Patents by Inventor Kiyotsugu Kojima

Kiyotsugu Kojima 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).

  • Publication number: 20170275579
    Abstract: A cell culture apparatus is provided with: a cell culture bag that is formed of a tubular membrane material that can accommodate cells and a culture medium therein and that has openings at both ends in the longitudinal direction, and that forms a flow passage for the culture medium from one opening toward the other opening in the longitudinal direction of the tubular membrane material; a solution supply portion that is connected to the one opening and that supplies a solution to the inside of the cell culture bag; and a solution discharge portion that is connected to the other opening and that discharges the solution from the inside of the cell culture bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KAWANO, Kiyotsugu KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 8280142
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a predetermined site luminescence measuring method and a predetermined site luminescence measuring apparatus, which allow for determining whether, when the luminescence from the predetermined site in live samples is measured, a photoprotein is localized at the predetermined site in the same ones as the samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Hirobumi Suzuki, Yoko Ohashi, Kenji Kawasaki, Kiyotsugu Kojima, Kenichi Koyama, Akihiko Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20110249137
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a predetermined site luminescence measuring method and a predetermined site luminescence measuring apparatus, which allow for determining whether, when the luminescence from the predetermined site in live samples is measured, a photoprotein is localized at the predetermined site in the same ones as the samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirobumi SUZUKI, Yoko OHASHI, Kenji KAWASAKI, Kiyotsugu KOJIMA, Kenichi KOYAMA, Akihiko YOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 7986824
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a predetermined site luminescence measuring method and a predetermined site luminescence measuring apparatus, which allow for determining whether, when the luminescence from the predetermined site in live samples is measured, a photoprotein is localized at the predetermined site in the same ones as the samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Hirobumi Suzuki, Yoko Ohashi, Kenji Kawasaki, Kiyotsugu Kojima, Kenichi Koyama, Akihiko Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20090274360
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a predetermined site luminescence measuring method and a predetermined site luminescence measuring apparatus, which allow for determining whether, when the luminescence from the predetermined site in live samples is measured, a photoprotein is localized at the predetermined site in the same ones as the samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Hirobumi Suzuki, Yoko Ohashi, Kenji Kawasaki, Kiyotsugu Kojima, Kenichi Koyama, Akihiko Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20080188767
    Abstract: An endoscopic therapeutic device includes an elongated insertion section which is inserted into a living body through a therapeutic device channel of an endoscope, a tubular puncture needle which is disposed at a distal end portion of the insertion section and is made to pierce a living body tissue, a syringe for sampling the living body tissue in a state in which the puncture needle pierces the living body tissue, and a freezing device for subjecting the living body tissue, which is collected by the syringe, to a process for analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinao OAKI, Sachiko KARAKI, Yutaka OTANI, Kiyotsugu KOJIMA, Tatsuya SAITO, Toshio NAKAMURA, Tsutomu ISHIGURO, Sugio MANABE, Koji TAKAMURA, Hiroko SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 4833089
    Abstract: A pressure incubator comprising a control system for supplying oxygen to the culture vessel in the space above the medium therein to hold the interior of the vessel pressurized with oxygen and give an increased oxygen partial pressure, which incubator is useful for incubating cells or aerobic microorganisms in vitro to a high density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1989
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyotsugu Kojima, Kouiichi Yamagata