Patents by Inventor Masao Gotoh
Masao Gotoh 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).
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Publication number: 20090123335Abstract: It is intended to provide a sensor chip that enables detection of a deterioration state of a reagent applied on a reaction portion when measuring a concentration of a measurement object substance and a sensor system that enables a correct measurement by using the sensor chip for detecting the reagent deterioration state. A sensor chip including two substrates opposed to each other, a spacer layer sandwiched between the substrates, a multiple reaction portions provided in the spacer layer, and detection electrode units disposed on surfaces of the substrates facing to the spacer layer and exposed to the reaction portions, wherein an identical reagent A is applied on two or more of the reaction portions, and another reagent B that reacts with the reagent A is applied on at least one of the two reaction portions and a sensor system including the sensor chip and a measurement unit for comparing current values from the two or more reaction portions on which the identical reagent A is applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2006Publication date: May 14, 2009Inventors: Hideaki Nakamura, Masao Gotoh, Tomoko Ishikawa, Isao Karube, Toshifumi Hosoya, Shingo Kaimori, Moriyasu Ichino
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Publication number: 20090124876Abstract: There is a needle integrated biosensor, including: a biosensor including at least two electrodes, and a puncture needle to collect a body fluid by piercing a skin of a person to be tested, the biosensor and the puncture needle being integrated, wherein the puncture needle is able to be kept hygienic without the need of a protective cover or the like for the puncture needle. There is a needle integrated biosensor, including: a biosensor including at least two electrodes, and a puncture needle to collect a body fluid by piercing a skin of a person to be tested, the biosensor and the puncture needle being integrated, wherein a soft material is attached to the front end of the puncture needle so that the front end of the puncture needle is protected.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2006Publication date: May 14, 2009Inventors: Hideaki Nakamura, Masao Gotoh, Isao Karube
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Publication number: 20090093695Abstract: There is provided a biosensor (which is integrated with a needle) with a high precision where an assembling is easy and reproducibility of the prepared biosensor (integrated with a needle) is good. There is provided with a biosensor comprising: two sheets of electrically insulating substrates connected by a connecting part, and an electrode and a spacer formed on one of or both of the two sheets of electrically insulating substrates, wherein the two sheets of the electrically insulating substrates are folded along the connecting part, and the electrode and the spacer are positioned between the electrically insulating substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2006Publication date: April 9, 2009Applicant: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyInventors: Hideaki Nakamura, Masao Gotoh, Isao Karube
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Publication number: 20090050986Abstract: A method for fabricating a sensor chip having a substrate, a cover layer, a spacer layer interposed between the substrate and the cover layer, and a hollow reaction section provided in the spacer layer, the method comprising the steps of: affixing two or more adhesive or bonding tapes onto a sheet where a plurality of substrates are to be formed or onto a plurality of substrates, to thus form a spacer layer; and forming a hollow reaction section from one or a plurality of gaps between the tapes, whereby volumetric variations or positional displacements of the hollow reaction section can be reduced. A sensor chip which can be fabricated by this method.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2006Publication date: February 26, 2009Inventors: Shingo Kaimori, Toshifumi Hosoya, Moriyasu Ichino, Hideaki Nakamura, Masao Gotoh, Fumiyo Kurusu, Tomoko Ishikawa, Isao Karube
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Publication number: 20090053105Abstract: There is provided a sensor chip including: a base plate; a cover layer; a hollow reaction portion provided between the base plate and the cover layer, in which a reaction is performed between a sample and a reagent applied thereinto; a sensing member constructed of an electrode which is exposed to the hollow reaction portion; and a sample inlet for conducting the sample to the hollow reaction portion, wherein entire portions of the base plate and the cover layer, which are located opposite to the sensing member provided with the hollow reaction portion, are made transparent.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2006Publication date: February 26, 2009Inventors: Toshifumi Hosoya, Shingo Kaimori, Moriyasu Ichino, Hideaki Nakamura, Masao Gotoh, Fumiyo Kurusu, Tomoko Ishikawa, Isao Karube
