Patents by Inventor Aya OUCHI
Aya OUCHI 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).
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Patent number: 11738338Abstract: A test container including: at least two accommodation portions each accommodating a liquid and internally provided; a flow path connecting the two accommodation portions to each other at respective upper end positions thereof internally provided; and a flexible film deformable inwards of at least one accommodation portion at a portion forming an upper wall surface of the one accommodation portion, in which the liquid accommodated in the one accommodation portion is fed to the other accommodation portion via the flow path due to deformation of the flexible film towards the one accommodation portion, and a breaking elongation of the flexible film is 100% or more and 600% or less.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Takeshi Hama, Noboru Komori, Yuki Inoue, Aya Ouchi
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Patent number: 11618039Abstract: A separation device includes: a container that includes a storage portion for storing liquid containing magnetic particles; and a coil that separates the magnetic particles from the liquid by generating a magnetic field through application of current, causing a magnetic force to act on the magnetic particles in a state where the coil stops with respect to the storage portion, and causing the magnetic particles to move from the storage portion against gravity acting on the liquid containing the magnetic particles.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yoshihisa Usami, Yasuyuki Ishii, Yuki Inoue, Aya Ouchi
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Patent number: 11541387Abstract: A test container includes a container main body including a first-accommodation-portion, a second-accommodation-portion, and a third-accommodation-portion each accommodating a liquid and internally provided, a first flow path connecting the first-accommodation-portion and the second-accommodation-portion to each other at respective upper end positions thereof and internally provided, and a second flow path connecting the second-accommodation-portion and the third-accommodation-portion to each other at respective upper end positions thereof and internally provided, in which at least a portion forming an upper wall surface of the second-accommodation-portion has flexibility to be deformable inwards of the second-accommodation-portion; and a liquid return prevention structure which prevents a backflow of the liquid to the first-accommodation-portion, when the liquid accommodated in the second-accommodation-portion is fed to the third-accommodation-portion via the second flow path due to deformation of the portioType: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Takeshi Hama, Noboru Komori, Yuki Inoue, Aya Ouchi
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Patent number: 11511272Abstract: A test container includes a container main body including a first-accommodation-portion, a second-accommodation-portion, and a third-accommodation-portion each accommodating a liquid and internally provided, a first flow path connecting the first-accommodation-portion and the second-accommodation-portion to each other at respective upper end positions thereof and internally provided, and a second flow path connecting the second-accommodation-portion and the third-accommodation-portion to each other at respective upper end positions thereof and internally provided, in which at least a portion forming an upper wall surface of the second-accommodation-portion has flexibility to be deformable inwards of the second-accommodation-portion; and a liquid return prevention structure which prevents a backflow of the liquid to the first-accommodation-portion, when the liquid accommodated in the second-accommodation-portion is fed to the third-accommodation-portion via the second flow path due to deformation of the portioType: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Takeshi Hama, Noboru Komori, Yuki Inoue, Aya Ouchi
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Patent number: 11448332Abstract: A chip includes a first chamber that stores a fluid, a second chamber that stores a mixing target which is to be mixed with the fluid, a flow path that allows a communication between the first chamber and the second chamber, and a valve that is provided in the flow path and capable of changing the flow path by change in shape by heating.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yoshihisa Usami, Yasuyuki Ishii, Yuki Inoue, Aya Ouchi
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Publication number: 20220168741Abstract: In a container including two accommodation parts each accommodating liquid, mixing of the liquids in a case of moving magnetic particles in the liquid accommodated in one accommodation part to the other accommodation part is suppressed. Provided is a container includes a first accommodation part which accommodates a first liquid containing magnetic particles, a second accommodation part which accommodates separated magnetic particles separated from the first liquid, and a second liquid, and a flow passage which allows the first accommodation part and the second accommodation part to communicate with each other, and through which the separated magnetic particles pass, in which the flow passage has a first staircase part including two or more steps from an inner bottom surface of the first accommodation part on a first accommodation part side.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Takeshi HAMA, Noboru KOMORI, Yuki INOUE, Aya OUCHI
