Patents by Inventor Takatoshi KAYA

Takatoshi KAYA 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: 9134235
    Abstract: [Object] It is an object of the invention to provide a sensor area which can suppress a decrease in assay signal and an increase in assay blank in an SPFS measurement. [Solution] An SPFS sensor chip of the invention includes a purification area and a sensor area arranged upstream and downstream, respectively, relative to each other along a flow direction in a channel for surface plasmon-field enhanced fluorescence spectroscopy [SPFS].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Masanori Tsukagoshi, Takatoshi Kaya, Noriaki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9068945
    Abstract: To provide a surface plasmon-field enhanced fluorescence spectroscopic measurement method and a surface plasmon-field enhanced fluorescence spectroscopic measurement device which are capable of accurately measuring a fluorescent signal regardless of the type of a light detection means even when the concentration of an analyte is high by adjusting the dynamic range of the SPFS device. A surface plasmon-field enhanced fluorescence stereoscopic measurement method wherein an analyte labeled with a fluorescent substance is excited by surface plasmon light generated by applying excitation light to a metallic thin film, and generated fluorescence is received by a light detection means to thereby detect the analyte. The dynamic range is expanded by adjusting the amount of the fluorescence received by the light detection means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Naoki Hikage, Masataka Matsuo, Takatoshi Kaya
  • Publication number: 20140117255
    Abstract: To provide a surface plasmon-field enhanced fluorescence spectroscopic measurement method and a surface plasmon-field enhanced fluorescence spectroscopic measurement device which are capable of accurately measuring a fluorescent signal regardless of the type of a light detection means even when the concentration of an analyte is high by adjusting the dynamic range of the SPFS device. A surface plasmon-field enhanced fluorescence stereoscopic measurement method wherein an analyte labeled with a fluorescent substance is excited by surface plasmon light generated by applying excitation light to a metallic thin film, and generated fluorescence is received by a light detection means to thereby detect the analyte. The dynamic range is expanded by adjusting the amount of the fluorescence received by the light detection means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Naoki Hikage, Masataka Matsuo, Takatoshi Kaya
  • Publication number: 20140061506
    Abstract: A surface plasmon-field enhanced fluorescence measurement device may be provided to accurately detect a specific substance even in the case in which a well member is used and achieving a simpler structure and a lower manufacturing cost, and a fluorescence detection method using the surface plasmon-field enhanced fluorescence measurement device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Takatoshi Kaya
  • Publication number: 20130143332
    Abstract: [Object] It is an object of the invention to provide a sensor area which can suppress a decrease in assay signal and an increase in assay blank in an SPFS measurement. [Solution] An SPFS sensor chip of the invention includes a purification area and a sensor area arranged upstream and downstream, respectively, relative to each other along a flow direction in a channel for surface plasmon-field enhanced fluorescence spectroscopy [SPFS].
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Masanori Tsukagoshi, Takatoshi Kaya, Noriaki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20130078148
    Abstract: A surface plasmon-field enhanced fluorescence spectroscopy [SPFS] sensor chip may include a transparent support, a metal thin film formed on one surface of the transparent support, a self-assembled monolayer [SAM] formed on a surface of the metal thin film, said surface not being in contact with the transparent support, a solid phase layer formed on a surface of the SAM and having a three-dimensional structure, said surface not being in contact with the metal thin film, and a ligand immobilized in the solid phase layer. A fluctuation ratio represented by the following formula is not less than 0% but not more than 30%: {half-width (?)?half-width (?)}/half-width (?)×100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Kaya, Naoki Hikage, Hidetaka Ninomiya
  • Publication number: 20120196385
    Abstract: An assay method with use of a sensor chip which includes a metal member, a self-assembled monolayer (SAM), and ligands on a support, and is configured to be used for a fluorescence measuring apparatus with utilization of a surface plasmon-field enhanced Fluorescence Spectrometry, including the steps of: forming a hydrophilic high molecule layer on the self-assembled monolayer in the sensor chip; immobilizing the ligands at least one of in the hydrophilic high molecule layer and on the surface of the hydrophilic high molecule layer; and bringing a moisturizer in contact with the hydrophilic high molecule layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Noriaki YAMAMOTO, Takatoshi KAYA