Patents Assigned to Saga University
  • Patent number: 10863752
    Abstract: A plasma sterilization apparatus includes a voltage-applying unit that applies a voltage to a sterilization target having conductivity; a pair of electrodes that apply, in a discharged state, the voltage applied by the voltage-applying unit to the sterilization target via a dielectric; and a position changing unit that changes a relative position between the pair of electrodes and the sterilization target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignees: National Institute of Technology, Saga University, University of the Ryukyus
    Inventors: Yoshihito Yagyu, Tatsuya Misawa, Akikazu Sakudo
  • Publication number: 20160135946
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing an artificial skin preparation which requires no suturing or the like when treating a wound area with a dried collagen vitrigel membrane material as an artificial skin, and also is less likely to cause contamination or the like with an exudate, and is free from the risk of secondary damage by replacement thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicants: Saga University, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Yutoku Pharmaceutical Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigehisa AOKI, Toshiaki TAKEZAWA, Ayumi MIYAZAKI, Hiroshi HIRAYAMA
  • Patent number: 9114373
    Abstract: There is provided a plasma generation device capable of suppressing arc discharge in which discharge is localized to cause a high temperature, and allowing atmospheric discharge plasma to be stably generated with a high generation efficiency in a low temperature at about a room temperature without being spatially biased. The plasma generation device arranged with a plurality of electrodes facing each other includes a discharge position control unit, which is arranged between each of the plurality of electrodes, and is formed by containing an inverse characteristic material composed of a fluid having polarizability and a property that dielectric constant decreases with an increase in temperature, in a container formed of a dielectric material, wherein the inverse characteristic material is spaced apart from each of the plurality of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: SAGA University
    Inventors: Tatsuya Misawa, Nobuya Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9029110
    Abstract: A functional microbially fermented tea extract containing a novel polyphenol derivative and a method for producing the same are provided. A functional microbially fermented tea extract containing various extracts and a novel polyphenol derivative is produced by subjecting, to an extraction treatment, a microbially fermented tea leaf obtained by culturing one species selected from Aspergillus sp. (PK-1), Aspergillus oryzae (NBRS 4214) sp. (AO-1), Aspergillus awamori (NBRS 4122) sp. (SK-1), and Eurotium sp. (KA-1) with a tea leaf. Furthermore, for example, a functional fermented tea extract enriched with a novel polyphenol derivative is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Riverson, Saga University, Nagasaki Prefectural University Corporation
    Inventors: Teruyoshi Yanagita, Kanji Ishimaru, Takashi Tanaka, Kazunori Koba, Hitoshi Miyazaki, Naohito Aoki, Denbei Kawamura
  • Patent number: 8936666
    Abstract: A noble metal adsorption agent includes algae or residue of algae having an amino group as a functional group. A noble metal is retrieved by a method including: adsorbing the noble metal on the noble metal adsorption agent; and retrieving the noble metal. The noble metal is solved in a liquid. Thus, by using the noble metal adsorption agent, the noble metal is selectively retrieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Saga University
    Inventors: Hisaya Kato, Toshiyuki Morishita, Kinya Atsumi, Minoru Kurata, Katsutoshi Inoue, Hidetaka Kawakita, Keisuke Ohto
  • Patent number: 8900815
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for evaluating whether coronary artery disease has progressed in a patient previously diagnosed as having the disease, wherein the method includes: (a) obtaining a biological sample from the patient at a first time point and a second time point; (b) detecting the level of platelet-derived microparticles (PDMPs) or a fragment thereof, in the first time point sample and the second time point sample with an antibody to PDMPs or a fragment thereof; wherein an increase in a level of the PDMPs in the second time point sample in comparison to a level in the first time point sample is indicative of progression of coronary artery disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Saga University
    Inventors: Koichi Node, Teruo Inoue
  • Publication number: 20140273280
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for detecting chronic sinusitis, which comprises measuring the concentration of a periostin protein in blood or nasal secretion collected from a test subject. Thereby, a method for detecting chronic sinusitis, which is capable of detecting chronic sinusitis more simply, more promptly and less invasively, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Saga University
