Patents by Inventor Hidenari Takaoka

Hidenari Takaoka 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: 7988914
    Abstract: A sample analyzer includes a liquid aspirator to be stuck into the closed container for aspirating a sample from a closed container; a preparing section for preparing an analysis sample using the aspirated sample; and an analyzing section for analyzing the prepared analysis sample; the liquid aspirator including an elongated pipe, the pipe having a liquid flow path extending therein and a plurality of communicating sections provided in an outer surface thereof, at least one of the communicating sections communicating between an inside and an outside of the container when the pipe is stuck into the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Sysmex Corporation
    Inventors: Toshikatsu Fukuju, Takaaki Nagai, Shuhei Kaneko, Hidenari Takaoka, Noriyoshi Yoshida, Takashi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7919044
    Abstract: A sample analyzer includes a liquid aspirator to be stuck into the closed container for aspirating a sample from a closed container; a preparing section for preparing an analysis sample using the aspirated sample; and an analyzing section for analyzing the prepared analysis sample; the liquid aspirator including an elongated pipe, the pipe having a liquid flow path extending therein and a plurality of communicating sections provided in an outer surface thereof, at least one of the communicating sections communicating between an inside and an outside of the container when the pipe is stuck into the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Sysmex Corporation
    Inventors: Toshikatsu Fukuju, Takaaki Nagai, Shuhei Kaneko, Hidenari Takaoka, Noriyoshi Yoshida, Takashi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20100248346
    Abstract: An analyzer comprising: a housing comprising a first space therein; a reagent accommodation section, disposed in the housing, comprising a second space therein for accommodating a reagent container containing a reagent, and an air induction port for inducting air from the first space to the second space; and a cooler for cooling the air which has been inducted from the first space through the air induction port into the second space, is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuhei KANEKO, Kazuya Fukuda, Hidenari Takaoka
  • Patent number: 7427376
    Abstract: A sample analyzer includes a liquid aspirator to be stuck into the closed container for aspirating a sample from a closed container; a preparing section for preparing an analysis sample using the aspirated sample; and an analyzing section for analyzing the prepared analysis sample; the liquid aspirator including an elongated pipe, the pipe having a liquid flow path extending therein and a plurality of communicating sections provided in an outer surface thereof, at least one of the communicating sections communicating between an inside and an outside of the container when the pipe is stuck into the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Sysmex Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki Nagai, Hidenari Takaoka, Noriyoshi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20080219886
    Abstract: A sample analyzer includes a liquid aspirator to be stuck into the closed container for aspirating a sample from a closed container; a preparing section for preparing an analysis sample using the aspirated sample; and an analyzing section for analyzing the prepared analysis sample; the liquid aspirator including an elongated pipe, the pipe having a liquid flow path extending therein and a plurality of communicating sections provided in an outer surface thereof, at least one of the communicating sections communicating between an inside and an outside of the container when the pipe is stuck into the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Toshikatsu FUKUJU, Takaaki Nagai, Shuhei Kaneko, Hidenari Takaoka, Noriyoshi Yoshida, Takashi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20080063568
    Abstract: A sample analyzer includes a liquid aspirator to be stuck into the closed container for aspirating a sample from a closed container; a preparing section for preparing an analysis sample using the aspirated sample; and an analyzing section for analyzing the prepared analysis sample; the liquid aspirator including an elongated pipe, the pipe having a liquid flow path extending therein and a plurality of communicating sections provided in an outer surface thereof, at least one of the communicating sections communicating between an inside and an outside of the container when the pipe is stuck into the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Toshikatsu Fukuju, Takaaki NAGAI, Shuhei Kaneko, Hidenari Takaoka, Noriyoshi Yoshida, Takashi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20040105784
    Abstract: A sample analyzer includes a liquid aspirator to be stuck into the closed container for aspirating a sample from a closed container; a preparing section for preparing an analysis sample using the aspirated sample; and an analyzing section for analyzing the prepared analysis sample; the liquid aspirator including an elongated pipe, the pipe having a liquid flow path extending therein and a plurality of communicating sections provided in an outer surface thereof, at least one of the communicating sections communicating between an inside and an outside of the container when the pipe is stuck into the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventors: Toshikatsu Fukuju, Takaaki Nagai, Shuhei Kaneko, Hidenari Takaoka, Noriyoshi Yoshida, Takashi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 6255614
    Abstract: An apparatus wherein assayed specimens can be transferred in any order to a specimen-container housing rack automatically and very efficiently, without any restrictions whatsoever on the order in which the specimen containers are placed in the specimen-container racks and assayed, even if different types of specimen vessel are present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Sysmex Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Yamakawa, Hidenari Takaoka, Masanori Nakaya, Toshio Watanabe