Patents by Inventor Takanori Ichiki

Takanori Ichiki 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: 11642636
    Abstract: A solution mixer comprising: a main flow path in which a solution circulates; at least one solution introduction flow path connected to the main flow path; and at least one solution discharge flow path connected to the main flow path, wherein the solution discharge flow path has at least one solution discharge flow path valve, and wherein the main flow path has at least one main flow path valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Ichiki, Taro Ueno, Shoichi Tsuchiya, Masashi Kobayashi, Kenji Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20220010032
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a peptide-nucleic acid complex containing a peptide and a nucleic acid encoding the peptide. The method for producing a peptide-nucleic acid complex includes a step of preparing a nucleic acid to which a transpeptidase N-terminal substrate motif has been added, the nucleic acid containing a first coding sequence encoding a peptide, a second coding sequence encoding a transpeptidase, and a third coding sequence encoding a transpeptidase recognition motif; a step of synthesizing a chimeric protein containing a domain of the peptide, a domain of the transpeptidase, and the transpeptidase recognition motif, from the nucleic acid to which the transpeptidase N-terminal substrate motif has been added, using a cell-free protein synthesis system; and a step of forming the peptide-nucleic acid complex by means of the transpeptidase domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Shingo Ueno, Takanori Ichiki
  • Publication number: 20210162404
    Abstract: A fluidic device that can stably supply a solution from a reservoir without causing bubbles to precede a solution is provided. The fluidic device includes a flow path into which a solution is introduced and a reservoir in which the solution is accommodated and which supplies the solution to the flow path. A length of the reservoir in a direction in which the solution flows toward the flow path is greater than a width perpendicular to the length. A width and a depth of the reservoir are formed in a size based on a capillary length which is calculated on the basis of a surface tension and a density of the solution and acceleration which includes gravity and which is applied to the solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Takanori ICHIKI, Ryo KOBAYASHI, Taro UENO
  • Patent number: 10775368
    Abstract: A fluidic device includes: a circulation flow path; and a capture part arranged on the circulation flow path and configured to capture a sample substance in a solution and/or a detection part arranged on the circulation flow path and configured to detect a sample substance in a solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: The University of Tokyo, NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Ichiki, Taro Ueno, Ryo Kobayashi, Hirofumi Shiono
  • Publication number: 20200072822
    Abstract: The exosome analysis method of the present invention comprises (a) bringing an exosome-containing sample into contact with a substrate that is modified with a compound having a hydrophobic chain and a hydrophilic chain to bind the exosome to the compound; (b) bringing the exosome into contact with a first molecule that specifically binds to a biomolecule existing on the surface of the exosome to form a first molecule-exosome complex on the substrate; and (c) detecting the first molecule-exosome complex on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Takanori ICHIKI, Takanori AKAGI, Kuno SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20190369046
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrophoretic analysis chip with which analysis of a sample can be performed with high accuracy in a short amount of time. The present invention includes a first reservoir (11) and a second reservoir (21) provided on a base material (10); a phoresis flow path (33) which connects the first reservoir with the second reservoir and enables phoresis of the sample; and a liquid level adjusting flow path (15) having a cross-sectional area greater than that of the phoresis now path, the liquid level adjusting flow path connecting the first reservoir with the second reservoir and enabling adjustment of a difference in level between a liquid held in the first reservoir and a liquid held in the second reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Takanori ICHIKI, Satoshi ONIYANAGI
  • Patent number: 10429345
    Abstract: Electrophoresis device including: a first flow passage extending in a first direction and through which a sample and a buffer solution flow; a sample collecting part provided at an end portion of the first flow passage and configured to collect the sample; electrodes disposed at both sides of the first flow passage in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and configured to apply a voltage to the first flow passage in the second direction; second flow passages communicating with both sides of the first flow passage in the second direction, configured to accommodate the electrodes, and through which a second buffer solution flows; and partition walls fixed to communicating portions between the first and second flow passages with a predetermined bonding strength and configured to block movement of substances between the first and second flow passages. The partition walls are formed of a gel material having ion permeability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Takanori Ichiki, Takanori Akagi, Ryosuke Kubota
