Patents by Inventor Hiroki Busujima
Hiroki Busujima 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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Publication number: 20100167383Abstract: A culture apparatus comprising: a housing including a culture chamber inside, culture being cultured in the culture chamber; a door configured to seal the culture chamber; an ultraviolet lamp configured to generate an ultraviolet ray for disinfecting air in the culture chamber; a lighting device configured to allow the ultraviolet lamp to be on for a predetermined time period, when the air in the culture chamber is disinfected; a detecting device configured to detect deterioration of disinfection capability of the ultraviolet lamp; and a controller configured to correct the predetermined time period, during which the ultraviolet lamp is on, so as to be longer according to the deterioration of the disinfection capability of the ultraviolet lamp detected by the detecting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2010Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Busujima, Yasuhiro Kikuchi, Kenichi Ito, Kuniyoshi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20100120139Abstract: An incubation apparatus is provided to incubate culture targets such as cells, embryos or microorganisms in an incubation chamber. The incubation apparatus is capable of inexpensively, highly accurately and automatically calibrating a gas concentration sensor. The incubation apparatus includes a gas concentration sensor 42 which detects a gas concentration in the incubation chamber 4, control means (controller 70) for controlling the supply of a gas into the incubation chamber on the basis of an output of the gas concentration sensor 42, and standard gas supply means for supplying the gas concentration sensor 42 with a standard gas which has been previously adjusted to an actually used gas concentration or a gas concentration close thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Busujima, Atsushi Nakao
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Patent number: 7678568Abstract: The invention provides an incubator 1 wherein stackers 3 having a plurality of microplate accommodating portions are arranged in a chamber 11, and a microplate transport device 5 is arranged for transporting a microplate 31 within the chamber 11 and moving the microplate 31 into or out of a desired microplate accommodating portion. A camera 7 is provided on a position opposed to a microplate accommodating portion of an uppermost stage in the stacker 3. The camera 7 faces said microplate accommodating portion, whereby a sample on the microplate 31 can be photographed.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2006Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Yasuhiko Yokoi, Mikio Houjou, Daisuke Etou, Ayako Michida, Akihiko Yamada, Akira Sakaguchi, Masaki Harada, Hiroki Busujima, Yuichi Tamaoki
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Publication number: 20090325280Abstract: There is provided a culture observation system by which even a culture other than an observation target culture can be cultured and observation can be properly performed by a microscope during culturing of the culture. A culture observation system S includes a culturing cabinet 2 for forming an environment suitable for culturing cells in a culturing room 13 and an image pick-up device 3 for photographing a microscopic image of the cells. The image pick-up device 3 includes a light source 47 which is provided in the culturing room 13 and a table 37 which is provided in the culturing room 13 to hold the culture as an image pick-up target, and a shelf 7 for accommodating the cells is provided in the culturing room 13 other than the light source 47 and the table 37.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2007Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinji Osawa, Tetsuya Miyoshi, Tadahisa Saga, Ryuzo Tobe, Hiroki Busujima
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Publication number: 20090227008Abstract: There is provided a culture apparatus which is capable of shortening a sterilization time and sterilizing the culture apparatus including a gas concentration measuring sensor, pipes connected to a gas concentration measuring device and every corner of a cultivating chamber. The culture apparatus includes a sterilizing gas generator 42 that supplies sterilizing gas into a cultivating chamber 4. The sterilizing gas generator 42 atomizes a sterilizer solution (oxygenated water) by means of an ultrasonic vibrator 46. The culture apparatus further includes an ultraviolet generator (ultraviolet lamp 50) that irradiates gas in the cultivating chamber 4 with an ultraviolet ray. The culture apparatus further includes a door (outer door 14) for blocking an opening of the cultivating chamber 4 in a free-opening/closing manner and a locking device 52 for prohibiting the door (outer door 14) from being opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2007Publication date: September 10, 2009Inventor: Hiroki Busujima
