Patents by Inventor Toru Sasaki

Toru Sasaki 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: 11824521
    Abstract: The vibration substrate having a main surface extending parallel to a first direction and a second direction that are orthogonal to each other, and that includes a main body region having a vibrating portion at least in a part thereof and at least one holding region arranged side by side with the main body region along the first direction. The at least one holding region including a holding portion and a beam portion connecting the holding portion and the main body region. The beam portion includes a first arm portion extending from the holding portion along the first direction, a second arm portion extending along the second direction from an end portion of the first arm portion on a side thereof opposite to the holding portion, and a connection portion connecting the second arm portion and the main body region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hayato Sasaki, Toru Kizu, Hiroshi Kumano, Yuuki Ooi, Hiroaki Kaida
  • Publication number: 20230302040
    Abstract: An object is to provide a drug which is useful in treating a nervous system disease. A drug containing vitamin B12 as an active ingredient according to the present invention has an M2 macrophage/microglia induction promoting effect, an M1 macrophage/microglia induction inhibiting effect, a nerve regeneration promoting effect, and the like and is very useful as a therapeutic agent for a nervous system disease, and particularly useful as a therapeutic agent for a central nervous system disease such as cerebral infarction, dementia, or spinal cord injury.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicants: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, NIPPON ZOKI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., OSAKA UNIVERSITY, NIPPON ZOKI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TANAKA, Hideki YOSHIKAWA, Hideki MOCHIZUKI, Tsuyoshi MURASE, Tsutomu SASAKI, Kousuke BABA, Toru IWAHASHI, Mitsuru NAIKI
  • Publication number: 20230289257
    Abstract: A data recorder capable of reducing adverse effects caused by radiation is provided. In one aspect of a data recorder of the present disclosure, an input interface includes a first buffer memory, the input interface accepts input of data from outside and records the data in the first buffer memory, a control unit switches a state of a power supply for non-volatile memory to an on state at a timing determined on the basis of an amount of data recorded in the first buffer memory and a mode of the input of the data from the outside via the input interface, the input interface transfers the data recorded in the first buffer memory to the non-volatile memory in a case where the power supply for non-volatile memory is in an on state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa KON, Toru SASAKI, Minoru YOSHIDA, Kazuki OYA
  • Patent number: 11723976
    Abstract: In one non-limiting embodiment, the present disclosure relates to lyophilized formulations containing an IL-31 antagonist (for example, an anti-IL-31RA antibody) as an active ingredient, the lyophilized formulations further containing arginine and/or a salt thereof and sucrose and/or trehalose. In another non-limiting embodiment, the present disclosure relates to solution formulations containing an IL-31 antagonist as an active ingredient, the solution formulations further containing arginine and/or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke Kameoka, Toru Yoshizawa, Megumi Numata, Hitoshi Sasaki, So Yamaguchi, Hiroko Murata, Naoka Hironiwa
  • Publication number: 20230231124
    Abstract: Disclosed is a positive electrode material having inhibited increase in heat release when exposed to high temperature. The positive electrode material of the disclosure comprises a positive electrode active material, a first solid electrolyte and a second solid electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode active material comprises a lithium-containing oxide, the first solid electrolyte comprises Li and X as constituent elements and comprises no S, X is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br and I, the second solid electrolyte comprises Li and S as constituent elements, the first solid electrolyte covers at least part of the surface of the positive electrode active material, the second solid electrolyte contacts with the positive electrode active material across the first solid electrolyte, and the average covering thickness of the first solid electrolyte is 104 nm or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Panasonic Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Toru SUGIYAMA, Shinya SHIOTANI, Takeshi USAMI, Akinobu MIYAZAKI, Izuru SASAKI, Norihito FUJINOKI
  • Patent number: 11679122
    Abstract: An object is to provide a drug which is useful in treating a nervous system disease. A drug containing vitamin B12 as an active ingredient according to the present invention has an M2 macrophage/microglia induction promoting effect, an M1 macrophage/microglia induction inhibiting effect, a nerve regeneration promoting effect, and the like and is very useful as a therapeutic agent for a nervous system disease, and particularly useful as a therapeutic agent for a central nervous system disease such as cerebral infarction, dementia, or spinal cord injury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, NIPPON ZOKI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tanaka, Hideki Yoshikawa, Hideki Mochizuki, Tsuyoshi Murase, Tsutomu Sasaki, Kousuke Baba, Toru Iwahashi, Mitsuru Naiki
  • Patent number: 11666759
