Patents Assigned to Saga University
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Patent number: 10863752Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignees: National Institute of Technology, Saga University, University of the RyukyusInventors: Yoshihito Yagyu, Tatsuya Misawa, Akikazu Sakudo
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Publication number: 20160135946Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2014Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicants: Saga University, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Yutoku Pharmaceutical Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigehisa AOKI, Toshiaki TAKEZAWA, Ayumi MIYAZAKI, Hiroshi HIRAYAMA
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Patent number: 9114373Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 9, 2014Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: SAGA UniversityInventors: Tatsuya Misawa, Nobuya Hayashi
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Patent number: 9029110Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 17, 2010Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Riverson, Saga University, Nagasaki Prefectural University CorporationInventors: Teruyoshi Yanagita, Kanji Ishimaru, Takashi Tanaka, Kazunori Koba, Hitoshi Miyazaki, Naohito Aoki, Denbei Kawamura
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Patent number: 8936666Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 20, 2011Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignees: Denso Corporation, Saga UniversityInventors: Hisaya Kato, Toshiyuki Morishita, Kinya Atsumi, Minoru Kurata, Katsutoshi Inoue, Hidetaka Kawakita, Keisuke Ohto
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Patent number: 8900815Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 21, 2005Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Saga UniversityInventors: Koichi Node, Teruo Inoue
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Publication number: 20140273280Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2012Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Saga UniversityInventors: Kenji Izuhara, Shoichiro Ohta, Kazuhiko Arima, Hiroshi Shiraishi, Shoichi Suzuki, Nobuo Ohta, Akihiro Ishida, Yusuke Suzuki
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Patent number: 8783770Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 11, 2009Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignees: Beautiful Life Co., Ltd., Saga UniversityInventors: Kouichi Tanaka, Hiroki Denmyouji, Kiyomi Matsuo
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Patent number: 8696983Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 4, 2008Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Saga UniversityInventors: Nobuya Hayashi, Satoshi Kitazaki
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Patent number: 8558016Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 17, 2010Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignees: Kabaushiki Kaisha Riverson, Saga UniversityInventors: Teruyoshi Yanagita, Kanji Ishimaru, Takashi Tanaka, Kazunori Koba, Hitoshi Miyazaki, Naohito Aoki, Denbei Kawamura
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Patent number: 8535625Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 23, 2012Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignees: Denso Corporation, Saga UniversityInventors: Minoru Kurata, Kinya Atsumi, Hiroaki Fukuda, Katsutoshi Inoue, Keisuke Ohto, Hidetaka Kawakita
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Patent number: 8535615Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 28, 2005Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Saga UniversityInventors: Nobuya Hayashi, Saburoh Satoh
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Publication number: 20130230861Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicants: Kurume University, Saga UniversityInventors: Kenji IZUHARA, Shoichiro Ohta, Hiroshi Shiraishi, Hisamichi Aizawa, Tomoaki Hoshino, Masaki Okamoto
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Patent number: 8420310Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 3, 2009Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignees: Saga University, Kurume UniversityInventors: Kenji Izuhara, Shoichiro Ohta, Hiroshi Shiraishi, Hisamichi Aizawa, Tomoaki Hoshino, Masaki Okamoto
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Patent number: 8400312Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 9, 2007Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Saga UniversityInventors: Takao Hotokebuchi, Kenbu Teramoto, Masamori Shigematsu
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Publication number: 20120315684Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicants: Saga University, Kyushu University, National University CorporationInventors: Nobuya Hayashi, Akari Nakahigashi, Masaharu Shiratani, Kazunori Koga
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Patent number: 8304323Abstract: [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: GrantFiled: January 5, 2005Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Saga UniversityInventors: Thoru Tanaka, Hiroshi Ogawa, Mitsuhiro Nishio
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Publication number: 20120219479Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicants: Saga University, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Minoru Kurata, Kinya Atsumi, Hiroaki Fukuda, Katsutoshi Inoue, Keisuke Ohto, Hidetaka Kawakita
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Patent number: 8162995Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 17, 2006Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Saga UniversityInventors: Motoki Sonohata, Takao Hotokebuchi, Masaru Kitajima
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Patent number: 8105842Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 16, 2006Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Saga UniversityInventors: Koichi Node, Kenji Izuhara, Tetsuaki Hirase, Yuki Nishimura