Patents by Inventor Muneo Tokita

Muneo Tokita 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: 10156540
    Abstract: A test strip for biological component measurement includes a substrate. A pair of a working electrode and a counter electrode, a sensor unit that produces an electrochemical reaction with a bodily fluid of a measurement subject and produces a change in electrical characteristics, a resistance portion having an electrical resistance expressing attribute information including a sensitivity of the test strip, and a pair of wires connected to both ends of the resistance portion are provided on the substrate. The resistance portion has a plurality of narrow patterns, each having a resistivity and provided so as to be distanced from each other. An end portion of each narrow pattern is near another narrow pattern. A substantially circular pattern is provided to overlap locations where the end portions of the narrow patterns are near each other, enabling the end portions to conduct with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Zaitsu, Muneo Tokita, Satoshi Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20150260676
    Abstract: A test strip for biological component measurement includes a substrate. A pair of a working electrode and a counter electrode, a sensor unit that produces an electrochemical reaction with a bodily fluid of a measurement subject and produces a change in electrical characteristics, a resistance portion having an electrical resistance expressing attribute information including a sensitivity of the test strip, and a pair of wires connected to both ends of the resistance portion are provided on the substrate. The resistance portion has a plurality of narrow patterns, each having a resistivity and provided so as to be distanced from each other. An end portion of each narrow pattern is near another narrow pattern. A substantially circular pattern is provided to overlap locations where the end portions of the narrow patterns are near each other, enabling the end portions to conduct with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Kenichiro ZAITSU, Muneo TOKITA, Satoshi NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 9131903
    Abstract: A control unit obtains, from a memory unit, data of a plurality of pre-meal blood sugar levels that are blood sugar levels measured before meals and data of a plurality of post-meal blood sugar levels that are blood sugar levels measured after meals, calculates a pre-meal average value that is an average value of the plurality of pre-meal blood sugar levels, calculates a post-meal average value that is an average value of the plurality of post-meal blood sugar levels, calculates an average blood sugar level that is an average of the pre-meal average value and the post-meal average value, calculates an estimated HbA1c value using the average blood sugar level, and displays the calculated estimated HbA1c value in a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Muneo Tokita, Satoshi Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20150038816
    Abstract: A control unit obtains, from a memory unit, data of a plurality of pre-meal blood sugar levels that are blood sugar levels measured before meals and data of a plurality of post-meal blood sugar levels that are blood sugar levels measured after meals, calculates a pre-meal average value that is an average value of the plurality of pre-meal blood sugar levels, calculates a post-meal average value that is an average value of the plurality of post-meal blood sugar levels, calculates an average blood sugar level that is an average of the pre-meal average value and the post-meal average value, calculates an estimated HbA1c value using the average blood sugar level, and displays the calculated estimated HbA1c value in a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Muneo Tokita, Satoshi Nakajima
  • Patent number: 8712495
    Abstract: A measurement device includes an electronic component device, a perspiration acceleration device, and a perspiration collection device. The perspiration acceleration device or the perspiration collection device is removably coupled to the electronic component device. The electronic component device is attached to a measurement site with a belt. A perspiration accelerating performance is made with respect to the measurement site with the perspiration acceleration device coupled to the electronic component device, and thereafter, the perspiration acceleration device is replaced with the perspiration collection device with the electronic component device attached to the measurement site, and the perspiration collection and measurement computation performance are made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Muneo Tokita
  • Patent number: 8391946
    Abstract: In a measurement computation device arranged in a measurement device, an elapse of a predetermined time is detected after acceleration of perspiration, and a concentration of a first component in the perspiration obtained thereafter is converted to concentration of the first component in blood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Sugenoya, Yuzo Nakase, Satoshi Nakajima, Muneo Tokita
  • Publication number: 20110275918
