Patents by Inventor Toshimitsu Noguchi
Toshimitsu Noguchi 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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Publication number: 20230324280Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer holder, which is an embodiment, has a detachable container for containing a liquid sample, and transmits an ultrasonic wave. The ultrasonic transducer holder includes an ultrasonic transducer that emits an ultrasonic wave, and a protective layer that is fixed to the ultrasonic transducer and transmits the ultrasonic wave to the container. The protective layer includes a first surface that is a surface to which the ultrasonic transducer is fixed, and a second surface that is a back surface of the first surface and is designed to fix the container via a contact medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2020Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Toshimitsu NOGUCHI, Takuya KAMBAYASHI, Akihiro NOJIMA, Shunsuke KONO
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Patent number: 11566978Abstract: The object of the invention is to perform, rapidly and at a low cost, a pretreatment of an analysis sample containing a turbid substance. Provided is an analysis sample pretreatment apparatus in which a clarified liquid is obtained by removing a turbid substance from an analysis sample. The analysis sample pretreatment apparatus includes a cell configured to store the analysis sample, and a cell holder in which at least a part of a housing is opened to mount the cell. The cell holder includes an ultrasonic wave transducer and an ultrasonic wave reflection plate that are disposed on facing plane pairs while sandwiching the cell mounted inside the cell holder. The cell includes a first opening unit from which the analysis sample flows in, a second opening unit from which the clarified liquid flows out, and a third opening unit from which the turbid substance is discharged.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Toshimitsu Noguchi, Takuya Kambayashi, Akihiro Nojima, Shunsuke Kono
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Publication number: 20220317023Abstract: An arithmetic expression used for estimating a target item of a specimen is more easily incorporated into an optical measurement system. An optical measurement instrument includes an optical analysis unit configured to perform an optical analysis on a specimen and measure an intensity of light as a result of the optical analysis, and an arithmetic processing unit configured to download an arithmetic expression from a server device via a network, and perform a quantitative analysis on a target substance contained in the specimen by substituting the result of the optical analysis by the optical analysis unit into the arithmetic expression.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Takuya KAMBAYASHI, Toshimitsu NOGUCHI, Shunsuke KONO, Akihiro NOJIMA
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Patent number: 11428621Abstract: It is possible to reduce a burden on a user in performing a spectroscopic analysis of a liquid sample. There is provided an analysis cell that is detachable and replaceable with respect to an analysis unit and accommodates a liquid sample, the analysis cell including a first wall surface pair that is made of a material transmitting a light, and a second wall surface pair for propagating an ultrasonic wave to the accommodated liquid sample, in which a first wall surface and a second wall surface forming the second wall surface pair and facing each other, are formed of materials having different acoustic impedances.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Takuya Kambayashi, Toshimitsu Noguchi, Shunsuke Kono, Akihiro Nojima
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Publication number: 20220178817Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an optical analysis method and an optical analysis system capable of accurately performing an optical analysis by using transmitted light even though a sample contains a turbid substance. The optical analysis method of the present disclosure is an optical analysis method for irradiating a sample s containing a turbid substance in a cell 11 with light and performing optical analysis on the sample s by using transmitted light of the light. The optical analysis method includes: exciting the sample s in the cell 11 by irradiation with ultrasonic waves while adjusting a frequency of the ultrasonic waves such that an intensity of the transmitted light is maximized, and then performing the optical analysis in a state where the sample s is irradiated with ultrasonic waves of this adjusted frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Toshimitsu NOGUCHI, Takuya KAMBAYASHI, Shunsuke KONO, Akihiro NOJIMA
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Patent number: 11161061Abstract: A turbid matter separating apparatus extracts turbid matter and a supernatant liquid separately from a suspension. The invention is directed to a turbid matter separating apparatus which includes a liquid container which includes a sediment discharge port and a supernatant liquid discharge port and is filled with a suspension containing turbid matter, a sediment valve which is provided in the sediment discharge port, a supernatant liquid valve which is provided in the supernatant liquid discharge port, an ultrasonic irradiator which irradiates the suspension filled in the liquid container with ultrasound, and a control unit which controls the sediment valve, the supernatant liquid valve, and the ultrasonic irradiator, the control unit being configured to control the sediment valve to discharge a sediment and controls a supernatant liquid valve to discharge a supernatant liquid after a predetermined time elapses since the irradiation with ultrasound by the ultrasonic irradiator is stopped.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Toshimitsu Noguchi, Takuya Kambayashi
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Patent number: 11099128Abstract: In order to analyze a solution component and a scatterer component in a liquid sample more quickly, there is provided an optical analysis device including a light source unit configured to irradiate a liquid sample with light; a first light receiving unit configured to receive transmitted light emitted from the light source unit and transmitted through the liquid sample; a second light receiving unit configured to receive scattered light emitted from the light source unit and scattered by a scatterer in the liquid sample; an ultrasonic irradiation unit configured to irradiate the liquid sample with an ultrasonic wave; a reflection plate configured to reflect the ultrasonic wave that is emitted from the ultrasonic irradiation unit and propagated through the liquid sample; and a control unit configured to control the light source unit, the first light receiving unit, the second light receiving unit, and the ultrasonic irradiation unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Shunsuke Kono, Takuya Kambayashi, Toshimitsu Noguchi, Akihiro Nojima
