Patents by Inventor Masanori Imazu
Masanori Imazu 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: 11921106Abstract: A sample analyzer prepares a measurement sample from a blood sample or a body fluid sample which differs from the blood sample; measures the prepared measurement sample; obtains characteristic information representing characteristics of the components in the measurement sample; sets either a blood measurement mode for measuring the blood sample, or a body fluid measurement mode for measuring the body fluid sample as an operating mode; and measures the measurement sample prepared from the blood sample by executing operations in the blood measurement mode when the blood measurement mode has been set, and measuring the measurement sample prepared from the body fluid sample by executing operations in the body fluid measurement mode that differs from the operations in the blood measurement mode when the body fluid measurement mode has been set, is disclosed. A computer program product is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Takaaki Nagai, Noriyuki Narisada, Daigo Fukuma, Masanori Imazu
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Patent number: 11415575Abstract: A sample analyzer prepares a measurement sample from a blood sample or a body fluid sample which differs from the blood sample; measures the prepared measurement sample; obtains characteristic information representing characteristics of the components in the measurement sample; sets either a blood measurement mode for measuring the blood sample, or a body fluid measurement mode for measuring the body fluid sample as an operating mode; and measures the measurement sample prepared from the blood sample by executing operations in the blood measurement mode when the blood measurement mode has been set, and measuring the measurement sample prepared from the body fluid sample by executing operations in the body fluid measurement mode that differs from the operations in the blood measurement mode when the body fluid measurement mode has been set, is disclosed. A computer program product is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Takaaki Nagai, Noriyuki Narisada, Daigo Fukuma, Masanori Imazu
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Publication number: 20220170912Abstract: A sample analyzer prepares a measurement sample from a blood sample or a body fluid sample which differs from the blood sample; measures the prepared measurement sample; obtains characteristic information representing characteristics of the components in the measurement sample; sets either a blood measurement mode for measuring the blood sample, or a body fluid measurement mode for measuring the body fluid sample as an operating mode; and measures the measurement sample prepared from the blood sample by executing operations in the blood measurement mode when the blood measurement mode has been set, and measuring the measurement sample prepared from the body fluid sample by executing operations in the body fluid measurement mode that differs from the operations in the blood measurement mode when the body fluid measurement mode has been set, is disclosed. A computer program product is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Takaaki NAGAI, Noriyuki NARISADA, Daigo FUKUMA, Masanori IMAZU
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Patent number: 10858697Abstract: A nucleic acid analyzer according to one or more embodiments may include a container setting part that sets a second container, a rotation drive part that rotates the container setting part by applying a driving force to a surface of the container setting part, to supply the extraction liquid injected through the injection port to the storages through the flow path by a centrifugal force. A first temperature adjustment part that adjusts a temperature of the second container provided in the container setting part, such that a nucleic acid amplification reaction occurs in the storages, and a detector that detects a nucleic acid amplification reaction which occurs in the storages with the second container provided in the container setting part interposed between the first temperature adjustment part and the detector in a vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: SYSMEX CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki Ozawa, Masanori Imazu, Hironori Kobayashi, Nobuhiro Kitagawa, Yoshihiko Kitawaki
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Patent number: 10814326Abstract: A nucleic acid analyzer includes a first container setting part that sets a first container including reagent storages which store reagents for nucleic acid extraction such that the reagent storages are provided along an X-axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the first container; a dispensing unit that transfers, along the-X axis from the first container, extraction liquid containing nucleic acids extracted in the first container using the reagents for nucleic acid extraction; a second container setting part that is provided along the X-axis and sets a second container, the second container including an injection port through which the extraction liquid transferred by the dispensing unit is injected, storages that store reagents for amplifying the nucleic acids in the extraction liquid, and a flow path that connects the injection port and the storages; and a detector that detects a nucleic acid amplification reaction, which occurs in the storages.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiyuki Ozawa, Masanori Imazu, Hironori Kobayashi, Nobuhiro Kitagawa, Yoshihiko Kitawaki
