Patents by Inventor Taira Kajisa

Taira Kajisa 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: 11630077
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to increase the detection specificity of biosensors. The present invention provides a biosensor characterized in that it comprises an identifier substance that can bind to a detection target substance and an electrode that takes the charge of said identifier substance, wherein the biosensor detects the change in the charge density of said electrode generated by the binding of said detection target substance with said identifier substance, the surface of said electrode is coated with polycatecholamine, all or a part of said electrode surface coated with polycatecholamine further has a polymer layer formed thereon which has a molecular imprint having a structure complementary to the molecular structure of the detection target substance formed therein, said polymer layer comprises said identifier substance, and said polymer layer is an ultrathin film layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Provigate Inc.
    Inventors: Taira Kajisa, Yoshiyuki Yanagimoto
  • Patent number: 11630078
    Abstract: A biosensor that can perform analysis based on a sample noninvasively collected from a human body is provided. The biosensor comprises an identification substance (38) that binds to a substance to be detected (40), and an electrode (16) charged with a charge of the identification substance (38), comprises an inhibitor (39) that inhibits a substance not to be detected (42) from attaching to at least one of the identification substance (38) and the electrode (16), and detects a change in a charge density of the electrode (16) caused by binding of the substance to be detected (40) to the identification substance (38).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Toshiya Sakata, Taira Kajisa, Yuya Miyazawa, Yuta Uematsu
  • Publication number: 20220099617
    Abstract: A biosensor that can perform analysis based on a sample noninvasively collected from a human body is provided. The biosensor comprises an identification substance (38) that binds to a substance to be detected (40), and an electrode (16) charged with a charge of the identification substance (38), comprises an inhibitor (39) that inhibits a substance not to be detected (42) from attaching to at least one of the identification substance (38) and the electrode (16), and detects a change in a charge density of the electrode (16) caused by binding of the substance to be detected (40) to the identification substance (38).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Toshiya Sakata, Taira Kajisa, Yuya Miyazawa, Yuta Uematsu
  • Patent number: 11156581
    Abstract: A biosensor that can perform analysis based on a sample noninvasively collected from a human body is provided. The biosensor comprises an identification substance (38) that binds to a substance to be detected (40), and an electrode (16) charged with a charge of the identification substance (38), comprises an inhibitor (39) that inhibits a substance not to be detected (42) from attaching to at least one of the identification substance (38) and the electrode (16), and detects a change in a charge density of the electrode (16) caused by binding of the substance to be detected (40) to the identification substance (38).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Toshiya Sakata, Taira Kajisa, Yuya Miyazawa, Yuta Uematsu
  • Publication number: 20210293799
    Abstract: Provided is a bio-sensor for detecting a substance to be measured that is contained in a solution, wherein the bio-sensor is provided with a sensing base plate which detects the substance to be measured, and a molecular chain which is disposed in a non-close-packed manner on the surface of the sensing base plate to inhibit substances not to be measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki YANAGIMOTO, Taira KAJISA
  • Patent number: 10996194
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] A biosensor having high detection sensitivity and detection specificity is provided. [Solution] There is provided a biosensor comprising: an identification substance capable of binding to a substance to be detected; and an electrode charged with a charge of the identification substance, and detecting a change in a charge density of the electrode caused by binding of the substance to be detected to the identification substance, wherein a polymer layer in which a molecular template having a structure complementary to a molecular structure of the substance to be detected is formed is formed on all or part of a surface of the electrode, the identification substance is contained in the polymer layer, and the polymer layer is an ultrathin film layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignees: PROVIGATE INC., THE UNIVERSITE OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Taira Kajisa, Koshin Sekimizu, Toshiya Sakata
  • Publication number: 20200049654
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to increase the detection specificity of biosensors. The present invention provides a biosensor characterized in that it comprises an identifier substance that can bind to a detection target substance and an electrode that takes the charge of said identifier substance, wherein the biosensor detects the change in the charge density of said electrode generated by the binding of said detection target substance with said identifier substance, the surface of said electrode is coated with polycatecholamine, all or a part of said electrode surface coated with polycatecholamine further has a polymer layer formed thereon which has a molecular imprint having a structure complementary to the molecular structure of the detection target substance formed therein, said polymer layer comprises said identifier substance, and said polymer layer is an ultrathin film layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Taira Kajisa, Yoshiyuki Yanagimoto
