Patents by Inventor Toru Kawamoto
Toru Kawamoto 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: 11193480Abstract: The exhalation measurement device of certain implementations comprise a chamber, a measurement component, a piezoelectric pump, a first learning controller, and a second learning controller. The chamber may temporarily hold exhalation. The measurement component may measure a specific component in the exhalation. The piezoelectric pump may supply the measurement component with the exhalation held in the chamber. The first learning controller may perform operational setting on the piezoelectric pump before the piezoelectric pump supplies the exhalation in the chamber to the measurement component. The second learning controller may perform operational setting on the piezoelectric pump after the piezoelectric pump has started supplying the exhalation in the chamber to the measurement component, but before the measurement component performs its measurement.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2014Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATIONInventors: Toru Kawamoto, Jun'ichi Hyohgo, Takeshi Ohsora
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Publication number: 20200029859Abstract: A flow rate detector of an exhalation measurement device includes: a pipe body having a flow inlet at a first end into which exhalation flows, and a flow outlet at a second end out of which exhalation flows; and a differential pressure sensor connected to the pipe body. The pipe body includes: a partition gasket which partitions the inside of the pipe body into a flow-in space of exhalation and a flow-out space of exhalation; a connection aperture being provided at the flow-in space and connecting the differential pressure sensor to the flow-in space; a connection aperture being provided at the flow-out space and connecting the differential pressure sensor to the flow-out space; and an air duct of an elongated shape, extending through the partition gasket and allowing the flow-in space and the flow-out space to communicate with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2017Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Toru KAWAMOTO, Tsuyoshi SAWADA, Norihiko TAMAI
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Patent number: 9931058Abstract: Certain implementations relate to an exhalation measurement device that is used in checking pulmonary function, diagnosing asthma, and may perform zero point correction accurately even when there is disturbance. The exhalation measurement device may comprise a flow regulator. The flow regulator comprises a first offset adjuster that puts an exhalation inflow component and an exhalation outflow component in a separated state and performs first offset adjustment of an inflow pressure sensor and an outflow pressure sensor, a voltage difference detector that puts the exhalation inflow component and the exhalation outflow component in a linked state and detects an output voltage difference after the first offset adjustment of the inflow pressure sensor and the outflow pressure sensor, and a second offset adjuster that uses the output voltage difference to perform second offset adjustment of the inflow pressure sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2014Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun'ichi Hyohgo, Takeshi Ohsora, Toru Kawamoto
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Publication number: 20160135714Abstract: The exhalation measurement device of certain implementations comprise a chamber, a measurement component, a piezoelectric pump, a first learning controller, and a second learning controller. The chamber may temporarily hold exhalation. The measurement component may measure a specific component in the exhalation. The piezoelectric pump may supply the measurement component with the exhalation held in the chamber. The first learning controller may perform operational setting on the piezoelectric pump before the piezoelectric pump supplies the exhalation in the chamber to the measurement component. The second learning controller may perform operational setting on the piezoelectric pump after the piezoelectric pump has started supplying the exhalation in the chamber to the measurement component, but before the measurement component performs its measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2014Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Toru Kawamoto, Jun'ichi Hyohgo, Takeshi Ohsora
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Publication number: 20160089058Abstract: Certain implementations relate to an exhalation measurement device that is used in checking pulmonary function, diagnosing asthma, and may perform zero point correction accurately even when there is disturbance. The exhalation measurement device may comprise a flow regulator. The flow regulator comprises a first offset adjuster that puts an exhalation inflow component and an exhalation outflow component in a separated state and performs first offset adjustment of an inflow pressure sensor and an outflow pressure sensor, a voltage difference detector that puts the exhalation inflow component and the exhalation outflow component in a linked state and detects an output voltage difference after the first offset adjustment of the inflow pressure sensor and the outflow pressure sensor, and a second offset adjuster that uses the output voltage difference to perform second offset adjustment of the inflow pressure sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Jun'ichi HYOHGO, Takeshi OHSORA, Toru KAWAMOTO
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Patent number: 8557602Abstract: Disclosed are a method for early, sensitively and reliably detecting and distinguishing intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in a malignant tumor occurring primarily in the liver in a simple way, and a kit thereof. In the method, a glycan biomarker consisting of a lectin WFA (Wisteria floribunda Agglutinin)-binding glycoprotein derived from intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma is used as a cancer marker to detect intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma by detecting the cancer marker in a test specimen. The method for detecting intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma can clearly differentiate intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma from hepatocellular carcinoma and enables early detection and determination with a performance clinically acceptable in terms of applicability, sensitivity and precision.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2010Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, University of TsukubaInventors: Atsushi Kuno, Jun Hirabayashi, Atsushi Matsuda, Hisashi Narimatsu, Yuzuru Ikehara, Junichi Shoda, Toru Kawamoto
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Publication number: 20120065089Abstract: Disclosed are a method for early, sensitively and reliably detecting and distinguishing intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in a malignant tumor occurring primarily in the liver in a simple way, and a kit therefor. In the method, a glycan biomarker consisting of a lectin WFA (Wisteria floribunda Agglutinin)-binding glycoprotein derived from intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma is used as a cancer marker to detect intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma by detecting the cancer marker in a test specimen. The method for detecting intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma can clearly differentiate intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma from hepatocellular carcinoma and enables early detection and determination with a performance clinically acceptable in terms of applicability, sensitivity and precision.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2010Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicants: University of Tsukuba, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyInventors: Atsushi Kuno, Jun Hirabayashi, Atsushi Matsuda, Hisashi Narimatsu, Yuzuru Ikehara, Junichi Shoda, Toru Kawamoto
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Patent number: 7294594Abstract: A glass composition of the present invention relates to a multicomponent oxide glass composition manufactured by melting glass raw materials, which contains: 10 ppm or more of at least one type of a polyvalent element; minimum valence cations of the polyvalent element in a ratio of the minimum valence cation content to the total polyvalent element content of 5 to 98% in mass ratio; and 0.01 to 2 ?l/g (0° C., 1 atm) of helium.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2004Date of Patent: November 13, 2007Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toru Kawamoto, Yoshifumi Sato, Toshifumi Matsuda
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Publication number: 20040186000Abstract: A glass composition of the present invention relates to a multicomponent oxide glass composition manufactured by melting glass raw materials, which contains: 10 ppm or more of at least one type of a polyvalent element; minimum valence cations of the polyvalent element in a ratio of the minimum valence cation content to the total polyvalent element content of 5 to 98% in mass ratio; and 0.01 to 2 &mgr;l/g (0° C., 1 atm) of helium.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2004Publication date: September 23, 2004Inventors: Toru Kawamoto, Yoshifumi Sato, Toshifumi Matsuda
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Patent number: 5064785Abstract: An alkali-resistant glass for forming glass fibers having the composition: 54 to 65 wt. % SiO.sub.2, 18 to 25 wt. % ZrO.sub.2, 0 to 5 wt. % Li.sub.2 O, 10 to 7 wt. % Na.sub.2 O, 0.5 to 8 wt. % K.sub.2 O, 0 to 10 wt. % RO where R represents Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, or Zn, 0.5 to 7 wt. % TiO.sub.2, and 0 to 2 wt. % Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, which glass composition is free or substantially free from F.sub.2.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 1990Date of Patent: November 12, 1991Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toru Kawamoto, Shigeru Yamamoto