Patents Assigned to Gifu University
  • Patent number: 11883438
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a technique useful for embryo transfer and development of reproductive medical care. Provided are a sperm activator containing a disrupted product of one or more cells selected from the group consisting of adipose tissue-derived stem cells, dental pulp-derived stem cells, bone marrow-derived stem cells, and umbilical cord blood-derived stem cells as an active ingredient, and an artificial insemination method utilizing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: National University Corporation Nagoya University, Gifu University, Gifu Prefecture
    Inventors: Tokunori Yamamoto, Satoshi Suzuki, Yasuhito Funahashi, Yoshihisa Matsukawa, Momokazu Gotoh, Tomohiro Kitayama, Yoichiro Hoshino, Tetsuma Murase
  • Publication number: 20230263463
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for measuring the thickness, roughness, and morphology index of the mandibular cortical bone using a dental panorama image to assist in the diagnosis of osteoporosis, wherein the thickness, roughness, and morphological index of the cortical bone is measured more accurately and the diagnosis of osteoporosis can be supported more accurately. An osteoporosis diagnostic support apparatus, wherein the apparatus has a contour extraction unit adapted to extract a mandibular contour from an image of a mandibular cortical bone photographed by a photographic apparatus adapted to photograph the mandibular cortical bone and surroundings thereof, a line segment extraction unit adapted to extract line segments from the image of the mandibular cortical bone photographed by the photographic apparatus; and a cortical bone thickness calculation unit adapted to calculate a thickness of the cortical bone based on the extracted mandibular contour and line segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicants: Media Co., Ltd., Gifu University
    Inventors: Hironobu TSUJI, Yosuke TSUJI, Tatsuro HAYASHI, Hiroshi FUJITA, Takeshi HARA, Chisako MURAMATSU, Kazuki HORIBA, Akitoshi KATSUMATA
  • Patent number: 11672471
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for measuring the thickness, roughness, and morphology index of the mandibular cortical bone using a dental panorama image to assist in the diagnosis of osteoporosis, wherein the thickness, roughness, and morphological index of the cortical bone is measured more accurately and the diagnosis of osteoporosis can be supported more accurately. An osteoporosis diagnostic support apparatus, wherein the apparatus has a contour extraction unit adapted to extract a mandibular contour from an image of a mandibular cortical bone photographed by a photographic apparatus adapted to photograph the mandibular cortical bone and surroundings thereof, a line segment extraction unit adapted to extract line segments from the image of the mandibular cortical bone photographed by the photographic apparatus; and a cortical bone thickness calculation unit adapted to calculate a thickness of the cortical bone based on the extracted mandibular contour and line segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: Media Co., Ltd., Gifu University
    Inventors: Hironobu Tsuji, Yosuke Tsuji, Tatsuro Hayashi, Hiroshi Fujita, Takeshi Hara, Chisako Muramatsu, Kazuki Horiba, Akitoshi Katsumata
  • Patent number: 10647571
    Abstract: Provided is a hydrogen generating apparatus adaptable to fluctuating hydrogen demand, particularly by enabling large-scale hydrogen production, generating pure hydrogen at a high yield. The hydrogen generating apparatus 1 generates hydrogen gas from a source gas by decomposing the source gas through catalysis and transforming it into plasma through electric discharge. The hydrogen generating apparatus 1 includes a dielectric body 2 defining a source gas flow channel 13, a catalyst 10 that decomposes at least part of the source gas in the source gas flow channel 13 to generate hydrogen gas, an electrode 3 contacting the dielectric body 2, a hydrogen separation membrane 5 facing the electrode 3 across the dielectric body 2, a hydrogen flow channel 18 guiding hydrogen separated by the hydrogen separation membrane 5, and a high-voltage power supply 6 supplying power to cause electric discharge between the hydrogen separation membrane 5 and the electrode 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: Gifu University, Sawafuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Kambara, Tomonori Miura, Tatsuya Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10577241
