Patents by Inventor Masahide Gunji

Masahide Gunji 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: 11933771
    Abstract: A first liquid sending controller of an analysis control device controls a first liquid sender such that a mobile phase is supplied to a fluorescence detector through an analysis column and a junction during an analysis of a sample. A sample introduction controller controls a sample introducer such that the sample is introduced into a mobile phase by the sample introducer at a position farther upstream than the analysis column during the analysis of the sample. The second liquid sending controller causes a second liquid sender to start supplying a fluorescent reaction liquid such that the fluorescent reaction liquid arrives at the junction later than a point in time at which supply of the mobile phase starts and before the sample introduced into the mobile phase arrives at the junction during the analysis of the sample. A generator generates a chromatogram based on an output signal of the fluorescence detector during the analysis of the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Minato, Masahide Gunji
  • Patent number: 11774462
    Abstract: In a pre-processing system, a state in which a sample dispensing probe 20a and a syringe pump 81 communicate with each other through a channel 91 and a state in which the sample dispensing probe 20a and a culture tank 301 communicate with each other through the channels 91, 93, and 94 can be switched by operation of the three-way valves 82 and 83. For this reason, the liquid sample in the culture tank 301 can be automatically discharged from the sample dispensing probe 20a without requiring the user to directly sample the liquid sample. As a result, in the pre-processing system, the user's manual sampling work can be omitted, and the user's work can be simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahide Gunji
  • Publication number: 20230132609
    Abstract: A flow-path member through which a sample flows in an analysis device includes a pipe and a covering member that covers the pipe. The pipe has a first portion including a first direction, which is orthogonal to a direction in which the flow-path member extends as a whole, as at least an element of a local extending direction, a second portion including a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, as at least an element of a local extending direction, a first bent portion in which a local extending direction changes from the first portion to the second portion, and a second bent portion in which a local extending direction changes from the second portion to the first portion. A space is formed between the covering member and the pipe at least in the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Kodai IMAEDA, Masahide GUNJI
  • Patent number: 11506640
    Abstract: Obtaining sufficient suppression effect of channel diffusion and stably transferring solution are made possible even in a piping having an extremely small inner diameter used for an analysis apparatus such as an HPLC. A piping device for an analysis apparatus includes a piping equipped with a folded shape that suppresses inner channel diffusion, and a member directly or indirectly in contact with the piping from at least one side to support the piping to suppress deformation of the folded shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Aoki, Masahide Gunji
  • Publication number: 20220314177
    Abstract: A micromixer includes: a first channel plate where a first channel and a plurality of first branch channels are each formed by a non-through groove in a front surface, and a first confluence channel is formed by a non-through groove in a rear surface, and includes a first communication channel that communicates the first branch channels with the first confluence channel; a first lid plate that covers the front surface; a second channel plate where a second confluence channel is formed by a non-through groove in the front surface, and a second channel and a plurality of second branch each formed by a non-through groove in the rear surface, and includes a second communication channel that communicates the second branch channels with the second confluence channel; and a second lid plate that covers the rear surface of the second channel plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicants: CKD Corporation, Shimadzu Corporation, Shinwa Chemical Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Nitta, Hiroshi Itafuji, Mitsuyoshi Ohsaki, Masahide Gunji, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Katsuya Okumura
  • Patent number: 11408818
    Abstract: A gasket sandwiched between a flow cell and a joint member has, in a main flat surface, an inlet communication hole for communicating between an inlet hole of the flow cell and an inlet flow path of the joint member and an outlet communication hole for communicating between an outlet hole of the flow cell and an outlet flow path of the joint member. Furthermore, a deformation absorbing structure for absorbing deformation of the gasket is provided between the inlet communication hole and the outlet communication hole in the main flat surface of the gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahide Gunji
  • Publication number: 20220128533
