Patents by Inventor Yasuo Yamao

Yasuo Yamao 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: 7326579
    Abstract: The present invention provides an immunoassay method in which blood can be measured even without pretreatment by means of a centrifuge etc. In the present invention, antibodies or antigens in a sample are subjected to agglutination reaction with insoluble carriers onto which antigens or antibodies specifically reacting with the antibodies or antigens in the sample have been immobilized and the resulting agglutination mixture is determined for the change in its absorbance or in its scattered light by irradiation with light, wherein said sample is whole blood and the whole blood is forcibly lyzed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Horiba, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Yamao, Narihiro Oku
  • Publication number: 20050118732
    Abstract: The present invention provides an immunoassay method in which blood can be measured even without pretreatment by means of a centrifuge etc. In the present invention, antibodies or antigens in a sample are subjected to agglutination reaction with insoluble carriers onto which antigens or antibodies specifically reacting with the antibodies or antigens in the sample have been immobilized and the resulting agglutination mixture is determined for the change in its absorbance or in its scattered light by irradiation with light, wherein said sample is whole blood and the whole blood is forcibly lyzed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Yasuo Yamao
  • Patent number: 6855562
    Abstract: The present invention provides an immunoassay method in which blood can be measured even without pretreatment by means of a centrifuge etc. In the present invention, antibodies or antigens in a sample are subjected to agglutination reaction with insoluble carriers onto which antigens or antibodies specifically reacting with the antibodies or antigens in the sample have been immobilized and the resulting agglutination mixture is determined for the change in its absorbance or in its scattered light by irradiation with light, wherein said sample is whole blood and the whole blood is forcibly lyzed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Horiba, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Yamao, Narihiro Oku
  • Patent number: 6106778
    Abstract: A compact combination blood cell count and immunoassay apparatus for measuring drawn whole blood specimen includes a load station for receiving the whole blood specimen and a nozzle member that can selectively withdraw whole blood from the blood specimen. A blood cell count section and an immunoassay section are mounted along a unitary path of movement of the nozzle member so that a single nozzle member may be used for transporting the whole blood to the respective blood cell count section and immunoassay section. A controller can automatically direct a transport mechanism to use only the whole blood and to perform various steps of adding dilution liquid and reagents, along with appropriate washing of the nozzle and sample cells to insure an automatic operation. A hematozorit value can be determined from the blood cell count signal and used to correct the immunoassay signal when whole blood is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Horiba, Ltd.
    Inventors: Narihiro Oku, Yasuo Yamao
  • Patent number: 6030845
    Abstract: An immunoassay method in which blood can be measured even without pretreatment by a centrifuge etc. In the present invention, antibodies or antigens in a sample are subjected to agglutination reaction with insoluble carriers onto which antigens or antibodies specifically reacting with the antibodies or antigens in the sample have been imrobilized and the resulting agglutination mixture is determined for the change in its absorbance or in its scattered light by irradiation with light, wherein said sample is whole blood and the whole blood is forcibly lysed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Horiba Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Yamao, Narihiro Oku
  • Patent number: 4931387
    Abstract: Disclosed is an analysis implement including a support and a reagent layer containing an oxidase applied to the support such that one surface of the reagent layer is exposed to an air atmosphere. A hydrophobic, porous, oxygen permeable layer is positioned between the reagent layer and the support, such that oxygen can permeate to the layer containing oxidase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1990
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kyoto Daiichi Kagaku
    Inventors: Yasuo Yamao, Shigeru Fujioka