    Abstract: Provided is a hydrogen generating apparatus adaptable to fluctuating hydrogen demand, particularly by enabling large-scale hydrogen production, generating pure hydrogen at a high yield. The hydrogen generating apparatus 1 includes a tabular dielectric body 2 having a first surface 11 with a source gas flow channel 13 formed as a recess and a second surface 12 approximately parallel to the first surface 11, a grounding electrode 3, a hydrogen flow channel plate 4 with a hydrogen flow channel 18 and a hydrogen outlet 19, being arranged on a first surface 11 side of dielectric body 2, a hydrogen separation membrane 5 between source gas flow channel 13 and hydrogen flow channel 18, and a high-voltage power supply 6 that causes electric discharge in source gas flow channel 13 between hydrogen separation membrane 5 and grounding electrode 3. Hydrogen separation membrane 5 transmits hydrogen generated by electric discharge in source gas flow channel 13 into hydrogen flow channel 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignees: Gifu University, Sawafuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Kambara, Tomonori Miura
  • Publication number: 20190366275
    Abstract: There is provided a method of producing a separation membrane in which a zeolite membrane is formed on an inorganic oxide porous substrate. The substrate has amorphous SiO2 as a main component of a zeolite formation portion of the substrate, the method includes: a first step of forming a zeolite seed crystal and an alkaline component including a structure directing agent on a surface of the substrate; and a second step of treating a formed product obtained in the first step under a heated steam atmosphere, and the zeolite membrane is formed on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Gifu University
    Inventors: Shinji ISHIKAWA, Hiromasa TAWARAYAMA, Takuya OKUNO, Takahiro SAITO, Yasunori OUMI, Kyohei UENO
  • Publication number: 20190366276
    Abstract: There is provided a zeolite membrane which is an MFI-type zeolite membrane formed on an inorganic oxide porous substrate, in which, in a diffraction pattern obtained by X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuK? ray as an X-ray source, when an intensity of a diffraction peak appearing at diffraction angles of 7.3° to 8.4° at which a crystal lattice plane belongs to 011 and/or 101 planes is used as a reference, an intensity of a diffraction peak appearing at diffraction angles of 8.4° to 9.0° at which a crystal lattice plane belongs to 200 and/or 020 planes is preferably 0.3 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Gifu University
    Inventors: Shinji ISHIKAWA, Hiromasa TAWARAYAMA, Takuya OKUNO, Takahiro SAITO, Yasunori OUMI, Kyohei UENO
  • Publication number: 20190322526
    Abstract: Provided is a hydrogen generating apparatus adaptable to fluctuating hydrogen demand, particularly by enabling large-scale hydrogen production, generating pure hydrogen at a high yield. The hydrogen generating apparatus 1 generates hydrogen gas from a source gas by decomposing the source gas through catalysis and transforming it into plasma through electric discharge. The hydrogen generating apparatus 1 includes a dielectric body 2 defining a source gas flow channel 13, a catalyst 10 that decomposes at least part of the source gas in the source gas flow channel 13 to generate hydrogen gas, an electrode 3 contacting the dielectric body 2, a hydrogen separation membrane 5 facing the electrode 3 across the dielectric body 2, a hydrogen flow channel 18 guiding hydrogen separated by the hydrogen separation membrane 5, and a high-voltage power supply 6 supplying power to cause electric discharge between the hydrogen separation membrane 5 and the electrode 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicants: Gifu University, Sawafuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji KAMBARA, Tomonori MIURA, Tatsuya IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20180303409
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for measuring the thickness, roughness, and morphology index of the mandibular cortical bone using a dental panorama image to assist in the diagnosis of osteoporosis, wherein the thickness, roughness, and morphological index of the cortical bone is measured more accurately and the diagnosis of osteoporosis can be supported more accurately. An osteoporosis diagnostic support apparatus, wherein the apparatus has a contour extraction unit adapted to extract a mandibular contour from an image of a mandibular cortical bone photographed by a photographic apparatus adapted to photograph the mandibular cortical bone and surroundings thereof, a line segment extraction unit adapted to extract line segments from the image of the mandibular cortical bone photographed by the photographic apparatus; and a cortical bone thickness calculation unit adapted to calculate a thickness of the cortical bone based on the extracted mandibular contour and line segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicants: Media Co., Ltd., Gifu University
