Patents by Inventor Yoshihiko Nishikawa

Yoshihiko Nishikawa 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: 11713440
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a cell culture system includes: a cell culture container; a liquid storage part configured to store a liquid including a culture medium or a reagent to be supplied to the cell culture container; and a cell collection part configured to collect cells cultured in the cell culture container, wherein the cell culture container, the liquid storage part, and the cell collection part are connected by spatially closed-system lines at least during a period from feeding of the liquid to the cell culture container to removal of the cultured cells, and wherein the cell culture container is arranged in an incubator in a form of a multistage shelf including a liquid supply/discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Sinfonia Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daichi Horii, Kazuhiro Tsuji, Yoshihiko Nishikawa, Haruki Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20220356432
    Abstract: A cell culture device for culturing cells in a closed container kept in an aseptic state includes: a chamber including an opening/closing part capable of being opened and closed; a connection path configured to connect closed containers accommodated in the chamber to each other and each having an inside kept in an aseptic state; a driving part configured to move cells from one closed container to the other closed container via the connection path; and a container attachment/detachment device. After the cells are moved from one closed container to the other closed container, the container attachment/detachment device is configured to remove one closed container from the connection path while maintaining an aseptic state inside the other closed container and the connection path, and connect a new closed container loaded into the chamber to the connection path while maintaining an aseptic state inside the new closed container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Sinfonia Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Shinohara, Takayuki Yamada, Yoshihiko Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20200208087
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a cell culture system includes: a cell culture container; a liquid storage part configured to store a liquid including a culture medium or a reagent to be supplied to the cell culture container; and a cell collection part configured to collect cells cultured in the cell culture container, wherein the cell culture container, the liquid storage part, and the cell collection part are connected by spatially closed-system lines at least during a period from feeding of the liquid to the cell culture container to removal of the cultured cells, and wherein the cell culture container is arranged in an incubator in a form of a multistage shelf including a liquid supply/discharge port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Sinfonia Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daichi Horii, Kazuhiro Tsuji, Yoshihiko Nishikawa, Haruki Takeuchi