Patents by Inventor Masafumi Kanetomo
Masafumi Kanetomo 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).
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Patent number: 10247647Abstract: A cell trapping device 1 includes: a housing 10, a filter, and a plurality of fastening members 60. The housing 10 includes: a lid member 100 having an introduction channel 101 configured to introduce a test liquid into an inside; and a storage member 200 having a discharge channel 201 configured to discharge the test liquid to an outside. The filter is provided on a channel in the housing 10 and supported between the lid member 100 and the storage member 200 by the lid member 100 and the storage member 200. The fastening members 60 configured to clamp the lid member 100 and the storage member 200 from both sides in an intersecting direction that is a direction intersecting with the filter to fasten the lid member 100 and the storage member 200 to each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2014Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yoshihito Kikuhara, Hisashige Kanbara, Akio Kotato, Taihei Odagiri, Masafumi Kanetomo
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Publication number: 20170356898Abstract: A cell-capturing device includes: one or more introduction channels for introducing test liquid or treatment liquid; a discharge channel for discharging the test liquid or the treatment liquid to the outside; a filter having a plurality of through-holes, and being disposed in a channel so that the test liquid or the treatment liquid passes through the through-holes; an introduction region formed between the filter and the introduction channel in a channel; a discharge region formed between the filter and the discharge channel; and a housing part accommodating at least a part of the introduction channel, the introduction region, and the discharge region therein, wherein the cell-capturing device further includes a pre-treatment part formed at a position apart from a connection part with the introduction region on at least one of the introduction channels, and formed by a spatial region having a diameter larger than that of the introduction channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2015Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Akio KOTATO, Yoshihito KIKUHARA, Taihei ODAGIRI, Masafumi KANETOMO
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Publication number: 20170137769Abstract: By providing a pre-processing unit on a processing liquid channel included in a cell capturing apparatus, air bubbles accumulate in an introduction region inside of the pre-processing unit and thus the air bubbles are removed while a processing liquid moves through the introduction region and a discharge region, even when the air bubbles are contained in the processing liquid. By providing a foreign matter removal filter, at least a part of foreign matters (foreign matters that cannot pass through through-holes) contained in the processing liquid can be captured and thus the processing liquid from which the foreign matters are removed can be supplied to a cell capturing device at the subsequent stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2014Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Yoshihito KIKUHARA, Taihei ODAGIRI, Akio KOTATO, Masafumi KANETOMO
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Publication number: 20170121667Abstract: Cells in a test liquid are captured and observed easily and accurately. A cell capture filter 30 is fixed by a first protrusion part 125 of a lid member 100 and a second protrusion part 225 of a housing member 200 in a cell capture device 1, and a first fitting part 130 and a second fitting part 230 are fitted with each other. This allows the cell capture filter 30 to be fixed between the lid member 100 and the housing member 200 in a state where a filter region of the cell capture filter 30 is surrounded by the looped first protrusion part 125 and the looped second protrusion part 225.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Applicant: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yoshihito KIKUHARA, Taihei ODAGIRI, Akio KOTATO, Masafumi KANETOMO
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Publication number: 20170037358Abstract: A cancer cell isolation method isolates cancer cells trapped on a filter without any damage. In a cancer cell isolation device, cancer cells X trapped on a filter are captured by a camera as an image capturing unit, and the cancer cells X are carried one by one by using a handling unit while the filter and a storage container are moved by an X-axis movement stand, a Y-axis movement stand, and a Z-axis movement stand as movement units while the captured image is output from an output unit. Accordingly, it is possible to isolate the cancer cells on the filter without damaging the cancer cells and hence to appropriately perform an observation or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: Hisashige Kanbara, Takahiro Suzuki, Yoshihito Kikuhara, Masafumi Kanetomo
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Publication number: 20160195458Abstract: A cell trapping device 1 includes: a housing 10, a filter, and a plurality of fastening members 60. The housing 10 includes: a lid member 100 having an introduction channel 101 configured to introduce a test liquid into an inside; and a storage member 200 having a discharge channel 201 configured to discharge the test liquid to an outside. The filter is provided on a channel in the housing 10 and supported between the lid member 100 and the storage member 200 by the lid member 100 and the storage member 200. The fastening members 60 configured to clamp the lid member 100 and the storage member 200 from both sides in an intersecting direction that is a direction intersecting with the filter to fasten the lid member 100 and the storage member 200 to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2014Publication date: July 7, 2016Inventors: Yoshihito KIKUHARA, Hisashige KANBARA, Akio KOTATO, Taihei ODAGIRI, Masafumi KANETOMO