  • Patent number: 10400236
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a protein array or peptide array suitable for an efficient screening of a functional protein or functional peptide. The method of manufacturing a protein array or peptide array includes the steps of: (a) preparing a nucleic acid immobilized on a solid support and a cell-free synthesis system in a reactor, in which a reactor array includes the reactor having a specific aperture shape and a protein capture molecule or a peptide capture molecule provided on at least a portion of wall surface and bottom surface in the reactor; and (c) synthesizing a protein or peptide from the nucleic acid using the cell-free synthesis system and immobilizing the protein or peptide in the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: The University of Tokyo, Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Ichiki, Shingo Ueno, Hisao Osawa
  • Patent number: 10385305
    Abstract: A device for measuring activity of cultured cells includes a position detecting unit specifying a position of a cell to be measured, a microchamber controlling unit disposing in the culture container a microchamber which surrounds the cell and forms a measurement space, the measurement space being minute with respect to a volume of the culture container, and a measuring unit measuring environmental factors contained in the measurement space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Ichiki, Hirofumi Shiono
  • Patent number: 10301682
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fluidic device, an exosome analysis method, a biomolecule analysis method, and a biomolecule detection method, which can analyze even the content of an exosome in a series of flows by introducing a sample into the device. A fluidic device of the present invention is a fluidic device which detects a biomolecule contained in an exosome in a sample, and includes: an exosome purification unit which has a layer modified with a compound having a hydrophobic chain and a hydrophilic chain; a biomolecule purification unit; a biomolecule detection unit; a first flow path which connects the exosome purification unit to the biomolecule purification unit; and a second flow path which connects the biomolecule purification unit to the biomolecule detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Ichiki, Masashi Kobayashi, Ayako Hayashi, Shoichi Tsuchiya, Takanori Akagi, Taro Ueno, Takashi Funatsu, Kenji Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 10301170
    Abstract: A valve is provided with a tubular structure having an outer tube and an inner tube, and a diaphragm member having a thin film disposed to cover one end of the inner tube and an anchor part which encircles a peripheral edge of the thin film and comes into close contact with an inner wall of the outer tube and an outer wall of the inner tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Ichiki, Shoutarou Terane, Kuno Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10295454
    Abstract: A microparticle detection system includes a stage unit including a mounting surface on which a fluid device having a flow path through which a sample containing microparticles is movable is capable of being mounted, an emission unit configured to emit illumination light to the flow path, an imaging unit configured to image scattered light generated from microparticles in the sample when illumination light is emitted, an identification unit configured to identify the microparticles included in the image for each of the microparticles on the basis of the image captured by the imaging unit, a particle size determination unit configured to determine a particle size of the microparticle for each of the microparticles identified by the identification unit, a zeta potential determination unit configured to determine a zeta potential of the microparticle for each of the microparticles identified by the identification unit, and a correlation unit configured to associate the particle size for each of the microparticles
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Ichiki, Kuno Suzuki, Daishi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10294472
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nucleic acid linker for producing a complex of mRNA, and a protein or a peptide which is encoded by the mRNA, the linker comprising: a spacer portion at the 5?-terminal; a polynucleotide portion hybridizable with at least a part of a sequence of the mRNA; and an arm portion which has a connection portion for the protein or the peptide at the 3?-terminal, in which the spacer portion, the polynucleotide portion, and the arm portion form a single strand, and in which the polynucleotide portion contains a photoreactive base derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Ichiki, Shingo Ueno, Manish Biyani, Ryo Kobayashi, Hirofumi Shiono
  • Publication number: 20190126215