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Publication number: 20190339258Abstract: A sample analyzer prepares a measurement sample from a blood sample or a body fluid sample which differs from the blood sample; measures the prepared measurement sample; obtains characteristic information representing characteristics of the components in the measurement sample; sets either a blood measurement mode for measuring the blood sample, or a body fluid measurement mode for measuring the body fluid sample as an operating mode; and measures the measurement sample prepared from the blood sample by executing operations in the blood measurement mode when the blood measurement mode has been set, and measuring the measurement sample prepared from the body fluid sample by executing operations in the body fluid measurement mode that differs from the operations in the blood measurement mode when the body fluid measurement mode has been set, is disclosed. A computer program product is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicants: SYSMEX CORPORATION, Sysmex America, Inc.,Inventors: Takaaki NAGAI, Noriyuki NARISADA, Daigo FUKUMA, Masanori IMAZU
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Patent number: 10401351Abstract: A sample analyzer prepares a measurement sample from a blood sample or a body fluid sample which differs from the blood sample; measures the prepared measurement sample; obtains characteristic information representing characteristics of the components in the measurement sample; sets either a blood measurement mode for measuring the blood sample, or a body fluid measurement mode for measuring the body fluid sample as an operating mode; and measures the measurement sample prepared from the blood sample by executing operations in the blood measurement mode when the blood measurement mode has been set, and measuring the measurement sample prepared from the body fluid sample by executing operations in the body fluid measurement mode that differs from the operations in the blood measurement mode when the body fluid measurement mode has been set, is disclosed. A computer program product is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignees: Sysmex Corporation, Sysmex America, Inc.Inventors: Takaaki Nagai, Noriyuki Narisada, Daigo Fukuma, Masanori Imazu
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Patent number: 10401350Abstract: A sample analyzer prepares a measurement sample from a blood sample or a body fluid sample which differs from the blood sample; measures the prepared measurement sample; obtains characteristic information representing characteristics of the components in the measurement sample; sets either a blood measurement mode for measuring the blood sample, or a body fluid measurement mode for measuring the body fluid sample as an operating mode; and measures the measurement sample prepared from the blood sample by executing operations in the blood measurement mode when the blood measurement mode has been set, and measuring the measurement sample prepared from the body fluid sample by executing operations in the body fluid measurement mode that differs from the operations in the blood measurement mode when the body fluid measurement mode has been set, is disclosed. A computer program product is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignees: Sysmex Corporation, Sysmex America, Inc.Inventors: Takaaki Nagai, Noriyuki Narisada, Daigo Fukuma, Masanori Imazu
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Publication number: 20190219568Abstract: A sample analyzer prepares a measurement sample from a blood sample or a body fluid sample which differs from the blood sample; measures the prepared measurement sample; obtains characteristic information representing characteristics of the components in the measurement sample; sets either a blood measurement mode for measuring the blood sample, or a body fluid measurement mode for measuring the body fluid sample as an operating mode; and measures the measurement sample prepared from the blood sample by executing operations in the blood measurement mode when the blood measurement mode has been set, and measuring the measurement sample prepared from the body fluid sample by executing operations in the body fluid measurement mode that differs from the operations in the blood measurement mode when the body fluid measurement mode has been set, is disclosed. A computer program product is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventors: Takaaki Nagai, Noriyuki NARISADA, Daigo FUKUMA, Masanori IMAZU
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Publication number: 20190170733Abstract: A sample analyzer prepares a measurement sample from a blood sample or a body fluid sample which differs from the blood sample; measures the prepared measurement sample; obtains characteristic information representing characteristics of the components in the measurement sample; sets either a blood measurement mode for measuring the blood sample, or a body fluid measurement mode for measuring the body fluid sample as an operating mode; and measures the measurement sample prepared from the blood sample by executing operations in the blood measurement mode when the blood measurement mode has been set, and measuring the measurement sample prepared from the body fluid sample by executing operations in the body fluid measurement mode that differs from the operations in the blood measurement mode when the body fluid measurement mode has been set, is disclosed. A computer program product is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Takaaki NAGAI, Noriyuki NARISADA, Daigo FUKUMA, Masanori IMAZU