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Patent number: 10983051Abstract: To provide a reaction system capable of analyzing a liquid sample with high accuracy. To provide a reaction system A including: a reaction vessel 1, a flow channel 2 including a deformable unit 22 having an elastic member, a pump 3, a flow channel deformation mechanism 4, a measurement unit 5 and an analysis unit 6, wherein the measurement unit 5 includes a light source unit 52 and a light receiving unit 54, the flow channel deformation mechanism 4 includes an operation unit 42 for deforming the deformable unit 22 of the flow channel 2 such that a cross-sectional area of the deformable unit 22 is reduced, and the analysis unit 6 is electrically or physically connected to the measurement unit 5 and the flow channel deformation mechanism 4, and operates the flow channel deformation mechanism 4 based on a measurement result obtained by the measurement unit 5.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Takuya Kambayashi, Toshimitsu Noguchi, Shunsuke Kono
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Patent number: 10928316Abstract: To provide a reaction system capable of analyzing a liquid sample with high accuracy. To provide a reaction system A including: a reaction vessel 1, a flow channel 2 including a deformable unit 22 having an elastic member, a pump 3, a flow channel deformation mechanism 4, a measurement unit 5 and an analysis unit 6, wherein the measurement unit 5 includes a light source unit 52 and a light receiving unit 54, the flow channel deformation mechanism 4 includes an operation unit 42 for deforming the deformable unit 22 of the flow channel 2 such that a cross-sectional area of the deformable unit 22 is reduced, and the analysis unit 6 is electrically or physically connected to the measurement unit 5 and the flow channel deformation mechanism 4, and operates the flow channel deformation mechanism 4 based on a measurement result obtained by the measurement unit 5.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Takuya Kambayashi, Toshimitsu Noguchi, Shunsuke Kono
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Patent number: 10921239Abstract: An analysis system is provided which enables an optical analysis with high accuracy. An analysis system A in which light is radiated on a liquid sample to analyze the sample includes a reaction part 1 which includes a reaction tank 12, an inlet port 14, and an outlet port 16, an analysis part 2 which includes an analysis cell 22a, at least one light source part 24, and at least one light receiving part 26, and a flow path tube 3 which includes a first flow path 32 and a second flow path 34. A measurement part 222 of the analysis cell 22a includes a first measurement portion 2221 and a second measurement portion 2222, which have mutually different sectional areas.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Shunsuke Kono, Takuya Kambayashi, Toshimitsu Noguchi
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Patent number: 10801949Abstract: To perform more accurate analysis of a composition of a substance given at a sampling time, provided is an optical analysis apparatus, including: a flow passage, which is connected to a vessel, and is configured to allow a first substance to flow therethrough; an introduction unit, which is provided to the flow passage, and is configured to introduce at least two second substances to the flow passage, to thereby divide the first substance flowing through the flow passage; and a measurement unit, which is provided to the flow passage, and is configured to perform measurement by irradiating the first substance and the second substance flowing through the flow passage with light.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Toshimitsu Noguchi, Takuya Kambayashi, Shinichi Taniguchi
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Publication number: 20200291341Abstract: Human labor and time can be reduced, and a high-accuracy numerical model can be created. Provided is a pseudo sample creation method including mixing a pre-culture liquid medium that is not used to culture a sample, a post-culture liquid medium that is used to culture the sample, and an additive containing at least one of saccharides, an amino acid, a metabolite, and protein with one another to create a pseudo sample. In addition, provided is a numerical model creation system including: a spectrometer that acquires spectral data of a pseudo sample; a reference value measuring device that measures a reference value of the pseudo sample; and an analyzer that creates a numerical model representing a correlation between the spectral data and the reference value based on the spectral data and the reference values obtained from a plurality of pseudo samples.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Shunsuke KONO, Takuya KAMBAYASHI, Toshimitsu NOGUCHI, Akihiro NOJIMA
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Publication number: 20200182751Abstract: Please substitute the new Abstract set forth below for the original Abstract: The object of the invention is to perform, rapidly and at a low cost, a pretreatment of an analysis sample containing a turbid substance. Provided is an analysis sample pretreatment apparatus in which a clarified liquid is obtained by removing a turbid substance from an analysis sample. The analysis sample pretreatment apparatus includes a cell configured to store the analysis sample, and a cell holder in which at least a part of a housing is opened to mount the cell. The cell holder includes an ultrasonic wave transducer and an ultrasonic wave reflection plate that are disposed on facing plane pairs while sandwiching the cell mounted inside the cell holder. The cell includes a first opening unit from which the analysis sample flows in, a second opening unit from which the clarified liquid flows out, and a third opening unit from which the turbid substance is discharged.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Toshimitsu NOGUCHI, Takuya KAMBAYASHI, Akihiro NOJIMA, Shunsuke KONO
