Patents by Inventor Tadashi Kaneko
Tadashi Kaneko 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: 11924938Abstract: An illuminator includes: a light emitter including a light-emitting diode; a temperature sensor configured to detect a current temperature of the light emitter; and an illumination controller configured to adjust a drive voltage being supplied to the light emitter in accordance with the current temperature. The illumination controller includes a reference temperature storage in which a reference temperature is stored in advance and is configured to adjust the drive voltage by detecting the current temperature from the temperature sensor on a constant time cycle and comparing the current temperature with the reference temperature.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATIONInventors: Tadashi Yamazaki, Yuto Konno, Hideki Morita, Nobuya Kaneko, Satoru Hirasawa
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Patent number: 11478568Abstract: A target tissue can be treated with a radioisotope. Some methods for treating a target tissue with a radioisotope include determining a distance between a target tissue and a surface of a matrix material to be positioned adjacent the target tissue and, based on the determined distance, determining an activity to be mixed with the matrix material to obtain a desired activity concentration. Some methods further include mixing the radioisotope with the matrix material. In some embodiments, the matrix material comprises bone cement, and the target tissue is a tumor in a bone. The radioisotope may be a beta-emitting radioisotope mixed in the cement at a concentration to form a radioactive cement.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAInventors: Joyce H. Keyak, Tadashi Kaneko, Harry B. Skinner, Varun Sehgal
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Patent number: 11175011Abstract: A light source device includes: a substrate; a light source on the substrate, the light source emitting light in a direction away from the substrate; an optical element covering the light source on an opposite side of the light source from the substrate to control distribution of the light emitted by the light source; and a light absorption member that absorbs light, wherein the optical element has a bottom face on a substrate side thereof and a light-exiting face on an opposite side of the bottom face from the substrate, the optical element transmits the light emitted by the light source so that the transmitted light exits the optical element through the light-exiting face, and the light absorption member is disposed between the substrate and the bottom face.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tadashi Kaneko, Takahiro Imanishi
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Publication number: 20210123581Abstract: A light source device includes: a substrate; a light source on the substrate, the light source emitting light in a direction away from the substrate; an optical element covering the light source on an opposite side of the light source from the substrate to control distribution of the light emitted by the light source; and a light absorption member that absorbs light, wherein the optical element has a bottom face on a substrate side thereof and a light-exiting face on an opposite side of the bottom face from the substrate, the optical element transmits the light emitted by the light source so that the transmitted light exits the optical element through the light-exiting face, and the light absorption member is disposed between the substrate and the bottom face.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: TADASHI KANEKO, TAKAHIRO IMANISHI
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Publication number: 20200409575Abstract: A storage control apparatus configured to be coupled to a redundant configuration including a first and second storage devices, the storage control apparatus includes: a memory; and processing circuitry coupled to the memory, the processing circuitry being configured to execute a first processing that includes dealing with access to any of the first and second storage devices from a higher-level apparatus; and execute a second processing that includes converting an access destination of the access such that each same physical position in the first and second storage devices corresponds to a first logical address for a first storage device and a second logical address for the second storage device, the first logical address being a logical address different from the second logical address.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Naoto Kodama, Yuuki Yamamoto, Tadashi Kaneko
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Publication number: 20190209731Abstract: A target tissue can be treated with a radioisotope. Some methods for treating a target tissue with a radioisotope include determining a distance between a target tissue and a surface of a matrix material to be positioned adjacent the target tissue and, based on the determined distance, determining an activity to be mixed with the matrix material to obtain a desired activity concentration. Some methods further include mixing the radioisotope with the matrix material. In some embodiments, the matrix material comprises bone cement, and the target tissue is a tumor in a bone. The radioisotope may be a beta-emitting radioisotope mixed in the cement at a concentration to form a radioactive cement.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2019Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Joyce H. Keyak, Tadashi Kaneko, Harry B. Skinner, Varun Sehgal
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Patent number: 10272173Abstract: A target tissue can be treated with a radioisotope. Some methods for treating a target tissue with a radioisotope include determining a distance between a target tissue and a surface of a matrix material to be positioned adjacent the target tissue and, based on the determined distance, determining an activity to be mixed with the matrix material to obtain a desired activity concentration. Some methods further include mixing the radioisotope with the matrix material. In some embodiments, the matrix material comprises bone cement, and the target tissue is a tumor in a bone. The radioisotope may be a beta-emitting radioisotope mixed in the cement at a concentration to form a radioactive cement.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2017Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Joyce H. Keyak, Tadashi Kaneko, Harry B. Skinner, Varun Sehgal
