Patents by Inventor Osamu Shirota

Osamu Shirota 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: 8673151
    Abstract: A method for surface modification of a material by means of introducing the phosphorylcholine group represented by the following formula (1-1) onto the surface of the material by treating a material having amino groups with a chemical compound containing an aldehyde derivative obtained by the oxidative ring-opening reaction of glycerophosphorylcholine. The method of the present invention provides various materials such as medical materials having superior biocompatibility and hydrophilicity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Shiseido Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Miyazawa, Taketoshi Kanda, Yousuke Toujo, Aya Ohkubo, Osamu Shirota, Kenichi Sakuma, Masayoshi Wada
  • Patent number: 8574918
    Abstract: A sample injection part connected to a column to inject a sample into the column; a sample injection needle attachable to the sample injection part; a sample suction part connectable to the sample injection needle and configured to cause a predetermined amount of the sample to be drawn by suction into the sample injection needle upon connecting to the sample connection needle; a mobile phase supply part configured to supply the column with a mobile phase; a first switching valve for selectively connecting the sample injection needle to one of the sample suction part and the mobile phase supply part; and a second switching valve, including the sample injection part, for supplying the sample and the mobile phase to the column via the sample injection needle in the case of having the sample injection needle attached to the sample injection part and for supplying the mobile phase to the column via the first switching valve in the case of having the sample injection needle removed from the sample injection part ar
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Shiseido Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Aya Hirayama, Osamu Shirota, Masashi Mita, Kazuhiko Mibayashi
  • Publication number: 20110120213
    Abstract: A sample injection part connected to a column to inject a sample into the column; a sample injection needle attachable to the sample injection part; a sample suction part connectable to the sample injection needle and configured to cause a predetermined amount of the sample to be drawn by suction into the sample injection needle upon connecting to the sample connection needle; a mobile phase supply part configured to supply the column with a mobile phase; a first switching valve for selectively connecting the sample injection needle to one of the sample suction part and the mobile phase supply part; and a second switching valve, including the sample injection part, for supplying the sample and the mobile phase to the column via the sample injection needle in the case of having the sample injection needle attached to the sample injection part and for supplying the mobile phase to the column via the first switching valve in the case of having the sample injection needle removed from the sample injection part ar
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Aya Hirayama, Osamu Shirota, Masashi Mita, Kazuhiko Mibayashi
  • Publication number: 20100285252
    Abstract: A method for surface modification of a material by means of introducing the phosphorylcholine group represented by the following formula (1-1) onto the surface of the material by treating a material having amino groups with a chemical compound containing an aldehyde derivative obtained by the oxidative ring-opening reaction of glycerophosphorylcholine. The method of the present invention provides various materials such as medical materials having superior biocompatibility and hydrophilicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: Shiseido Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Miyazawa, Taketoshi Kanda, Yousuke Toujo, Aya Ohkubo, Osamu Shirota, Kenichi Sakuma, Masayoshi Wada
  • Patent number: 7560023
    Abstract: A method for surface modification of a material by means of introducing the phosphorylcholine group represented by the following formula (1-1) onto the surface of the material by treating a material having amino groups with a chemical compound containing an aldehyde derivative obtained by the oxidative ring-opening reaction of glycerophosphorylcholine. The method of the present invention provides various materials such as medical materials having superior biocompatibility and hydrophilicity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Shiseido Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Miyazawa, Taketoshi Kanda, Yousuke Toujo, Aya Ohkubo, Osamu Shirota, Kenichi Sakuma, Masayoshi Wada
  • Patent number: 7555937
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sample injection device, a sample injection method, and a liquid chromatograph that control the flow of a mobile phase using a switching valve. The sample injection device includes a port connected to a separation column, a pump for supplying a mobile phase, first and second sample injection needles, a syringe, and a valve configured to selectively connect the first sample injection needle to the pump or the syringe and to connect the second sample injection needle to the pump. When the first sample injection needle is attached to the port, the first sample injection needle is connected to the pump through operation of the valve. When the second sample injection needle is attached to the port, the first sample injection needle is connected to the syringe and the second sample injection needle is connected to the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Shiseido Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Aya Hirayama, Osamu Shirota