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Publication number: 20090195129Abstract: A rack device is provided in which a receiver can be prevented from being separated off from a rack post and an incubator having the rack device is also provided. A rack device 1 in which a receiver 11 is mounted between a pair of rack posts 8 and 9 to hold a rack on the receiver 11 includes a pair of engaging hooks 11C and 11D which are formed in the receiver and a plurality of engaging holes 14 and 18 which are formed in both the rack posts and in which both of the engaging hooks of the receiver disengageably engage, respectively. The rack posts are configured to be able to change an interval therebetween and select a first state in which the engaging hooks can be disengaged from the engaging holes and a second state in which the movement of the receiver is restricted while the engaging hooks be kept to engage in the engaging holes by changing the interval between the rack posts.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2007Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventors: Shinji Osawa, Hiroki Busujima
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Publication number: 20090185960Abstract: There is provided a sterilizing apparatus which is capable of sterilizing articles, such as test tubes, flasks, beakers, scalpels, forceps and so on, with high efficiency in a short time. The sterilizing apparatus includes a sterilizing gas generator 42 that supplies sterilizing gas into a chamber 4. The sterilizing gas generator 42 atomizes a sterilizer solution (oxygenated water) by means of an ultrasonic vibrator 46. The sterilizing apparatus further includes an ultraviolet generator (ultraviolet lamp 50) that irradiates gas in the chamber 4 with an ultraviolet ray. The sterilizing apparatus further includes a door 14 for blocking an opening 2A of the chamber 4 in a free-opening/closing manner and a locking device 52 for prohibiting the door 14 from being opened. The sterilizing apparatus further includes a controller 60 for controlling the locking device 52 to prevent the door 14 from being opened from start of the sterilization process to end of the decomposition process.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2007Publication date: July 23, 2009Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroki Busujima
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Patent number: 7141413Abstract: The invention provides an incubator 1 wherein stackers 3 having a plurality of microplate accommodating portions are arranged in a chamber 11, and a microplate transport device 5 is arranged for transporting a microplate 31 within the chamber 11 and moving the microplate 31 into or out of a desired microplate accommodating portion. A camera 7 is provided on a position opposed to a microplate accommodating portion of an uppermost stage in the stacker 3. The camera 7 faces said microplate accommodating portion, whereby a sample on the microplate 31 can be photographed.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2003Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Yasuhiko Yokoi, Mikio Houjou, Daisuke Etou, Ayako Michida, Akihiko Yamada, Akira Sakaguchi, Masaki Harada, Hiroki Busujima, Yuichi Tamaoki
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Publication number: 20060115892Abstract: The invention provides an incubator 1 wherein stackers 3 having a plurality of microplate accommodating portions are arranged in a chamber 11, and a microplate transport device 5 is arranged for transporting a microplate 31 within the chamber 11 and moving the microplate 31 into or out of a desired microplate accommodating portion. A camera 7 is provided on a position opposed to a microplate accommodating portion of an uppermost stage in the stacker 3. The camera 7 faces said microplate accommodating portion, whereby a sample on the microplate 31 can be photographed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2006Publication date: June 1, 2006Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Yasuhiko Yokoi, Mikio Houjou, Daisuke Etou, Ayako Michida, Akihiko Yamada, Akira Sakaguchi, Masaki Harada, Hiroki Busujima, Yuichi Tamaoki
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Publication number: 20050084956Abstract: An entry of air from the outside of an incubator into an incubation room is prevented. The incubator comprises an adiabatic box main body having an opening on a front face thereof, an adiabatic door mounted to the adiabatic box main body to be opened/closed, a transparent inner door which closes the opening to be opened, and a storeroom surrounded with the inner door and the adiabatic box main body to incubate samples such as cells or microbes. The adiabatic box main body comprises a metal outer box, a metal inner box, a heat insulating material arranged in the outer box between the outer box and the inner box, and an air layer arranged more inside than the heat insulating material. Pressure of the storeroom is set higher than that of an outside space of the incubator.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2004Publication date: April 21, 2005Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO ELECTRIC BIOMEDICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichi Tamaoki, Yasushi Sakata, Hidetoshi Shinya, Hiroki Busujima