  • Publication number: 20200025711
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to remove measurement noise in an ion-sensitive biosensor. The present invention provides an ion-sensitive biosensor, characterized in that all or a part of the ion-sensitive electrode surface is coated with polycatecholamine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Taira Kajisa, Yoshiyuki Yanagimoto
  • Publication number: 20190049405
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] A biosensor having high detection sensitivity and detection specificity is provided. [Solution] There is provided a biosensor comprising: an identification substance capable of binding to a substance to be detected; and an electrode charged with a charge of the identification substance, and detecting a change in a charge density of the electrode caused by binding of the substance to be detected to the identification substance, wherein a polymer layer in which a molecular template having a structure complementary to a molecular structure of the substance to be detected is formed is formed on all or part of a surface of the electrode, the identification substance is contained in the polymer layer, and the polymer layer is an ultrathin film layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Taira Kajisa, Koshin Sekimizu, Toshiya Sakata
  • Patent number: 10197527
    Abstract: A sampling unit having a first receiving part (16) and a second receiving part (18), which receive a sample solution and are disposed separately from each other, wherein the first receiving part (16) comprises an identification substance (22) that binds to a substance to be detected, and separates the substance to be detected from substances not to be detected in the sample solution, and the second receiving part (18) is connected with a reference electrode (21) via a salt bridge part (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Toshiya Sakata, Taira Kajisa, Yuya Miyazawa
  • Publication number: 20170122899
    Abstract: A sampling unit having a first receiving part (16) and a second receiving part (18), which receive a sample solution and are disposed separately from each other, wherein the first receiving part (16) comprises an identification substance (22) that binds to a substance to be detected, and separates the substance to be detected from substances not to be detected in the sample solution, and the second receiving part (18) is connected with a reference electrode (21) via a salt bridge part (25).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Toshiya Sakata, Taira KAJISA, Yuya Miyazawa
  • Publication number: 20160169835
    Abstract: A biosensor that can perform analysis based on a sample noninvasively collected from a human body is provided. The biosensor comprises an identification substance (38) that binds to a substance to be detected (40), and an electrode (16) charged with a charge of the identification substance (38), comprises an inhibitor (39) that inhibits a substance not to be detected (42) from attaching to at least one of the identification substance (38) and the electrode (16), and detects a change in a charge density of the electrode (16) caused by binding of the substance to be detected (40) to the identification substance (38).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Toshiya Sakata, Taira Kajisa, Yuya Miyazawa, Yuta Uematsu
  • Publication number: 20150144194
    Abstract: A solar cell module is provided with a solar cell, a sealing member embedding the solar cell therein, a front surface protective member, and a back surface protective member. The storage modulus of the sealing member for the temperature range of 20-40° C. is from 6×107 Pa to 1×109 Pa (inclusive), and the average linear expansion coefficient, which is the average of linear expansion coefficients in the length direction and in the width direction when the temperature of the back surface protective member is changed from 20° C. to 25° C., is 40 ppm/° C. or less. A solar cell protective sheet is a laminate wherein an adhesive layer contains a (meth)acrylic polymer including functional groups reactive with carboxyl groups is laminated on the surface of a transparent resin sheet formed from at least one light-transmitting resin material selected from (meth)acrylic resins, polycarbonate resins and fluororesins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taira Kajisa, Ayaka Kuwahara, Haruko Ootsuki, Fumiko Fujie, Yuhei Konokawa
  • Publication number: 20130327375
    Abstract: An unwarped, lightweight solar cell module with excellent durability in a thermal cycling test and a humidity freeze test is provided. The solar cell module includes: a solar cell; a sealing member for having the solar cell embedded; a front surface protection member; and a back surface protection member. The back surface protection member includes a plate-like structure (a) including a fibrous reinforcement material with a thickness of 6 mm or less and with a mean linear expansion coefficient of 40 ppm/° C. or less at a temperature of 20 to 25° C., and the front surface protection member includes a plate-like structure (b) including a light-transmitting resin material with a thickness of 0.03 mm or more and 0.6 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD
    Inventors: Haruko Ootsuki, Hayato Ogasawara, Taira Kajisa, Kazumi Mizuhara