Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Niiyama

Yoshihiro Niiyama 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: 10254211
    Abstract: A flow cell includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The first layer includes a first flow path and a first electrode. The second layer includes a second flow path and a second electrode. The third layer is formed between the first layer and the second layer, and includes a first connection hole connecting the first flow path and the second flow path. The first electrode is disposed in the first flow path at a first side opposite to a second side where a sample is provided to the first flow path with respect to the first connection hole. The second electrode is disposed in the second flow path at a third side opposite to a fourth side where a fluid is discharged from the second flow path with respect to the first connection hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Niiyama, Maki Suezawa
  • Patent number: 10088467
    Abstract: A blood testing apparatus includes a blood acquiring section that acquires a blood sample, a particle counter that measures a particle count in the blood sample, and an erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) measuring section that measures a erythrocyte sedimentation rate in the blood sample. The particle counter and the ESR measuring section being arranged in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fukuda, Yoshihiro Niiyama, Fumihiko Murayama
  • Patent number: 9823173
    Abstract: A blood measuring apparatus includes: a liquid supply source storing a sheath liquid and applying a pressure to supply the sheath liquid to first and second chambers, pressures of the sheath liquids to be supplied to the first and second chambers different from each other; a sheath flow generator sending a blood sample supplied to the first chamber, to the aperture while causing the blood sample to be converged by a sheath flow due to the sheath liquid supplied from the liquid supply source; and a swirling flow generator causing the blood sample in the second chamber, to be converged by a swirling flow due to the sheath liquid supplied from the liquid supply source, thereby allowing the blood sample to flow in a direction separating from the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Niiyama, Satoshi Suzuki, Koji Masuda
  • Publication number: 20170212031
    Abstract: A flow cell includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The first layer includes a first flow path and a first electrode. The second layer includes a second flow path and a second electrode. The third layer is formed between the first layer and the second layer, and includes a first connection hole connecting the first flow path and the second flow path. The first electrode is disposed in the first flow path at a first side opposite to a second side where a sample is provided to the first flow path with respect to the first connection hole. The second electrode is disposed in the second flow path at a third side opposite to a fourth side where a fluid is discharged from the second flow path with respect to the first connection hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshihiro NIIYAMA, Maki Suezawa
  • Patent number: 9279757
    Abstract: A blood measuring apparatus includes: a first chamber which includes a first wall provided with an aperture and in which diluted blood is contained; a second chamber which includes the first wall, a second wall opposed to the first wall and a peripheral wall and in which diluting solution is contained, the first and second chambers communicating with each other through the aperture; first and second electrodes which are disposed in the first and second chambers, respectively; a measuring unit which performs a blood measurement by causing a current to flow between the first and second electrodes; a diluting solution supplying unit which supplies diluting solution along a part of the peripheral wall which is adjacent to a peripheral edge of the first wall; and a sucking unit which sucks the diluting solution from the second wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Niiyama
  • Publication number: 20150268221
    Abstract: A blood testing apparatus includes a blood acquiring section that acquires a blood sample, a particle counter that measures a particle count in the blood sample, and an erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) measuring section that measures a erythrocyte sedimentation rate in the blood sample. The particle counter and the ESR measuring section being arranged in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki FUKUDA, Yoshihiro NIIYAMA, Fumihiko MURAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150020613
    Abstract: A blood measuring apparatus includes: a liquid supply source storing a sheath liquid and applying a pressure to supply the sheath liquid to first and second chambers, pressures of the sheath liquids to be supplied to the first and second chambers different from each other; a sheath flow generator sending a blood sample supplied to the first chamber, to the aperture while causing the blood sample to be converged by a sheath flow due to the sheath liquid supplied from the liquid supply source; and a swirling flow generator causing the blood sample in the second chamber, to be converged by a swirling flow due to the sheath liquid supplied from the liquid supply source, thereby allowing the blood sample to flow in a direction separating from the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Niiyama, Satoshi Suzuki, Koji Masuda
  • Patent number: 8747632
    Abstract: A blood measuring apparatus includes: first and second chambers which communicate with each other through an aperture; first and second electrodes which are disposed respectively in the first chamber and the second chamber; and a controller: which performs blood measurement by causing a current to flow between the first and second electrodes in a state where diluted blood is contained in the first chamber and diluting solution is contained in the second chamber; and which performs electrolysis by applying a voltage between the first and second electrodes in a state where diluting solution is contained in the first and second chambers, thereby producing washing solution, and which performs washing on at least the aperture, and the first and second chambers by using the produced washing solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Niiyama
  • Publication number: 20120146619
    Abstract: A blood measuring apparatus includes: a first chamber which includes a first wall provided with an aperture and in which diluted blood is contained; a second chamber which includes the first wall, a second wall opposed to the first wall and a peripheral wall and in which diluting solution is contained, the first and second chambers communicating with each other through the aperture; first and second electrodes which are disposed in the first and second chambers, respectively; a measuring unit which performs a blood measurement by causing a current to flow between the first and second electrodes; a diluting solution supplying unit which supplies diluting solution along a part of the peripheral wall which is adjacent to a peripheral edge of the first wall; and a sucking unit which sucks the diluting solution from the second wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihiro NIIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20120145536
    Abstract: A blood measuring apparatus includes: first and second chambers which communicate with each other through an aperture; first and second electrodes which are disposed respectively in the first chamber and the second chamber; and a controller: which performs blood measurement by causing a current to flow between the first and second electrodes in a state where diluted blood is contained in the first chamber and diluting solution is contained in the second chamber; and which performs electrolysis by applying a voltage between the first and second electrodes in a state where diluting solution is contained in the first and second chambers, thereby producing washing solution, and which performs washing on at least the aperture, and the first and second chambers by using the produced washing solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihiro NIIYAMA
  • Patent number: 5266269
    Abstract: A hematology analyzer includes a first measuring container having a first sensing device, a second measuring container having a second sensing device, a first auxiliary container diluting blood collected by a sampling nozzle and being arranged so as to allow the first diluted blood solution to flow into the first measuring container; a second auxiliary container further diluting the first diluted blood solution collected in the first auxiliary container by the sampling nozzle and being arranged so as to allow the second diluted blood solution to flow into the second measuring container, and first blood cells contained in the first diluted blood solution poured into the first measuring container from the first auxiliary container are measured by the first sensing device, and second blood cells contained in the second diluted blood solution poured into the second measuring container from the second auxiliary container are measured by the second sensing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Niiyama, Katsumi Yoshikawa