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Publication number: 20200124526Abstract: In order to analyze a solution component and a scatterer component in a liquid sample more quickly, there is provided an optical analysis device including a light source unit configured to irradiate a liquid sample with light; a first light receiving unit configured to receive transmitted light emitted from the light source unit and transmitted through the liquid sample; a second light receiving unit configured to receive scattered light emitted from the light source unit and scattered by a scatterer in the liquid sample; an ultrasonic irradiation unit configured to irradiate the liquid sample with an ultrasonic wave; a reflection plate configured to reflect the ultrasonic wave that is emitted from the ultrasonic irradiation unit and propagated through the liquid sample; and a control unit configured to control the light source unit, the first light receiving unit, the second light receiving unit, and the ultrasonic irradiation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Shunsuke KONO, Takuya Kambayashi, Toshimitsu Noguchi, Akihiro Nojima
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Publication number: 20190368999Abstract: It is possible to reduce a burden on a user in performing a spectroscopic analysis of a liquid sample. There is provided an analysis cell that is detachable and replaceable with respect to an analysis unit and accommodates a liquid sample, the analysis cell including a first wall surface pair that is made of a material transmitting a light, and a second wall surface pair for propagating an ultrasonic wave to the accommodated liquid sample, in which a first wall surface and a second wall surface forming the second wall surface pair and facing each other, are formed of materials having different acoustic impedances.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Takuya KAMBAYASHI, Toshimitsu NOGUCHI, Shunsuke KONO, Akihiro NOJIMA
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Publication number: 20190302017Abstract: To provide a reaction system capable of analyzing a liquid sample with high accuracy. To provide a reaction system A including: a reaction vessel 1, a flow channel 2 including a deformable unit 22 having an elastic member, a pump 3, a flow channel deformation mechanism 4, a measurement unit 5 and an analysis unit 6, wherein the measurement unit 5 includes a light source unit 52 and a light receiving unit 54, the flow channel deformation mechanism 4 includes an operation unit 42 for deforming the deformable unit 22 of the flow channel 2 such that a cross-sectional area of the deformable unit 22 is reduced, and the analysis unit 6 is electrically or physically connected to the measurement unit 5 and the flow channel deformation mechanism 4, and operates the flow channel deformation mechanism 4 based on a measurement result obtained by the measurement unit 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2018Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Takuya KAMBAYASHI, Toshimitsu NOGUCHI, Shunsuke KONO
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Publication number: 20190302006Abstract: An analysis system is provided which enables an optical analysis with high accuracy. An analysis system A in which light is radiated on a liquid sample to analyze the sample includes a reaction part 1 which includes a reaction tank 12, an inlet port 14, and an outlet port 16, an analysis part 2 which includes an analysis cell 22a, at least one light source part 24, and at least one light receiving part 26, and a flow path tube 3 which includes a first flow path 32 and a second flow path 34. A measurement part 222 of the analysis cell 22a includes a first measurement portion 2221 and a second measurement portion 2222, which have mutually different sectional areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2018Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Shunsuke KONO, Takuya KAMBAYASHI, Toshimitsu NOGUCHI
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Publication number: 20190299129Abstract: A turbid matter separating apparatus extracts turbid matter and a supernatant liquid separately from a suspension. The invention is directed to a turbid matter separating apparatus which includes a liquid container which includes a sediment discharge port and a supernatant liquid discharge port and is filled with a suspension containing turbid matter, a sediment valve which is provided in the sediment discharge port, a supernatant liquid valve which is provided in the supernatant liquid discharge port, an ultrasonic irradiator which irradiates the suspension filled in the liquid container with ultrasound, and a control unit which controls the sediment valve, the supernatant liquid valve, and the ultrasonic irradiator, the control unit being configured to control the sediment valve to discharge a sediment and controls a supernatant liquid valve to discharge a supernatant liquid after a predetermined time elapses since the irradiation with ultrasound by the ultrasonic irradiator is stopped.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2018Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Toshimitsu NOGUCHI, Takuya KAMBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20190162654Abstract: To perform more accurate analysis of a composition of a substance given at a sampling time, provided is an optical analysis apparatus, including: a flow passage, which is connected to a vessel, and is configured to allow a first substance to flow therethrough; an introduction unit, which is provided to the flow passage, and is configured to introduce at least two second substances to the flow passage, to thereby divide the first substance flowing through the flow passage; and a measurement unit, which is provided to the flow passage, and is configured to perform measurement by irradiating the first substance and the second substance flowing through the flow passage with light.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Toshimitsu NOGUCHI, Takuya KAMBAYASHI, Shinichi TANIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20180345236Abstract: A reaction vessel includes a vessel that accommodates a substance, a stirring device that stirs the substance, and a bypass that causes the substance to circulate outside the vessel, in which one end and the other end of the bypass are connected to the vessel in a position at which the substance circulates in the bypass when the substance is stirred by the stirring device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Toshimitsu NOGUCHI, Takuya KAMBAYASHI, Shinichi TANIGUCHI