Patents by Inventor Tadashi TOUFUKUJI

Tadashi TOUFUKUJI 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: 10267712
    Abstract: A centrifugal smearing device including a sealed rotating container that houses a chamber with a slide glass removably attached for holding a liquid sample to smear cells with a centrifugal force onto the slide glass, and a base housing the sealed rotating container and including rotational driving means for rotating the sealed rotating container, the sealed rotating container includes a main body capable of housing the chamber and a lid for closing an upper surface opening portion of the main body, a seal portion for sealing a space between the main body and the end face of the upper face opening portion is provided on an outer circumferential edge of the lid, and a scattering protection wall is formed at an inside of the seal portion so as to protrude downward to hide the seal portion from inside so that a liquid does not scatter onto the seal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignees: SAKURA SEIKI CO., LTD., SAKURA FINETEK JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Matsumi Toya, Tadashi Toufukuji
  • Publication number: 20160274005
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a centrifugal smearing device and a sealed rotating container in which liquid components do not leak to an outside of the sealed rotating container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Matsumi TOYA, Tadashi TOUFUKUJI