Patents Assigned to Hiroko Kaneko
  • Method of cell culture observation, carbon substrate for cell culture observation, and method for manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 8163556
    Abstract: The invention provides a substrate suitable for cell culture observation and a method of observation using the same. Crystalline carbon such as a graphite powder is mixed into a thermosetting resin such as a furan resin, and the mixture is molded in the shape of a sheet and carbonized to produce a carbon substrate; then, a cell is made to adhere to the carbon substrate, and the cell is caused to proliferate on the carbon substrate and observed using a microscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd., Kaora Katoh, Hiroko Kaneko
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Suda, Kunitaka Yamada, Hiroko Kaneko, Kaoru Katoh, Harumasa Okamoto