Patents by Inventor Yuka Hiramatsu

Yuka Hiramatsu 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).

  • Publication number: 20080064115
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system for pre-treatment of a sample to be introduced in a chromatograph, and a method for performing solid-phase extraction of a component present in a sample. The system uses a syringe having a needle being provided with a porous body having a monolithic structure along at least an appropriate length of the needle and across an overall diameter of the needle. The method includes the steps of inserting the needle into the sample, passing the sample through the needle to retain an analyte within the porous body, and desorbtion of the retained analyte from the porous body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Yuka Hiramatsu, Kazuhiko Yamasaki, Masahiro Furuno
  • Publication number: 20030190757
    Abstract: For the purpose of extremely simply carrying out a pre-treatment such as sample preparation including extraction or concentration of a component of interest in a short time when performing a chromatographic analysis, it is intended that a column configured such that the inside of a narrow tube is provided with a porous body having open pore structures across the entire diameter of the tube and along an appropriate length of the tube is used and a sample containing a substance to be measured is allowed to pass through the column to retain and concentrate the substance to be measured within pores of the porous body in the column, and it is also intended to provide a method in which the above described process is conducted as a micro trap when carrying out the pre-treatment of the chromatographic analysis and then the removed substances are introduced into analytical means, a method in which a sample is introduced into a separation column after narrowing the sample band when introducing the sample into a liquid
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Masahiro Furuno, Masayoshi Ohira, Noritaka Furushima, Takayuki Hamada, Yuka Hiramatsu, Yukihiro Shintani