Abstract: Provided are a nitric oxide detection element capable of detecting NO gas contained in a mixed gas at a high speed even when the amount thereof is a super trace amount of ten and several parts per billion; and a process for producing the element. In a nitric oxide detection element having a substrate 12 and a sensing film 11 formed on a surface of the substrate, the sensing film is composed of nitric oxide sensing particles and a polymer adhesive. The nitric oxide sensing particles are produced by adsorbing a dye having a porphyrin skeleton and having, as a central metal, divalent cobalt onto surfaces of inorganic particles.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 12, 2011
Publication date:
May 30, 2013
Applicants:
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION EHIME UNIVERSITY, PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
Abstract: Provided is a nitric oxide detection element which is capable of measuring a trace amount of NO gas contained in a gas in a scale of several ppb and of which the time degradation in performance is suppressed. The nitric oxide detection element includes at a surface thereof: a dye having a porphyrin skeleton and containing divalent cobalt as a central metal; and a radical scavenger. The nitric oxide detection element includes a substrate 12 and a sensing film 11 formed on a surface of the substrate 12. The sensing film 11 may contain the dye and the radical scavenger.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 12, 2011
Publication date:
May 23, 2013
Applicants:
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION EHIME UNIVERSITY, PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for treating autoimmune diseases. Disclosed is a method or the like for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, which utilizes an antigen-specific tolerogenic antigen presenting cell. Specifically disclosed are: a method for producing an antigen-specific tolerogenic antigen presenting cell, which is characterized by using carbonic anhydrase I; an immunogenic antigen presenting cell which is specific to carbonic anhydrase I; and a method or the like for the treatment of autoimmune diseases (especially inflammatory bowel diseases), which is characterized by using a tolerogenic antigen presenting cell which is specific to carbonic anhydrase I.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 7, 2010
Publication date:
August 23, 2012
Applicant:
National University Corporation Ehime University
Abstract: The nitrogen oxide sensing element of the present invention is such that a sensing film (11) is formed on the surface of a substrate (12a), the sensing film including a polymer containing as dispersed therein a porphyrin containing cobalt as a central metal, or a single derivative having a porphyrin skeleton containing cobalt as a central metal or a mixture of derivatives each having a porphyrin skeleton containing cobalt as a central metal; thus, this sensing element is capable of determining the concentration of NO with high sensitivity and satisfactory accuracy under the condition that the cobalt porphyrin is not affected by reaction inhibitors such as O2 and CO even in the atmosphere.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 6, 2009
Publication date:
September 22, 2011
Applicants:
PANASONIC CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION EHIME UNIVERSITY
Abstract: In an in-liquid plasma film-forming apparatus having: a vessel 1 being capable of accommodating a substrate “S” and a liquid “L” including raw material therein; an electrode 2 for in-liquid plasma, electrode 2 which is disposed in the vessel 1; an electric power device 3 for supplying electricity to the electrode 2 for in-liquid plasma; the electrode 2 for in-liquid plasma is equipped with: a main electrode 21 having a discharging end 22; an auxiliary electrode 26 not only facing the discharging end 22 but also being disposed between the discharging end 22 and the substrate “S” that face each other; and a plasma generating unit 29 having a space that is demarcated by a surface 22a of the discharging end 22 and a surface 26a of the auxiliary electrode 26 facing the surface 22a, and being for generating plasma by means of electricity being supplied to the main electrode 21.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 2, 2009
Publication date:
September 22, 2011
Applicants:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, National University Corporation Ehime University
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of testing for genetic susceptibility to type-2 diabetes in a subject that comprises detecting one or more polymorphisms present in the KCNQ1 gene and/or EIF2AK4 gene in a DNA-containing sample collected from the subject. The present invention permit a method of accurately, conveniently, and rapidly testing the genetic susceptibility of subjects to type-2 by targeting determinative genetic factors of genetic susceptibility to type-2 diabetes.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 15, 2008
Publication date:
June 23, 2011
Applicants:
National Center for Global Health and Medicine, The University of Tokyo, National University Corporation Ehime University
Abstract: Plasma generated in water vapor bubbles present in a water-containing liquid is brought into contact, in the liquid, with an article having a contact angle with water of 90° or less. The plasma is contacted with an organic substance adhering to the article to thereby remove the organic substance from the article. By bringing the plasma into contact with the article, the surface of the article is etched without breaking the article. The article may comprise a material composed of both a hydrophobic part having a contact angle with water exceeding 90° and a hydrophilic part having a contact angle with water of 90° or less. In this case only the hydrophobic part is etched by bringing the plasma into contact with the article.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 24, 2006
Publication date:
September 4, 2008
Applicants:
Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd., National University Corporation Ehime University
Inventors:
Masamoto Uenishi, Shinfuku Nomura, Hiromichi Toyota
Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating plasma in a liquid. The apparatus includes an ultrasonic wave generator for generating bubbles in the liquid, and an electromagnetic wave generator for continuously irradiating electromagnetic waves to the liquid from within the liquid in order to generate plasma. The method of generating plasma in a liquid includes the steps of generating bubbles in the liquid by irradiating ultrasonic waves in the liquid, and generating plasma in the bubbles by continuously irradiating electromagnetic waves from within the liquid to the bubbles.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 31, 2003
Date of Patent:
June 27, 2006
Assignee:
National University Corporation Ehime University