    Inventors: Hironobu TSUJI, Yosuke TSUJI, Tatsuro HAYASHI, Hiroshi FUJITA, Takeshi HARA, Chisako MURAMATSU, Kazuki HORIBA, Akitoshi KATSUMATA
  • Patent number: 9809563
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an anti-prion compound that has high crystallinity and is highly stable in the crystalline form and to provide a medicament for preventing, ameliorating or treating a prion disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: GIFU University
    Inventor: Kazuo Kuwata
  • Patent number: 9710907
    Abstract: A diagnosis support system includes a diagnosis support computer that includes a model data acquisition unit configured to obtain a plurality of mandible model data, a contour model creation unit configured to create contour model data from the mandible model data, a contour database storage unit configured to construct a contour model database from the contour model data, a diagnosis image data receiving unit configured to receive an input of diagnosis image data of an examinee, an edge extraction unit configured to extract edge data from the diagnosis image data, a similar model searching unit configured to search contour model data based on the edge data, a position judgment unit and an image quality judgment unit configured to judge an imaging position and an image quality based on imaging information, respectively, and a diagnosis support information provision unit configured to provide diagnosis support information based on provider information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignees: Gifu University, MEDIA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fujita, Takeshi Hara, Akitoshi Katsumata, Tatsuro Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20160262686
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for measuring the thickness, roughness, and morphology index of the mandibular cortical bone using a dental panorama image to assist in the diagnosis of osteoporosis, wherein the thickness, roughness, and morphological index of the cortical bone is measured more accurately and the diagnosis of osteoporosis can be supported more accurately. An osteoporosis diagnostic support apparatus, wherein the apparatus has a contour extraction unit adapted to extract a mandibular contour from an image of a mandibular cortical bone photographed by a photographic apparatus adapted to photograph the mandibular cortical bone and surroundings thereof, a line segment extraction unit adapted to extract line segments from the image of the mandibular cortical bone photographed by the photographic apparatus; and a cortical bone thickness calculation unit adapted to calculate a thickness of the cortical bone based on the extracted mandibular contour and line segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicants: Media Co., Ltd., Gifu University
    Inventors: Hironobu TSUJI, Yosuke TSUJI, Tatsuro HAYASHI, Hiroshi FUJITA, Takeshi HARA, Chisako MURAMATSU, Kazuki HORIBA, Akitoshi KATSUMATA
  • Patent number: 9189065
    Abstract: A force sense interface includes a tactile finger base having a plurality of tactile fingers, which are capable of tracking motions of the fingers of a hand of an operator, an arm mechanism, which allow spatial motion of the tactile finger base, and a controller, which controls the arm mechanism in accordance with the position and posture of the hand, and controls the tactile fingers in accordance with the movements of the fingers of the operator. The force sense interface further includes finger holders for attaching the tactile fingers on the fingers of the operator in a state where the tactile finger base is distanced from the back of the hand of the operator (H) so as to face the back of the hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Gifu University
    Inventors: Haruhisa Kawasaki, Takahiro Endo, Tetuya Mouri, Hisashi Aoyama
  • Patent number: 9181557
    Abstract: The present invention provides uracil-requiring Moorella bacteria obtained by destroying a gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase; and transforming-gene-introduced Moorella bacteria obtained by introducing a gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase and a transforming-gene to a chromosome of the uracil-requiring Moorella bacteria. The present invention was accomplished by uracil-requiring Moorella bacteria, comprising an MTA-D-pF strain that is obtained by destroying a gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase on a chromosome of Moorella bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignees: Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Hiroshima University, Gifu University
    Inventors: Yutaka Nakashimada, Akihisa Kita, Tohru Suzuki, Shinsuke Sakai, Kazue Takaoka