    Inventors: Kenji Izuhara, Shoichiro Ohta, Kazuhiko Arima, Hiroshi Shiraishi, Shoichi Suzuki, Nobuo Ohta, Akihiro Ishida, Yusuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8783770
    Abstract: A chair includes: a backrest with a waist support projecting part; a horizontal forward seat; a backward seat pivotally supported so as to be able to swing downward relative to the forward seat; a leg support pivotally supported at a front end of the forward seat; links for changing a positional relation between the rear end of the backward seat and the lower end of the backrest so that a distance from the waist support projecting part to the backward seat is reduced from a standing posture to a tilted posture as the backrest is tilted backward; and a connection link for connecting the lower end of the backrest and a part of the leg support lower than the upper end of the leg support so as to cause the leg support to swing forward as the backrest is tilted backward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignees: Beautiful Life Co., Ltd., Saga University
    Inventors: Kouichi Tanaka, Hiroki Denmyouji, Kiyomi Matsuo
  • Patent number: 8696983
    Abstract: A plasma sterilizing device has a container for a long tubule to be sterilized, having an adjustable internal pressure, and an electrode provided at at least one end of the long tubule. The device is configured so that plasma is generated inside the long tubule by applying an alternating current voltage to the electrode in such a state that the pressure inside and outside of the long tubule can be adjusted, so that there is a predetermined difference in pressure between the inside and the outside of the long tubule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Saga University
    Inventors: Nobuya Hayashi, Satoshi Kitazaki
  • Patent number: 8558016
    Abstract: A novel substance exhibiting physiologically active effects is produced from a tea leaf. A novel polyphenol derivative is produced, for example, by subjecting a microbially fermented tea leaf obtained by culturing Aspergillus sp. (PK-1) with a tea leaf, to an extraction treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignees: Kabaushiki Kaisha Riverson, Saga University
    Inventors: Teruyoshi Yanagita, Kanji Ishimaru, Takashi Tanaka, Kazunori Koba, Hitoshi Miyazaki, Naohito Aoki, Denbei Kawamura
  • Patent number: 8535625
    Abstract: An adsorbent contains a carbohydrate having an ether linkage. Alternatively, an adsorbent contains a carbohydrate having a cross-linkage formation produced by a dehydration reaction using a strong acid. In collection of a precious metal using the adsorbent, the adsorbent selectively adsorbs a precious metal dissolved in a solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Saga University
    Inventors: Minoru Kurata, Kinya Atsumi, Hiroaki Fukuda, Katsutoshi Inoue, Keisuke Ohto, Hidetaka Kawakita
  • Patent number: 8535615
    Abstract: To provide a radical sterilization apparatus which can generate hydroxy (OH) radical and oxygen (O) radical at a high density to thereby surely and economically sterilize a subject to be treated. While maintaining a storage unit in which a medical instrument is stored at a low pressure by using a low pressure-maintaining unit, vapor is supplied form a vapor-supplying unit into the storage unit. Then, oxygen in this vapor is converted into radicals by a radical-forming unit to give hydroxy (OH) radical and oxygen (O) radical. Thus, the hydroxy radical and the oxygen (O) radical can be maintained each as a single radical over a long period of time and can be generated at a high density, which makes it possible to surely and economically sterilize the medical instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Saga University
    Inventors: Nobuya Hayashi, Saburoh Satoh
  • Publication number: 20130230861
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for detecting idiopathic interstitial pneumonia, which comprises measuring the expression level of a periostin gene or the amount of a periostin protein in a biological sample. Thereby, a method for detecting idiopathic interstitial pneumonia using a marker is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicants: Kurume University, Saga University
    Inventors: Kenji IZUHARA, Shoichiro Ohta, Hiroshi Shiraishi, Hisamichi Aizawa, Tomoaki Hoshino, Masaki Okamoto
  • Patent number: 8420310
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for detecting idiopathic interstitial pneumonia, which comprises measuring the expression level of a periostin gene or the amount of a periostin protein in a biological sample. Thereby, a method for detecting idiopathic interstitial pneumonia using a marker is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignees: Saga University, Kurume University
    Inventors: Kenji Izuhara, Shoichiro Ohta, Hiroshi Shiraishi, Hisamichi Aizawa, Tomoaki Hoshino, Masaki Okamoto
