Patents by Inventor Takashi Sunohara

Takashi Sunohara 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: 11275980
    Abstract: Provided are a display method and a display device with which the display performance of a two-dimensional code can be improved in a display panel that can be used without damaging the texture of a space. When a display fault occurs in a display panel in which a thin layer, comprising a naturally-derived wood, a natural fiber, a natural leather, or a natural stone, or comprising a synthetic fiber, a synthetic leather, or a synthetic stone that is a raw material produced by imitating a natural appearance and feel, is provided on the peripheral surface of a housing so as to be in contact with the panel front surface, a two-dimensional code is corrected by being moved or rotated and is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: MUI LAB, INC.
    Inventors: Takuya Kubota, Kazunori Oki, Takashi Sunohara
  • Publication number: 20210346849
    Abstract: A hollow fiber porous membrane includes polyethersulfone or polysulfone. The hollow fiber porous membrane has an inner diameter from 300 to 600 ?m, a thickness from 70 to 200 ?m, a molecular weight cut-off of 10000 or lower, and a plurality of pores having a pore diameter from 0.1 to 0.5 ?m throughout an outer surface; and a swelling rate of less than 5% as defined below: Swelling Rate (%): for 20 or more of the hollow fiber porous membranes, after a membrane thickness in a cross section of each one of the hollow fiber porous membranes in the width direction is measured at randomly selected 10 or more locations, an average membrane thickness is calculated based on 200 or more locations in total, and the swelling rate is calculated by a formula below: Swelling Rate (%)=(location numbers where the membrane thickness as measured exceeded 1.3 times the average membrane thickness)/(membrane thickness measurement numbers)×100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicants: DAICEN MEMBRANE-SYSTEMS Ltd., NIPRO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuji NAKATSUKA, Takashi SUNOHARA, Toshinari TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210295126
    Abstract: Provided are a display method and a display device with which the display performance of a two-dimensional code can be improved in a display panel that can be used without damaging the texture of a space. When a display fault occurs in a display panel in which a thin layer, comprising a naturally-derived wood, a natural fiber, a natural leather, or a natural stone, or comprising a synthetic fiber, a synthetic leather, or a synthetic stone that is a raw material produced by imitating a natural appearance and feel, is provided on the peripheral surface of a housing so as to be in contact with the panel front surface, a two-dimensional code is corrected by being moved or rotated and is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Takuya KUBOTA, Kazunori OKI, Takashi SUNOHARA
  • Patent number: 10137234
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for sterilizing a blood purifier, as well as a blood purifier package. The method is effective to decrease the amounts of extracts from the blood purifier attributed to the deterioration of the selectively permeable separation membranes with time during and after exposure to a radioactive ray or an electron ray, and is highly reliable in safety when employed for hemocatharsis therapy. The method for sterilizing a blood purifier which comprises substantially dried selectively permeable separation membranes as a main component, by way of the exposure of the same blood purifier to a radioactive ray and/or an electron ray, is characterized in that the blood purifier is sealed in a packaging bag, together with an oxygen scavenger and a humectant or together with an oxygen scavenger capable of releasing a moisture, and is then sterilized in such a sealed state by the above exposure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: NIPRO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimihiro Mabuchi, Noriko Monden, Noriaki Kato, Yuuki Hatakeyama, Takashi Sunohara, Toshiaki Masuda
  • Patent number: 9987409
    Abstract: The invention provides a blood purifier which shows a decreased amount of hydrogen peroxide extracted from its selectively permeable separation membranes, and thus is highly reliable in its safety in use for hemecatharysis. The blood purifier comprises selectively permeable separation membranes as a main component and is characterized in that the amount of hydrogen peroxide which is extracted from the selectively permeable separation membrane removed from the blood purifier after 3 months or longer has passed since the sterilization of the blood purifier by exposure to a radioactive ray and/or an electron ray is not larger than 10 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: NIPRO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimihiro Mabuchi, Noriko Monden, Noriaki Kato, Yuuki Hatakeyama, Takashi Sunohara, Toshiaki Masuda
  • Patent number: 9987408