    Abstract: A nerve stimulating apparatus includes a plurality of stimulating units configured to respectively apply stimuli to a plurality of nerve regions branching from a particular nerve region of a living body, and a stimulation timing controller configured to set generating timings of respectively generating the stimuli at the plurality of stimulating units. The stimulation timing controller sets the generating timings of generating the stimuli at the plurality of stimulating units based on response results of the particular nerve region, the response results being obtained in response to the stimuli that are respectively generated at the plurality of stimulating units and that are respectively applied to the plurality of nerve regions, and the response results being measured by a biometric information measuring apparatus that measures biometric information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd, National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University
    Inventors: Shinji Sato, Sukchan Kim, Taishi Watanabe, Yuki Mitani, Yuki Miyano, Shigenori Kawabata, Toru Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20230167295
    Abstract: To provide a molded product which has a high flexural modulus and is excellent in heat resistance and impact resistance at a low temperature; and a resin composition from which the molded product can be obtained. A resin composition comprising a polyaryl ether ketone, a fluorinated elastomer and an inorganic filler, wherein the proportion of the fluorinated elastomer to the total of the volume of the polyaryl ether ketone and the volume of the fluorinated elastomer, is from 1 to 45 vol %, the proportion of the inorganic filler is from 1 to 50 mass %, and the deflection temperature under load measured in accordance with ASTM D648 under a load of 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Norio OZAWA, Toru SASAKI, Masatoshi ABE
  • Patent number: 11603560
    Abstract: Provided is a particle measuring method for measuring, based on image data containing an image of a plurality of particles, a size of each of the particles included in the image data. The particle measuring method includes: acquiring a position of each of the plurality of particles from the image data; extracting two particles vicinal to each other; and calculating the size of each of the particles based on a distance between the two vicinal particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toru Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20230069963
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound that has anti-RSV activity and that is useful in the prevention or treatment of an infection in which viruses of the subfamily Pneumovirinae, including respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), are involved, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Specifically, the present invention provides a compound represented by formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori KAWAGUCHI, Yuya OGATA, Nozomi TANAKA, Tomoki TAKEUCHI, Toru SASAKI, Ryo TAKAHASHI, Kanako HATANAKA, Risa TSURUTA, Tomokazu TAMAOKI
  • Publication number: 20230074624
    Abstract: A subject motion measuring apparatus includes at least one memory storing a program, and at least one processor which, by executing the program, causes the subject motion measuring apparatus to measure motion of a subject and output motion information related to the motion of the subject, reduce, from the motion information, an error caused by a disturbance other than the motion of the subject by using a trained model, and output the motion information in which the error is reduced. The trained model has functions of receiving a data set including the motion information with a plurality of degrees of freedom and outputting the motion information with the plurality of degrees of freedom in which the error is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Fukutani, Toru Sasaki, Ryuichi Nanaumi, Hiromi Kinebuchi
  • Publication number: 20220183583
    Abstract: A subject motion measuring apparatus includes a camera for imaging a subject, at least one memory storing a program, and at least one processor which, by executing the program, causes the subject motion measuring apparatus to acquire three-dimensional coordinate data on a patch set in frame data included in moving image data imaged by the camera. The processor tracks the patch in the moving image data imaged by the camera and generates motion data on the subject on the basis of the three-dimensional coordinate data on the tracked patch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Toru Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20210407106
    Abstract: A medical image diagnostic apparatus includes a marker to be placed on a subject, at least one imaging unit configured to capture images of the subject and the marker, and a detection unit configured to detect movement of the marker from the images captured by the imaging unit. The marker includes a plurality of planar structures that can be detected by the detection unit, and the planar structures are spaced apart from each other with a distance no less than a predetermined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Fukutani, Toru Sasaki, Ryuichi Nanaumi
  • Patent number: 11104107
    Abstract: To provide a fluororesin laminate in which a layer of a fluorinated copolymer and a layer of a propylene polymer excellent in heat resistance are strongly attached. A laminate comprising a layer which contains a fluorinated copolymer having an adhesive functional group and having monomer unit based on tetrafluoroethylene and monomer units based on ethylene, and a layer which contains a propylene polymer having an adhesive functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Shigeru Aida, Toru Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11041053
