Patents by Inventor Tatsuki TAKAKURA

Tatsuki TAKAKURA 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: 11959914
    Abstract: The automatic analyzer includes: a sample dispensing unit that dispenses a sample into a reaction vessel; a reagent dispensing unit that dispenses a reagent into the reaction vessel; a control unit that controls the sample dispensing unit and the reagent dispensing unit; and a measurement unit that measures a mixed solution of the sample and the reagent mixed in the reaction vessel. The reagent includes three types of reagents of: a first reagent that specifically binds to an antigen in the sample; a second reagent that specifically binds to a site different from that to which the first reagent binds with respect to the antigen and has a label to be detected by the measurement unit; and a third reagent that specifically binds to a site different from the binding site of the first reagent and the antigen and contains insoluble carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION, ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Tatsuki Takakura, Kenta Imai, Takaaki Hagiwara, Yoshihiro Yamashita, Taku Sakazume, Beatus Ofenloch-Haehnle, Michaela Windfuhr, Ursula Pauselius-Fuchs, Rita Haerteis
  • Publication number: 20240118298
    Abstract: There is provided an automatic analyzer and a control method of the automatic analyzer capable of coping with various operational environments. A storage unit 127 of an automatic analyzer 101 stores information on a priority of dispensing among various samples and information on a constraint condition of the priority of dispensing of the various samples. A control unit 128 controls, based on the information on the priority and the information on the constraint condition, an operation of a sample disk 102 and a sample dispensing mechanism 104 such that the samples are sequentially dispensed from a sample of a type having a highest priority while following the constraint condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hitomi NISHIMURA, Hiroya UMEKI, Tatsuki TAKAKURA
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11486890
    Abstract: To provide an automated analyzer capable of shortening analysis time. The automated analyzer includes a vessel which contains a mixed solution of a specimen and a reagent; and a control unit which controls a first operation performed on the vessel, a second operation performed on the vessel after the first operation, and a third operation performed on a predetermined mechanism of the automated analyzer before the second operation, in which the control unit performs the first operation and the third operation in parallel. Alternatively, the automated analyzer includes a control unit which controls a first operation performed on the vessel, a second operation performed on the vessel after the first operation, and a third operation performed on a predetermined mechanism of the automated analyzer after the first operation, in which the control unit performs the second operation and the third operation in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Imai, Shunsuke Sasaki, Hiroya Umeki, Tatsuki Takakura, Takenori Okusa, Hiroki Fujita, Taku Sakazume
  • Publication number: 20220146540
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic analysis device capable of detecting a pipetting condition with high accuracy even when pressure pulsation occurs due to a pipetting syringe operation or a probe operation before and after pipetting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro NODA, Kenta IMAI, Tatsuki TAKAKURA, Nobuhiro TSUKADA
  • Publication number: 20210341503
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic analyzer in which user work is in conjunction with apparatus driving and operation of a user even in complicated maintenance work is simplified. The automatic analyzer includes a measurement device 2 and a control device 3. The control device controls the measurement device. The control device includes an input unit 32 that receives a start instruction of maintenance work by a user, a control unit 31 that controls an apparatus to perform a predetermined first processing in accordance with input, a driving unit that performs driving in accordance with processing of the control unit, a display unit 33 that displays a second processing to be performed by the user in conjunction with the first processing after the first processing is terminated by the driving unit. The control device sequentially guides maintenance work of the user by performing the first processing or the second processing after the displayed second processing is executed by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Marina NAKAI, Tatsuki TAKAKURA, Shunsuke SASAKI, Kenta IMAI
  • Publication number: 20210102964
    Abstract: Provided is a signal processing apparatus including a first measurement unit which acquires a first time-series signal with a first time resolution; a second measurement unit which acquires a second time-series signal with a second time resolution higher than the first time resolution; and a determination unit which determines a measurement abnormality based on the second time-series signal. The normal measurement is performed based on the first time-series signal while the measurement abnormality determination is performed based on the acquired second time-series signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Makiko YOSHIDA, Shunsuke SASAKI, Tatsuki TAKAKURA
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20200278367
    Abstract: To provide an automated analyzer capable of shortening analysis time. The automated analyzer includes a vessel which contains a mixed solution of a specimen and a reagent; and a control unit which controls a first operation performed on the vessel, a second operation performed on the vessel after the first operation, and a third operation performed on a predetermined mechanism of the automated analyzer before the second operation, in which the control unit performs the first operation and the third operation in parallel. Alternatively, the automated analyzer includes a control unit which controls a first operation performed on the vessel, a second operation performed on the vessel after the first operation, and a third operation performed on a predetermined mechanism of the automated analyzer after the first operation, in which the control unit performs the second operation and the third operation in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Kenta IMAI, Shunsuke SASAKI, Hiroya UMEKI, Tatsuki TAKAKURA, Takenori OKUSA, Hiroki FUJITA, Taku SAKAZUME
  • Publication number: 20200240981
    Abstract: The automatic analyzer includes: a sample dispensing unit that dispenses a sample into a reaction vessel; a reagent dispensing unit that dispenses a reagent into the reaction vessel; a control unit that controls the sample dispensing unit and the reagent dispensing unit; and a measurement unit that measures a mixed solution of the sample and the reagent mixed in the reaction vessel. The reagent includes three types of reagents of: a first reagent that specifically binds to an antigen in the sample; a second reagent that specifically binds to a site different from that to which the first reagent binds with respect to the antigen and has a label to be detected by the measurement unit; and a third reagent that specifically binds to a site different from the binding site of the first reagent and the antigen and contains insoluble carriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Tatsuki TAKAKURA, Kenta IMAI, Takaaki HAGIWARA, Yoshihiro YAMASHITA, Taku SAKAZUME, Beatus OFENLOCH-HAEHNLE, Michaela WINDFUHR, Ursula PAUSELIUS-FUCHS, Rita HAERTEIS