Patents Assigned to Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
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Patent number: 8753877Abstract: An incubator including a cultivating chamber for cultivating cultures, a water supply control unit for supplying water into the cultivating chamber through a water supply passage and adjusting the humidity of the inside of the cultivating chamber, and a filter provided in the water supply passage.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2011Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinji Fukui, Yasuhiko Yokoi, Akifumi Iwama, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Jirou Ohnishi
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Patent number: 8741227Abstract: An isolator includes a workroom having a first sterilizing material supply port, a first sterilizing material discharge port, a first gas supply port and a first gas discharge port, a sterilization chamber having a second sterilizing material supply port, a second sterilizing material discharge port, a second gas supply port and a second gas discharge port, a sterilizing material supply unit, a first sterilizing material supply path connecting the sterilizing material supply unit to the first sterilizing material supply port, a second sterilizing material supply path connecting the sterilizing material supply unit to the second sterilizing material supply port, a first circulating path connecting the first sterilizing material discharge port to the sterilizing material supply unit, a second circulating path connecting the second sterilizing material discharge port to the sterilizing material supply unit, a first gas supply path, a second gas supply path, a first gas discharge path, a second gas discharge pathType: GrantFiled: January 26, 2010Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiko Yokoi, Jiro Ohnishi, Shinji Fukui, Akifumi Iwama
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Patent number: 8733117Abstract: An incubator includes: an enclosure including a culture chamber; a heater configured to heat the culture chamber; a refrigerator including an evaporator and a condenser, and configured to cool the culture chamber; a temperature sensor configured to measure the culture chamber temperature; a refrigerator control unit configured to cause the refrigerator to operate, when a measured temperature measured by the temperature sensor reaches a refrigerator-operation temperature, higher than the set temperature by a first temperature, and cause the refrigerator to stop operating, when the measured temperature reaches a refrigerator-operation stopping temperature, lower than the set temperature by a second temperature; a heater control unit configured to control the heater in such a manner that the measured temperature reaches the refrigerator-operation temperature, when operation of the refrigerator is stopped; and a drain mechanism configured to discharge dew condensation water generated through heat absorption by thType: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ryuichi Tsuruma
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Patent number: 8728033Abstract: The pharmaceutical injection device of the present invention comprises an inner case (111) in which is mounted a preparation syringe (104) having an identification code (104a), a piston driving motor (115) that drives the preparation syringe (104) mounted in this inner case (111), and a code reader (112) that reads the identification code (104a) of the preparation syringe (104). A slide motor (113) is provided that drives the preparation syringe (104) mounted in the inner case (111) and/or the code reader (112), so that the identification code (104a) is read by the code reader (112).Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Seiji Kikuchi, Tsuguhiro Kondoh, Toshiaki Ilo
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Patent number: 8721983Abstract: A sterilizer is connectable to an external chamber. A sterilization gas generator is configured to generate sterilization gas. A gas supply system including a first gas supply system which is configured to supply the sterilization gas from the sterilization gas generator to a sterilization chamber; and a second gas supply system which is different from the first gas supply system and configured to supply the sterilization gas from the sterilization gas generator to the external chamber.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2010Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiko Yokoi, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Atsushi Nakao, Jiro Ohnishi, Shinji Fukui, Akifumi Iwama, Masaki Harada, Yoshiaki Sugimura, Katsuya Hirai
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Patent number: 8721851Abstract: A sensor chip includes two measuring units. The first measuring unit includes an electrode system having a portion of an electrode and a portion of an electrode, and a portion of a capillary containing the portion and the portion. The second measuring unit includes an electrode system having a portion of a sensor electrode and a portion of an electrode, and a portion of a capillary containing the portion and the portion in addition to a reaction reagent layer. Data related to the temperature of the blood sample is acquired based on the dimension of a current flowing through the temperature electrodes, and data related to a concentration of an analyte in the blood sample is acquired based on the dimension of a current flowing through the analysis electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2009Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventor: Motonori Uchiyama
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Patent number: 8717045Abstract: A microorganism number-measuring apparatus includes: measurement container including measurement liquid; rotary driver; bacteria-collection signal generator; measurement signal generator; output amplifier for amplifying outputs of signal generators and; I/V amplifier; impedance measuring unit for measuring impedance of liquid; microorganism number-computing unit for computing the number of microorganisms present in liquid; solution conductivity-computing unit for computing conductivity of liquid; and warm-up section for warming up at least one of I/V amplifier and output amplifier. Warm-up section computes a warm-up signal based on the conductivity computed by conductivity-computing unit. Warm-up section computes the warm-up signal having a current the same in magnitude as that flowing through measurement electrode by using the measured solution conductivity, and applies the signal to at least one of I/V amplifier and output amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hidenori Morita
