Patents by Inventor Ayaka MINAMIMOTO
Ayaka MINAMIMOTO 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: 12201994Abstract: A magnetic particle manipulating apparatus includes a magnetic force source moving mechanism, an operation controller configured to control operation of the magnetic source moving mechanism, an openable cover for covering the device holder, a pressing mechanism provided on the cover to press the tubular device held by the device holder when the cover is closed so that warpage of the tubular device is corrected, an open/close state detector provided so as to detect an open/close state of the cover. The operation controller is configured to execute the processing operation only in a case where the open/close state detector detects that the cover is closed.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2021Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventors: Ayaka Minamimoto, Masamitsu Shikata, Nobuhiro Hanafusa, Akira Muramatsu
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Patent number: 12163123Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to suppress reduction in recovery rate of a target component due to a gel adhering to an inner wall surface of a treatment liquid layer. After passing magnetic particles through a gel layer, when moving the magnetic particles in the treatment liquid layer adjacent to the gel layer, the magnetic force source is automatically operated in a longitudinal direction of a tubular container so that the magnetic particles do not enter a range of a certain distance from the gel layer through which the magnetic particles have passed.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventors: Seiya Fujiwara, Masaki Kanai, Hiroyuki Jikuya, Tetsuo Ohashi, Masamitsu Shikata, Ayaka Minamimoto
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Patent number: 11766672Abstract: An apparatus for manipulating magnetic particles includes a latch mechanism. The latch mechanism has a pivoting part provided on a door and an engaging part provided on a main body. In the apparatus for manipulating magnetic particles, a first contact portion of a latch engages with the engaging part at a contact point in a state that the door is closed. The contact point is located more outside of the main body than the pivot axis. Accordingly, in a case where an external force is applied to the door in a direction to open the door in a state that the door is closed, a force is applied from the engaging part to the first contact portion, thereby generating a rotational force in a C direction to the pivoting part. As a result, in the state that the door is closed, it is possible to suppress the door from being opened without a manipulation by the user.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuhiro Hanafusa, Ayaka Minamimoto
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Publication number: 20230109542Abstract: A magnetic particle manipulating apparatus includes a magnetic force source moving mechanism, an operation controller configured to control operation of the magnetic source moving mechanism, an openable cover for covering the device holder, a pressing mechanism provided on the cover to press the tubular device held by the device holder when the cover is closed so that warpage of the tubular device is corrected, an open/close state detector provided so as to detect an open/close state of the cover. The operation controller is configured to execute the processing operation only in a case where the open/close state detector detects that the cover is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2021Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventors: Ayaka MINAMIMOTO, Masamitsu SHIKATA, Nobuhiro HANAFUSA, Akira MURAMATSU
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Publication number: 20220355310Abstract: A manufacturing method of an operation pipe, which use a gel to perform operations such as separation, extraction, purification, elution, recovery, analysis and the like of target components that are biological components such as nucleic acids. More specifically, a manufacturing method of an operation pipe, with which it is possible to perform operations such as separation, extraction, purification, elution, recovery, analysis and the like of target components in a sealable pipe by operating magnetic particles in the pipe under a magnetic field from outside of the pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventors: Masamitsu SHIKATA, Ayaka MINAMIMOTO, Akira MURAMATSU, Masaki KANAI, Seiya FUJIWARA, Tetsuo OHASHI, Hiroyuki JIKUYA
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Publication number: 20220002709Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to suppress reduction in recovery rate of a target component due to a gel adhering to an inner wall surface of a treatment liquid layer. After passing magnetic particles through a gel layer, when moving the magnetic particles in the treatment liquid layer adjacent to the gel layer, the magnetic force source is automatically operated in a longitudinal direction of a tubular container so that the magnetic particles do not enter a range of a certain distance from the gel layer through which the magnetic particles have passed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2018Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventors: Seiya FUJIWARA, Masaki KANAI, Hiroyuki JIKUYA, Tetsuo OHASHI, Masamitsu SHIKATA, Ayaka MINAMIMOTO
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Publication number: 20200282407Abstract: An operation pipe and a device equipped with the operation pipe, which use a gel to perform operations such as separation, extraction, purification, elution, recovery, analysis and the like of target components that are biological components such as nucleic acids. More specifically, an operation pipe and a device, with which it is possible to perform operations such as separation, extraction, purification, elution, recovery, analysis and the like of target components in a sealable pipe by operating magnetic particles in the pipe under a magnetic field from outside of the pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventors: Masamitsu SHIKATA, Ayaka MINAMIMOTO, Akira MURAMATSU, Masaki KANAI, Seiya FUJIWARA, Tetsuo OHASHI, Hiroyuki JIKUYA
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Publication number: 20200147604Abstract: An apparatus for manipulating magnetic particles includes a latch mechanism. The latch mechanism has a pivoting part provided on a door and an engaging part provided on a main body. In the apparatus for manipulating magnetic particles, a first contact portion of a latch engages with the engaging part at a contact point in a state that the door is closed. The contact point is located more outside of the main body than the pivot axis. Accordingly, in a case where an external force is applied to the door in a direction to open the door in a state that the door is closed, a force is applied from the engaging part to the first contact portion, thereby generating a rotational force in a C direction to the pivoting part. As a result, in the state that the door is closed, it is possible to suppress the door from being opened without a manipulation by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuhiro HANAFUSA, Ayaka MINAMIMOTO