Patents by Inventor Noboru HORIKOSHI

Noboru HORIKOSHI 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: 10684200
    Abstract: An automatic tissue staining device includes a supply head that supplies a treatment fluid, a horizontal direction movement unit that moves the supply head in a horizontal direction, and a holding unit that holds a plurality of glass slides on which samples are set. The automatic tissue staining device further includes a control unit that judges an occupancy status of the horizontal direction movement unit in a condition that one or more of the glass slides are situated in a first region prior to supplying the treatment fluid from the supply head to one or more samples in the first region, suspends a start of a treatment for the samples in the first region when the horizontal direction movement unit is occupied, and permits the treatment for the samples in the first region when the horizontal direction movement unit is not occupied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: NICHIREI BIOSCIENCES INC.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kasamatsu, Noboru Horikoshi
  • Publication number: 20190025164
    Abstract: An automatic tissue staining device includes a supply head that supplies a treatment fluid, a horizontal direction movement unit that moves the supply head in a horizontal direction, and a holding unit that holds a plurality of glass slides on which samples are set. The automatic tissue staining device further includes a control unit that judges an occupancy status of the horizontal direction movement unit in a condition that one or more of the glass slides are situated in a first region prior to supplying the treatment fluid from the supply head to one or more samples in the first region, suspends a start of a treatment for the samples in the first region when the horizontal direction movement unit is occupied, and permits the treatment for the samples in the first region when the horizontal direction movement unit is not occupied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: NICHIREI BIOSCIENCES INC.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki KASAMATSU, Noboru HORIKOSHI
  • Patent number: 10119892
    Abstract: An automatic tissue staining device includes a supply head that supplies a treatment fluid, a horizontal direction movement unit that moves the supply head in a horizontal direction, and a holding unit that holds a plurality of glass slides on which samples are set. The automatic tissue staining device further includes a control unit that judges an occupancy status of the horizontal direction movement unit in a condition that one or more of the glass slides are situated in a first region prior to supplying the treatment fluid from the supply head to one or more samples in the first region, suspends a start of a treatment for the samples in the first region when the horizontal direction movement unit is occupied, and permits the treatment for the samples in the first region when the horizontal direction movement unit is not occupied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: NICHIREI BIOSCIENCES INC.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kasamatsu, Noboru Horikoshi
  • Publication number: 20170292899
    Abstract: Provided are an automatic tissue staining device and an automatic tissue staining method capable of advancing treatments according to precise treatment times without a hitch. The automatic tissue staining device includes a supply head that supplies a treatment fluid, a horizontal direction movement unit that moves the supply head in a horizontal direction, and a holding unit that holds a plurality of glass slides on which samples are set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: NICHIREI BIOSCIENCES INC.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki KASAMATSU, Noboru HORIKOSHI
  • Publication number: 20160038943
    Abstract: This receptacle containing a test reagent is provided with: an information display part, situated on the upper surface, for display of information relating to a test reagent contained in the receptacle body; and a lid part connected to the upper surface and rotatable with respect to the receptacle body, for opening and closing a passage hole. The lid part closes off the passage hole such that the information display part is visible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: NICHIREI BIOSCIENCES INC.
    Inventors: Shizuo HAGIWARA, Noboru HORIKOSHI, Kenji SUZUKI, Toshiyuki KASAMATSU