Patents by Inventor Koji Tanabe

Koji Tanabe 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: 20230010002
    Abstract: A microscope observation system comprises a cell production device provided with a culture vessel in which cells or cell masses are cultured, a microscope device capable of observing an object including cells or cell masses, a conveying apparatus that conveys the microscope device to the cell production device, and an operating control section that sends a command to the conveying apparatus to temporarily move the conveying apparatus from a current position to a relay position and then to move the conveying apparatus to a target position when focusing the microscope device onto the object, wherein a first distance from the current position to the relay position is a distance necessary to drive an actuator by at least a predetermined amount in order to actuate a rotation shaft or a translation shaft of the conveying apparatus, and a second distance from the current position to the target position is a shorter distance than the first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Kazunori BAN, Satoshi KINOSHITA, Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE
  • Publication number: 20230002717
    Abstract: A somatic cell production system comprising a preintroduction cell solution-feeding channel 20 through which a preintroduction cell-containing solution passes, a factor introducing device 30 that is connected to the preintroduction cell solution-feeding channel 20 and introduces a somatic cell inducing factor into preintroduction cells to prepare inducing factor-introduced cells, and a cell preparation device 40 in which the inducing factor-introduced cells are cultured to prepare somatic cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: I Peace, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji TANABE, Kenta SUTO, Ryoji HIRAIDE
  • Patent number: 11533907
    Abstract: A stem cell manufacturing system for manufacturing stem cells from somatic cells includes: one or more closed production device(s) configured to produce stem cells from somatic cells; one or more drive device(s) configured to be connected with the production device(s) and drive the production device(s) in such a manner as to maintain the production device(s) in an environment suitable for producing stem cells; one or more cryopreservation device(s) configured to cryopreserve the produced stem cells; a first memory device configured to store whether or not somatic cells have been introduced to the production device(s), as a first state; a second memory device configured to store whether or not the production device(s) is/are connected with the drive device(s), as a second state; and a third memory device configured to store whether or not the produced stem cells can be placed in the cryopreservation device(s), as a third state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: FANUC CORPORATION, I PEACE, INC.
    Inventors: Koji Tanabe, Kiyonori Inaba, Masaru Oda
  • Publication number: 20220403307
    Abstract: A cell culture device (200) includes a cell culture vessel (22) for culturing cells, a factor container (81) for storing a factor, a reagent container (82) for storing a reagent for introducing the factor into the cells, and a flow path for transporting the factor and the reagent from the factor container (81) and the reagent container (82) to the cell culture vessel (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicants: I Peace, Inc., FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE, Kazunori BAN, Satoshi KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20220389368
    Abstract: A stem cell production system provided with a preintroduction cell-feeding solution channel 20 through which a solution containing cells passes, an induction factor-feeding solution mechanism 21 for feeding a pluripotency induction factor to the preintroduction cell-feeding solution channel 20, a factor introduction device 30 connected to the preintroduction cell-feeding solution channel 20 for making cells with induction factor introduced by introducing the pluripotency induction factor into the cells, a cell mass-making device 40 for making multiple cell masses comprising stem cells by culturing the cells with induction factor introduced, and a packaging device 100 for sequentially packaging each of the multiple cell masses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: I Peace, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji TANABE, Brendan KELLY, Kenta SUTO, Hidenori SHIMODA, Ryoji HIRAIDE
  • Patent number: 11518974
    Abstract: A stem cell production system provided with a preintroduction cell-feeding solution channel 20 through which a solution containing cells passes, an induction factor-feeding solution mechanism 21 for feeding a pluripotency induction factor to the preintroduction cell-feeding solution channel 20, a factor introduction device 30 connected to the preintroduction cell-feeding solution channel 20 for making cells with induction factor introduced by introducing the pluripotency induction factor into the cells, a cell mass-making device 40 for making multiple cell masses comprising stem cells by culturing the cells with induction factor introduced, and a packaging device 100 for sequentially packaging each of the multiple cell masses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: I PEACE, INC.
    Inventors: Koji Tanabe, Brendan Kelly, Kenta Suto, Hidenori Shimoda, Ryoji Hiraide
  • Patent number: 11521168
    Abstract: A first terminal determines a collection date of a somatic cell based on a desired collection date and a collectable date transmitted by a second medium; and outputs the collection date to a first medium. A second terminal outputs the collectable date to the second medium; and determines an acceptance date based on the collection date transmitted by the first medium and a production period of an iPS cell transmitted by a third medium. A third terminal determines the production period based on the collection date and a producible period, and determines a shipment date based on the production period and stockable location and period transmitted by a fourth medium; and outputs the production period to the third medium. A fourth terminal outputs the stockable location and period to the fourth medium; and determines stock location and period based on the production period and the stockable location and period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: FANUC CORPORATION, I PEACE, INC.
    Inventors: Koji Tanabe, Kiyonori Inaba, Masaru Oda
  • Patent number: 11514389
    Abstract: A system for an iPS cell bank includes a terminal and a server. The terminal receives and sends a production request including a desired collection date of a somatic cell and a customer ID to the server. The server stores a collectable date for collecting the somatic cell, a producible period for producing an iPS cell, and a location and a stockable period for stocking the iPS cell; and determines: a collection date based on the desired collection date and the collectable date; a production period based on the collection date and the producible period; an acceptance date of the somatic cell based on the collection date and the production period; a stock location and a stock period based on the production period, the stockable location, and the stockable period; and a shipment date of the iPS cell based on the production period, the stockable location, and the stockable period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: FANUC CORPORATION, I PEACE, INC.