    Abstract: In a body fluid analyzer, a body fluid extracting unit for holding medicine to promote discharge of body fluid and collecting body fluid is arranged at a lower surface of a body fluid collecting chip. A body fluid discharge promoting medicine storage unit is connected to a medicine injecting hole formed in the body fluid collecting chip. A test unit is arranged in the body fluid collecting chip, and the body fluid extracting unit and the test unit are connected by a body fluid feeding path. A discarding body fluid storage unit is connected to the exit of the body fluid feeding path. A medicine supplying mechanism including a pump is operatively connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki YAMASHITA, Tomohiko MATSUSHITA, Midori TANIGUCHI, Satoshi NAKAJIMA, Muneo TOKITA
  • Publication number: 20100234702
    Abstract: A measurement device includes an electronic component device, a perspiration acceleration device, and a perspiration collection device. The perspiration acceleration device or the perspiration collection device is removably coupled to the electronic component device. The electronic component device is attached to a measurement site with a belt. A perspiration accelerating performance is made with respect to the measurement site with the perspiration acceleration device coupled to the electronic component device, and thereafter, the perspiration acceleration device is replaced with the perspiration collection device with the electronic component device attached to the measurement site, and the perspiration collection and measurement computation performance are made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Muneo TOKITA
  • Publication number: 20100234712
    Abstract: A measurement computation device arranged in a measurement device detects a first component and a second component from perspiration in a first component detection unit and a second component detection unit, and the respective concentration in the perspiration is calculated in a concentration calculation unit. In a conversion computation unit, the concentration of the first component in the perspiration is corrected using the concentration of the second component, and then converted to the concentration of the first component in the blood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi SUGENOYA, Yuzo NAKASE, Satoshi NAKAJIMA, Muneo TOKITA
  • Publication number: 20100234711
    Abstract: In a measurement computation device arranged in a measurement device, an elapse of a predetermined time is detected after acceleration of perspiration, and a concentration of a first component in the perspiration obtained thereafter is converted to concentration of the first component in blood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi SUGENOYA, Yuzo NAKASE, Satoshi NAKAJIMA, Muneo TOKITA
  • Publication number: 20090195781
    Abstract: A biological information measuring sensor (10) has light-receiving regions (21, 22) arranged on a light-receiving element (20) for receiving light from a living body, and a waveguide (15) including an inlet-side opening portion (14a) into which the light enters and an outlet-side opening portion (14b) from which the light exits, provided corresponding to the light-receiving regions (21, 22), and guiding the light to the light-receiving regions (21, 22). The waveguide (15) has a front-side waveguide (15a) and a rear-side waveguide (15b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Muneo Tokita
  • Publication number: 20090128805
    Abstract: A biological component measuring sensor comprising a plurality of light-receiving regions provided in a light-receiving element for receiving light from an organism, and a plurality of waveguides provided in correspondence with the plurality of light-receiving regions, each including an in-let side opening through which the light enters and an out-let side opening from which the light exits, and introducing the light to the plurality of light-receiving regions, respectively. The plurality of waveguides are provided in a waveguide formation member formed integrally, and the opening area of the in-let side opening of each of the waveguides is larger than the opening area of the out-let side opening. Consequently, the sensor can receive light from an organism more efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Muneo Tokita
  • Publication number: 20090116006
    Abstract: A biological information measuring sensor (10) has a light-receiving region (17) provided at a light-receiving element (16), a waveguide (15) provided in a waveguide formation member (14), filters (18a, 18b) for separating light emitted from an outlet-side opening portion (14b) of the waveguide (15) and irradiating the light-receiving region (17) with only light of a specific wavelength region, and a solenoid (20) for switching the filters (18a, 18b). The solenoid (20) switches between the filters (18a, 18b) to realize a first state where the light-receiving region (17) is irradiated with only light of a first wavelength region and a second state where the light-receiving region (17) is irradiated with only light of a second wavelength region. The construction simultaneously achieves both a reduction in size of a probe section and improvement of measurement accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Muneo Tokita
  • Publication number: 20090105564
