Patents by Inventor Yasumasa Shimada

Yasumasa Shimada 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).

  • Feces sampling container, method for measuring components in feces sample, method for stabilizing components in feces sample, and method for storing feces sample
    Patent number: 10859583
    Abstract: A feces sampling container having an increased storage stability of a component in a feces sample such as hemoglobin to enable the measurement of a component in a feces sample with a small amount of feces collected. The container includes a container body, and a feces sampling stick having a gripping part on one side and a stick part on the other side, the stick part having a feces sampling part in the vicinity of the tip, wherein the container body comprises an opening part through which the feces sampling part of the feces sampling stick is inserted, and a feces container chamber in which a desiccant is enclosed, wherein the feces sample held by the feces sampling part is dried by a contact of the feces sampling part, which is inserted through the opening part and holding the feces sample, with the desiccant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL DIAGNOSTICS SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasumasa Shimada, Kohei Tsuchiya, Yuki Kaname
  • FECES SAMPLING CONTAINER, METHOD FOR MEASURING COMPONENTS IN FECES SAMPLE, METHOD FOR STABILIZING COMPONENTS IN FECES SAMPLE, AND METHOD FOR STORING FECES SAMPLE
    Publication number: 20190011462
    Abstract: A feces sampling container having an increased storage stability of a component in a feces sample such as hemoglobin to enable the measurement of a component in a feces sample with a small amount of feces collected. The container includes a container body, and a feces sampling stick having a gripping part on one side and a stick part on the other side, the stick part having a feces sampling part in the vicinity of the tip, wherein the container body comprises an opening part through which the feces sampling part of the feces sampling stick is inserted, and a feces container chamber in which a desiccant is enclosed, wherein the feces sample held by the feces sampling part is dried by a contact of the feces sampling part, which is inserted through the opening part and holding the feces sample, with the desiccant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: KYOWA MEDEX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasumasa Shimada, Kohei Tsuchiya, Yuki Kaname
  • Feces sampling container
    Patent number: 8562919
    Abstract: It is to provide a device for sampling feces that enables an accurate and quantitative evaluation by decreasing the variations of feces sampling levels, wherein the confirmation of the presence or absence of feces sampling can be performed hygienically and simply from an outside of a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Kyowa Medex Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasumasa Shimada
  • FECES SAMPLING CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20110243816
    Abstract: It is to provide a device for sampling feces that enables an accurate and quantitative evaluation by decreasing the variations of feces sampling levels, wherein the confirmation of the presence or absence of feces sampling can be performed hygienically and simply from an outside of a container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: KYOWA MEDEX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasumasa Shimada