  • Patent number: 8400312
    Abstract: An operation assisting system. When an operator manipulates an operation instrument to perform an operation for a joint surgery including a hip replacement, the operation assisting system provides the operator with information on the orientation of a bone such as a pelvis and an appropriate direction of the operation instrument relative to the bone to assist the operator so as to complete the operation in an easy and accurate manner, which ensures a high degree of operation accuracy and reduces the cost of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Saga University
    Inventors: Takao Hotokebuchi, Kenbu Teramoto, Masamori Shigematsu
  • Publication number: 20120315684
    Abstract: Provided is a plasma oxidation-reduction method with which it is possible to control the structure of amino acids and proteins with high and stable reproducibility, by using plasma in order to control the amino acids and proteins that make up a living body, particularly by using plasma in order to oxidize or reduce amino acids and proteins. Also provided are a method for promoting plant/animal growth using the plasma oxidation-reduction method, and a plasma-generating device for use in the method for promoting plant/animal growth. Amino acids or proteins are oxidized or reduced in the plasma oxidation-reduction method by using an active oxygen species or active hydrogen in the plasma. Preferably, the active oxygen species comprises any one of singlet oxygen atoms, excited oxygen molecules, or hydroxyl radicals, and the active hydrogen comprises excited hydrogen atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicants: Saga University, Kyushu University, National University Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuya Hayashi, Akari Nakahigashi, Masaharu Shiratani, Kazunori Koga
  • Patent number: 8304323
    Abstract: [PROBLEMS] To provide a semiconductor element manufacturing method by which a semiconductor element having high accuracy and high function can be manufactured by controlling diffusion depth and diffusion concentration in a pn junction region with high accuracy. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A diffusion control layer (2) composed of a thin film of a substance having a smaller diffusion coefficient than that of a diffusion source (3) is formed between a surface of a substrate (1) and the diffusion source (3), and an element of the diffusion source (3) is permitted to thermally diffuse through the diffusion control layer (2). Thus, the diffusion depth and the diffusion concentration in the semiconductor region, which is formed on the surface portion of the substrate and has a conductivity type different from that of the substrate, can be highly accurately controlled, and the semiconductor element having high accuracy and high function can be manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Saga University
    Inventors: Thoru Tanaka, Hiroshi Ogawa, Mitsuhiro Nishio
  • Publication number: 20120219479
    Abstract: An adsorbent contains a carbohydrate having an ether linkage. Alternatively, an adsorbent contains a carbohydrate having a cross-linkage formation produced by a dehydration reaction using a strong acid. In collection of a precious metal using the adsorbent, the adsorbent selectively adsorbs a precious metal dissolved in a solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicants: Saga University, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Kurata, Kinya Atsumi, Hiroaki Fukuda, Katsutoshi Inoue, Keisuke Ohto, Hidetaka Kawakita
  • Patent number: 8162995
    Abstract: A bone plate having a rear face and opposing front face, adapted to be abutted on a bone, and a through hole extending between the front and rear faces, and attached to a bone to be set by applying the bone plate to the bone, and by screwing a screw into the bone through the through hole. The bone plate has a blind first dimple provided in at least one of the faces thereof other than the rear face. One acute gripping tip of a pair of bone forceps may be abutted on the bone, with the other acute griping tip of the bone forceps being engaged in the first dimple. The first dimple is configured so as to converge from an opening portion thereof on the dimple-provided face toward a bottom portion thereof, whereby the other acute gripping tip of the bone forceps can slide toward the bottom portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Saga University
    Inventors: Motoki Sonohata, Takao Hotokebuchi, Masaru Kitajima
  • Patent number: 8105842
    Abstract: The present invention relates to use of interleukin-13 as a cardiovascular disease marker. The therapeutic composition and diagnostic composition of the invention for cardiovascular diseases are characterized by comprising an antibody to an interleukin-13 receptor and/or an antibody to interleukin-13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Saga University
    Inventors: Koichi Node, Kenji Izuhara, Tetsuaki Hirase, Yuki Nishimura