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Publication number: 20140120009Abstract: An isolator includes a work chamber, a sterilizing substance supply unit, a gas flow channel pressure adjustment unit, a work chamber barometer, and a controller. The controller is configured to control execution of a gas flow channel leak test for checking a gas leak in a gas flow channel based on a detection result by the work chamber barometer after making the gas flow channel pressure adjustment unit increase or decrease the pressure in the gas flow channel, and is configured to control supply of the sterilizing substance by the sterilizing substance supply unit. The controller performs heating of a heater, which accompanies the supply of the sterilizing substance, in parallel with the gas flow channel leak test.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2014Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiko Yokoi, Jiro Ohnishi, Akifumi Iwama, Masaki Harada, Yoshiaki Noguchi
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Publication number: 20140109528Abstract: A drug-packaging device is provided that can reduce the number of steps executed by a worker with suppressing waste of a sheet which is caused by sheet exchange. A detection sensor for detecting the connection site between a packaging sheet remaining at a drug filling unit side and a new package sheet is provided, and drug filling processing at the connection site is skipped.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Hama, Akinori Hatsuno
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Publication number: 20140109514Abstract: A drug packaging device is provided in which both sheets are easily connectable to each other with a simple construction. A working plate having a first portion for temporarily fixing an end portion of a sheet remaining at a drug filling unit side, and a second portion for temporarily fixing an end portion of a new sheet are provided. The end portions of the respective packaging sheets which are temporarily fixed at the first portion and the second portion are connectable to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Akinori Hatsuno, Hiroshi Hama
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Patent number: 8689524Abstract: There is provided a medicine feeding device which can apply uniform tension to wrapping paper wound in a roll state to wrap a medicine. The medicine feeding device comprises a tablet case which stores a medicine, and the wrapping paper wound in the roll state, wraps a medicine discharged from the tablet case in wrapping paper 72, and comprises a tension application mechanism 113 which applies predetermined tension to the continuously pulled-out wrapping paper. This tension application mechanism is constituted to freely move up-and-down, and to apply tension to the pulled-out wrapping paper by its own weight.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2010Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsuo Inamura
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Publication number: 20140060098Abstract: A refrigerating apparatus includes first and second refrigerant circuits including respective first and second compressors, condensers, pressure reducers, and evaporators, connected circularly with first and second refrigerant pipes, respectively, refrigerants discharged from the first and second compressors being respectively condensed at the first and second condensers and thereafter respectively evaporated at the first and second evaporators to acquire a cooling effect; a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of an internal portion of a cold storage cabinet, the first and second evaporators being disposed to cool the internal portion simultaneously; and a first control device that controls the first and second compressors such that the first compressor and the second compressor start being alternately operated each time a temperature detected by the temperature sensor reaches a first temperature, and are continuously operated until the detected temperature reaches a second temperature lower than thType: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Hidetoshi SHINYA, Susumu KOBAYASHI, Satoshi OKUDA, Ryuichi TSURUMA, Yuichi TAMAOKI, Ryuzo TOBE
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Patent number: 8663979Abstract: A culture apparatus comprising: an inner box configured to form a culture chamber; an outer box configured to cover the inner box; a fan configured to circulate gas inside the culture chamber through an air passage provided in the inner box within the culture chamber; a first through hole configured to penetrate a wall configuring a part of the air passage in the inner box; a second through hole configured to penetrate the wall and disposed at a position at which a flow velocity of the gas circulated through the air passage by the fan is lower than a flow velocity of the gas around the first through hole; a connecting pipe configured to connect the first through hole and the second through hole outside of the inner box; and a sensor configured to detect a concentration of the gas flowing in the culture chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuniyoshi Kobayashi, Hiroki Busujima, Yasuhiro Kikuchi, Yuichi Tamaoki, Shinji Sugimoto, Tetsuo Sakurai
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Patent number: 8658107Abstract: An isolator includes a work chamber, a sterilizing substance supply unit, a gas flow channel pressure adjustment unit, a work chamber barometer, and a controller. The controller is configured to control execution of a gas flow channel leak test for checking a gas leak in a gas flow channel based on a detection result by the work chamber barometer after making the gas flow channel pressure adjustment unit increase or decrease the pressure in the gas flow channel, and is configured to control supply of the sterilizing substance by the sterilizing substance supply unit. The controller performs heating of a heater, which accompanies the supply of the sterilizing substance, in parallel with the gas flow channel leak test.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2009Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiko Yokoi, Jiro Ohnishi, Akifumi Iwama, Masaki Harada, Yoshiaki Noguchi