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Publication number: 20150316457Abstract: Disclosed is to isolate cancer cells trapped on a filter without any damage. In a cancer cell isolation device (1), cancer cells X trapped on a filter (100) are captured by a camera (30) as an image capturing unit, and the cancer cells X are carried one by one by using a handling unit (40) while the filter (100) and a storage container (200) are moved by an X-axis movement stand (14), a Y-axis movement stand (16), and a Z-axis movement stand (18) as movement units while the captured image is output from an output unit (32). Accordingly, it is possible to isolate the cancer cells on the filter without damaging the cancer cells and hence to appropriately perform an observation or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2013Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Hisashige KANBARA, Takahiro SUZUKI, Yoshihito KIKUHARA, Masafumi KANETOMO
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Patent number: 7499573Abstract: There are provided an image acquisition system capable of storing high-accuracy measurement of changes in the shape of a plant growing process in image information with high accuracy and an analyzing method for analyzing an acquired image to analyze plant growing. There is provided a plant growing analyzing system having operation detection means of a conveying mechanism of a plant in order that an observed plant in an image is photographed at a constantly fixed position or angle; a position detecting mark in the acquired image; a computation part for evaluating detected data to control a conveying amount; and a conveying control part, wherein the growing process of many plants is stored in image information in a long period, and the stored image is used to realize high-accuracy measurement.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2004Date of Patent: March 3, 2009Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Takanari Tanabata, Tomoko Shinomura, Toru Ishizuka, Masafumi Kanetomo
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Patent number: 7112911Abstract: Unnecessary moment in a vibrator is remarkably reduced and the power generation efficiency in capacitance-type vibrational power generation is remarkably improved. A vibrator provided in a variable-capacitance type vibrator has a structure in that one ends of oscillation plates extending in a longitudinal direction thereof sandwiches a mass and the other ends thereof sandwiches a spacer, respectively, wherein the oscillation plates are arranged parallel to each other. A space portion between the oscillation plates and in which the mass and the spacer are not in contact with each other functions as a spring. By holding the mass by the two oscillation plates, the mass can be oscillated while it is in parallel to an opposing electrode. Therefore, generation of unnecessary moment in a direction other than an oscillation direction can be remarkably reduced.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2004Date of Patent: September 26, 2006Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hidetoshi Tanaka, Norio Ohkubo, Masafumi Kanetomo
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Publication number: 20050180608Abstract: There are provided an image acquisition system capable of storing high-accuracy measurement of changes in the shape of a plant growing process in image information with high accuracy and an analyzing method for analyzing an acquired image to analyze plant growing. There is provided a plant growing analyzing system having operation detection means of a conveying mechanism of a plant in order that an observed plant in an image is photographed at a constantly fixed position or angle; a position detecting mark in the acquired image; a computation part for evaluating detected data to control a conveying amount; and a conveying control part, wherein the growing process of many plants is stored in image information in a long period, and the stored image is used to realize high-accuracy measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2004Publication date: August 18, 2005Inventors: Takanari Tanabata, Tomoko Shinomura, Toru Ishizuka, Masafumi Kanetomo
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Publication number: 20050040654Abstract: Unnecessary moment in a vibrator is remarkably reduced and the power generation efficiency in capacitance-type vibrational power generation is remarkably improved. A vibrator provided in a variable-capacitance type vibrator has a structure in that one ends of oscillation plates extending in a longitudinal direction thereof sandwiches a mass and the other ends thereof sandwiches a spacer, respectively, wherein the oscillation plates are arranged parallel to each other. A space portion between the oscillation plates and in which the mass and the spacer are not in contact with each other functions as a spring. By holding the mass by the two oscillation plates, the mass can be oscillated while it is in parallel to an opposing electrode. Therefore, generation of unnecessary moment in a direction other than an oscillation direction can be remarkably reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2004Publication date: February 24, 2005Inventors: Hidetoshi Tanaka, Norio Ohkubo, Masafumi Kanetomo
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Patent number: 6518548Abstract: So as to provide a substrate temperature control system capable of unifying the temperature of the substrate and capable of shortening the temperature elevation time (temperature lowering time), the substrate temperature control system is equipped with a temperature control plate (heating or cooling plate) having a plurality of projections on the surface and serving to set the temperature of the substrate, and a chuck mechanism to fix the substrate in contact to a plurality of the projections by chucking the substrate toward the direction of the temperature control plate.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2002Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Masakazu Sugaya, Fumio Murai, Yutaka Kaneko, Masafumi Kanetomo, Shigeki Hirasawa, Tomoji Watanabe, Tatuharu Yamamoto, Katsuhiro Kuroda