    Abstract: A liquid sending failure detector acquires periodically a liquid sending pressure of a liquid sending mechanism consecutively sends liquid using at least one plunger pump that sends liquid by reciprocally driving a plunger such that a fluctuation is read in one driving period of the liquid sending mechanism, and detect a liquid sending failure of the liquid sending mechanism using an acquired liquid sending pressure. The liquid sending failure detector executes a pulsation detection step of obtaining a fluctuation range of the liquid sending pressure in a certain driving period of the liquid sending mechanism and detecting pulsation on a condition that a count of consecutive periods in which the fluctuation range exceeds a predetermined reference value exceeds a predetermined reference count, and a liquid sending failure detection step of detecting a liquid sending failure of the liquid sending mechanism when the pulsation is detected in the pulsation detection step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Tomohiro GOMI, Daisuke KITABAYASHI, Shinya IMAMURA, Keisuke OGAWA, Masataka NIKKO, Masahide GUNJI
  • Publication number: 20220018818
    Abstract: A first liquid sending controller of an analysis control device controls a first liquid sender such that a mobile phase is supplied to a fluorescence detector through an analysis column and a junction during an analysis of a sample. A sample introduction controller controls a sample introducer such that the sample is introduced into a mobile phase by the sample introducer at a position farther upstream than the analysis column during the analysis of the sample. The second liquid sending controller causes a second liquid sender to start supplying a fluorescent reaction liquid such that the fluorescent reaction liquid arrives at the junction later than a point in time at which supply of the mobile phase starts and before the sample introduced into the mobile phase arrives at the junction during the analysis of the sample. A generator generates a chromatogram based on an output signal of the fluorescence detector during the analysis of the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MINATO, Masahide GUNJI
  • Publication number: 20210333300
    Abstract: In a pre-processing system, a state in which a sample dispensing probe 20a and a syringe pump 81 communicate with each other through a channel 91 and a state in which the sample dispensing probe 20a and a culture tank 301 communicate with each other through the channels 91, 93, and 94 can be switched by operation of the three-way valves 82 and 83. For this reason, the liquid sample in the culture tank 301 can be automatically discharged from the sample dispensing probe 20a without requiring the user to directly sample the liquid sample. As a result, in the pre-processing system, the user's manual sampling work can be omitted, and the user's work can be simplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahide GUNJI
  • Patent number: 10866140
    Abstract: Provided is a spectrophotometer having a positional relationship between the spectroscope and a PDA that is set to have a distance between a reflection position of light reflected on a light receiving surface of a corresponding one of PDs constituting the PDA, being configured to receive at least light having a wavelength of from 200 nm to 300 nm, and an incident position at which light reflected at the reflection position is incident on a light receiving surface of the PDA after being re-reflected on the protective plate, the distance being equal to or less than a width dimension of any one of the PDs constituting the PDA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Watanabe, Masahide Gunji
  • Patent number: 10739249
    Abstract: The flow cell is composed of a cell block and a cell holder. The cell block is light transmittable and is provided with a plurality of cells communicated with each other and mutually different in optical path length and an inlet and an outlet communicated with the cell. The plurality of cells include a short optical path length cell having an optical path length of 100 ?m or less. The short optical path length cell is constituted by a groove formed on an inner joining surface of a plurality of laminated light transmitting substrates. The optical path length of the short optical path length cell is defined by a depth of the groove. The cell holder is configured to accommodate the cell block therein, and is provided with an incident window for allowing light to enter the cell block and an emission window for emitting the light transmitted through the cell block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventor: Masahide Gunji
  • Publication number: 20200249146
    Abstract: The flow cell is composed of a cell block and a cell holder. The cell block is light transmittable and is provided with a plurality of cells communicated with each other and mutually different in optical path length and an inlet and an outlet communicated with the cell. The plurality of cells include a short optical path length cell having an optical path length of 100 ?m or less. The short optical path length cell is constituted by a groove formed on an inner joining surface of a plurality of laminated light transmitting substrates. The optical path length of the short optical path length cell is defined by a depth of the groove. The cell holder is configured to accommodate the cell block therein, and is provided with an incident window for allowing light to enter the cell block and an emission window for emitting the light transmitted through the cell block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: Masahide GUNJI
