Patents by Inventor Keiichi Torimitsu

Keiichi Torimitsu 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: 11862359
    Abstract: Conductive polymer fibers 10, in which a conductor 12 containing a conductive polymer impregnates and/or adheres to base fibers 11, and the aforementioned conductive polymer is PEDOT-PSS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Tsukada, Hiroshi Nakashima, Akiyoshi Shimada, Koji Sumitomo, Keiichi Torimitsu
  • Publication number: 20190066866
    Abstract: Conductive polymer fibers 10, in which a conductor 12 containing a conductive polymer impregnates and/or adheres to base fibers 11, and the aforementioned conductive polymer is PEDOT-PSS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo TSUKADA, Hiroshi NAKASHIMA, Akiyoshi SHIMADA, Koji SUMITOMO, Keiichi TORIMITSU
  • Patent number: 10153065
    Abstract: Conductive polymer fibers 10, in which a conductor 12 containing a conductive polymer impregnates and/or adheres to base fibers 11, and the aforementioned conductive polymer is PEDOT-PSS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph And Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Tsukada, Hiroshi Nakashima, Akiyoshi Shimada, Koji Sumitomo, Keiichi Torimitsu
  • Publication number: 20170296079
    Abstract: An electrically conductive material including a base and a conductive polymer applied uniformly to the base's surface and having a reduced resistance value. Specifically, the electrically conductive material includes PEDOT-pTS, serving as a conductive polymer, applied to the base comprised mostly of silk. Also the enclosed provide a method for producing the electrically conductive material, and a bioelectrode including it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Keiichi TORIMITSU
  • Patent number: 9566236
    Abstract: A proteoliposome, which is obtained by removing a surfactant from a mixed solution including lipid, membrane proteins and the surfactant, wherein the content of the surfactant in the mixed solution is equal to or more than 1.5 times of the sum of a maximum amount of the surfactant associating with the lipid and a maximum amount of the surfactant associating with the membrane protein. A biochip wherein the above-described proteoliposome is spread on a substrate. A method for producing a proteoliposome by removing a surfactant from a mixed solution including lipid, membrane proteins and the surfactant, wherein the content of the surfactant in the mixed solution is made equal to or more than the sum of a maximum amount of the surfactant associating with the lipid and a maximum amount of the surfactant associating with the membrane protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignees: Nippon Telegraph And Telephone Corporation, Isis Innovation Ltd.
    Inventors: Nahoko Kasai, Chandra Sekar Ramanujan, Keiichi Torimitsu, John F. Ryan
  • Patent number: 9428769
    Abstract: A liposome comprising a region of a lipid bilayer membrane with different membrane thicknesses, wherein each lipid bilayer membrane region is composed of a different lipid, and a thick membrane side in the region of the lipid bilayer membrane is formed of lipid having a phase transition temperature higher than that of the lipid forming a thin membrane side in the region of the lipid bilayer membrane. A proteoliposome, wherein the above-described liposome includes membrane proteins. A biochip, wherein the above-described liposome or the above-described proteoliposome is spread on a substrate. The above-described biochip, wherein the substrate includes at least one kind selected from the group consisting of mica, SiO2, SiN, Au and Pt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignees: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Isis Innovation Ltd.
    Inventors: Chandra Sekar Ramanujan, Nahoko Kasai, Keiichi Torimitsu, John F. Ryan
  • Patent number: 8859469
    Abstract: A protein chip including at least a substrate having a plurality of steps which are regularly arranged on one surface thereof; a plurality of metallic microstructures arranged in the steps; and a lipid vesicle in which an outer surface thereof is modified by a functional group and a protein is present in a lipid bilayer thereof. The metallic microstructures and the lipid vesicle are bound via the functional group to provide the protein on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignees: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Isis Innovation Limited
    Inventors: Chandra Sekar Ramanujan, Koji Sumitomo, Maurits R. R. de Planque, Hiroki Hibino, John F. Ryan, Keiichi Torimitsu
  • Publication number: 20140303470
    Abstract: Conductive polymer fibers 10, in which a conductor 12 containing a conductive polymer impregnates and/or adheres to base fibers 11, and the aforementioned conductive polymer is PEDOT-PSS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Tsukada, Hiroshi Nakashima, Akiyoshi Shimada, Koji Sumitomo, Keiichi Torimitsu
  • Publication number: 20100130382
    Abstract: A liposome comprising a region of a lipid bilayer membrane with different membrane thicknesses, wherein each lipid bilayer membrane region is composed of a different lipid, and a thick membrane side in the region of the lipid bilayer membrane is formed of lipid having a phase transition temperature higher than that of the lipid forming a thin membrane side in the region of the lipid bilayer membrane. A proteoliposome, wherein the above-described liposome includes membrane proteins. A biochip, wherein the above-described liposome or the above-described proteoliposome is spread on a substrate. The above-described biochip, wherein the substrate includes at least one kind selected from the group consisting of mica, SiO2, SiN, Au and Pt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicants: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Isis Innovation Ltd.
    Inventors: Chandra Sekar Ramanujan, Nahoko Kasai, Keiichi Torimitsu, John F. Ryan
  • Publication number: 20100129433
    Abstract: A proteoliposome, which is obtained by removing a surfactant from a mixed solution including lipid, membrane proteins and the surfactant, wherein the content of the surfactant in the mixed solution is equal to or more than 1.5 times of the sum of a maximum amount of the surfactant associating with the lipid and a maximum amount of the surfactant associating with the membrane protein. A biochip wherein the above-described proteoliposome is spread on a substrate. A method for producing a proteoliposome by removing a surfactant from a mixed solution including lipid, membrane proteins and the surfactant, wherein the content of the surfactant in the mixed solution is made equal to or more than the sum of a maximum amount of the surfactant associating with the lipid and a maximum amount of the surfactant associating with the membrane protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicants: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Isis Innovation Ltd.
    Inventors: Nahoko Kasai, Chandra Sekar Ramanujan, Keiichi Torimitsu, John F. Ryan
  • Publication number: 20090181862
    Abstract: A protein chip including at least a substrate having a plurality of steps which are regularly arranged on one surface thereof; a plurality of metallic microstructures arranged in the steps; and a lipid vesicle in which an outer surface thereof is modified by a functional group and a protein is present in a lipid bilayer thereof. The metallic microstructures and the lipid vesicle are bound via the functional group to provide the protein on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicants: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Isis Innovation Limited, Ewert House, Ewert Place, Summertown
    Inventors: Chandra Sekar Ramanujan, Koji Sumitomo, Maurits R.R. de Planque, Hiroki Hibino, John F. Ryan, Keiichi Torimitsu