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Publication number: 20190117829Abstract: Provided is a tissue regeneration construct having a good engraftment property and capable of promoting a stable and favorable regeneration to a target site, the tissue regeneration construct being a member to be applied to a target site for transplantation and regeneration to regenerate tissue, including a transplant body, and an engraftment layer arranged overlapping at least a part of an outer surface of the transplant body, wherein: the transplant body includes a support, cells for regenerating the tissue that are arranged at least either one of a space between the supports and a space formed by a pore inside the support, and a base material for retaining the cells; the base material of the engraftment layer is gelatinous; and the engraftment layer is a layer in which the support does not exist.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Yuhiro SAKAI, Katsuyuki YAMANAKA, Katsushi YAMAMOTO, Yusuke SHIGEMITSU, Tadashi KANEKO
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Publication number: 20170189576Abstract: A target tissue can be treated with a radioisotope. Some methods for treating a target tissue with a radioisotope include determining a distance between a target tissue and a surface of a matrix material to be positioned adjacent the target tissue and, based on the determined distance, determining an activity to be mixed with the matrix material to obtain a desired activity concentration. Some methods further include mixing the radioisotope with the matrix material. In some embodiments, the matrix material comprises bone cement, and the target tissue is a tumor in a bone. The radioisotope may be a beta-emitting radioisotope mixed in the cement at a concentration to form a radioactive cement.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2017Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Joyce H. Keyak, Tadashi Kaneko, Harry B. Skinner, Varun Sehgal
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Patent number: 9597427Abstract: A target tissue can be treated with a radioisotope. Some methods for treating a target tissue with a radioisotope include determining a distance between a target tissue and a surface of a matrix material to be positioned adjacent the target tissue and, based on the determined distance, determining an activity to be mixed with the matrix material to obtain a desired activity concentration. Some methods further include mixing the radioisotope with the matrix material. In some embodiments, the matrix material comprises bone cement, and the target tissue is a tumor in a bone. The radioisotope may be a beta-emitting radioisotope mixed in the cement at a concentration to form a radioactive cement.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2015Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAInventors: Joyce H. Keyak, Tadashi Kaneko, Harry B. Skinner, Varun Sehgal
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Publication number: 20160113970Abstract: It is a problem of the present invention to provide a convenient and safe periodontal tissue regeneration material and provide a method of regenerating a periodontal tissue. The present invention provides a periodontal tissue regeneration material comprising dedifferentiated fat cells (DFAT) as the convenient and safe periodontal tissue regeneration material. The present invention provides a method of regenerating a periodontal tissue with the periodontal tissue regeneration material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Applicant: NIHON UNIVERSITYInventors: Masaki HONDA, Daisuke AKITA, Koichiro KANO, Taro MATSUMOTO, Tadashi KANEKO, Katsuyuki YAMANAKA, Yuuhiro SAKAI
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Publication number: 20160058905Abstract: A target tissue can be treated with a radioisotope. Some methods for treating a target tissue with a radioisotope include determining a distance between a target tissue and a surface of a matrix material to be positioned adjacent the target tissue and, based on the determined distance, determining an activity to be mixed with the matrix material to obtain a desired activity concentration. Some methods further include mixing the radioisotope with the matrix material. In some embodiments, the matrix material comprises bone cement, and the target tissue is a tumor in a bone. The radioisotope may be a beta-emitting radioisotope mixed in the cement at a concentration to form a radioactive cement.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Joyce H. Keyak, Tadashi Kaneko, Harry B. Skinner, Varun Sehgal
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Patent number: 9198989Abstract: Methods are described for treating a target tissue with a radioisotope. Some methods include determining a distance between a target tissue and a surface of a matrix material to be positioned adjacent the target tissue and, based on the determined distance, determining an activity to be mixed with the matrix material to obtain a desired activity concentration. Some methods further include mixing the radioisotope with the matrix material. In some embodiments, the matrix material is a bone cement, and the target tissue is a tumor in a bone. The radioisotope may be a beta-emitting radioisotope mixed in the cement at a concentration to form a radioactive cement.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2012Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Joyce H. Keyak, Tadashi Kaneko, Harry B. Skinner, Varun Sehgal
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Publication number: 20150240207Abstract: To provide a bone tissue regeneration sheet having a cortical bone tissue layer of 200 ?m or more in thickness, the bone tissue regeneration sheet is produced by seeding chondroblast or stem cells for differentiating to chondrocyte on one side of a porous bioabsorbable polymer sheet, taking the seeded porous body into a culture medium, applying centrifugal force of 100 to 1000 G to the culture medium for a predetermined time so as to aggregate the chondroblast or the stem cells for differentiating to chondrocyte, culturing the aggregated cells in a culture medium not containing serum but containing one or two or more kinds selected from ascorbic acid, an ascorbic acid derivative, and dexamethasone without applying centrifugal force to form a chondrocyte layer having a thickness of 200 ?m or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: GC CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuyuki YAMANAKA, Katsushi YAMAMOTO, Youko SUDA, Yuhiro SAKAI, Tadashi KANEKO