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Publication number: 20140037506Abstract: This nitrogen oxide concentration measurement device measures a nitrogen oxide concentration by shining light on a sensor produced by distributing a metal complex of porphyrin or a derivative thereof over a base material, and detecting the amount of light of a specific wavelength, said device comprising a light source that shines light at a nitrogen oxide concentration measurement sensor, a light detector that detects the amount of light of a specific wavelength out of all the light transmitted or reflected by the nitrogen oxide concentration measurement sensor, and a controller that corrects the detection result at the light detector so as to match the amount of light of a specific wavelength outputted from the light detector during exposure to a zero gas to a corrected value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideshi MIKI, Motohiro TANAKA, Shinya OCHI, Yoshitomi KOIKE
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Patent number: 8640431Abstract: In a medicine packaging machine including a medicine accommodating mechanism for accommodating plural medicines, a chute for guiding medicines arbitrarily taken out from the medicine accommodating mechanism to a medicine packaging sheet, and a medicine packaging mechanism having a heater for thermally welding the medicine packaging sheet, the heater is provided with an incision tooth for forming an incision at an edge portion of the medicine packaging sheet at the same time when the medicine packaging sheet filled with the medicines. Furthermore, a cutting mechanism for cutting at a predetermined position a separate package bag formed by thermally welding the medicine packaging sheet is provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2009Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akinori Hatsuno, Masayoshi Ogura, Hideyuki Takahashi
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Publication number: 20140017132Abstract: A decontamination-solution spray device includes: an atomizer including first and second ports and a nozzle; a first pipe having one end and an other end respectively connected to an air compressor and the first port; a second pipe, provided lower than the second port, having one end connected to the second port and an other end open; a reservoir portion to store a decontamination solution; a pump to pump up the solution from the reservoir portion; and a third pipe, having one end connected to the pump, thorough which the decontamination solution taken in by the pump flows, the atomizer to, suck the decontamination solution flowing through the third pipe via the second pipe, by negative pressure produced in the second port by injecting air taken in from the first port from the nozzle; and inject the solution in an atomized state from the nozzle, mixing the solution with air.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji NAKATA, Koichi KURUSU, Keiji SATOH, Akifumi IWAMA
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Publication number: 20130336844Abstract: An isolator includes: a contamination-target chamber including an inlet and outlet having intake and discharge filters, respectively; and a decontaminating-gas-supply unit to supply decontaminating gas into the chamber without flowing through the filters, the unit including: an atomizer including first and second ports and a nozzle; a first pipe having one and the other ends connected to a compressor and the first port, respectively; a second pipe having one end connected to the second port and the other end open; a reservoir; a pump to take in decontamination solution from the reservoir; and a third pipe, having one end connected to the pump, thorough which the solution flows, the atomizer configured to, when injecting from the nozzle intake air from the first port, suction the solution, via the second pipe, by negative pressure produced in the second port; and inject the solution in an atomized state, mixing it with air.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiko Yokoi, Koichi Kobayashi, Hiroshi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8607537Abstract: In a medicine packaging machine including a medicine accommodating mechanism for accommodating plural medicines, a chute for guiding medicines arbitrarily taken out from the medicine accommodating mechanism to a medicine packaging sheet, and a medicine packaging mechanism having a heater for thermally welding the medicine packaging sheet, the heater is provided with an incision tooth for forming an incision at an edge portion of the medicine packaging sheet at the same time when the medicine packaging sheet filled with the medicines. Furthermore, a cutting mechanism for cutting at a predetermined position a separate package bag formed by thermally welding the medicine packaging sheet is provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2012Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akinori Hatsuno, Masayoshi Ogura, Hideyuki Takahashi
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Patent number: 8590327Abstract: A refrigerating apparatus for keeping an inside of a storage at a predetermined low-temperature state includes first and second refrigerant circuits including compressors, condensers, decompressors, and evaporators, connected circularly with pipings to form refrigerating cycles, the circuit having a first or second refrigerant sealed therein as a working refrigerant, a first sensor which detects a temperature of a cascade condenser constituted by integrating the evaporator of the first refrigerant circuit and the condenser of the second refrigerant circuit in a heat exchangeable manner, first and second controllers which control operation performances of the first and second compressors in a variable manner based on first and second sensor detected temperatures in order that the first and second sensor detected temperatures are first and second temperatures, respectively, and a second sensor which detects a temperature inside the storage.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2010Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryuzo Tobe, Tetsuo Sakurai, Ryuichi Tsuruma