detection of variation. According to the chromatography quantitative measuring apparatus so configured, non-uniform coloration is reduced by shaping the beam elliptically with the optical means, whereby the accuracy of quantitative analysis is enhanced, and the apparatus can be operated easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Koji Miyoshi, Masahiro Aga, Kaoru Shigematsu
  • Publication number: 20100098587
    Abstract: In a chromatography quantitative measuring apparatus according to the present invention, a beam applied from a light source to a chromatography test strip is formed into an elliptical shape by an optical means such as a cylindrical lens, a variation in absorbance that accompanies elution of a marker regent is detected while the elliptical beam is applied between a marker reagent hold part and a detection part, and a measurement is automatically started in a prescribed period of time since the detection of variation. According to the chromatography quantitative measuring apparatus so configured, non-uniform coloration is reduced by shaping the beam elliptically with the optical means, whereby the accuracy of quantitative analysis is enhanced, and the apparatus can be operated easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Koji Miyoshi, Masahiro Aga, Kaoru Shigematsu
  • Publication number: 20100098591
    Abstract: In a chromatography quantitative measuring apparatus according to the present invention, a beam applied from a light source to a chromatography test strip is formed into an elliptical shape by an optical means such as a cylindrical lens, a variation in absorbance that accompanies elution of a marker regent is detected while the elliptical beam is applied between a marker reagent hold part and a detection part, and a measurement is automatically started in a prescribed period of time since the detection of variation. According to the chromatography quantitative measuring apparatus so configured, non-uniform coloration is reduced by shaping the beam elliptically with the optical means, whereby the accuracy of quantitative analysis is enhanced, and the apparatus can be operated easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Koji Miyoshi, Masahiro Aga, Kaoru Shigematsu
  • Publication number: 20100099179
    Abstract: In a chromatography quantitative measuring apparatus according to the present invention, a beam applied from a light source to a chromatography test strip is formed into an elliptical shape by an optical means such as a cylindrical lens, a variation in absorbance that accompanies elution of a marker regent is detected while the elliptical beam is applied between a marker reagent hold part and a detection part, and a measurement is automatically started in a prescribed period of time since the detection of variation. According to the chromatography quantitative measuring apparatus so configured, non-uniform coloration is reduced by shaping the beam elliptically with the optical means, whereby the accuracy of quantitative analysis is enhanced, and the apparatus can be operated easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Koji MIYOSHI, Masahiro AGA, Kaoru SHIGEMATSU
  • Patent number: 7678566
    Abstract: In a chromatography quantitative measuring apparatus according to the present invention, a beam applied from a light source to a chromatography test strip is formed into an elliptical shape by an optical means such as a cylindrical lens, a variation in absorbance that accompanies elution of a marker regent is detected while the elliptical beam is applied between a marker reagent hold part and a detection part, and a measurement is automatically started in a prescribed period of time since the detection of variation. According to the chromatography quantitative measuring apparatus so configured, non-uniform coloration is reduced by shaping the beam elliptically with the optical means, whereby the accuracy of quantitative analysis is enhanced, and the apparatus can be operated easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Miyoshi, Masahiro Aga, Kaoru Shigematsu
  • Publication number: 20030054567
    Abstract: In a chromatography quantitative measuring apparatus according to the present invention, a beam applied from a light source (201) to a chromatography test strip (8) is formed into an elliptical shape by an optical means such as a cylindrical lens (205), a variation in absorbance that accompanies elution of a marker regent is detected while the elliptical beam is applied between a marker reagent hold part (82) and a detection part (83), and a measurement is automatically started in a prescribed period of time since the detection of variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Koji Miyoshi, Masahiro Aga, Kaoru Shigematsu