Patents by Inventor Masaharu Shomura

Masaharu Shomura 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: 9878062
    Abstract: A decontamination operation chamber is partitioned into a first operation chamber and a second operation chamber. A connecting portion that connects the first operation chamber and the second operation chamber can be closed. The pressure of the first operation chamber and the second operation chamber is adjusted by a pressure-adjusting mechanism. When the connecting portion is opened and the first operation chamber and the second operation chamber are connected, an inlet portion for the first operation chamber and an outlet portion for the second operation chamber are closed and air flow is generated from the second operation chamber to the first operation chamber by the pressure-adjusting mechanism. When carrying an object into an aseptic manipulation chamber, the object is housed in the first operation chamber and a first decontamination operation is performed, then the object is transferred to the second operation chamber and a second decontamination operation is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: SHIBUYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu Shomura, Takuya Funazuka
  • Patent number: 9789480
    Abstract: An aseptic manipulation system comprises first and second operation chambers, an aseptic manipulation chamber, and a control unit. The control unit controls the ventilation of the first operation chamber for more than a first specified number of times, after an object is introduced into the first operation chamber, and ventilates the second operation chamber for more than a second specified number of times that is greater than the first specified number of times, after the object is transferred into the second operation chamber from the first chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: SHIBUYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Funazuka, Masaharu Shomura
  • Publication number: 20160339130
    Abstract: A decontamination operation chamber is partitioned into a first operation chamber and a second operation chamber. A connecting portion that connects the first operation chamber and the second operation chamber can be closed. The pressure of the first operation chamber and the second operation chamber is adjusted by a pressure-adjusting mechanism. When the connecting portion is opened and the first operation chamber and the second operation chamber are connected, an inlet portion for the first operation chamber and an outlet portion for the second operation chamber are closed and air flow is generated from the second operation chamber to the first operation chamber by the pressure-adjusting mechanism. When carrying an object into an aseptic manipulation chamber, the object is housed in the first operation chamber and a first decontamination operation is performed, then the object is transferred to the second operation chamber and a second decontamination operation is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: SHIBUYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu SHOMURA, Takuya FUNAZUKA
  • Patent number: 9441194
    Abstract: A device 2 for producing a three-dimensional structural body has an accommodating plate 3 in which an accommodating recess portion 3a for accommodating a cell mass 1 is formed, a support body 4 provided with a plurality of needle-shaped bodies 6 penetrating the cell mass, a suction nozzle 19 for adsorbing/holding the cell mass, and structure 20 for moving the suction nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SAGA UNIVERSITY, CYFUSE BIOMEDICAL K.K., SHIBUYA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Nakayama, Kenji Yoneda, Masahiro Sakamoto, Ichiro Koshida, Masaharu Shomura, Isao Fukamura
  • Publication number: 20160184814
    Abstract: An aseptic manipulation system comprises first and second operation chambers, an aseptic manipulation chamber, and a control unit. The control unit controls the ventilation of the first operation chamber for more than a first specified number of times, after an object is introduced into the first operation chamber, and ventilate the second operation chamber for more than a second specified number of times that is greater than the first specified number of times, after the object is transferred into the second operation chamber from the first chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: SHIBUYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya FUNAZUKA, Masaharu SHOMURA
  • Publication number: 20140120192
    Abstract: A device 2 for producing a three-dimensional structural body comprising an accommodating plate 3 in which an accommodating recess portion 3a for accommodating a cell mass 1 is formed, a support body 4 provided with a plurality of needle-shaped bodies 6 penetrating the cell mass, a suction nozzle 19 for adsorbing/holding the cell mass, and moving means 20 for moving the suction nozzle. The suction nozzle is provided with a tubular adsorbing portion 19a for adsorbing/holding one cell mass, and a diameter of the adsorbing portion is formed smaller than an outer diameter of the cell mass and larger than an outer peripheral diameter of a needle-shaped body 6a of the support body 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Koichi Nakayama, Kenji Yoneda, Masahiro Sakamoto, Ichiro Koshida, Masaharu Shomura, Isao Fukamura