Patents by Inventor Toshikazu MINOHATA

Toshikazu MINOHATA 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: 11567046
    Abstract: The present invention is a data-processing device used for a chromatograph which continuously performs a series of analyses for components in each sample while sequentially introducing a plurality of samples into a column. The device includes: an input section configured to allow for input of information into a schedule table for a plurality of analyses, the schedule table describing an analysis condition including a combination of the values of a plurality of control parameters, the order of execution of the plurality of analyses, and information for identifying a sample to be subjected to each analysis; a chromatogram creating means configured to receive data sequentially collected during two or more analyses and create a joint chromatogram from the data if the two or more analyses have been continuously performed for the same sample according to the schedule table; and a display means configured to display the joint chromatogram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Futoshi Kurotobi, Toshikazu Minohata
  • Patent number: 11415563
    Abstract: In an LC/MS/MS analysis: injecting a sample into a passage leading to a column group provided in a liquid chromatograph, the column group including a plurality of columns serially connected to each other and packed with different kinds of packing materials; supplying an eluant to one or a plurality of columns including a column located most downstream, to separate a portion of the target components in the sample in the one or plurality of columns, and sequentially elute those components from the most downstream column to perform mass spectrometry; and supplying a different eluant to one or a plurality of columns including the most downstream column, to separate at least a portion of the target components which stayed uneluted in the one or plurality of columns in the first analysis step, and sequentially elute those components from the most downstream column to perform mass spectrometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: SHIMADZU CORPORATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
    Inventors: Toshikazu Minohata, Jun Watanabe, Shoji Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10788469
    Abstract: A mass spectrometry data processor (2) having a database (21) for storing respective pieces of mass spectrum data of various compounds together with names and mass spectrometry conditions of the compounds includes a mass spectrum data receiver (22) configured to receive input of mass spectrum data associated with a compound name and a mass spectrometry condition, a determination unit (25) configured to determine whether the mass spectrum data includes a mass peak satisfying a predetermined criterion, and a database registration unit (31) that registers, on the database, mass spectrum data determined to include the mass peak satisfying the predetermined criterion or mass spectrum data based on the mass spectrum data determined to include the mass peak satisfying the predetermined criterion together with a compound name and a mass spectrometry condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaro Yamamura, Toshikazu Minohata
  • Publication number: 20200158701
    Abstract: In an LC/MS/MS analysis: injecting a sample into a passage leading to a column group provided in a liquid chromatograph, the column group including a plurality of columns serially connected to each other and packed with different kinds of packing materials; supplying an eluant to one or a plurality of columns including a column located most downstream, to separate a portion of the target components in the sample in the one or plurality of columns, and sequentially elute those components from the most downstream column to perform mass spectrometry; and supplying a different eluant to one or a plurality of columns including the most downstream column, to separate at least a portion of the target components which stayed uneluted in the one or plurality of columns in the first analysis step, and sequentially elute those components from the most downstream column to perform mass spectrometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicants: SHIMADZU CORPORATION, National Institute for Environmental Studies
    Inventors: Toshikazu MINOHATA, Jun WATANABE, Shoji NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 10643830
    Abstract: A sample introduction unit 2 regularly collects a sample from a sample passage 1. A measurement unit 3 performs an LC/MS analysis for the collected sample. A spectrum matching judgment section 42 performs image recognition referring to mass spectra in a normal condition accumulated in a normal spectrum database 44, to determine whether a measured mass spectrum is in a normal condition. If the mass spectrum is non-normal, an abnormal peak locator 45 locates a peak which should not be detected in the normal condition, and an MSn analysis with the located peak selected as the target is performed in the measurement unit 3 under an MSn analysis execution commander 46. An identification processor 47 performs substance identification by a library search based on an acquired MSn spectrum. Upon successful identification, an alert commander 49 issues an alert. Thus, the system can automatically monitor hazardous substances with high accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: SHIMADZU CORPORATION, National Institute for Environmental Studies
    Inventors: Toshikazu Minohata, Shoji Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20190353627
    Abstract: The present invention is a data-processing device used for a chromatograph which continuously performs a series of analyses for components in each sample while sequentially introducing a plurality of samples into a column. The device includes: an input section configured to allow for input of information into a schedule table for a plurality of analyses, the schedule table describing an analysis condition including a combination of the values of a plurality of control parameters, the order of execution of the plurality of analyses, and information for identifying a sample to be subjected to each analysis; a chromatogram creating means configured to receive data sequentially collected during two or more analyses and create a joint chromatogram from the data if the two or more analyses have been continuously performed for the same sample according to the schedule table; and a display means configured to display the joint chromatogram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Futoshi KUROTOBI, Toshikazu MINOHATA
  • Publication number: 20190234916
    Abstract: A mass spectrometry data processor (2) having a database (21) for storing respective pieces of mass spectrum data of various compounds together with names and mass spectrometry conditions of the compounds includes a mass spectrum data receiver (22) configured to receive input of mass spectrum data associated with a compound name and a mass spectrometry condition, a determination unit (25) configured to determine whether the mass spectrum data includes a mass peak satisfying a predetermined criterion, and a database registration unit (31) that registers, on the database, mass spectrum data determined to include the mass peak satisfying the predetermined criterion or mass spectrum data based on the mass spectrum data determined to include the mass peak satisfying the predetermined criterion together with a compound name and a mass spectrometry condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaro YAMAMURA, Toshikazu MINOHATA
  • Publication number: 20190115197
    Abstract: A sample introduction unit 2 regularly collects a sample from a sample passage 1. A measurement unit 3 performs an LC/MS analysis for the collected sample. A spectrum matching judgment section 42 performs image recognition referring to mass spectra in a normal condition accumulated in a normal spectrum database 44, to determine whether a measured mass spectrum is in a normal condition. If the mass spectrum is non-normal, an abnormal peak locator 45 locates a peak which should not be detected in the normal condition, and an MSn analysis with the located peak selected as the target is performed in the measurement unit 3 under an MSn analysis execution commander 46. An identification processor 47 performs substance identification by a library search based on an acquired MSn spectrum. Upon successful identification, an alert commander 49 issues an alert. Thus, the system can automatically monitor hazardous substances with high accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicants: SHIMADZU CORPORATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
    Inventors: Toshikazu MINOHATA, Shoji NAKAYAMA