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Publication number: 20050084955Abstract: The invention provides a culture apparatus or a reserving stock room which receives a lot of culture vessels without vibration. The culture apparatus or the reserving stock room is provided with storage shelves (12a, 12b, . . . ) for culture vessels arranged in a circular arc shape or an annular shape, and a carrying means (15) for taking in and out the culture vessels to an inner side of the circular arc shaped arrangement or the annular shaped arrangement from the storage shelves (12a, 12b, . . . ). Further, the culture apparatus or the reserving stock room is provided with storage shelves (12a, 12b, . . .Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2003Publication date: April 21, 2005Inventors: Yuichi Tamaoki, Takashi Arai, Tadahisa Saga, Hiroki Busujima
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Publication number: 20040152188Abstract: The invention provides an incubator 1 wherein stackers 3 having a plurality of microplate accommodating portions are arranged in a chamber 11, and a microplate transport device 5 is arranged for transporting a microplate 31 within the chamber 11 and moving the microplate 31 into or out of a desired microplate accommodating portion. A camera 7 is provided on a position opposed to a microplate accommodating portion of an uppermost stage in the stacker 3. The camera 7 faces said microplate accommodating portion, whereby a sample on the microplate 31 can be photographed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2003Publication date: August 5, 2004Inventors: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Yasuhiko Yokoi, Mikio Houjou, Daisuke Etou, Ayako Michida, Akihiko Yamada, Akira Sakaguchi, Masaki Harada, Hiroki Busujima, Yuichi Tamaoki
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Publication number: 20040063195Abstract: To provide a CO2 incubator capable of accurately controlling the CO2 gas concentration in an incubation space and quickly coping with a sudden change of CO2 gas concentrations in the incubation space.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2003Publication date: April 1, 2004Applicants: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Biomedical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Tamaoki, Hiroki Busujima, Shinji Osawa, Yasuhiro Kikuchi
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Patent number: 6593131Abstract: A cultivating apparatus designed so that cultivating containers for cultivating cultures can be mounted therein and the inside of the apparatus is hermetically sealed by closing a door of said apparatus to cultivate the cultures, is provided with a sterilizing lamp for emitting light for sterilizing germs such as bacteria, etc. contained in the gas in the apparatus. The sterilizing lamp comprises an ultraviolet lamp for emitting ultraviolet rays in which light of 200 nm or less in wavelength is cut off.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2001Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Tamaoki, Hiroki Busujima, Tetsuya Miyoshi, Tadahisa Saga
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Patent number: 6259356Abstract: A preserver for preserving drugs, comprising a door detector for detecting opening/closing the door of the preserver; a controller for determining whether the door was opened or not during a predetermined period of time based on the signal supplied by the door detector. When it is determined that the door was not opened at all in the period, the controller generates an alarm signal indicative of the determination to an administrator of the preserver. Upon receipt of the alarm signal, the administrator informs a medical facility of the situation, so that a further organized administration of the medical treatment may be provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 1998Date of Patent: July 10, 2001Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Tamaoki, Hiroki Busujima, Shigeyuki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20010006812Abstract: A cultivating apparatus designed so that cultivating containers for cultivating cultures can be mounted therein and the inside of the apparatus is hermetically sealed by closing a door of said apparatus to cultivate the cultures, is provided with a sterilizing lamp for emitting light for sterilizing germs such as bacteria, etc. contained in the gas in the apparatus. The sterilizing lamp comprises an ultraviolet lamp for emitting ultraviolet rays in which light of 200 nm or less in wavelength is cut off.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2001Publication date: July 5, 2001Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichi Tamaoki, Hiroki Busujima, Tetsuya Miyoshi, Tadahisa Saga
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Patent number: 6255103Abstract: A cultivating apparatus designed so that cultivating containers for cultivating cultures can be mounted therein and the inside of the apparatus is hermetically sealed by closing a door of said apparatus to cultivate the cultures, is provided with a sterilizing lamp for emitting light for sterilizing germs such as bacteria, etc. contained in the gas in the apparatus. The sterilizing lamp comprises an ultraviolet lamp for emitting ultraviolet rays in which light of 200 nm or less in wavelength is cut off.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 1999Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Tamaoki, Hiroki Busujima, Tetsuya Miyoshi, Tadahisa Saga