Patents by Inventor Kouichi Saika

Kouichi Saika 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).

  • Apparatus and method for automated analysis
    Patent number: 11175302
    Abstract: There is provided an automated analyzer which has plural liquid tanks connected with a dispensing probe and which can efficiently switch the operative liquid tank according to measurement item. The automated analyzer includes a liquid dispenser having a dispensing probe and a pump capable of aspirating and dispensing a liquid from and into an open end of the probe, the liquid dispenser being operative to cause the liquid aspirated in the probe and a probe internal liquid to be dispensed into aliquot receptacles. The automated analyzer also includes; an internal liquid supply device having plural liquid tanks in which probe internal liquids corresponding to measurement items are stored, the supply device being operative to supply a probe internal liquid into the dispensing probe from one of the tanks. The automated analyzer further includes an input section and an operation controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: JEOL Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Asakura, Yasushi Kondo, Kouichi Saika, Yasuhiro Fukumoto, Takeshi Muranaka, Mine Yamashita, Yoshikazu Tagawa
  • Apparatus and Method for Automated Analysis
    Publication number: 20190331706
    Abstract: There is provided an automated analyzer which has plural liquid tanks connected with a dispensing probe and which can efficiently switch the operative liquid tank according to measurement item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Makoto Asakura, Yasushi Kondo, Kouichi Saika, Yasuhiro Fukumoto, Takeshi Muranaka, Mine Yamashita, Yoshikazu Tagawa