Patents by Inventor Ryoji HIRAIDE
Ryoji HIRAIDE 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: 20240141273Abstract: A cell culture equipment comprising a culture component permeable member 10 that is permeable to culture components, a culture vessel 30 that covers one side of the culture component permeable member 10 and holds a cell-containing medium, and a medium holding vessel 40 that covers the other side of the culture component permeable member 10 and holds a medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicants: I Peace, Inc., FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE, Kenta SUTO, Kazunori BAN, Satoshi KINOSHITA
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Patent number: 11959058Abstract: A cell processing system comprising an enclosure 601, an outer enclosure 701 that envelops the enclosure 601, an intake air purification filter 602 provided in the enclosure 601, that purifies gas that has been drawn in from outside the enclosure 601, a circulating apparatus, inside the outer enclosure 701, that circulates gas inside and outside the enclosure 601 in such a manner that gas in the outer enclosure 701 is drawn into the enclosure 601 through the intake air purification filter 602 and gas inside the enclosure 601 is discharged into the outer enclosure 701, and a cell processing apparatus for processing of cells, disposed inside the enclosure 601.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: I Peace, Inc.Inventors: Koji Tanabe, Ryoji Hiraide
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Patent number: 11912977Abstract: A stem cell production system provided with a preintroduction cell-feeding solution channel 20 through which a solution containing cells passes, an induction factor-feeding solution mechanism 21 for feeding a pluripotency induction factor to the preintroduction cell-feeding solution channel 20, a factor introduction device 30 connected to the preintroduction cell-feeding solution channel 20 for making cells with induction factor introduced by introducing the pluripotency induction factor into the cells, a cell mass-making device 40 for making multiple cell masses comprising stem cells by culturing the cells with induction factor introduced, and a packaging device 100 for sequentially packaging each of the multiple cell masses.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: I Peace, Inc.Inventors: Koji Tanabe, Brendan Kelly, Kenta Suto, Hidenori Shimoda, Ryoji Hiraide
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Patent number: 11898130Abstract: A cell culture equipment comprising a culture component permeable member 10 that is permeable to culture components, a culture vessel 30 that covers one side of the culture component permeable member 10 and holds a cell-containing medium, and a medium holding vessel 40 that covers the other side of the culture component permeable member 10 and holds a medium.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignees: Peace, Inc., FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Tanabe, Ryoji Hiraide, Kenta Suto, Kazunori Ban, Satoshi Kinoshita
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Publication number: 20230366483Abstract: A valve including a case 3, a tube 1 disposed in the case 3, a hinge fulcrum 4 disposed in the case 3, a contact member 5 connected to the hinge fulcrum 4 and capable of coming into contact with the tube 1, and a driving device 10 configured to apply a non-contact force to the contact member 5 from outside of the case 3 and change a contact force that is applied to the tube 1 by the contact member 5 to change an inner diameter of the tube 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2020Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicants: I Peace, Inc., Aquatech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE, Hiroshi NAKAMOTO, Hiroaki INOUE
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Publication number: 20230313102Abstract: The present invention provides a culturing system and method for culturing cells that can culture cells in parallel. The culturing system comprises a cell storage 10 configured to store cells, a plurality of culture apparatuses 20, and a distribution flow path 30 configured to distribute the cells from the cell storage 10 to the culture apparatuses 20, in which each of the culture apparatuses 20 comprises a plurality of culture vessels 21, a supply flow path 22 configured to selectively supply a fluid from the distribution flow path 30 to the culture vessels 21, and a connection flow path 23 configured to connect the culture vessels 21; the culture vessels 21 are connected in series with the connection flow path 23 in each of the culture apparatuses 20; and the supply flow path 22 is configured to selectively supply the fluid to the culture vessels so that the cells are sequentially transferred among the culture vessels 21 through the connection flow path 23 in each of the culture apparatuses 20.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicants: I Peace, Inc.Inventors: Koji TANABE, Kenta SUTO, Ryoji HIRAIDE
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Publication number: 20230089643Abstract: A pump is provided that includes a tube 1, tube rotors 21A, 21B, and 21C in contact with the tube 1, a case 3 containing the tube 1 and tube rotors 21A, 21B, and 21C, and a drive apparatus 10 that rotates the tube rotors 21A, 21B, and 21C from outside the case 3 without contacting the tube rotors 21A, 21B, and 21C.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2020Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicants: I Peace, Inc, Aquatech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE, Hiroshi NAKAMOTO, Hiroaki INOUE
