Patents by Inventor Shunichirou NOBUKI

Shunichirou NOBUKI 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).

  • Automatic analysis apparatus and method for controlling automatic analysis apparatus
    Patent number: 11499983
    Abstract: [Task] To provide an automatic analysis apparatus including a photomultiplier tube which controls a sensitivity of the photomultiplier tube without adjusting a high voltage value. [Solution] An automatic analysis apparatus according to the present invention includes a photomultiplier tube which detects light from a reaction vessel; a determination unit which determines an output signal of the photomultiplier tube in a case where the photomultiplier tube is irradiated with first light; and a control unit which irradiates the photomultiplier tube with second light to lower a sensitivity of the photomultiplier tube in accordance with a determination result by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichirou Nobuki, Koshin Hamasaki, Taku Sakazume, Yoshihiro Yamashita, Hidetsugu Tanoue, Tatsuki Takakura
  • Automatic analyzer
    Patent number: 11293934
    Abstract: An automatic analyzer is equipped with a sterilization mechanism removably attached to an opening of a container that holds a reagent and having an ultraviolet light generation section that radiates ultraviolet light; a suction nozzle removably attached, together with the sterilization mechanism, to the opening of the container; an analysis section adding the reagent drawn in by suction from the container via the suction nozzle to the reagent, and executing an analysis operation; and a control section exercising variable control over an irradiation light intensity of the ultraviolet light generated by the ultraviolet light generation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ishida, Sakuichiro Adachi, Yoshihiro Yamashita, Shunichirou Nobuki, Hisashi Yabutani, Isao Yamazaki, Michaela Windfuhr, Bernhard Hauptmann, Simon Kuester
  • Automatic Analysis Apparatus and Method for Controlling Automatic Analysis Apparatus
    Publication number: 20200319218
    Abstract: [Task] To provide an automatic analysis apparatus including a photomultiplier tube which controls a sensitivity of the photomultiplier tube without adjusting a high voltage value. [Solution] An automatic analysis apparatus according to the present invention includes a photomultiplier tube which detects light from a reaction vessel; a determination unit which determines an output signal of the photomultiplier tube in a case where the photomultiplier tube is irradiated with first light; and a control unit which irradiates the photomultiplier tube with second light to lower a sensitivity of the photomultiplier tube in accordance with a determination result by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Shunichirou NOBUKI, Koshin HAMASAKI, Taku SAKAZUME, Yoshihiro YAMASHITA, Hidetsugu TANOUE, Tatsuki TAKAKURA
  • Automatic Analyzer
    Publication number: 20190310275
    Abstract: An automatic analyzer is equipped with a sterilization mechanism removably attached to an opening of a container that holds a reagent and having an ultraviolet light generation section that radiates ultraviolet light; a suction nozzle removably attached, together with the sterilization mechanism, to the opening of the container; an analysis section adding the reagent drawn in by suction from the container via the suction nozzle to the reagent, and executing an analysis operation; and a control section exercising variable control over an irradiation light intensity of the ultraviolet light generated by the ultraviolet light generation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Takeshi ISHIDA, Sakuichiro ADACHI, Yoshihiro YAMASHITA, Shunichirou NOBUKI, Hisashi YABUTANI, Isao YAMAZAKI, Michaela WINDFUHR, Bernhard HAUPTMANN, Simon KUESTER