Patents by Inventor Kazue Nakajima

Kazue Nakajima 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: 8597954
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stool sample processing method and stool sample processing container the a stool sample processing container provided with a stool collection tool, a suspending solution holding portion and a processing solution holding portion, wherein stool sample preparation solutions consisting of a suspending solution and a stool sample processing solution are respectively housed in a suspending solution holding container and a processing solution holding container, after first mixing a stool sample with the suspending solution and suspending therein, a sealant is released into the suspending solution holding container by pressing on the lower portion of the processing solution holding container, and the resulting stool suspension mixes with the stool sample processing solution that stabilizes the nuclide acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Tanigami, Kazue Nakajima, Takami Shibazaki
  • Publication number: 20120100542
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a method for easily and simply obtaining highly reliable results of the detection of a target nucleic acid from nucleic acids that are directly recovered from feces; and a method for testing for diseases, particularly colon cancer, by using this method. Specifically, the present invention is a method for detecting an animal-derived target nucleic acid, comprising: (a) a step of collecting a fixed quantity of feces; (b) a step of recovering nucleic acids from the feces that has been collected in the step (a), and preparing a fixed volume of a nucleic acid solution; and (c) a step of dispensing a fixed volume of an aliquot from the nucleic acid solution that has been prepared in the step (b), and detecting the target nucleic acid in the dispensed solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonori NAGAOKA, Kazue NAKAJIMA, Yasuo TANIGAMI
  • Publication number: 20110060137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stool sample processing method and stool sample processing container the a stool sample processing container provided with a stool collection tool, a suspending solution holding portion and a processing solution holding portion, wherein stool sample preparation solutions consisting of a suspending solution and a stool sample processing solution are respectively housed in a suspending solution holding container and a processing solution holding container, after first mixing a stool sample with the suspending solution and suspending therein, a sealant is released into the suspending solution holding container by pressing on the lower portion of the processing solution holding container, and the resulting stool suspension mixes with the stool sample processing solution that stabilizes the nucleic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo Tanigami, Kazue Nakajima, Takami Shibazaki