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Publication number: 20020113056Abstract: So as to provide a substrate temperature control system capable of unifying the temperature of the substrate and capable of shortening the temperature elevation time (temperature lowering time), the substrate temperature control system is equipped with a temperature control plate (heating or cooling plate) having a plurality of projections on the surface and serving to set the temperature of the substrate, and a chuck mechanism to fix the substrate in contact to a plurality of the projections by chucking the substrate toward the direction of the temperature control plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2002Publication date: August 22, 2002Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Masakazu Sugaya, Fumio Murai, Yutaka Kaneko, Masafumi Kanetomo, Shigeki Hirasawa, Tomoji Watanabe, Tatuharu Yamamoto, Katsuhiro Kuroda
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Patent number: 6394797Abstract: To provide a substrate temperature control system capable of unifying the temperature of the substrate and capable of shortening the temperature elevation time (temperature lowering time), the substrate temperature control system is equipped with a temperature control plate (heating or cooling plate) having a plurality of projections on its surface and acting to set the temperature of the substrate. A chuck mechanism is provided to fix the substrate in contact with a plurality of the projections by chucking the substrate toward the temperature control plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2000Date of Patent: May 28, 2002Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Masakazu Sugaya, Fumio Murai, Yutaka Kaneko, Masafumi Kanetomo, Shigeki Hirasawa, Tomoji Watanabe, Tatuharu Yamamoto, Katsuhiro Kuroda
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Patent number: 5242539Abstract: A plasma treatment method and apparatus utilize various gas inlet and outlet structure arrangements to optimize treatment characteristics for a semiconductor wafer. A buffer zone is created between gas inlets and the discharge zone of the vacuum treatment chamber to enhance uniformity of gas flow. The evacuation arrangement enables reactant gas to be exhausted uniformly to reduce gas residence time below a threshold while maintaining optimum flow rates and etch uniformity at low effective exhaust speeds.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 1992Date of Patent: September 7, 1993Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Takao Kumihashi, Kazunori Tsujimoto, Shinichi Tachi, Masafumi Kanetomo, Junichi Kobayashi, Tatehito Usui, Nobuyuki Mise
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Patent number: 5005434Abstract: An autosampler consists of a needle to draw specimen from a specimen container into a passage therein; a block having a passage that follows the passge in the needle; a suction mechanism for drawing in the specimen by suction through the passages in the needle and the block; a discharge mechanism for discarding the specimen drawn in by the suction mechanism; and a detecting device for detecting air bubble in the specimen, the detecting device being embedded in the block in such a manner as to face the passage in the block. The detecting device detects the air bubbles in the specimen according to changes in physical or chemical properties of the specimen passing through the passage in the block. The discharge mechanism is activated by the detecting device to discharge air-mixed specimen.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 1989Date of Patent: April 9, 1991Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshio Watanabe, Mamoru Taki, Junkichi Miura, Masao Kamahori, Hiroyuki Miyagi, Yasuhide Matsumura, Masafumi Kanetomo
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Patent number: 4956043Abstract: A dry etching apparatus is disclosed, in which the temperature of an article to be etched, placed on a wafer table, is controlled by a liquefied gas and a heater and the height of the surface of the liquefied gas can be varied arbitrarily. This apparatus enables the controlling of the temperature of the article to be done with a high accuracy over a wide range of low levels. Therefore, a low-temperature dry etching operation, which cannot otherwise be attained by a conventional apparatus of this kind, can be carried out.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 1988Date of Patent: September 11, 1990Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Masafumi Kanetomo, Shinichi Tachi, Kazunori Tsujimoto, Kiichiro Mukai, Takahiro Daikoku, Shigekazu Kieda, Keijiro Shindo, Kenshiro Tamura
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Patent number: D692578Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2012Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd., National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyInventors: Yoshihito Kikuhara, Masafumi Kanetomo, Masahito Hosokawa, Tomoko Yoshino, Tadashi Matsunaga
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Patent number: D700711Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignees: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd., National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyInventors: Yoshihito Kikuhara, Masafumi Kanetomo, Masahito Hosokawa, Tomoko Yoshino, Tadashi Matsunaga
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Patent number: D738524Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihito Kikuhara, Hisashige Kanbara, Akio Kotato, Taihei Odagiri, Masafumi Kanetomo