Patents by Inventor Kazutoshi Kiuchi

Kazutoshi Kiuchi 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).

  • METHOD FOR DETECTING A SPECIFIC PORTION OF ORGANISM SPECIMEN, METHOD FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT OF ORGANISM SPECIMEN, APPARATUS FOR DETECTING A SPECIFIC PORTION OF ORGANISM SPECIMEN, AND A DEVICE FOR HOLDING OPTICAL FIBER
    Patent number: 6600943
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for finding out a specific portion for recording the activity accurately and easily in recording the activity of an organism specimen in vivo. An organism specimen (3) with a fluorescent substance expressed at the specific portion (3a) is prepared. An optical fiber (7) is inserted into the organism specimen (3). An excitation rays (4) irradiate the inside of the organism specimen (3) through the optical fiber (7) by a first optical system (9) of a fluorescence microscope (6). The fluorescence (5) by the excitation rays (4) is observed through the optical fiber (7) by a second optical system (10) of the fluorescence microscope (6). In this case, the optical fiber (7) is inserted at the specific portion (3a) of the organism specimen or in the vicinity thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Riken
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Kiuchi, Masayuki Uchida