Patents by Inventor Akinao FUJITA

Akinao FUJITA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11971427
    Abstract: Provided is an automated analysis device capable of a more accurate determination of the sizes of bubbles included in a liquid. The automated analysis device includes a detection unit which detects bubbles included in a liquid, an internal standard solution syringe which executes a first liquid supply operation in which a liquid is supplied via the detection unit, a diluent syringe, a sipper syringe, solenoid valves, and a control device which determines whether the size of the bubbles detected during the first liquid supply operation is normal or not based on the operation speed of the liquid supply unit, and controls the operation of the liquid supply unit according to the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinao Fujita, Takushi Miyakawa, Tetsuji Kawahara
  • Patent number: 11933803
    Abstract: Provided is an automated analysis device capable of a more accurate determination of the sizes of bubbles included in a liquid. The automated analysis device includes a detection unit which detects bubbles included in a liquid, an internal standard solution syringe which executes a first liquid supply operation in which a liquid is supplied via the detection unit, a diluent syringe, a sipper syringe, solenoid valves, and a control device which determines whether the size of the bubbles detected during the first liquid supply operation is normal or not based on the operation speed of the liquid supply unit, and controls the operation of the liquid supply unit according to the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinao Fujita, Takushi Miyakawa, Tetsuji Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20220283195
    Abstract: An automatic analysis device including liquid containers 3, 4, and 5 for storing liquid and liquid sending units 8, 9, and 10 for sending the liquid in the container through flow paths includes a detector 102 for detecting gas in the flow path, a priming function unit for replacing the liquid in the flow path, and a control device 29 for determining that bubbles are incorporated in the liquid in the flow path when the detector detects gas in the flow path. With this configuration, the incorporation of bubbles into a liquid and a shortage of a reagent can be more efficiently identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Hiromi HIRAMA, Akinao FUJITA, Takushi MIYAKAWA, Yoichi ARUGA, Yoko INOUE
  • Publication number: 20220120774
    Abstract: Provided is an automated analysis device capable of a more accurate determination of the sizes of bubbles included in a liquid. The automated analysis device includes a detection unit which detects bubbles included in a liquid, an internal standard solution syringe which executes a first liquid supply operation in which a liquid is supplied via the detection unit, a diluent syringe, a sipper syringe, solenoid valves, and a control device which determines whether the size of the bubbles detected during the first liquid supply operation is normal or not based on the operation speed of the liquid supply unit, and controls the operation of the liquid supply unit according to the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Akinao FUJITA, Takushi MIYAKAWA, Tetsuji KAWAHARA