    Abstract: Objects of the invention are to provide a blood purifier package which shows a less increase in the amounts of extracts from the materials of its blood purifier, particularly of its selective permeable separation membranes, attributed to the deterioration of the same materials with time after exposure to a radioactive ray or an electron ray, and which is therefore highly reliable in safety in use for hemocatharsis, and to provide a process for manufacturing the same. The present invention relates to a blood purifier package obtained by packing a blood purifier which comprises selectively permeable separation membranes as a main component, and this blood purifier package is characterized in that the blood purifier is packed and sealed together with an oxygen scavenger in a packaging material capable of shutting out an external air and a water vapor, under a condition of a relative humidity of above 40% RH at 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: NIPRO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimihiro Mabuchi, Noriko Monden, Noriaki Kato, Yuuki Hatakeyama, Takashi Sunohara, Toshiaki Masuda
  • Publication number: 20170157569
    Abstract: A blood purifier comprises hollow fiber membranes allowing a dialysing fluid or a filtrated fluid to flow outside. The membrane has an effective length of 10 mm or more and 150 mm or less. A maximum value of a permeation flux Jv obtained by dividing a volume of a permeate fluid permeating through the membranes by a membrane area of the hollow fiber membranes and time, is represented as Jvmax. A linear velocity of blood flowing in the membrane is represented as uB. A pressure difference between blood flowing inside the membranes and a fluid flowing outside the membranes is represented as TMP. When a filling blood volume into the membranes per unit membrane area is 20 mL/m2 or more and 35 mL/m2 or less and Jvmax/uB has a value of 0.00015 or more and 0.0006 or less, a TMP change rate is 0.95 or more and 1.05 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI, SCHOOL JURIDICAL PERSON KITASATO INSTITUTE, NIPRO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi MATSUDA, Kenichi KOKUBO, Hirosuke KOBAYASHI, Takashi SUNOHARA, Syunsuke NOTAZAWA, Hiroshi FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20150320921
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for sterilizing a blood purifier, as well as a blood purifier package. The method is effective to decrease the amounts of extracts from the blood purifier attributed to the deterioration of the selectively permeable separation membranes with time during and after exposure to a radioactive ray or an electron ray, and is highly reliable in safety when employed for hemocatharsis therapy. The method for sterilizing a blood purifier which comprises substantially dried selectively permeable separation membranes as a main component, by way of the exposure of the same blood purifier to a radioactive ray and/or an electron ray, is characterized in that the blood purifier is sealed in a packaging bag, together with an oxygen scavenger and a humectant or together with an oxygen scavenger capable of releasing a moisture, and is then sterilized in such a sealed state by the above exposure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: NIPRO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi SUNOHARA, Yuuki HATAKEYAMA, Noriko MONDEN, Toshiaki MASUDA, Noriaki KATO, Kimihiro MABUCHI
  • Publication number: 20150258264
    Abstract: The invention provides a blood purifier which shows a decreased amount of hydrogen peroxide extracted from its selectively permeable separation membranes, and thus is highly reliable in its safety in use for hemecatharysis. The blood purifier comprises selectively permeable separation membranes as a main component and is characterized in that the amount of hydrogen peroxide which is extracted from the selectively permeable separation membrane removed from the blood purifier after 3 months or longer has passed since the sterilization of the blood purifier by exposure to a radioactive ray and/or an electron ray is not larger than 10 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: NIPRO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimihiro MABUCHI, Noriko MONDEN, Noriaki KATO, Yuuki HATAKEYAMA, Takashi SUNOHARA, Toshiaki MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20150258265
    Abstract: Objects of the invention are to provide a blood purifier package which shows a less increase in the amounts of extracts from the materials of its blood purifier, particularly of its selective permeable separation membranes, attributed to the deterioration of the same materials with time after exposure to a radioactive ray or an electron ray, and which is therefore highly reliable in safety in use for hemocatharsis, and to provide a process for manufacturing the same. The present invention relates to a blood purifier package obtained by packing a blood purifier which comprises selectively permeable separation membranes as a main component, and this blood purifier package is characterized in that the blood purifier is packed and sealed together with an oxygen scavenger in a packaging material capable of shutting out an external air and a water vapor, under a condition of a relative humidity of above 40% RH at 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: NIPRO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimihiro MABUCHI, Noriko MONDEN, Noriaki KATO, Yuuki HATAKEYAMA, Takashi SUNOHARA, Toshiaki MASUDA
