Patents by Inventor Masahiro Kouge

Masahiro Kouge 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: 20230167396
    Abstract: A sensor unit has sensors for measuring the components of a culture medium in a culture vessel, and comprises a plurality of sensors and a linking portion. The plurality of sensors each have a main body and a sensing unit disposed on the lower end side of the main body and immersed in the culture medium to measure the components of the culture medium. The linking portion links the plurality of sensors on the upper end side of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro KOUGE, Takumi SHIMA, Masato NISHIYAMA, Kouji WATANABE, Masaki YAMAMOTO, Kenta NAKAMAE
  • Publication number: 20230029803
    Abstract: A cell culture analyzer comprises a stirring member and an air discharge and intake unit. The stirring member is used in a state of being immersed in a medium, and has a liquid discharge and intake port for discharging or drawing in the medium, and an air discharge and intake port for discharging or drawing in air in order to discharge or draw in the medium from the liquid discharge and intake port. The air discharge and intake unit is linked to the air discharge and intake port of the stirring member, and discharges or draws in the air discharged or drawn in from the air discharge and intake port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Kenta NAKAMAE, Masahiro KOUGE, Masayuki SAIKI, Shingo OTANI, Seiitirou IKETANI, Fumiya MATSUBARA, Akira NISHIO
  • Publication number: 20230008595
    Abstract: A sensor performs measurement of a culture medium and is used in a state of being immersed in a medium placed in a well, the sensor comprising a main body having a first surface and a second surface that is on the opposite side from the first surface; an electrode unit that is provided on the first surface in the main body and to which a specific voltage is applied in the course of performing measurement in a state of being immersed in the medium; and a liquid holding portion that is provided around the electrode unit on the first surface, and that is disposed near the inner wall surface of the well and holds the medium up to above the electrode unit, in between the inner wall surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Seiitirou IKETANI, Shingo OTANI, Masahiro KOUGE, Masaki YAMAMOTO, Kenta NAKAMAE, Tetsurou TAKAOKA
  • Publication number: 20220365020
    Abstract: A sensor unit (9) comprises a substrate (13) having a sensor (16), wiring (19) connected to the sensor (16), connection portions (20a, 20b) connected to the sensor (16) via the wiring (19), and a bent portion (17) where the sensor (16) is bent downward. The sensor (16) is formed so as to be cut out from the substrate (13) in a state in which the bent portion (17) remains on the substrate (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Kenta NAKAMAE, Masahiro KOUGE, Shingo OTANI
  • Patent number: 11446060
    Abstract: A sensor insertion device includes a cylindrical main body case that has a lower end opening and an upper end opening; a needle insertion button that is disposed slidably in and out of the upper end opening of the cylindrical main body case; a carrier that is provided inside the cylindrical main body case and linked to the needle insertion button; a guide needle holder that is provided at a lower end portion of the carrier and configured to detachably hold a guide needle for guiding a sensor in an insertion direction; a cylindrical needle extraction sleeve that is provided slidably around an outer periphery of the cylindrical main body case; and a grip portion that is provided along a lengthwise direction of the cylindrical main body case on an outer periphery of the cylindrical needle extraction sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Kouge
  • Publication number: 20220000398
    Abstract: A sensor insertion device comprises a lower case and an upper case. A base holder and a needle holder are disposed in the lower case. A needle holder raising mechanism is disposed above the needle holder. A sensor base having a sensor unit is held by the base holder. When the upper case is pushed down, the base holder and the needle holder move toward an opening on the lower surface side of the lower case, and the needle holder is raised by the needle holder raising mechanism. A protrusion that holds the upper case on the lower case is provided to the upper case in a state in which the upper case has been pushed down until the opening on the lower surface side comes into contact with the skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Ryuji SHIMIZU, Fumiya MATSUBARA, Masahiro KOUGE, Akira NISHIO, Seiji ONISHI
  • Publication number: 20210228156
    Abstract: A wearable sensor device comprises a sensor at least part of which is inserted into a human body and which has a first connection terminal; a mount unit on which at least part of the first connection terminal is disposed and which is mounted on a skin of the human body; and an electronic unit that is mounted to the mount unit and has a second connection terminal connected to the first connection terminal via a mounting mechanism, and a control unit for acquiring signals from the sensor. The mounting mechanism forms a first state where the mount unit and the electronic unit are mounted such that the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal have yet to be connected, and a second state where the mount unit and the electronic unit are mounted such that the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal have been connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiro KOUGE, Seiichiro IKETANI, Ryuji SHIMIZU, Akira NISHIO
  • Publication number: 20210219915
    Abstract: The biological information measurement device comprises: an adhesive tape having on its bottom side an adhesive surface to be affixed to the skin of a user; a mounting substrate disposed on the top side of the adhesive tape; a guide needle insertion cylinder provided on the top side of the adhesive tape, on which the mounting substrate is held; a sensor electrically connected to the mounting substrate for measuring biological information; and a cover covering the top side of the mounting substrate. The bottom side of the mounting substrate is in a state of not being affixed to the top side of the adhesive tape, and the adhesive tape and the cover are more stretchable than the mounting substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiro KOUGE, Seiichiro IKETANI, Akira NISHIO, Makoto OKAZAKI, Ryuji SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20210169518
    Abstract: A sensor insertion device comprises a lower case, an upper case, a sensor base, a needle holder, a needle holder pressing part that lowers the needle holder, and a needle holder raising mechanism that raises the needle holder. The needle holder raising mechanism has a pinion gear that raises the needle holder, a first rack gear that is engaged with the pinion gear, and a second rack gear that is disposed above the pinion gear. When the second rack gear reaches the pinion gear as the upper case is lowered, the pinion gear raises the needle holder by engagement with the second rack gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Ryuji SHIMIZU, Akira NISHIO, Masahiro KOUGE
  • Patent number: 10936268
