Patents by Inventor Haruo Tajima

Haruo Tajima 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: 6787364
    Abstract: A sample chip analyzing device includes a waveguide plate which entirely reflects and guides incident light and has a number of sampling probes that are connectable to a sample to be analyzed, a light source which irradiates fluorescent pumping light onto an end face of an end portion of the waveguide plate that is inserted into a light-shielding box, and a pickup member which picks up an image of substantially an entire surface of the waveguide plate. The sample to be analyzed is labeled with fluorescent substances that are fluorescence-pumped by an evanescent wave which occurs when the fluorescent pumping light enters into an interior of the waveguide to be entirely reflected and guided, and the sample is analyzed by detecting respective ones of the sampling probes that are coupled to the fluorescence-pumped flourescent substances of the labeled sample, based on data outputted by the pickup member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Nippon Laser & Electronics Lab.
    Inventors: Haruo Tajima, Hidekatsu Yoneda
  • Publication number: 20020003623
    Abstract: The Invention provides a sample chip analyzing device and a method for analyzing the sample chip, which are capable of detecting, at high accuracy, fluorescence from marked fluorescent substances of a sample to be analyzed, which have been coupled to a sampling probe, without being influenced by pumping light of the fluorescent substance and disturbance light (noise), and efficiently analyzing the sample to be analyzed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Applicant: NIPPON LASER & ELECTRONICS LAB.
    Inventors: Haruo Tajima, Hidekatsu Yoneda