  • Patent number: 7500386
    Abstract: A sample injection apparatus and a liquid chromatography apparatus including the sample injection apparatus are provided. The sample injection apparatus includes a sampling vessel into which a sample is supplied, a sampling needle for aspirating and ejecting the sample, a cleaning part into which a cleaning liquid for cleaning at least the sampling needle is supplied, a sample injection part for injecting the sample ejected from the sampling needle into a moving liquid, and a needle transfer part for transferring the sampling needle among the sampling vessel, the cleaning part and the sample injection part, wherein the cleaning part includes an ultrasonic vibrator for generating an ultrasonic wave in the cleaning liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Shiseido Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Togashi, Osamu Shirota, Aya Ohkubo
  • Patent number: 7469607
    Abstract: A sampling needle is disclosed that includes a sampling part that is inserted into a sample, and a sample holding part that holds the sample that is introduced through the sampling part. The sampling part and the sample holding part are arranged into a seamless structure, and the inner diameter of the sampling part and the inner diameter of the sample holding part are equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Shiseido Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Mita, Kazuhiko Mibayashi, Osamu Shirota
  • Publication number: 20080229809
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sample injection device, a sample injection method, and a liquid chromatograph that control the flow of a mobile phase using a switching valve. The sample injection device includes a port connected to a separation column, a pump for supplying a mobile phase, first and second sample injection needles, a syringe, and a valve configured to selectively connect the first sample injection needle to the pump or the syringe and to connect the second sample injection needle to the pump. When the first sample injection needle is attached to the port, the first sample injection needle is connected to the pump through operation of the valve. When the second sample injection needle is attached to the port, the first sample injection needle is connected to the syringe and the second sample injection needle is connected to the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Aya Hirayama, Osamu Shirota
  • Publication number: 20080141762
    Abstract: A sample injection apparatus and a liquid chromatography apparatus including the sample injection apparatus are provided. The sample injection apparatus includes a sampling vessel into which a sample is supplied, a sampling needle for aspirating and ejecting the sample, a cleaning part into which a cleaning liquid for cleaning at least the sampling needle is supplied, a sample injection part for injecting the sample ejected from the sampling needle into a moving liquid, and a needle transfer part for transferring the sampling needle among the sampling vessel, the cleaning part and the sample injection part, wherein the cleaning part includes an ultrasonic vibrator for generating an ultrasonic wave in the cleaning liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: Shiseido Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Togashi, Osamu Shirota, Aya Ohkubo
  • Patent number: 7337653
    Abstract: A sample injection apparatus and sample injection method capable of sufficiently reducing carry-over, having simple cleaning means for a short cleaning time period, a small influence of vibration of the cleaning means, and a small error in the amount of injected sample and preventing the durability of a sampling needle from being lowered, and a liquid chromatography apparatus having the sample injection apparatus are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Shiseido Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Togashi, Osamu Shirota, Aya Ohkubo
  • Publication number: 20060213257
    Abstract: A sample injection apparatus and sample injection method capable of sufficiently reducing carry-over, having simple cleaning means for a short cleaning time period, a small influence of vibration of the cleaning means, and a small error in the amount of injected sample and preventing the durability of a sampling needle from being lowered, and a liquid chromatography apparatus having the sample injection apparatus are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: Shiseido Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Togashi, Osamu Shirota, Aya Ohkubo
  • Publication number: 20060107771
    Abstract: A sampling needle is disclosed that includes a sampling part that is inserted into a sample, and a sample holding part that holds the sample that is introduced through the sampling part. The sampling part and the sample holding part are arranged into a seamless structure,,and the inner diameter of the sampling part and the inner diameter of the sample holding part are equal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Applicant: Shiseido Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Mita, Kazuhiko Mibayashi, Osamu Shirota
  • Publication number: 20060060533