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Publication number: 20090020420Abstract: It is intended to provide a biosensor chip capable of rapid and correct measurement, including a reaction chamber that enables a measurement of a very small amount of a measurement sample and has a small capacity and potassium ferricyanide having a very small crystal particle size disposed in the reaction chamber. In a biosensor chip 1, electrodes 3 and 4 are disposed on the lower substrate 2, and lower spacer 5 (7 and 8) is adhered on the electrodes 3 and 4. An upper spacer 11 (12 and 13) is adhered to an upper substrate 15, and a lower spacer 5 is attached to the upper spacer 11 by and adhesive agent 10. A lower groove 9 is formed between long and short lower spacers 7 and 8, and an upper groove 14 is formed between long and short spacers 12 and 13, so that a reaction chamber 17 is formed by the upper and lower grooves 9 and 14. A capacity of the reaction chamber is 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2006Publication date: January 22, 2009Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES., LTD.Inventors: Takahiko Kitamura, Toshifumi Hosoya, Shingo Kaimori, Moriyasu Ichino, Hideaki Nakamura, Isao Karube, Masao Gotoh, Tomoko Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20080257725Abstract: A biosensor comprises a space part for sucking and housing a sample formed of two upper and lower plates, the two plates being stuck together by an adhesive layer, the space part for sucking and housing the sample being constituted so as to be partially opened in the peripheral part and partially closed by the adhesive layer, and has a working electrode having at least glucose oxidase immobilized thereon and a counter electrode on the same plane of the plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventors: Masao Gotoh, Hiroki Mure, Hiroshi Shirakawa
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Publication number: 20080257728Abstract: A biosensor comprises a space part for sucking and housing a sample formed of two upper and lower plates, the two plates being stuck together by an adhesive layer, the space part for sucking and housing the sample being constituted so as to be partially opened in the peripheral part and partially closed by the adhesive layer, and has a working electrode having at least glucose oxidase immobilized thereon and a counter electrode on the same plane of the plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventors: Masao Gotoh, Hiroki Mure, Hiroshi Shirakawa
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Publication number: 20080251378Abstract: A biosensor comprises a space part for sucking and housing a sample formed of two upper and lower plates, the two plates being stuck together by an adhesive layer, the space part for sucking and housing the sample being constituted so as to be partially opened in the peripheral part and partially closed by the adhesive layer, and has a working electrode having at least glucose oxidase immobilized thereon and a counter electrode on the same plane of the plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2008Publication date: October 16, 2008Inventors: Masao Gotoh, Hiroki Mure, Hiroshi Shirakawa
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Publication number: 20080251377Abstract: A biosensor comprises a space part for sucking and housing a sample formed of two upper and lower plates, the two plates being stuck together by an adhesive layer, the space part for sucking and housing the sample being constituted so as to be partially opened in the peripheral part and partially closed by the adhesive layer, and has a working electrode having at least glucose oxidase immobilized thereon and a counter electrode on the same plane of the plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2008Publication date: October 16, 2008Inventors: Masao Gotoh, Hiroki Mure, Hiroshi Shirakawa
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Publication number: 20080248457Abstract: Provided are a sensor chip and a manufacturing method of this sensor chip, that includes a substrate, a cover layer, a spacer layer sandwiched between the substrate and the cover layer, and a hollow reaction section between the substrate and the cover layer, wherein warping due to changes in the environmental temperature and humidity does not occur. A sensor chip is provided including: a substrate; a cover layer; a spacer layer sandwiched between the substrate and the cover layer; a hollow reaction section provided between the substrate and the cover layer; and a detection section provided in the hollow reaction section, wherein the substrate and the cover layer are made of the same material and have the same thickness, and a material and a shape of the spacer layer are symmetrical with respect to a plane which is parallel to the substrate and located at equal distances from the substrate and from the cover layer, and a manufacturing method of the sensor chip is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2005Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Toshifumi Hosoya, Shingo Kaimori, Moriyasu Ichino, Isao Karube, Masao Gotoh, Hideaki Nakamura, Fumiyo Kurusu, Tomoko Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20080194988Abstract: There is provided a biosensor unified with a needle in which, since its constitution is simple, its assembling is easy in spite of having strength, collecting of body fluid sample can be conducted surely without waste, a puncturing needle is not polluted by a reagent layer, carrying is easy due to its simple package and hygiene can be maintained even after use. There is also provided a biosensor unified with a needle in which an assembling is easy without deteriorating its strength and collecting a body fluid sample can be surely conducted without waste where a puncturing needle is not polluted with a reagent layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2006Publication date: August 14, 2008Applicant: National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And TechnologyInventors: Hideaki Nakamura, Masao Gotoh, Isao Karube
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Publication number: 20080129280Abstract: A coupled member made of a plurality of sensor chips is featured by that adjacent sensor chips are coupled to each other under cuttable condition; the respective sensor chips can be cut and piece-separated from the coupled member in a higher efficiency; and even after the sensor chips are piece-separated, these sensor chips can be readily and quickly stored in containers thereof; and furthermore, the sensor chips can be easily checked and failure chips can be readily removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2006Publication date: June 5, 2008Inventors: Shingo Kaimori, Toshifumi Hosoya, Moriyasu Ichino, Hideaki Nakamura, Masao Gotoh, Fumiyo Kurusu, Tomoko Ishikawa, Isao Karube