  • Patent number: 9067178
    Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to provide a blood purifier package which shows a less increase in the amounts of extracts from the materials of its blood purifier, particularly of its selective permeable separation membranes, attributed to the deterioration of the same materials with time after exposure to a radioactive ray or an electron ray, and which is therefore highly reliable in safety in use for hemocatharsis, and to provide a process for manufacturing the same. The present invention relates to a blood purifier package obtained by packing a blood purifier which comprises selectively permeable separation membranes as a main component, and this blood purifier package is characterized in that the blood purifier is packed and sealed together with an oxygen scavenger in a packaging material capable of shutting out an external air and a water vapor, under a condition of a relative humidity of above 40% RH at 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Nipro Corporation
    Inventors: Kimihiro Mabuchi, Noriko Monden, Noriaki Kato, Yuuki Hatakeyama, Takashi Sunohara, Toshiaki Masuda
  • Patent number: 9056280
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for sterilizing a blood purifier, which method is effective to decrease the amounts of extracts from the blood purifier attributed to the deterioration of the selectively permeable separation membranes with time during and after exposure to a radioactive ray or an electron ray, and which method is highly reliable in safety when employed for hemocatharsis therapy. The present invention also provides a blood purifier package. The present invention relates to a method for sterilizing a blood purifier which comprises substantially dried selectively permeable separation membranes as a main component, by way of the exposure of the same blood purifier to a radioactive ray and/or an electron ray, and this method is characterized in that the blood purifier is sealed in a packaging bag, together with an oxygen scavenger and a humectant or together with an oxygen scavenger capable of releasing a moisture, and is then sterilized in such a sealed state by the above exposure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Nipro Corporation
    Inventors: Kimihiro Mabuchi, Noriko Monden, Noriaki Kato, Yuuki Hatakeyama, Takashi Sunohara, Toshiaki Masuda
  • Patent number: 9050410
    Abstract: The present invention provides a blood purifier which shows a decreased amount of hydrogen peroxide extracted from its selectively permeable separation membranes, and thus is highly reliable in its safety in use for hemecatharysis. The present invention relates to a blood purifier which comprises selectively permeable separation membranes as a main component and which is characterized in that the amount of hydrogen peroxide which is extracted from the selectively permeable separation membrane removed from the blood purifier after 3 months or longer has passed since the sterilization of the blood purifier by exposure to a radioactive ray and/or an electron ray is not larger than 10 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Nipro Corporation
    Inventors: Kimihiro Mabuchi, Noriko Monden, Noriaki Kato, Yuuki Hatakeyama, Takashi Sunohara, Toshiaki Masuda
  • Patent number: 8246262
    Abstract: A print media processing apparatus increases printer throughput by starting printing after setting the conveyed print medium to the printing start position, and a transportation control unit controls how far the print medium is advanced according to the length of text to be printed on the print medium. The transportation control unit advances the paper to the position where printing text of a specified length to the printing area of the paper begins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Kinoshita, Takashi Saikawa, Atsushi Natsuno, Masanori Hayashi, Takashi Sunohara
  • Patent number: 8211362
    Abstract: A packaged blood purification device including a hollow fiber blood-processing device having a bundle of hollow fibers and a cylindrical container holding the bundle of hollow fibers; and a gas-impermeable container for packaging the hollow fiber blood-processing device. The hollow fiber blood-processing device is sealed together with an oxygen absorber in the gas-impermeable container, and is sterilized with radiation. The blood-processing device is produced by a method including the steps of sealing a hollow fiber blood-processing device in said gas-impermeable container together with an oxygen absorber, and radiation sterilizing the blood-processing device held in the sealed gas-impermeable container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Nipro Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Masuda, Yuki Hatakeyama, Takashi Sunohara
  • Patent number: 7837042
