Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Unno

Hiroshi Unno 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: 4344560
    Abstract: A container for the continuous centrifugal separation of platelets component in blood, having a first and a second closed chambers adaptable to be rotated around a rotation axis. Whole blood is continuously introduced into the first chamber. Platelet-rich plasma being obtained as supernatant in the first chamber being discharged through a first outlet port opened at a relatively short distance from the rotation axis and being then introduced into the second chamber. Precipitation in the first chamber being discharged through a second outlet port opened at a relatively long distance from the rotation axis. The consistency of the blood in the first chamber being monitored at a predetermined position which differs from the opened position of the first outlet port and being located between the opened positions of the first and second outlet ports with respect to the distance from the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1982
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norio Iriguchi, Hiroshi Unno, Nobuaki Tsuda