Abstract: The detection of a non-alcoholic steatohepatitis patient and the accurate discrimination between a normal person and a non-alcoholic steatohepatitis patient can be achieved by measuring alanine-glyoxylate amino transferase in a sample.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 13, 2011
Publication date:
April 11, 2013
Applicants:
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION CHIBA UNIVERSITY, NITTOBO MEDICAL CO., LTD., NITTO BOSEKI CO., LTD.
Abstract: A Plasma or serum separation membrane that enables omitting centrifugal separation, is free from hemolysis attributed to destruction of red blood cells and realizes easy and rapid separation of plasma or serum from blood; and a filter apparatus including the plasma or serum separation membrane. In particular, a plasma or serum separation membrane being a membrane for separation of plasma or serum from blood and having a void ratio of 30% or below; and a filter apparatus comprising a filter member capable of attaining movement of plasma swifter than movement of blood cells and a plasma or serum separation membrane connected in series with a rear side of the filter member.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 7, 2006
Date of Patent:
August 9, 2011
Assignees:
Sekisui Medical Co., Ltd., Nittobo Medical Co., Ltd., Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
Abstract: A method for filtrating liquid sample such as blood or the like with a filter member utilizing inner vacuum, the same enabling completion of filtration without removing a stopper, and superior in safety and being free from contamination. In collecting and filtrating the liquid sample using a sample collection vessel 1, in which a sample-collecting part 3 containing a filter member 4 is inserted in a vacuumed sample-storing part 2, the sample storing part 2 and sample-collecting part 3 are air-tightly sealed with a stopper 5, the liquid sample such as blood or the like collected in the sample-collecting part 3 is filtrated by the filter member 4. When the filtration stops, a hollow needle 12 is pierced through the stopper 5 and thus the sample-collecting part 3 is communicated with atmosphere, thereby the pressure in the sample-collecting part 3 being enhanced upper than in atmosphere to enable the filtration again.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 22, 2004
Date of Patent:
August 3, 2010
Assignees:
Sekisui Medical Co., Ltd., I-Design Co., Ltd., Nittobo Medical Co., Ltd.