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Publication number: 20230064788Abstract: An solution transfer device comprises a pump 60 and a substrate 70. The pump 60 comprises a tube 1 for transferring a solution; tube rotors 21A, 21B, 21C, which contact the tube 1; and a driver 10 for transferring a solution within the tube 1 by rotating the tube rotors 21A, 21B, 21C without contacting the tube rotors 21A, 21B, 21C. The substrate 70 is provided with a solution-transferring flow path that is connected to the tube 1 of the pump 60.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2020Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicants: I Peace, Inc., FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE, Kazunori BAN, Satoshi KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20230038829Abstract: This cell production device comprises: a cell production plate that includes a fluid circuit in which a plurality of functional sites are integrated; and a closed type connector that connects the fluid circuit to an external space in a closed manner, wherein the fluid circuit comprises, as the plurality of functional sites, an injection and discharge unit that injects or discharges a fluid into or out of the fluid circuit via the closed type connector, a variable volume unit that stores a fluid that is extruded or withdrawn by the injected or discharged fluid, and a cell induction and culture unit that performs at least one of induction and culture of cells based on the injected fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Kazunori BAN, Satoshi KINOSHITA, Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE
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Publication number: 20230030031Abstract: This cell treatment device is provided with: a factor introduction device 30 for introducing a pluripotent induction factor into cells so as to prepare induction factor-introduced cells; and a reprogramming suspension culture vessel for culturing the induction factor-introduced cells that have been prepared by the factor introduction device 30.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: I Peace, Inc.Inventors: Koji Tanabe, Kenta Suto, Ryoji Hiraide
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Publication number: 20230037137Abstract: This cell production device comprises: a cell production plate that includes a fluid circuit having a plurality of functional parts integrated therein; and a plurality of closed type connectors that connect the fluid circuit to an external space in a closed manner. The fluid circuit comprises, as the plurality of functional parts: a plurality of injection and discharge units capable of injecting or discharging a plurality of types of fluids into or out of the fluid circuit via the plurality of closed type connectors; a plurality of fluid reservoir units capable of storing the plurality of types of fluids to be injected or discharged; and a cell induction and culture unit that performs at least one of induction and culture of cells based on the stored plurality of types of fluids.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Kazunori BAN, Satoshi KINOSHITA, Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE
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Publication number: 20230010002Abstract: A microscope observation system comprises a cell production device provided with a culture vessel in which cells or cell masses are cultured, a microscope device capable of observing an object including cells or cell masses, a conveying apparatus that conveys the microscope device to the cell production device, and an operating control section that sends a command to the conveying apparatus to temporarily move the conveying apparatus from a current position to a relay position and then to move the conveying apparatus to a target position when focusing the microscope device onto the object, wherein a first distance from the current position to the relay position is a distance necessary to drive an actuator by at least a predetermined amount in order to actuate a rotation shaft or a translation shaft of the conveying apparatus, and a second distance from the current position to the target position is a shorter distance than the first distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2020Publication date: January 12, 2023Inventors: Kazunori BAN, Satoshi KINOSHITA, Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE
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Publication number: 20230002717Abstract: A somatic cell production system comprising a preintroduction cell solution-feeding channel 20 through which a preintroduction cell-containing solution passes, a factor introducing device 30 that is connected to the preintroduction cell solution-feeding channel 20 and introduces a somatic cell inducing factor into preintroduction cells to prepare inducing factor-introduced cells, and a cell preparation device 40 in which the inducing factor-introduced cells are cultured to prepare somatic cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: I Peace, Inc.Inventors: Koji TANABE, Kenta SUTO, Ryoji HIRAIDE