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Patent number: 11306358Abstract: Provided is a method for determining a genetic condition of a fetus, the method including: an objective region selection step of selecting an objective region for determining the genetic condition, from regions on a human genome; a step of isolating a single cell from a maternal blood sample; a step of extracting genomic DNA from the single cell; a step of performing PCR amplification on the objective region using a primer set designed so as to perform the PCR amplification on the objective region using genomic DNA extracted from the single cell as a template; and a DNA sequencing step of decoding a DNA base sequence of a PCR amplification product of the objective region, in which the primer set designed so as to perform the PCR amplification on the objective region is designed through a method for designing a primer set used for the polymerase chain reaction, the method for designing a primer set including a first stage selection step based on a local alignment score and a second stage selection step based oType: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Aya Ouchi, Takayuki Tsujimoto, Masaya Nagase, Yasuyuki Ishii
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Publication number: 20210170394Abstract: Provided is a liquid feeding device, including: a test container including a first accommodation portion, a second accommodation portion, and a third accommodation portion each accommodating a liquid, a first flow path connecting the first accommodation portion and the second accommodation portion to each other at respective upper end positions thereof, and a second flow path connecting the second accommodation portion and the third accommodation portion to each other at respective upper end positions thereof, in which at least a portion forming an upper wall surface of the second accommodation portion has flexibility; and a pressing machine which includes a first pressing portion and presses the portion forming the upper wall surface of the second accommodation portion at a position closer to the first flow path from a center in a liquid feeding direction towards an inside of the second accommodation portion from an outside by the pressing portion, in which the liquid accommodated in the second accommodationType: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Takeshi HAMA, Noboru KOMORI, Yuki INOUE, Aya OUCHI
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Publication number: 20210170404Abstract: A test container including: at least two accommodation portions each accommodating a liquid and internally provided; a flow path connecting the two accommodation portions to each other at respective upper end positions thereof internally provided; and a flexible film deformable inwards of at least one accommodation portion at a portion forming an upper wall surface of the one accommodation portion, in which the liquid accommodated in the one accommodation portion is fed to the other accommodation portion via the flow path due to deformation of the flexible film towards the one accommodation portion, and a breaking elongation of the flexible film is 100% or more and 600% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Takeshi HAMA, Noboru KOMORI, Yuki INOUE, Aya OUCHI
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Publication number: 20210170392Abstract: A test container includes a container main body including a first-accommodation-portion, a second-accommodation-portion, and a third-accommodation-portion each accommodating a liquid and internally provided, a first flow path connecting the first-accommodation-portion and the second-accommodation-portion to each other at respective upper end positions thereof and internally provided, and a second flow path connecting the second-accommodation-portion and the third-accommodation-portion to each other at respective upper end positions thereof and internally provided, in which at least a portion forming an upper wall surface of the second-accommodation-portion has flexibility to be deformable inwards of the second-accommodation-portion; and a liquid return prevention structure which prevents a backflow of the liquid to the first-accommodation-portion, when the liquid accommodated in the second-accommodation-portion is fed to the third-accommodation-portion via the second flow path due to deformation of the portioType: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Takeshi HAMA, Noboru KOMORI, Yuki INOUE, Aya OUCHI
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Publication number: 20210023565Abstract: The reaction apparatus includes a cell in which a specimen liquid of 1 ?L or more is accommodated, a cooling plate structure that encloses the cell and consists of a cooling plate, a cooling unit that cools the cooling plate structure, and a heating unit that irradiates at least one of the cell or the specimen liquid with electromagnetic waves, in which the cooling plate configuring the cooling plate structure is in contact with at least two main surfaces of the cell, and the cooling plate structure includes a transparent window that transmits the electromagnetic waves.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yoshihisa USAMI, Yasuyuki ISHII, Yuki INOUE, Aya OUCHI
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Publication number: 20210010606Abstract: A chip includes a first chamber that stores a fluid, a second chamber that stores a mixing target which is to be mixed with the fluid, a flow path that allows a communication between the first chamber and the second chamber, and a valve that is provided in the flow path and capable of changing the flow path by change in shape by heating.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yoshihisa USAMI, Yasuyuki ISHII, Yuki INOUE, Aya OUCHI
