Patents by Inventor Masahiko Takahara

Masahiko Takahara 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: 8043560
    Abstract: An automatic analyzer using a reaction vessels of disposable type is provided which is compact in construction and with high accuracy of measurement. The analyzer is comprised with a reaction container which is capable of having a plurality of cuvettes of disposable type set therein, an extracting and injecting unit for injecting a first reagent, a specimen and a second reagent into a disposable cuvette, a light measuring unit for emitting light to the cuvette, and for measuring absorbance thereof and a CPU for producing a calculated value based on outputs of the light measuring unit. The light measuring unit measures absorbance of the first reagent, specimen and second reagent injected into and reacted with each other in a disposable cuvette, and also measures an air blank value representing absorbance of an empty disposable cuvette and a first reagent blank value representing absorbance of a disposable cuvette having first reagent in the cuvette (S104, S106).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Okumoto, Masahiko Takahara, Yoshifumi Okajima
  • Publication number: 20080019868
    Abstract: An automatic analyzer using a reaction vessels of disposable type is provided which is compact in construction and with high accuracy of measurement. The analyzer is comprised with a reaction container which is capable of having a plurality of cuvettes of disposable type set therein, an extracting and injecting unit for injecting a first reagent, a specimen and a second reagent into a disposable cuvette, a light measuring unit for emitting light to the cuvette, and for measuring absorbance thereof and a CPU for producing a calculated value based on outputs of the light measuring unit. The light measuring unit measures absorbance of the first reagent, specimen and second reagent injected into and reacted with each other in a disposable cuvette, and also measures an air blank value representing absorbance of an empty disposable cuvette and a first reagent blank value representing absorbance of a disposable cuvette having first reagent in the cuvette (S104, S106).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Keiji Okumoto, Masahiko Takahara, Yoshifumi Okajima