    Inventors: Koji Tanabe, Kiyonori Inaba, Masaru Oda
  • Publication number: 20220356436
    Abstract: This cell production device comprises: a cell production plate with a first side and a second side, comprising a cell induction and culture tank configured to perform at least one of induction and culture of cells, and a culture medium reservoir tank configured to store a culture medium to be supplied to the cell induction and culture tank; a warming element that is arranged at or near the first side of the cell production plate and that warms the cell induction and culture tank; and a cooling element that is arranged at or near the second side of the cell production plate and that cools the culture medium reservoir tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Kazunori BAN, Satoshi KINOSHITA, Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE
  • Publication number: 20220356430
    Abstract: A cell processing system comprising an enclosure 601, an outer enclosure 701 that envelops the enclosure 601, an intake air purification filter 602 provided in the enclosure 601, that purifies gas that has been drawn in from outside the enclosure 601, a circulating apparatus, inside the outer enclosure 701, that circulates gas inside and outside the enclosure 601 in such a manner that gas in the outer enclosure 701 is drawn into the enclosure 601 through the intake air purification filter 602 and gas inside the enclosure 601 is discharged into the outer enclosure 701, and a cell processing apparatus for processing of cells, disposed inside the enclosure 601.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: I Peace, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE
  • Publication number: 20220306981
    Abstract: Provided is an erythrocyte removal device 100 including a blood container 10 that holds blood and an erythrocyte removal vessel 11 that at least partially removes erythrocytes from blood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicants: I Peace, Inc., FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE, Kiyonori INABA, Kazunori BAN, Satoshi KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20220306993
    Abstract: Provided is a cell culture method including introducing a factor into cells in a cell culture vessel, and culturing the cells into which the factor has been introduced in the same cell culture vessel. Also provided is a mononuclear cell collection method including treating blood to prepare a treated blood from which erythrocytes have been at least partially removed, diluting the treated blood, causing sedimentation of mononuclear cells contained in the diluted treated blood, removing the supernatant from the diluted treated blood, and collecting the mononuclear cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: I Peace, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE, Kenta SUTO
  • Publication number: 20220251492
    Abstract: There is provided a cell culture vessel for culturing a cell in an interior thereof, wherein a width of a bottom surface is equal to or larger than a height of a side surface, the cell culture vessel comprising a flow path configured to supply a fluid into the interior, and wherein the interior is able to be closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicants: I Peace, Inc., FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE, Kazunori BAN, Satoshi KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20220234043
    Abstract: There is provided a cell mass dissociator including a serpentine flow path which is a flow path through which a cell mass flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicants: I Peace, Inc., FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE, Kazunori BAN, Satoshi KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20220213446
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, there is provided a method for culturing cells into which a reprogramming factor is introduced including culturing cells into which a reprogramming factor is introduced; and recovering all cells into which the reprogramming factor is introduced and seeding and passaging at least part of the recovered cells in a medium. In addition, there is provided a method for culturing cells into which a reprogramming factor is introduced, including culturing cells into which a reprogramming factor is introduced; and inducing somatic cells different from pluripotent stem cells without passaging the cells into which the reprogramming factor is introduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: I Peace, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji TANABE, Kenta SUTO
  • Publication number: 20220195370
    Abstract: A cell culture vessel comprising a housing in which a culture chamber is provided. In the housing, at least two holes that connect the outside of the housing and a culture chamber are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicants: I Peace, Inc., FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Tanabe, Ryoji Hiraide, Kenta Suto, Kazunori Ban, Satoshi Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20220177820
    Abstract: This cell production system is provided with: a robot that assists cell production; and a plurality of closed system cell production devices which are affected by the robot in a one-to-many manner, wherein the closed system cell production devices are each provided with a double-sided structure of a dangerous region side affected by the robot and a safe region side on the reverse side of the dangerous region side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Kazunori BAN, Satoshi KINOSHITA, Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE, Atsushi NAKAO
  • Publication number: 20220169990
    Abstract: A method for producing a cardiomyocyte including preparing a stem cell, introducing a Sendai virus into the stem cell by infection, expressing mRNA for synthesizing an inducing factor from the Sendai viruses in the stem cell to induce a cardiomyocyte from the stem cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicants: I Peace, Inc., ID Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji TANABE, Kenta SUTO, Tsugumine SHU, Toyotaka MORI
  • Publication number: 20220119758
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stem cell manufacturing system comprising: a pre-transfer cell solution sending channel 20 through which a solution containing cells flows; an inducer solution sending mechanism 21 which sends a pluripotency inducer into the pre-transfer cell solution sending channel 20; an inducer transfer apparatus 30 which is connected to the pre-transfer cell solution sending channel 20 and transfers the pluripotency inducer into the cells to produce cells harboring the inducer; a cell cluster production apparatus 40 which cultures the cells harboring the inducer to produce a plurality of cell clusters consisting of stem cells; and a packaging apparatus 100 which sequentially packages the plurality of cell clusters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: I Peace, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji TANABE, Brendan KELLY, Kenta SUTO
  • Patent number: 11297830
    Abstract: A stem cell manufacturing system for manufacturing stem cells from somatic cells includes: one or more closed production device(s) configured to produce stem cells from somatic cells; one or more drive device(s) configured to be connected with the production device(s) and drive the production device(s) in such a manner as to maintain the production device(s) in an environment suitable for producing stem cells; one or more cryopreservation device(s) configured to cryopreserve the produced stem cells; a first memory device configured to store whether or not somatic cells have been introduced to the production device(s), as a first state; a second memory device configured to store whether or not the production device(s) is/are connected with the drive device(s), as a second state; and a third memory device configured to store whether or not the produced stem cells can be placed in the cryopreservation device(s), as a third state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: FANUC CORPORATION, I PEACE, INC.
    Inventors: Koji Tanabe, Kiyonori Inaba, Masaru Oda