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Publication number: 20190107533Abstract: A sample analyzer prepares a measurement sample from a blood sample or a body fluid sample which differs from the blood sample; measures the prepared measurement sample; obtains characteristic information representing characteristics of the components in the measurement sample; sets either a blood measurement mode for measuring the blood sample, or a body fluid measurement mode for measuring the body fluid sample as an operating mode; and measures the measurement sample prepared from the blood sample by executing operations in the blood measurement mode when the blood measurement mode has been set, and measuring the measurement sample prepared from the body fluid sample by executing operations in the body fluid measurement mode that differs from the operations in the blood measurement mode when the body fluid measurement mode has been set, is disclosed. A computer program product is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Takaaki NAGAI, Noriyuki NARISADA, Daigo FUKUMA, Masanori IMAZU
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Patent number: 10209244Abstract: A sample analyzer prepares a measurement sample from a blood sample or a body fluid sample which differs from the blood sample; measures the prepared measurement sample; obtains characteristic information representing characteristics of the components in the measurement sample; sets either a blood measurement mode for measuring the blood sample, or a body fluid measurement mode for measuring the body fluid sample as an operating mode; and measures the measurement sample prepared from the blood sample by executing operations in the blood measurement mode when the blood measurement mode has been set, and measuring the measurement sample prepared from the body fluid sample by executing operations in the body fluid measurement mode that differs from the operations in the blood measurement mode when the body fluid measurement mode has been set, is disclosed. A computer program product is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Takaaki Nagai, Noriyuki Narisada, Daigo Fukuma, Masanori Imazu
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Publication number: 20190046980Abstract: A nucleic acid analyzer includes a first container setting part that sets a first container including reagent storages which store reagents for nucleic acid extraction such that the reagent storages are provided along an X-axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the first container; a dispensing unit that transfers, along the-X axis from the first container, extraction liquid containing nucleic acids extracted in the first container using the reagents for nucleic acid extraction; a second container setting part that is provided along the X-axis and sets a second container, the second container including an injection port through which the extraction liquid transferred by the dispensing unit is injected, storages that store reagents for amplifying the nucleic acids in the extraction liquid, and a flow path that connects the injection port and the storages; and a detector that detects a nucleic acid amplification reaction, which occurs in the storages.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Applicant: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiyuki OZAWA, Masanori IMAZU, Hironori KOBAYASHI, Nobuhiro KITAGAWA, Yoshihiko KITAWAKI
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Publication number: 20190048411Abstract: A nucleic acid analyzer according to one or more embodiments may include a container setting part that sets a second container, a rotation drive part that rotates the container setting part by applying a driving force to a surface of the container setting part, to supply the extraction liquid injected through the injection port to the storages through the flow path by a centrifugal force. A first temperature adjustment part that adjusts a temperature of the second container provided in the container setting part, such that a nucleic acid amplification reaction occurs in the storages, and a detector that detects a nucleic acid amplification reaction which occurs in the storages with the second container provided in the container setting part interposed between the first temperature adjustment part and the detector in a vertical direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Applicant: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiyuki OZAWA, Masanori IMAZU, Hironori KOBAYASHI, Nobuhiro KITAGAWA, Yoshihiko KITAWAKI
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Patent number: 10151746Abstract: A sample analyzer prepares a measurement sample from a blood sample or a body fluid sample which differs from the blood sample; measures the prepared measurement sample; obtains characteristic information representing characteristics of the components in the measurement sample; sets either a blood measurement mode for measuring the blood sample, or a body fluid measurement mode for measuring the body fluid sample as an operating mode; and measures the measurement sample prepared from the blood sample by executing operations in the blood measurement mode when the blood measurement mode has been set, and measuring the measurement sample prepared from the body fluid sample by executing operations in the body fluid measurement mode that differs from the operations in the blood measurement mode when the body fluid measurement mode has been set, is disclosed. A computer program product is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Takaaki Nagai, Noriyuki Narisada, Daigo Fukuma, Masanori Imazu
