Patents by Inventor Teruo Hiruma
Teruo Hiruma 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).
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Patent number: 8241238Abstract: A cell sorting apparatus includes an extracorporeal circulation system 10 for sampling blood from a subject and circulating the blood outside a body; a cell measuring section 20 for supplying measurement light to cells contained in the blood to optically measure cell information on the physical quantity relating to the volume of the cell itself or a nucleus of the cell; and a cell separating section 30 for separating cells with reference to the cell information measured. The cell separating section 30 separates cells, based on the cell information measured by the cell measuring section 20 and a sorting condition set for sorting a specific type of cell such as a cancer cell, the cells satisfying the sorting condition, and returns the other cells into the body via the extracorporeal circulation system 10. Thus, a cell sorting apparatus can be realized which is capable of suitably sorting a target cell from the cells in blood.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2007Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignees: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., National University Corporation Hamamatsu University School of MedicineInventors: Teruo Hiruma, Hidenao Iwai, Susumu Terakawa
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Publication number: 20120156529Abstract: The disclosure describes a non-aqueous electrolyte battery with an improved cycle life. The non-aqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode including a negative electrode layer, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte containing a lithium salt. The negative electrode layer may contain a negative electrode active material which can insert and release lithium ions at 0.4 V or more (V.S. Li/Li+). The lithium salt may contains LiPF6 with a concentration of less than 50% (including 0%).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventors: Hidetoshi Watanabe, Haruchika Ishii, Hiroki Inagaki, Masataka Shikota, Toshihide Arikawa, Hirotada Tahara, Kazuko Newton, Teruo Hiruma, Yoshiaki Asami, Yuichi Kikuma
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Publication number: 20090198168Abstract: A cell sorting apparatus includes an extracorporeal circulation system 10 for sampling blood from a subject and circulating the blood outside a body; a cell measuring section 20 for supplying measurement light to cells contained in the blood to optically measure cell information on the physical quantity relating to the volume of the cell itself or a nucleus of the cell; and a cell separating section 30 for separating cells with reference to the cell information measured. The cell separating section 30 separates cells, based on the cell information measured by the cell measuring section 20 and a sorting condition set for sorting a specific type of cell such as a cancer cell, the cells satisfying the sorting condition, and returns the other cells into the body via the extracorporeal circulation system 10. Thus, a cell sorting apparatus can be realized which is capable of suitably sorting a target cell from the cells in blood.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2007Publication date: August 6, 2009Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HAMAMATSU UNIVERISITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINEInventors: Teruo Hiruma, Hidenao Iwai, Susumu Terakawa
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Patent number: 7093123Abstract: Predetermined hologram images 7a, 7b formed by three-dimensionally arranging a plurality of data items constituting data group information are read out from hologram devices 6a, 6b, and an image correlation calculation between the hologram images 7a, 7b is carried out by a Fourier transform optical system constituted by Fourier transform lenses 8, 13 and an optical address type SLM 9, whereby a correlation value of data groups is detected by a photodetector 14.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2000Date of Patent: August 15, 2006Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.Inventors: Teruo Hiruma, Tsutomu Hara, Haruyoshi Toyoda, Yasunori Igasaki
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Patent number: 6710292Abstract: This invention relates to a laser beam machining apparatus equipped with a spatial light modulator. The laser beam machining apparatus according to this invention comprises a reflection-type spatial light modulator, hologram pattern writing means for writing onto said reflection-type spatial light modulator a hologram pattern corresponding to the desired optical image intended to be irradiated onto a target, laser beam irradiating means for irradiating readout light onto said reflection-type spatial light modulator at an incidence angle &thgr;, and a Fourier lens for performing a Fourier transform of said readout light, phase modulated by said reflection-type spatial light modulator. Through use of this laser beam machining apparatus, improvement in utilization efficiency of the readout light and improvement in the level of freedom in machining patterns can be expected.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2002Date of Patent: March 23, 2004Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.Inventors: Norihiro Fukuchi, Yasunori Igasaki, Tsutomu Hara, Teruo Hiruma
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Publication number: 20030010763Abstract: This invention relates to a laser beam machining apparatus equipped with a spatial light modulator. The laser beam machining apparatus according to this invention comprises a reflection-type spatial light modulator, hologram pattern writing means for writing onto said reflection-type spatial light modulator a hologram pattern corresponding to the desired optical image intended to be irradiated onto a target, laser beam irradiating means for irradiating readout light onto said reflection-type spatial light modulator at an incidence angle &thgr;, and a Fourier lens for performing a Fourier transform of said readout light, phase modulated by said reflection-type spatial light modulator. Through use of this laser beam machining apparatus, improvement in utilization efficiency of the readout light and improvement in the level of freedom in machining patterns can be expected.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2002Publication date: January 16, 2003Inventors: Norihiro Fukuchi, Yasunori Igasaki, Tsutomu Hara, Teruo Hiruma