    Abstract: A solution mixer comprising: a main flow path in which a solution circulates; at least one solution introduction flow path connected to the main flow path; and at least one solution discharge flow path connected to the main flow path, wherein the solution discharge flow path has at least one solution discharge flow path valve, and wherein the main flow path has at least one main flow path valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Takanori ICHIKI, Taro Ueno, Shoichi TSUCHIYA, Masashi KOBAYASHI, Kenji MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190099752
    Abstract: A fluidic device includes a flow path through which a solution is introduced, and a reservoir in which the solution is accommodated and configured to supply the solution to the flow path. The reservoir has a length in a direction in which the solution flows toward the flow path, which is larger than a width perpendicular to the length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Takanori ICHIKI, Hiromi TAKARADA, Ryo KOBAYASHI, Taro UENO, Naoya ISHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 10113948
    Abstract: A particle detection method in which particles in a sample are detected includes: a mounting step of mounting, on a stage portion, a fluid device including a channel through which the particles can move; an irradiation step of irradiating the channel with illumination light; and a detection step of detecting scattered light generated from the particles by irradiation with the illumination light. In the irradiation step, the illumination light is converged such as to enter the channel by passing through, among side surfaces of the channel, only the first side surface that faces an illumination light incident direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignees: The University of Tokyo, Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Ichiki, Kuno Suzuki, Daishi Tanaka, Jiro Inoue, Kazuya Ota
  • Patent number: 10100939
    Abstract: A valve disposed at a flow path includes: a substrate having a first surface in which a hole having an opening section is formed; and a diaphragm member fixed to at least part of a wall surface of the hole and in which at least a central portion has a thin film shape, wherein a flow of a fluid in the flow path is controlled by deforming the diaphragm member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Ichiki, Masashi Kobayashi, Shotaro Terane, Kuno Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9952215
    Abstract: A method of analyzing an exosome is provided for detecting abnormality in a cell, including: (a) a step of preparing an exosome from a sample; (b) a step of bringing the exosome prepared in the step (a) into contact with a first antibody to a protein which exists on the surface of the exosome as an antigen and forming a first antibody-exosome complex; and (c) a step of measuring a zeta potential of the first antibody-exosome complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignees: The University of Tokyo, Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Ichiki, Takanori Akagi, Hirofumi Shiono
  • Publication number: 20180100793
    Abstract: A microparticle detection system includes a stage unit including a mounting surface on which a fluid device having a flow path through which a sample containing microparticles is movable is capable of being mounted, an emission unit configured to emit illumination light to the flow path, an imaging unit configured to image scattered light generated from microparticles in the sample when illumination light is emitted, an identification unit configured to identify the microparticles included in the image for each of the microparticles on the basis of the image captured by the imaging unit, a particle size determination unit configured to determine a particle size of the microparticle for each of the microparticles identified by the identification unit, a zeta potential determination unit configured to determine a zeta potential of the microparticle for each of the microparticles identified by the identification unit, and a correlation unit configured to associate the particle size for each of the microparticles
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Takanori Ichiki, Kuno Suzuki, Daishi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20180080076
    Abstract: A method for detecting a target nucleic acid, comprising: (a) contacting a nucleic acid sample comprising a target nucleic acid, comprising a first portion and a second portion, with: (i) a detection probe, wherein the detection probe is labeled with a labeling substance and comprises a nucleic acid sequence that forms a stem-loop structure and having a 5? protruding end or a 3? protruding end that is capable of hybridizing to the second portion, and (ii) a capture probe comprising a nucleic acid sequence capable of hybridizing to the first portion, wherein the capture probe is immobilized to a substrate, under conditions to form a target nucleic acid-detection probe-capture probe complex by hybridizing the second portion to the detection probe and hybridizing the first portion to the capture probe; (b) ligating a first end of the detection probe with an end of the target nucleic acid and ligating a second end of the detection probe with an end of the capture probe; and (c) detecting the labeling substance of
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicants: The University of Tokyo, Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Taro Ueno, Takashi Funatsu, Takanori Ichiki, Hirofumi Shiono