Patents by Inventor Kazuo Washiyama

Kazuo Washiyama 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).

  • Publication number: 20080176307
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of irradiating a specimen which is laid on a substrate and which includes a cell with a laser beam to remove an unnecessary specimen portion other than a cell portion from the substrate, next inserting the cell portion into one opening in a cylindrical member to dispose the cylindrical member onto the substrate, next injecting a stripping agent into a container formed by the substrate and cylindrical member to strip the cell portion from the substrate, and sampling the cell portion which floats in the stripping agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Washiyama, Shinichi Dosaka
  • Patent number: 7264966
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of irradiating a specimen which is laid on a substrate and which includes a cell with a laser beam to remove an unnecessary specimen portion other than a cell portion from the substrate, next inserting the cell portion into one opening in a cylindrical member to dispose the cylindrical member onto the substrate, next injecting a stripping agent into a container formed by the substrate and cylindrical member to strip the cell portion from the substrate, and sampling the cell portion which floats in the stripping agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Washiyama, Shinichi Dosaka
  • Publication number: 20040043392
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of irradiating a specimen which is laid on a substrate and which includes a cell with a laser beam to remove an unnecessary specimen portion other than a cell portion from the substrate, next inserting the cell portion into one opening in a cylindrical member to dispose the cylindrical member onto the substrate, next injecting a stripping agent into a container formed by the substrate and cylindrical member to strip the cell portion from the substrate, and sampling the cell portion which floats in the stripping agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Applicant: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Washiyama, Shinichi Dosaka