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Publication number: 20220403307Abstract: A cell culture device (200) includes a cell culture vessel (22) for culturing cells, a factor container (81) for storing a factor, a reagent container (82) for storing a reagent for introducing the factor into the cells, and a flow path for transporting the factor and the reagent from the factor container (81) and the reagent container (82) to the cell culture vessel (22).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicants: I Peace, Inc., FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE, Kazunori BAN, Satoshi KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20220389368Abstract: A stem cell production system provided with a preintroduction cell-feeding solution channel 20 through which a solution containing cells passes, an induction factor-feeding solution mechanism 21 for feeding a pluripotency induction factor to the preintroduction cell-feeding solution channel 20, a factor introduction device 30 connected to the preintroduction cell-feeding solution channel 20 for making cells with induction factor introduced by introducing the pluripotency induction factor into the cells, a cell mass-making device 40 for making multiple cell masses comprising stem cells by culturing the cells with induction factor introduced, and a packaging device 100 for sequentially packaging each of the multiple cell masses.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: I Peace, Inc.Inventors: Koji TANABE, Brendan KELLY, Kenta SUTO, Hidenori SHIMODA, Ryoji HIRAIDE
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Patent number: 11518974Abstract: A stem cell production system provided with a preintroduction cell-feeding solution channel 20 through which a solution containing cells passes, an induction factor-feeding solution mechanism 21 for feeding a pluripotency induction factor to the preintroduction cell-feeding solution channel 20, a factor introduction device 30 connected to the preintroduction cell-feeding solution channel 20 for making cells with induction factor introduced by introducing the pluripotency induction factor into the cells, a cell mass-making device 40 for making multiple cell masses comprising stem cells by culturing the cells with induction factor introduced, and a packaging device 100 for sequentially packaging each of the multiple cell masses.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: I PEACE, INC.Inventors: Koji Tanabe, Brendan Kelly, Kenta Suto, Hidenori Shimoda, Ryoji Hiraide
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Publication number: 20220356430Abstract: A cell processing system comprising an enclosure 601, an outer enclosure 701 that envelops the enclosure 601, an intake air purification filter 602 provided in the enclosure 601, that purifies gas that has been drawn in from outside the enclosure 601, a circulating apparatus, inside the outer enclosure 701, that circulates gas inside and outside the enclosure 601 in such a manner that gas in the outer enclosure 701 is drawn into the enclosure 601 through the intake air purification filter 602 and gas inside the enclosure 601 is discharged into the outer enclosure 701, and a cell processing apparatus for processing of cells, disposed inside the enclosure 601.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: I Peace, Inc.Inventors: Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE
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Publication number: 20220356436Abstract: This cell production device comprises: a cell production plate with a first side and a second side, comprising a cell induction and culture tank configured to perform at least one of induction and culture of cells, and a culture medium reservoir tank configured to store a culture medium to be supplied to the cell induction and culture tank; a warming element that is arranged at or near the first side of the cell production plate and that warms the cell induction and culture tank; and a cooling element that is arranged at or near the second side of the cell production plate and that cools the culture medium reservoir tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Kazunori BAN, Satoshi KINOSHITA, Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE
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Publication number: 20220306993Abstract: Provided is a cell culture method including introducing a factor into cells in a cell culture vessel, and culturing the cells into which the factor has been introduced in the same cell culture vessel. Also provided is a mononuclear cell collection method including treating blood to prepare a treated blood from which erythrocytes have been at least partially removed, diluting the treated blood, causing sedimentation of mononuclear cells contained in the diluted treated blood, removing the supernatant from the diluted treated blood, and collecting the mononuclear cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2020Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: I Peace, Inc.Inventors: Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE, Kenta SUTO
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Publication number: 20220306981Abstract: Provided is an erythrocyte removal device 100 including a blood container 10 that holds blood and an erythrocyte removal vessel 11 that at least partially removes erythrocytes from blood.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2020Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicants: I Peace, Inc., FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE, Kiyonori INABA, Kazunori BAN, Satoshi KINOSHITA