Patents by Inventor Sachiko Karaki

Sachiko Karaki 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: 8304240
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for introducing a physiologically active substance such as a gene into a cell, which introduces a physiologically active substance such as any given gene into any given cell in a view under a microscope, while significantly reducing invasiveness to the cell, and a device used for the above method. The present invention provides a method for introducing a physiologically active substance into a cell, which comprises: allowing a physiologically active substance to attach around a needle having a diameter of 500 nm or less, provided that it is able to be inserted into a cell; and inserting the above-described needle into the cell; and a microinjection device for carrying out the aforementioned method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Miyawaki, Hiroyuki Imabayashi, Sachiko Karaki
  • Publication number: 20090286319
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for introducing a physiologically active substance such as a gene into a cell, which introduces a physiologically active substance such as any given gene into any given cell in a view under a microscope, while significantly reducing invasiveness to the cell, and a device used for the above method. The present invention provides a method for introducing a physiologically active substance into a cell, which comprises: allowing a physiologically active substance to attach around a needle having a diameter of 500 nm or less, provided that it is able to be inserted into a cell; and inserting the above-described needle into the cell; and a microinjection device for carrying out the aforementioned method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, RIKEN
    Inventors: Atsushi Miyawaki, Hiroyuki Imabayashi, Sachiko Karaki
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20080076133
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of detecting a polymorphism site. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising (1) reacting a test sample containing a polymorphism site with at least one type of probe which is capable of binding to the polymorphism site of the test sample with a high affinity and labeled with a marker substance, and (2) optically measuring and analyzing a positional change of the marker substance at a plurality of time points in the course of the reaction, thereby detecting the polymorphism site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunio Hori, Sachiko Karaki, Tokio Kano, Yuji Takamiya
  • Publication number: 20070087436
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for introducing a physiologically active substance such as a gene into a cell, which introduces a physiologically active substance such as any given gene into any given cell in a view under a microscope, while significantly reducing invasiveness to the cell, and a device used for the above method. The present invention provides a method for introducing a physiologically active substance into a cell, which comprises: allowing a physiologically active substance to attach around a needle having a diameter of 500 nm or less, provided that it is able to be inserted into a cell; and inserting the above-described needle into the cell; and a microinjection device for carrying out the aforementioned method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Atsushi Miyawaki, Hiroyuki Imabayashi, Sachiko Karaki
  • Patent number: 6956229
    Abstract: A fluorescence reader of the present invention detects fluorescence from a sample present on a carrier or in a solution, and the fluorescence reader includes a light source which radiates parallel light, a projection lens which converges the light from the light source, an objective lens which irradiates the sample with the light converged in a rear-side focal position, an image forming lens which forms fluorescence emitted from the sample and passed through the objective lens into an image, a light receiving pinhole disposed in an image forming position of the image forming lens, and detector which detects the fluorescence passed through the light receiving pinhole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Dosaka, Seiji Kondo, Sachiko Karaki, Yoko Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20040130715
    Abstract: A fluorescence reader of the present invention detects fluorescence from a sample present on a carrier or in a solution, and the fluorescence reader includes a light source which radiates parallel light, a projection lens which converges the light from the light source, an objective lens which irradiates the sample with the light converged in a rear-side focal position, an image forming lens which forms fluorescence emitted from the sample and passed through the objective lens into an image, a light receiving pinhole disposed in an image forming position of the image forming lens, and detector which detects the fluorescence passed through the light receiving pinhole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Dosaka, Seiji Kondo, Sachiko Karaki, Yoko Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20030064386
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a probe array for detection comprising at least one stereo-substrate and plural kinds of probes immobilized on the surface of the stereo-substrate, wherein the probes are respectively and specifically bonded with target materials which differ every kind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sachiko Karaki, Tokio Kano, Yoko Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20030008296
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of detecting a polymorphism site. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising (1) reacting a test sample containing a polymorphism site with at least one type of probe which is capable of binding to the polymorphism site of the test sample with a high affinity and labeled with a marker substance, and (2) optically measuring and analyzing a positional change of the marker substance at a plurality of time points in the course of the reaction, thereby detecting the polymorphism site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Applicant: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunio Hori, Sachiko Karaki, Tokio Kano, Yuji Takamiya