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Publication number: 20210008569Abstract: A separation device includes: a container that includes a storage portion for storing liquid containing magnetic particles; and a coil that separates the magnetic particles from the liquid by generating a magnetic field through application of current, causing a magnetic force to act on the magnetic particles in a state where the coil stops with respect to the storage portion, and causing the magnetic particles to move from the storage portion against gravity acting on the liquid containing the magnetic particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yoshihisa USAMI, Yasuyuki ISHII, Yuki INOUE, Aya OUCHI
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Publication number: 20190264258Abstract: Provided is a method for obtaining base sequence information of a single cell derived from a vertebrate, by which PCR amplification of an objective region can be performed uniformly and accurately.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Takayuki Tsujimoto, Yasuyuki Ishii, Yuki Inoue, Aya Ouchi, Toshiyuki Nakatani, Setsu Endoh
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Publication number: 20180355418Abstract: Provided is a chromosome number determination method including: a step of performing multiplex PCR for simultaneously amplifying a plurality of loci on chromosomes using genomic DNA extracted from a single cell or a small number of cells as templates, in which the multiplex PCR includes a plurality of thermal cycles including thermal denaturation, annealing, and elongation, annealing time is longer than or equal to 90 seconds and shorter than 1,500 seconds in at least one of the plurality of thermal cycles, a plurality of primer sets used in the multiplex PCR are designed through a method for designing primer sets used in a polymerase chain reaction including a first stage selection step based on a local alignment score and a second stage selection step based on a global alignment score.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Takayuki TSUJIMOTO, Aya OUCHI
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Publication number: 20180087112Abstract: Provided is a method for determining a genetic condition of a fetus, the method including: an objective region selection step of selecting an objective region for determining the genetic condition, from regions on a human genome; a step of isolating a single cell from a maternal blood sample; a step of extracting genomic DNA from the single cell; a step of performing PCR amplification on the objective region using a primer set designed so as to perform the PCR amplification on the objective region using genomic DNA extracted from the single cell as a template; and a DNA sequencing step of decoding a DNA base sequence of a PCR amplification product of the objective region, in which the primer set designed so as to perform the PCR amplification on the objective region is designed through a method for designing a primer set used for the polymerase chain reaction, the method for designing a primer set including a first stage selection step based on a local alignment score and a second stage selection step based oType: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Aya OUCHI, Takayuki TSUJIMOTO, Masaya NAGASE, Yasuyuki ISHII
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Publication number: 20170206310Abstract: The present invention provides a noninvasive discrimination method of chromosomal heteroploidy of a fetus, the method including a step of analyzing DNA of a candidate cell of a nucleated red blood cell isolated from maternal blood, in which the fetuses are fetuses classified into any one case selected from monotocous, monochorionic monoamniotic twin fetuses, monochorionic diamniotic twin fetuses, and dichorionic diamniotic twin fetuses based on results of ultrasonic inspections and the number of candidate cells of nucleated red blood cells to be used for analyzing the DNA is optimized based on the classification, and a noninvasive discrimination system of chromosomal heteroploidy of a fetus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yasuyuki ISHII, Yuki INOUE, Aya OUCHI
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Publication number: 20170152555Abstract: A method for detecting the presence or absence of heteroploidy of fetal chromosomes includes: obtaining a primary amplification products by amplifying chromosomal DNA obtained from a biological sample collected from a pregnant mother; performing multiplex amplification of a plurality of target regions to obtain a secondary amplification product using the primary amplification product as a template; adding a label to both terminals of the secondary amplification product to obtain the labeled secondary amplification product; performing amplification using a primer pair annealing to the label using the labeled secondary amplification product as a template to obtain a tertiary amplification product; and determining the amplification amount and base sequences of the plurality of target regions from the tertiary amplification product. The primary amplification amplifies the total amount of DNA by 6000 to 30000 times, and the secondary amplification step amplifies the total amount of DNA by 3 to 150 times.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2017Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: Yuki INOUE, Yasuyuki ISHII, Aya OUCHI