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Patent number: 5585735Abstract: An E-O probe for a two-dimentional voltage detecting apparatus using a fiber optic plate is provided. The fiber optic plate has a bottom face facing a measured object and a bundle of a plurality of cores separated from one another by cladding electro-optic material is attached to an end of each core at said bottom face side. A reflecting surface is provided on the bottom face side of the fiber optic plate for reflecting light back toward the side of the fiber optic plate opposite said bottom face. The refractive index of said electro-optic material varies in response to the intensity of an electric field applied to the electro-optic material. A two-dimentional voltage detecting apparatus using the E-O probe is further provided which has a high spatial resolution.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 1995Date of Patent: December 17, 1996Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.Inventors: Hironori Takahashi, Teruo Hiruma
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Patent number: 5353149Abstract: An optical converter is so arranged that light to be measured and probe light are made to interact with each other on a nonlinear element and that mixed light produced by the interaction is detected, which is characterized in that an energy amount of interacting signal light is kept as high as possible without spatial expansion of signal light, which could lower the SN ratio. For this, the time-space conversion function is achieved by a method for producing the probe light. Namely, the optical converter comprises (a) a nonlinear element for making two types of light interact with each other to cause the nonlinear optical effect, (b) a device for guiding light to be measured to the nonlinear element, and (c) a device for producing probe light crossing the light to be measured on the nonlinear element and changing a traveling direction of probe light with change of crossing time.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 1993Date of Patent: October 4, 1994Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.Inventors: Tsuneyuki Urakami, Teruo Hiruma
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Patent number: 4931647Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus comprising scintillators for converting radiation from a sample into scintillation light, image intensifiers for amplifying the scintillation light and forming an amplified image of the radiation, the image guides for directing the scintillation light to the respective image intensifiers. The observing field of a sample is conceptually partitioned into plural sections with each section corresponding to a respective one of the image intensifiers. One end of each image guide faces a respective section of the sample and the other end of each image guide is connected to a respective image intensifier.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 1988Date of Patent: June 5, 1990Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Teruo Hiruma, Shinji Ohsuka
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Patent number: 4602282Abstract: New types of devices for measuring two-dimensional photon-caused or corpuscular-ray-caused image signals by means of a special television imaging technology suitable for an extremely low level of incident visible light, infra-red, ultra-violet, X-rays, .gamma.-rays, protons or neutrons are disclosed. These image signals are sensed by an electron emitting layer, i.e., a photoelectric emitter or a secondary electron emitter, which can respond to photons or corpuscular rays, and then amplified by a micro-channel-plate which can multiply the emitted electrons to a finite number with their positional relationships remaining in the two-dimensional area. The amplified signals are digitally processed to be displayed on a television picture monitor. The image signals on the television picture monitor can be printed out or saved in magnetic media.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 1983Date of Patent: July 22, 1986Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takehiro Kurono, Yutaka Tsuchiya, Eiji Inuzuka, Teruo Hiruma
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Patent number: 4556057Abstract: Cancer diagnosis device contains an endoscope comprising a light pipe used to transmit light beams from respective light sources and an image guide used to observe the flesh of the organism during both diagnosis and treatment. The tip of the endoscope faces toward the focuses where a photosensitive material having an affinity to the focuses of cancer has been absorbed so that a treatment for cancer can be performed by exposing the organism affected by cancer to the laser beam. The attainable the laser beam within a focus is thus increased by the use of the laser beam pulse from a first laser beam pulse source.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1983Date of Patent: December 3, 1985Assignee: Hamamatsu TV Co., Ltd.Inventors: Teruo Hiruma, Atsushi Honma, Tooru Hirano, Yutaka Tsuchiya, Yoshihiro Hayata, Katsuo Aizawa, Harubumi Kato, Keiji Kainuma
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Patent number: 4232333Abstract: In a streak image analyzing device, a belt-shaped region perpendicular to the scanning lines on the scanning rastor of a television camera is set, the video signals only for the belt-shaped region are integrated every scanning line, the integration signals are stored in a memory having memory position, or addresses, provided respectively for the scanning lines, and the signal thus stored are read out to be displayed.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 1979Date of Patent: November 4, 1980Assignee: Hamamatsu Terebi Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Teruo Hiruma, Yutaka Tsuchiya