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Publication number: 20180188236Abstract: A sample analyzer prepares a measurement sample from a blood sample or a body fluid sample which differs from the blood sample; measures the prepared measurement sample; obtains characteristic information representing characteristics of the components in the measurement sample; sets either a blood measurement mode for measuring the blood sample, or a body fluid measurement mode for measuring the body fluid sample as an operating mode; and measures the measurement sample prepared from the blood sample by executing operations in the blood measurement mode when the blood measurement mode has been set, and measuring the measurement sample prepared from the body fluid sample by executing operations in the body fluid measurement mode that differs from the operations in the blood measurement mode when the body fluid measurement mode has been set, is disclosed. A computer program product is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Takaaki Nagai, Noriyuki Narisada, Daigo Fukuma, Masanori Imazu
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Patent number: 9889443Abstract: A sample analyzer including a reagent reservoir configured to store a plurality of reagent containers; a first reagent dispenser configured to aspirate reagent of a first type from the reagent reservoir and dispense the aspirated reagent into a reaction container disposed at a first dispensing position; a second reagent dispenser configured to aspirate reagent of a second type from the reagent reservoir and dispense the aspirated reagent into a reaction container disposed at a second dispensing position; and a support member configured to support the first and the second reagent dispensers; wherein the first and the second reagent dispensers are supported by the support member so as to be movable independently of each other between each dispensing position and the reagent reservoir is disclosed. A sample analyzing method executed by a sample analyzer is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Toshikatsu Fukuju, Masanori Imazu, Masaki Shiba
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Patent number: 9279760Abstract: An analyzer comprises a container supplying unit which supplies a container, an agitating unit which agitates liquid in the container, and a measurement unit which performs a measurement using the liquid agitated by the agitating unit. The agitating unit comprises a base which is configured to move relative to the container supplying unit, a driving source which is mounted on the base, a container catcher which is configured to catch the container at one side, a transmitting member which transmits the power of the driving source to the other end side of the container catcher, and a supporting member which supports the container catcher at a position between one end and the other end of the container catcher.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori Imazu, Masato Kusuda
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Publication number: 20150273464Abstract: A sample analyzer including a reagent reservoir configured to store a plurality of reagent containers; a first reagent dispenser configured to aspirate reagent of a first type from the reagent reservoir and dispense the aspirated reagent into a reaction container disposed at a first dispensing position; a second reagent dispenser configured to aspirate reagent of a second type from the reagent reservoir and dispense the aspirated reagent into a reaction container disposed at a second dispensing position; and a support member configured to support the first and the second reagent dispensers; wherein the first and the second reagent dispensers are supported by the support member so as to be movable independently of each other between each dispensing position and the reagent reservoir is disclosed. A sample analyzing method executed by a sample analyzer is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Toshikatsu FUKUJU, Masanori IMAZU, Masaki SHIBA
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Patent number: 9068956Abstract: A specimen analyzing apparatus comprising: a detector for detecting component information regarding a component in a specimen contained in each of analyzing containers, the analyzing containers comprising first and second analyzing containers; an analyzing part for analyzing the component information detected by the detector; a transporting device for transporting specimen containers each containing a specimen, the specimen containers comprising first and second specimen containers; an operation mode selector for selecting one of a first operation mode and a second operation mode; a first supplying device for supplying the specimen of a first amount; a second supplying device for supplying the specimen of a second amount greater than the first amount; and a supply controller for controlling the first and second supplying devices in accordance with an operation mode selected by the operation mode selector, is disclosed. A specimen analyzing method is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2012Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuya Fukuda, Hiroki Koike, Hironori Katsumi, Takashi Yamato, Masayuki Ikeda, Tsuyoshi Fukuzaki, Daisuke Nakano, Masanori Imazu, Nobuhiro Kitagawa