  • Publication number: 20200158571
    Abstract: Provided is a spectrophotometer having a positional relationship between the spectroscope and a PDA that is set to have a distance between a reflection position of light reflected on a light receiving surface of a corresponding one of PDs constituting the PDA, being configured to receive at least light having a wavelength of from 200 nm to 300 nm, and an incident position at which light reflected at the reflection position is incident on a light receiving surface of the PDA after being re-reflected on the protective plate, the distance being equal to or less than a width dimension of any one of the PDs constituting the PDA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Masato WATANABE, Masahide GUNJI
  • Publication number: 20200025674
    Abstract: A gasket sandwiched between a flow cell and a joint member has, in a main flat surface, an inlet communication hole for communicating between an inlet hole of the flow cell and an inlet flow path of the joint member and an outlet communication hole for communicating between an outlet hole of the flow cell and an outlet flow path of the joint member. Furthermore, a deformation absorbing structure for absorbing deformation of the gasket is provided between the inlet communication hole and the outlet communication hole in the main flat surface of the gasket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventor: Masahide GUNJI
  • Publication number: 20190369060
    Abstract: Obtaining sufficient suppression effect of channel diffusion and stably transferring solution are made possible even in a piping having an extremely small inner diameter used for an analysis apparatus such as an HPLC. A piping device for an analysis apparatus includes a piping equipped with a folded shape that suppresses inner channel diffusion, and a member directly or indirectly in contact with the piping from at least one side to support the piping to suppress deformation of the folded shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo AOKI, Masahide GUNJI
  • Patent number: 10060795
    Abstract: A problem addressed by the present invention is to reduce the influence of stray light incident on each light-receiving element in the case of receiving each wavelength of light using a plurality of light-receiving elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Masahide Gunji, Akira Noda, Kensuke Otake
  • Patent number: 9995673
    Abstract: A flow cell including a flow cell bod having a flow path formed therein; an optically transmissive member disposed at a part wherein light from the light source is incident into, or emitted from, the flow path; a shock absorbing member that is disposed between the optically transmissive member and the cell body; an elastic member, made from a metal material, for pressing the optically transmissive member toward the cell body side; and a fastening tool, attached to the cell body, for positioning the elastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahide Gunji
  • Publication number: 20180031423
    Abstract: A problem addressed by the present invention is to reduce the influence of stray light incident on each light-receiving element in the case of receiving each wavelength of light using a plurality of light-receiving elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Masahide GUNJI, Akira NODA, Kensuke OTAKE
  • Patent number: 9835598
    Abstract: A heat insulating member 13 is provided on the outer circumference of a connection pipe 11. The heat insulating member 13 includes: a tube 12; and an air layer 15 between the connection pipe 11 and the tube 12. Accordingly, it is possible to always keep the temperature of a sample component at the time of detection by a detector constant and thus prevent an influence of the temperature on an output result of the detector, in a low flow rate analysis using a modularized column unit and a modularized detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Watanabe, Masahide Gunji
  • Patent number: 9459143
    Abstract: A spectroscopic device includes a lamp house accommodating a light source inside, a spectrometer configured to disperse light from the lamp house, a temperature measurement means for measuring a temperature of the spectrometer, a heating means for heating the spectrometer, a storage means and a control unit. The storage means stores the detection temperature of the temperature measurement means at a time when an optical axis is stable in the spectrometer in a state where the light source is illuminated. The control unit is configured to control operation of the heating means, and to cause the heating means to operate, when the light source is illuminated from a light-off state, until a detection temperature of the temperature measurement means reaches the detection temperature stored in the storage means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahide Gunji