    Abstract: A method for surface modification of a material by means of introducing the phosphorylcholine group represented by the following formula (1-1) onto the surface of the material by treating a material having amino groups with a chemical compound containing an aldehyde derivative obtained by the oxidative ring-opening reaction of glycerophosphorylcholine. The method of the present invention provides various materials such as medical materials having superior biocompatibility and hydrophilicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Miyazawa, Taketoshi Kanda, Yousuke Toujo, Aya Ohkubo, Osamu Shirota, Kenichi Sukuma, Masayoshi Wada
  • Publication number: 20040101968
    Abstract: A chelate reagent containing an analytical chelating agent for measuring aluminum to be used in a method of measuring the amount of aluminum contained in a sample which comprises forming a complex of aluminum in the sample with the analytical chelating agent under such conditions that the equivalent concentration of the analytical chelating agent in the liquid reaction mixture is 6 times or more as high as the conventional level and then chromatographically detecting the complex. By using this reagent, the content of aluminum in a sample can be conveniently and highly accurately determined chromatographically without affected by any interfering substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventors: Aya Ohkubo, Osamu Shirota, Makoto Sato, Hajime Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20030042189
    Abstract: The present invention intends to provide a liquid chromatography system capable of improving analytical accuracy and a sample injector and a cleaning device and a method for cleaning. In order to attain the above intention, a liquid chromatography system equipped with a sample injector is provided with a cleaning device for cleaning a sample injection portion disposed in the sample injector, and thereby many samples whose analysis results are different from one another can be consecutively analyzed with high precision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Shirota, Tsuneaki Kaneko, Naoto Okamoto
  • Patent number: 6063283
    Abstract: A liquid chromatograph includes pumps for supplying solvents, a mixer for mixing the solvents, a controller for controlling a mixing ratio of the solvents in the mixer, a chromatograph column for separating a sample carried with the solvents, a flow path control valve for supplying the sample together with the solvents to the chromatograph column, and a detector for detecting the sample supplied thereto, wherein the mixer includes a mixing chamber and a porous medium accommodated in the mixing chamber, the porous medium having a size and shape in conformity with a size and shape of said mixing chamber such that no substantial gap is formed between an outer surface of the porous medium and an inner surface of the mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Shiseido Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Shirota, Ayako Suzuki, Yutaka Ohtsu, Michihiro Yamaguchi, Hisao Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 5990182
    Abstract: A method of producing a polymer packing material for liquid chromatography includes the steps of swelling seed polymer particles to form swelled particles, polymerizing monomers in the swelled particles under existence of diluent, and removing the diluent to form porous polymer particles, wherein the step of polymerizing the monomers is conducted under existence of a compound having a conjugated double bond not reactive with the monomers and having a molecular weight of 100-500. Alternatively, the polymerization process may be conducted by an oxidation reduction polymerization process. Further, the porous polymer particles obtained after removal of the diluent may be subjected to a heat treatment process at a temperature of 100.degree. C. or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Shiseido Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Hosoya, Yutaka Ohtsu, Osamu Shirota, Tomohiko Kimura
  • Patent number: 5738783
    Abstract: A liquid chromatograph includes pumps for supplying solvents, a mixer for mixing the solvents, a controller for controlling a mixing ratio of the solvents in the mixer, a chromatograph column for separating a sample carried with the solvents, a flow path control valve for supplying the sample together with the solvents to the chromatograph column, and a detector for detecting the sample supplied thereto, wherein the mixer includes a mixing chamber and a porous medium accommodated in the mixing chamber, the porous medium having a size and shape in conformity with a size and shape of said mixing chamber such that no substantial gap is formed between an outer surface of the porous medium and an inner surface of the mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Shiseido Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Shirota, Taketoshi Kanda, Ayako Suzuki, Yutaka Ohtsu, Michihiro Yamaguchi, Hisao Tsuruta, Ryujiro Namba
  • Patent number: 5310682
    Abstract: Compounds containing .alpha.-discarbonyl groups are rendered capable of fluorescent emission by conjugation with carboxylic acid-terminated ortho-diaminoaryl reagents. The carboxylic acid groups serve as ionizable moieties which facilitate the conjugation reaction, and are retained in the conjugation product to enable, or enhance the ability of, the conjugated compounds to be separated in chromatographic and electromigration separation processes, notably electrophoresis. Ortho-dinitro derivatives of the reagents are also disclosed, these derivatives offering the advantage of stability as well as the ability to be used directly in the reaction in the presence of a reducing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1994
    Assignee: Indiana University Foundation
    Inventors: Milos V. Novotny, Osamu Shirota, Donald Wiesler