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Publication number: 20150142128Abstract: Provided is a tissue regeneration construct having a good engraftment property and capable of promoting a stable and favorable regeneration to a target site, the tissue regeneration construct being a member to be applied to a target site for transplantation and regeneration to regenerate tissue, including a transplant body, and an engraftment layer arranged overlapping at least a part of an outer surface of the transplant body, wherein: the transplant body includes a support, cells for regenerating the tissue that are arranged at least either one of a space between the supports and a space formed by a pore inside the support, and a base material for retaining the cells; the base material of the engraftment layer is gelatinous; and the engraftment layer is a layer in which the support does not exist.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Yuhiro Sakai, Katsuyuki Yamanaka, Katsushi Yamamoto, Yusuke Shigemitsu, Tadashi Kaneko
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Patent number: 9028499Abstract: Methods are described for treating a target tissue with a radioisotope. Some methods include determining a distance between a target tissue and a surface of a matrix material to be positioned adjacent the target tissue and, based on the determined distance, determining an activity to be mixed with the matrix material to obtain a desired activity concentration. Some methods further include mixing the radioisotope with the matrix material. In some embodiments, the matrix material is a bone cement, and the target tissue is a tumor in a bone. The radioisotope may be a beta-emitting radioisotope mixed in the cement at a concentration to form a radioactive cement.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Joyce H. Keyak, Tadashi Kaneko, Mario Marquez-Miranda
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Publication number: 20140371748Abstract: Provided is a fracture treatment device enabling efficient bone regeneration. The fracture treatment device (10) for connecting a bone on one side of a fracture site and a bone on the other side of the fracture site, the device including a fixation member (11) having a stick shape, a tissue regeneration structure (15) disposed in a manner to cover at least a part of the fixation member, wherein the tissue regeneration structure includes a support body made of a bioabsorbable material and cells retained in the support body, which cells regenerate bone.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: GC CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuyuki YAMANAKA, Yuuhiro SAKAI, Katsushi YAMAMOTO, Yusuke SHIGEMITSU, Tadashi KANEKO
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Publication number: 20140341859Abstract: Provided is a treatment method which enables regeneration of bone tissue even when the size of a damaged site of bone is large. The treatment method comprises the steps of: culturing chondrocytes which have been seeded onto a porous body, or differentiating stem cells having chondrogenic differentiation potential which have been seeded onto a porous body into chondrocytes and culturing the chondrocytes; and implanting the porous body having the cultured chondrocytes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2013Publication date: November 20, 2014Inventors: Katsuyuki YAMANAKA, Tadashi KANEKO, Yuuhiro SAKAI, Yoshinobu WATANABE, Takashi MATSUSHITA, Satoshi ABE
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Publication number: 20140127808Abstract: For easily seeding cells in its scaffold, a porous cell scaffold is produced by steps of filling a guiding solution with kinematic viscosity being 50 to 450% of that of a culture medium, in a whole continuous small hole structure having hole diameters of 5 to 3200 ?m and an average hole diameter of 50 to 1500 ?m, of a sheet-shaped or block-shaped scaffold having a thickness of 2 mm or more, supplying thereafter a culture medium with cells being suspended to an upper side of the scaffold, sucking the guiding solution from a lower side of the scaffold by low suction force, and entering thereby the culture medium with cells being suspended into the whole small hole structure, where a water absorber such as a filter paper is preferably used for sucking the guiding solution by low suction force.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2014Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: GC CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuyuki YAMANAKA, Youko SUDA, Katsushi YAMAMOTO, Yuhiro SAKAI, Tadashi KANEKO
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Patent number: 8518432Abstract: A block-shaped scaffold for a tissue engineering with improved shape stability and less volume change in water is produce by the steps of approximate-uniformly mixing the particle-shaped material having 100 to 2000 ?m diameter with a solution, where a biodegradable polymer is dissolved with an organic solvent, freezing, drying it to remove the solvent, pulverizing thus obtained intermediate product, dissolving it with a liquid, where the biodegradable polymer is not dissolved, to remove the particle-shaped material taking thus obtained intermediate product into a mold, and pressing and heating it, the scaffold having ununiform and continuous holes occupying 20 to 80% in a cross-section area in a three-dimensional network structure having a small hole structure with 5 to 50 ?m diameter, elastic coefficient being 0.1 to 2.5 MPa, and volume change being 95 to 105% when dipping it in water for 24 hours.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2009Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: GC CorporationInventors: Katsushi Yamamoto, Katsuyuki Yamanaka, Youko Suda, Tadashi Kaneko