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hollow fiber membrane module comprising polysulfone type selectively permeable hollow fiber membranes which contain a polysulfone-based resin and a hydrophilic polymer as main components, wherein (A) the content of the hydrophilic polymer in the uppermost layer of the inner surface of the hollow fiber membrane is at least 1.1 times larger than the content of the hydrophilic polymer in the proximate layer of the inner surface of the membrane, and (B) the content of the hydrophilic polymer in the uppermost layer of the outer surface of the hollow fiber membrane is at least 1.1 times larger than the content of the hydrophilic polymer in the uppermost layer of the inner surface of the membrane. The hollow fiber membrane module is exposed to a radioactive ray, on condition that the oxygen concentration of an ambient atmosphere around the hollow fiber membrane is from 0.001 to 0.1%, and that the moisture content of the hollow fiber membrane to the weight thereof is from 0.2 to 7 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Nipro Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Yokota, Kimihiro Mabuchi, Noriko Monden, Noriaki Kato, Yuuki Hatakeyama, Takashi Sunohara, Toshiaki Masuda
  • Patent number: 7524417
    Abstract: A dialyzer including a substantially cylindrical case 2, a hollow fiber bundle 3 made of a plurality of hollow fiber membranes provided in the case 2, a blood flow path formed by lumens of the hollow fiber membranes, a dialysate flow path formed by a gap between the inner wall of the case 2 and the hollow fiber membranes, and a cylindrical elastic tube 4 inserted in the gap between the inner wall of the case 2 and the hollow fiber bundle 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Nipro Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Sunohara, Hidehiko Anbo, Toshiaki Masuda
  • Publication number: 20080142434
    Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to provide a blood purifier package which shows a less increase in the amounts of extracts from the materials of its blood purifier, particularly of its selective permeable separation membranes, attributed to the deterioration of the same materials with time after exposure to a radioactive ray or an electron ray, and which is therefore highly reliable in safety in use for hemocatharsis, and to provide a process for manufacturing the same. The present invention relates to a blood purifier package obtained by packing a blood purifier which comprises selectively permeable separation membranes as a main component, and this blood purifier package is characterized in that the blood purifier is packed and sealed together with an oxygen scavenger in a packaging material capable of shutting out an external air and a water vapor, under a condition of a relative humidity of above 40% RH at 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: Nipro Corporation
    Inventors: Kimihiro Mabuchi, Noriko Monden, Noriaki Kato, Yuuki Hatakeyama, Takashi Sunohara, Toshiaki Masuda
  • Publication number: 20080087599
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for sterilizing a blood purifier, which method is effective to decrease the amounts of extracts from the blood purifier attributed to the deterioration of the selectively permeable separation membranes with time during and after exposure to a radioactive ray or an electron ray, and which method is highly reliable in safety when employed for hemocatharsis therapy. The present invention also provides a blood purifier package. The present invention relates to a method for sterilizing a blood purifier which comprises substantially dried selectively permeable separation membranes as a main component, by way of the exposure of the same blood purifier to a radioactive ray and/or an electron ray, and this method is characterized in that the blood purifier is sealed in a packaging bag, together with an oxygen scavenger and a humectant or together with an oxygen scavenger capable of releasing a moisture, and is then sterilized in such a sealed state by the above exposure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: NIPRO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimihiro Mabuchi, Noriko Monden, Noriaki Kato, Yuuki Hatakeyama, Takashi Sunohara, Toshiaki Masuda
  • Publication number: 20080067122
    Abstract: The present invention provides a blood purifier which shows a decreased amount of hydrogen peroxide extracted from its selectively permeable separation membranes, and thus is highly reliable in its safety in use for hemecatharysis. The present invention relates to a blood purifier which comprises selectively permeable separation membranes as a main component and which is characterized in that the amount of hydrogen peroxide which is extracted from the selectively permeable separation membrane removed from the blood purifier after 3 months or longer has passed since the sterilization of the blood purifier by exposure to a radioactive ray and/or an electron ray is not larger than 10 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: Nipro Corporation
    Inventors: Kimihiro Mabuchi, Noriko Monden, Noriaki Kato, Yuuki Hatakeyama, Takashi Sunohara, Toshiaki Masuda