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Publication number: 20070000776Abstract: A downsized biosensor in which an electrode is formed on one sheet of electrically-insulated substrate, and a sheet of flat substrate is worked three-dimensionally so as to dispose the electrode on the inner side of the substrate to provide a two-dimensional or three-dimensional electrode disposition, whereby a sample introduced by capillary phenomenon can be measured quantitatively in a small space. A production method of a biosensor comprising the steps of bending a plate member so as to position an electrode formed on the surface of the electrically-insulated plane member on the inner side, and disposing the electrode in a space surrounded by a substrate and a cover to thereby form the substrate and the cover from one sheet of plate member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2004Publication date: January 4, 2007Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCEInventors: Isao Karube, Masao Gotoh, Hideaki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20050258052Abstract: A biosensor comprises a space part for sucking and housing a sample formed of two upper and lower plates, the two plates being stuck together by an adhesive layer, the space part for sucking and housing the sample being constituted so as to be partially opened in the peripheral part and partially closed by the adhesive layer, and has a working electrode having at least glucose oxidase immobilized thereon and a counter electrode on the same plane of the plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2005Publication date: November 24, 2005Inventors: Masao Gotoh, Hiroki Mure, Hiroshi Shirakawa
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Publication number: 20050247573Abstract: The biosensors of the present invention comprise an electrically insulating substrate, an electrically insulating cover connected to the substrate via a spacer layer, a reaction-detecting section formed on the substrate at a region sandwiched between the substrate and cover, and comprising at least one set of electrodes, and an external terminal to be connected to the reaction-detecting section, and a sealed sample-feeding path defined between the substrate and cover by the spacer layer, where the sample-feeding path has a portion intersecting the electrodes, as well as a cutting plane line provided at an outermost surface of the substrate or cover, which is a boundary between a sensor portion comprising electrodes and a sealed cap portion which does not comprise electrodes, and the cutting plane line is present at a position where, when the sealed cap portion is cut along the cutting plane line, the cut surface does not cross the electrodes and does cross the sample-feeding path, so that a sample-inlet portType: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2005Publication date: November 10, 2005Inventors: Hideaki Nakamura, Shouji Shinohara, Masao Gotoh, Isao Karube
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Patent number: 6893545Abstract: A biosensor comprises a space part for sucking and housing a sample formed of two upper and lower plates, the two plates being stuck together by an adhesive layer, the space part for sucking and housing the sample being constituted so as to be partially opened in the peripheral part and partially closed by the adhesive layer, and has a working electrode having at least glucose oxidase immobilized thereon and a counter electrode on the same plane of the plate.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2002Date of Patent: May 17, 2005Assignee: TheraSense, Inc.Inventors: Masao Gotoh, Hiroki Mure, Hiroshi Shirakawa
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Publication number: 20030102213Abstract: A biosensor comprises a space part for sucking and housing a sample formed of two upper and lower plates, the two plates being stuck together by an adhesive layer, the space part for sucking and housing the sample being constituted so as to be partially opened in the peripheral part and partially closed by the adhesive layer, and has a working electrode having at least glucose oxidase immobilized thereon and a counter electrode on the same plane of the plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2002Publication date: June 5, 2003Applicant: TheraSense, Inc.Inventors: Masao Gotoh, Hiroki Mure, Hiroshi Shirakawa
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Patent number: 6521575Abstract: A treatment solution (2) containing fluoride is added to a cleaning solution (1) drained from a cleaning tank (11). Fluoride is allowed to react with fluorosilicic acid in the cleaning solution to settle a precipitate (4) containing fluorosilicate, and the precipitate (4) is removed. The cleaning solution regenerated in a regeneration apparatus (10) is again returned to the cleaning tank (11), and used as a cleaning solution for a CRT panel (20).Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2000Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kaken Co.Inventors: Kenji Fujiwara, Hisanori Yatoh, Masao Gotoh, Juichi Sasada, Masanori Yamauchi, Katsuyoshi Tatenuma, Osamu Arai, Takuji Taguchi
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Patent number: D548347Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2006Date of Patent: August 7, 2007Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyInventors: Moriyasu Ichino, Toshifumi Hosoya, Kazuhiro Kuwa, Nobuyuki Matsumura, Isao Karube, Masao Gotoh, Hideaki Nakamura, Tomoko Ishikawa