Patents by Inventor Sadao Ota

Sadao Ota 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).

  • MULTIPLANE OPTICAL MICROSCOPE
    Publication number: 20150192767
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to optical microscopy. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a sample holder, a first objective lens, a plurality of optical components, a second objective lens, and a mirror. The apparatus may directly image a cross-section of a sample oblique to or parallel to the optical axis of the first objective lens, without scanning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Tongcang Li, Sadao Ota, Jeongmin Kim, Yuan Wang, Xiang Zhang
  • Planar lipid bilayer array formed by microfluidic technique and method of analysis using planar lipid bilayer
    Patent number: 8513165
    Abstract: There is provided a planar lipid bilayer array formed by microfluidic technique and a method of analysis using the planar lipid bilayers, providing the advantages such as portability, decreased analysis time, a smaller amount of required reagents, and parallel automation with high reproducibility. The planar lipid bilayer array formed by microfluidic technique is a planar lipid bilayer array formed by microfluidic technique (PDMS device) 1 saturated with water by preliminarily immersing in water, comprising microchannels 2 connected to an inlet of a microfluidic channel and arranged in parallel, and microchambers 3 having apertures on both sides of the microchannel 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Shoji Takeuchi, Hiroaki Suzuki, Sadao Ota, Wei-Heong Tan
  • PLANAR LIPID BILAYER ARRAY FORMED BY MICROFLUIDIC TECHNIQUE AND METHOD OF ANALYSIS USING PLANAR LIPID BILAYER
    Publication number: 20100304980
    Abstract: There is provided a planar lipid bilayer array formed by microfluidic technique and a method of analysis using the planar lipid bilayers, providing the advantages such as portability, decreased analysis time, a smaller amount of required reagents, and parallel automation with high reproducibility. The planar lipid bilayer array formed by microfluidic technique is a planar lipid bilayer array formed by microfluidic technique (PDMS device) 1 saturated with water by preliminarily immersing in water, comprising microchannels 2 connected to an inlet of a microfluidic channel and arranged in parallel, and microchambers 3 having apertures on both sides of the microchannel 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Shoji Takeuchi, Hiroaki Suzuki, Sadao Ota, Wei-Heong Tan