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to: accept, from a mobile terminal device carried by a user, identification information that enables identification of the user, positional information of the mobile terminal device, and an image forming instruction; generate sound authentication information for authenticating the accepted image forming instruction and cause an image forming apparatus that is present within a predetermined range of the accepted positional information to output a sound representing the sound authentication information; and cause the image forming apparatus to perform an image forming operation if the sound authentication information and authentication information that is input by using the mobile terminal device satisfy a predetermined relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro Kouge
  • Patent number: 10933415
    Abstract: An analysis container comprises a main body; a first chamber that is provided inside the main body and holds a liquid sample; a second chamber; a liquid passage; and an air passage. The liquid passage connects the first chamber and the second chamber, and moves the liquid sample from the first chamber to the second chamber. The air flow chamber connects the first chamber and the second chamber, and moves air from the second chamber to the first chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Kouge, Fumiya Matsubara
  • Publication number: 20210055901
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to: accept, from a mobile terminal device carried by a user, identification information that enables identification of the user, positional information of the mobile terminal device, and an image forming instruction; generate sound authentication information for authenticating the accepted image forming instruction and cause an image forming apparatus that is present within a predetermined range of the accepted positional information to output a sound representing the sound authentication information; and cause the image forming apparatus to perform an image forming operation if the sound authentication information and authentication information that is input by using the mobile terminal device satisfy a predetermined relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro KOUGE
  • Publication number: 20210045774
    Abstract: A sensor insertion device comprises a cylindrical main body case that has a lower end opening and an upper end opening; a needle insertion button that is disposed slidably in and out of the upper end opening of the main body case; a carrier that is provided inside the main body case and is linked to the needle insertion button; a guide needle holder that is provided at the lower end portion of the carrier and detachably holds a guide needle for guiding a sensor in the insertion direction; a long cylindrical needle extraction sleeve that is provided slidably around the outer periphery of the main body case; and a grip portion that is provided along the lengthwise direction of the main body case on the outer periphery of the needle extraction sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventor: Masahiro KOUGE
  • Patent number: 10399057
    Abstract: With this analysis device, air that has been heated by a heater is blown by a fan in the direction of an analysis receptacle rotary driver and an analysis receptacle that is rotationally driven by the analysis receptacle rotary driver. The analysis receptacle rotary driver rotates the analysis receptacle within the analysis chamber in the same direction as the direction of air flow produced by the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichiro Iketani, Takashi Ochi, Ryuji Shimizu, Masahiro Kouge, Shinichi Nakasuka, Kazuyoshi Mori
  • Publication number: 20180207635
    Abstract: An analysis container comprises a main body; a first chamber that is provided inside the main body and holds a liquid sample; a second chamber; a liquid passage; and an air passage. The liquid passage connects the first chamber and the second chamber, and moves the liquid sample from the first chamber to the second chamber. The air flow chamber connects the first chamber and the second chamber, and moves air from the second chamber to the first chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Masahiro KOUGE, Fumiya MATSUBARA
  • Patent number: 10023897
    Abstract: A biosensor chip is placed in a biosensor device and is rotated while a biochemical analysis specimen is measured, the biosensor chip comprising a main body, a holding chamber, a dispensing chamber, a plurality of quantification chambers, and a plurality of measurement chambers. The main body has an inlet into which the specimen is poured. The holding chamber holds the poured specimen inside the main body. The dispensing chamber is connected to the holding chamber via a first channel and dispenses the specimen. The quantification chambers are connected to the dispensing chamber, hold a specific amount of the dispensed specimen, and are disposed at positions located away from a rotational center of a rotary motion according to a distance from the first channel. The measurement chambers are connected to the quantification chambers via a second channel and react the specimen with a biochemical analysis reagent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Mori, Masahiro Kouge, Fumihisa Kitawaki, Takako Matsumura, Seiji Onishi
  • Patent number: 9946330
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes transmitting-receiving units, response processing units, and a switching unit. The transmitting-receiving units transmit data to and receive data from networks. An operation state of each of the response processing units is able to be switched between a first state and a second state. The switching unit performs switching between the first state and the second state of each of the response processing units. The transmitting-receiving units and the response processing units are provided for plural respective networks. In a case where all the response processing units are in the second state, the switching unit switches, among all the response processing units, an operation state of a response processing unit that has received predetermined data from the second state to the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro Kouge
  • Publication number: 20160154450
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes transmitting-receiving units, response processing units, and a switching unit. The transmitting-receiving units transmit data to and receive data from networks. An operation state of each of the response processing units is able to be switched between a first state and a second state. The switching unit performs switching between the first state and the second state of each of the response processing units. The transmitting-receiving units and the response processing units are provided for plural respective networks. In a case where all the response processing units are in the second state, the switching unit switches, among all the response processing units, an operation state of a response processing unit that has received predetermined data from the second state to the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro KOUGE
  • Publication number: 20150367314
    Abstract: With this analysis device, air that has been heated by a heater is blown by a fan in the direction of an analysis receptacle rotary driver and an analysis receptacle that is rotationally driven by the analysis receptacle rotary driver. The analysis receptacle rotary driver rotates the analysis receptacle within the analysis chamber in the same direction as the direction of air flow produced by the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Seiichiro IKETANI, Takashi OCHI, Ryuji SHIMIZU, Masahiro KOUGE, Shinichi NAKASUKA, Kazuyoshi MORI
  • Patent number: D733313
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kouge, Kazuyoshi Mori