    Abstract: A resin powder having a high bulk density and an average particle size of at most 50 ?m from resin particles containing a fluorocopolymer as the main component and having a melting point of 260 to 320° C., where the fluorocopolymer contains a unit containing a carbonyl group-containing group, a unit based on tetrafluoroethylene, and a unit based on a perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) or a unit based on hexafluoropropylene. A method of producing the resin powder by subjecting resin particles (A) having an average particle size of at least 100 ?m to mechanical pulverization treatment. The resin particles (A) is made of a material (X) having a fluorocopolymer (X1) as the main component, which has a unit (1) based on a monomer containing at least one functional group selected from a carbonyl group-containing group, a hydroxy group, an epoxy group and an isocyanate group, and a unit (2) based on tetrafluoroethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoya Hosoda, Eiichi Nishi, Toru Sasaki, Nobutaka Kidera
  • Publication number: 20210113837
    Abstract: A nerve stimulating apparatus includes a plurality of stimulating units configured to respectively apply stimuli to a plurality of nerve regions branching from a particular nerve region of a living body, and a stimulation timing controller configured to set generating timings of respectively generating the stimuli at the plurality of stimulating units. The stimulation timing controller sets the generating timings of generating the stimuli at the plurality of stimulating units based on response results of the particular nerve region, the response results being obtained in response to the stimuli that are respectively generated at the plurality of stimulating units and that are respectively applied to the plurality of nerve regions, and the response results being measured by a biometric information measuring apparatus that measures biometric information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicants: Ricoh Company, Ltd., National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University
    Inventors: Shinji SATO, Sukchan KIM, Taishi WATANABE, Yuki MITANI, Yuki MIYANO, Shigenori KAWABATA, Toru SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20210040252
    Abstract: A material for a printed circuit board, which is a film composed of a fluorinated resin layer, where the fluorinated resin layer contains a composition containing a fluorinated copolymer having at least one functional group selected from a carbonyl group-containing group, a hydroxy group, an epoxy group and an isocyanate group, has a melt flow rate of at most 15 g/10 min measured at 372° C. under a load of 49N, and has a storage elastic modulus of at least 650 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoya HOSODA, Wataru KASAI, Toru SASAKI, Masatoshi ABE
  • Patent number: 10844153
    Abstract: A material having a fluorinated resin layer is subjected to heat treatment. The fluorinated resin layer is composed of a composition containing a fluorinated copolymer (a) having at least one type of functional group selected from a carbonyl group-containing group, a hydroxy group, an epoxy group and an isocyanate group, having a melting point of from 280 to 320° C. and a melt flow rate of at least 2 g/10 min measured at 372° C. under a load of 49 N. The heat treatment is carried out at a temperature of at least 250° C. and lower by at least 5° C. than the melting point of the fluorinated copolymer (a) so that the ratio of the melt flow rate of the fluorinated resin layer after the heat treatment to that before the heat treatment, and the melt flow rate of the fluorinated resin layer after the heat treatment, are respectively within specific ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoya Hosoda, Wataru Kasai, Toru Sasaki, Masatoshi Abe
  • Publication number: 20200321103
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium stores executable instructions that cause a computer to execute: transmitting, to a server, an image of an absorbent article containing vaginal discharge of a user; receiving, from the server, health information that is obtained from the image and indicates a health condition of the user; and displaying, on a display, a health information screen based on the health information. The health information screen displays a first message that indicates the health condition and a second message for improving the health condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: UNICHARM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Suzuki, Toru Sasaki, Hiroki Ishikawa, Akiko Tange, Megumi Mimuro, Takahiro Imagawa, Eiji Shibaya
  • Patent number: 10745692
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing a peptide containing a charged non-proteinogenic amino acid in a cell-free translation system, and the like. The present invention provides a method of producing a peptide containing a charged non-proteinogenic amino acid. It includes a step of expressing a peptide in a cell-free translation system including (i) at least one tRNA to which a non-proteinogenic amino acid having a protecting-group-introduced charged group has been bound and (ii) a nucleic acid that encodes the peptide and contains at least one codon corresponding to an anticodon of the tRNA; and a step of removing the protecting group of the non-proteinogenic amino acid residue contained in the peptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: The University of Tokyo, PeptiDream Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Murakami, Takashi Kawakami, Patrick Reid, Toru Sasaki