  • Publication number: 20150275408
    Abstract: A braider and a tube body in which braids are arranged on an outer peripheral surface of a mandrel uniformly even if the diameter of the mandrel is uneven. A braider 1 has bobbin carrier conveyance mechanisms 50A and 50B in which bobbin carriers 40A and 40B are conveyed from traveling tracks W1 and W2 to an outside of the traveling tracks W1 and W2 so as to stop winding of braids Y1 and Y2 onto a mandrel 2 and the bobbin carriers 40A and 40B are conveyed from the outside of the traveling tracks W1 and W2 to the traveling tracks W1 and W2 so as to start the winding of the braids Y1 and Y2 onto the mandrel 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicants: Murata Machinery, Ltd., Gifu University
    Inventors: Ryosuke Tahara, Tadashi Uozumi, Akio Ohtani
  • Patent number: 8871944
    Abstract: An object is to provide a thiazole derivative produced from easily available raw materials by a simplified production process. Provided are a process for producing a novel thiazole derivative represented by the general formula (I), which is characterized by adding a strong base to a thioamide represented by the general formula (II) and reacting the mixture with a thioformamide represented by the general formula (III), and a novel thiazole derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Gifu University
    Inventor: Toshiaki Murai
  • Patent number: 8747486
    Abstract: A humanoid electric hand includes a metacarpophalangeal joint and an interphalangeal joint. The interphalangeal joint bends or extends together with a bending or extending operation of the metacarpophalangeal joint, by linking a finger motor for driving a finger to a worm deceleration mechanism, an output gear of which moves rotationally to bend or extend the metacarpophalangeal joint, and by linking the metacarpophalangeal joint to the interphalangeal joint via a link mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignees: Gifu University, Dainichi, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruhisa Kawasaki, Tetuya Mouri, Tatuya Hara, Hisayuki Shimomura
  • Patent number: 8633304
    Abstract: The present invention provides an oligonucleotide derivative that enables to easily synthesize an oligonucleotide derivative chemically modified at the 3?-end with two moieties each having a benzene or pyridine structure with a few steps, an aromatic compound serving as a precursor for preparing the modification carrier for synthesizing oligonucleotide derivative, and the oligonucleotide derivative and the oligonucleotide construct using the same, that is chemically modified at the 3?-end with two moieties each having a benzene or pyridine structure, and has good permeability through a cell membrane and excellent nuclease resistance. The modification carrier for synthesizing oligonucleotide derivative, comprising a unit and a carrier carrying the unit directly or via a linker, wherein the unit is represented by the formula (a): wherein, R1 to R6 each independently represent hydrogen or a substituent other than hydrogen; Z1 and Z2 each independently represent CH or nitrogen; and X represents oxygen or sulfur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Gifu University
    Inventors: Yukio Kitade, Yoshiaki Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20130175816
    Abstract: A humanoid electric hand includes a metacarpophalangeal joint and an interphalangeal joint. The interphalangeal joint bends or extends together with a bending or extending operation of the metacarpophalangeal joint, by linking a finger motor for driving a finger to a worm deceleration mechanism, an output gear of which moves rotationally to bend or extend the metacarpophalangeal joint, and by linking the metacarpophalangeal joint to the interphalangeal joint via a link mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicants: Dainichi Co. Ltd., Gifu University
    Inventors: Haruhisa Kawasaki, Tetuya Mouri, Tatuya Hara, Hisayuki Shimomura
  • Patent number: 8309733
    Abstract: [Technical Problem] To provide a novel imino derivative capable of being an insecticide compound having excellent characteristics such as sustained effects and broad spectrum. [Solution to Problem] To provide an imino derivative represented by Formula (1). wherein “Ar” denotes a heterocyclic group which may have a substituent on the ring; “X” denotes a sulfur atom or CH2, NR; “R” denotes a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; “Y” is selected from COR1 or CONR3R4, CONHCOR5, CO2R9; and each of “R1”, “R3”, “R4”, “R5”, and “R9” denotes a hydrogen atom or a certain substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignees: Meji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd., Gifu University
    Inventors: Shinzo Kagabu, Masaru Mori, Satoru Kumazawa