Patents by Inventor Megumi Takanashi

Megumi Takanashi 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: 11446653
    Abstract: A container set including: a filter unit; and a closing unit that is attachable to and detachable from the filter unit. The filter unit includes: a housing having a sample introduction opening provided at one end, and a liquid discharging opening provided at the second end; and a filter fixed to the housing. The housing has a first joining part, and the closing unit has a second joining part configured to be joinable with the first joining part. The first joining part and the second joining part are configured such that the liquid discharging opening is spatially closed in a state in which the two joining parts are joined together. A space between the closing unit and the filter is made into a positive pressure relative to a pressure in the sample holding space by pushing the filter unit and the closing unit such that the distance therebetween is shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriko Iwamoto, Megumi Takanashi, Takashi Shimada
  • Patent number: 11209392
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for detecting a monoclonal antibody in a sample, the method comprising: (a) a step of capturing and immobilizing, in pores of a porous body, the monoclonal antibody in the sample; (b) a step of performing selective protease digestion of the monoclonal antibody for 30 min or longer by contacting the porous body having the monoclonal antibody immobilized thereon with nanoparticles having a protease immobilized thereon; and (c) a step of detecting a peptide fragment obtained by the selective protease digestion, using liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS), wherein step (b) is carried out under stirring condition for 10 sec to 5 min in the initial reaction stage, and then under static condition. According to the present invention, the detection method of a monoclonal antibody using mass spectrometry is simplified and can be applicable to multisample analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Shimada, Noriko Iwamoto, Megumi Takanashi
  • Publication number: 20200306748
    Abstract: A container set including: a filter unit; and a closing unit that is attachable to and detachable from the filter unit. The filter unit includes: a housing having a sample introduction opening provided at one end, and a liquid discharging opening provided at the second end; and a filter fixed to the housing. The housing has a first joining part, and the closing unit has a second joining part configured to be joinable with the first joining part. The first joining part and the second joining part are configured such that the liquid discharging opening is spatially closed in a state in which the two joining parts are joined together. A space between the closing unit and the filter is made into a positive pressure relative to a pressure in the sample holding space by pushing the filter unit and the closing unit such that the distance therebetween is shortened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Noriko IWAMOTO, Megumi TAKANASHI, Takashi SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20200309735
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for detecting a monoclonal antibody in a sample, the method comprising: (a) a step of capturing and immobilizing, in pores of a porous body, the monoclonal antibody in the sample; (b) a step of performing selective protease digestion of the monoclonal antibody for 30 min or longer by contacting the porous body having the monoclonal antibody immobilized thereon with nanoparticles having a protease immobilized thereon; and (c) a step of detecting a peptide fragment obtained by the selective protease digestion, using liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS), wherein step (b) is carried out under stirring condition for 10 sec to 5 min in the initial reaction stage, and then under static condition. According to the present invention, the detection method of a monoclonal antibody using mass spectrometry is simplified and can be applicable to multisample analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Shimada, Noriko Iwamoto, Megumi Takanashi
  • Publication number: 20200011876
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technique that can simultaneously analyze a plurality of antibody drugs and can be validated. The present invention provides a method of bringing a porous body in which monoclonal antibodies to be measured are immobilized in pores into contact in a liquid with nanoparticles on which proteases are immobilized and performing selective proteolysis of monoclonal antibodies to detect peptide fragments each comprising unique amino acid sequence derived from the Fab region of the monoclonal antibodies via liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), wherein peptide fragments of two or more types of monoclonal antibodies in the same biological sample are simultaneously quantified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Noriko Iwamoto, Megumi Takanashi, Takashi Shimada