    Abstract: A living body component measuring apparatus emits light of a first wavelength being specific to a measuring target component from a light emitting unit (11) onto a measured body (30), receives through a filter (15A, 15B) at a light receiving unit (17) the light of the first wavelength being the reflected light from the measured body (30) and light of a second wavelength that is blackbody radiation from the measured body (30) and that is not absorbed in the component, and calculates the concentration of the component using the amounts of the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Muneo Tokita
  • Patent number: 7284904
    Abstract: An electronic clinical thermometer has a probe including a temperature sensor and a heat flux sensor which are controlled to make measurements at specified time intervals. The measured values are used in solving the equation of heat conduction to estimate the temperature of an internal body position. A heater may be included to preheat a body part in order to reduce the time required for measurement. The probe may use two temperature sensors to measure temperatures at two body surface positions through insulating members which are different in thermal conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Muneo Tokita, Satoshi Nakajima, Shigeru Makita
  • Patent number: 7270476
    Abstract: An electronic clinical thermometer has one of two temperature measuring devices each for measuring a live body temperature. A temperature estimating device estimates an equilibrium body temperature from a first data item related to change in temperature measured by the temperature measuring device during an initial period within a specified time such as about 20 seconds from the start of a measurement and a second data item related to a change in temperature measured by the temperature measuring device after the initial period. If two temperature measuring devices are used, the first data item may be related to the difference between temperatures measured by these two temperature measuring devices and the second data item may be related to the time-rate of change in temperature measured by either of the two temperature measuring devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: OMRON Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Muneo Tokita, Shigeru Tomioka
  • Patent number: 7059767
    Abstract: An electronic clinical thermometer has a probe including a temperature sensor and a heat flux sensor which are controlled to make measurements at specified time intervals. The measured values are used in solving the equation of heat conduction to estimate the temperature of an internal body position. A heater may be included to preheat a body part in order to reduce the time required for measurement. The probe may use two temperature sensors to measure temperatures at two body surface positions through insulating members which are different in thermal conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Muneo Tokita, Satoshi Nakajima, Shigeru Makita
  • Patent number: 7016021
    Abstract: A measuring unit is placed at the surface of a living body. The pressure inside of a glass container is reduced by a pressure reducing tank, so that a subcutaneous exuding fluid is taken out at the surface of the living body from under a skin. The subcutaneous exuding fluid is allowed as a sample to be measured to reach a metallic film through porous molecular weight selective films. A light beam emitted from a light source passes through a prism, and then, is reflected on the metallic film, and finally, is received on a linear array sensor. A minimum intensity position on the linear array sensor, generated by surface plasmon resonance is obtained, and then, a resonant angle is detected. The concentration of substance to be measured contained in the sample to be measured is calculated based on the resonant angle and position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Nakajima, Muneo Tokita, Yusaku Sakoda
  • Publication number: 20050220170
    Abstract: An electronic clinical thermometer has a probe including a temperature sensor and a heat flux sensor which are controlled to make measurements at specified time intervals. The measured values are used in solving the equation of heat conduction to estimate the temperature of an internal body position. A heater may be included to preheat a body part in order to reduce the time required for measurement. The probe may use two temperature sensors to measure temperatures at two body surface positions through insulating members which are different in thermal conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Muneo Tokita, Satoshi Nakajima, Shigeru Makita
  • Publication number: 20050163190
    Abstract: An electronic clinical thermometer has a probe including a temperature sensor and a heat flux sensor which are controlled to make measurements at specified time intervals. The measured values are used in solving the equation of heat conduction to estimate the temperature of an internal body position. A heater may be included to preheat a body part in order to reduce the time required for measurement. The probe may use two temperature sensors to measure temperatures at two body surface positions through insulating members which are different in thermal conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Muneo Tokita, Satoshi Nakajima, Shigeru Makita