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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150233902 | APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC FIELD IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STAINING AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC FIELD IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STAINING - Acceleration and automation of immunohistochemical staining are achieved as follows: an automatic electric field immunohistochemical staining apparatus is configured to provided with a sample mounting unit, a solution supply unit, an electric field stifling unit, and a washing unit; the sample mounting unit on which a glass substrate with a tissue specimen fixed thereto is mounted and the electric field stirring unit that includes an upper electrode are operated in coordination to activate an antigen in the tissue specimen; the sample mounting unit and the solution supply unit containing various solutions are operated in coordination to supply a primary-antibody-containing solution to the tissue specimen; the sample mounting unit and the electric field stirring unit are operated in coordination to perform an antigen-antibody reaction of the antigen in the tissue specimen and a primary antibody; and the electric field stirring unit and the washing unit are operated in coordination. | 08-20-2015 |
20140218016 | MAGNETIC PROFILE MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING MAGNETIC PROFILE FOR ALTERNATING-CURRENT MAGNETIC FIELD - A magnetic profile measuring device which scans a space where an alternating-current magnetic field exists by a magnetized probe on a tip of a driven cantilever, detects vibration of the cantilever, and generates an image of magnetic field distribution of the space, the device including: the cantilever having the probe equipped on the tip thereof; a driver driving the cantilever; a vibration sensor detecting vibration of the probe wherein the driven vibration of the cantilever is frequency-modulated by the alternating-current magnetic field; a demodulator demodulating from a detection signal of the vibration sensor a magnetic signal corresponding to an alternating-current magnetic field; a scanning mechanism; a data storage storing an initial data for each coordinate of the space; a modified data generator recalling the initial data from the data storage and generating a plurality of data by modifying the phase of the initial data; and an image display device. | 08-07-2014 |
20140182731 | DRAINPIPE, METHOD FOR PREVENTING BLOCKAGE OF DRAINPIPE AND INSTALLATION STRUCTURE OF DRAINPIPE - A drainpipe comprising a concentrating flow path to concentrate flow of fluid on an inner wall of the pipe, which makes it possible to inhibit freezing of the fluid hydrodynamically without providing heat energy from outside, to thereby prevent blockage of the pipe. | 07-03-2014 |
20140179677 | THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR ECTOPIC PREGNANCY - A novel therapeutic agent for ectopic pregnancy having a therapeutic effect for ectopic pregnancy, especially unruptured ectopic pregnancy, and a novel method of screening a therapeutic agent for ectopic pregnancy are disclosed. The therapeutic agent for ectopic pregnancy contains as an effective ingredient a suppressor of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and/or of brain-derived neurotrophic factor receptor (TrkB). The method of screening a therapeutic agent for ectopic pregnancy includes measuring the kinase activity of TrkB in the presence of a test substance and the kinase activity of TrkB in the absence of the test substance; and selecting the test substance which decreases the kinase activity of TrkB. | 06-26-2014 |
20140155939 | SPINE IMMOBILIZATION TOOL - To provide a spine immobilization tool that can control the movement of the spine with improved safety as a spine immobilization tool that includes a first covering portion, a second covering portion, and a joint portion. The first covering portion covers at least a part of a vertebral arch of a vertebra at a head-side among the adjacent vertebrae, and thus can be fixed to the vertebra. The second covering portion covers at least a part of a vertebral arch of a vertebra at a buttock side among the adjacent vertebrae, and thus can be fixed to the vertebra. The joint portion couples the first covering portion and the second covering portion together while allowing changing relative positions of the first covering portion and the second covering portion. | 06-05-2014 |
20130174302 | MAGNETIC FIELD OBSERVATION DEVICE AND MAGNETIC FIELD OBSERVATION METHOD - A magnetic-field-observation device and method for measuring magnetic force near a magnetic material specimen's surface with high resolution and detecting the polarity of the magnetic pole of specimen's surface. The device including: a probe; excitation mechanism that excites it; scanning mechanism that relatively moves the probe and specimen; alternating magnetic field generation mechanism to make the probe periodically undergo magnetization reversal and apply thereto an alternating magnetic field having magnitude not making the specimen undergo magnetization reversal; and modulation measurement mechanism for measuring degree of periodical frequency modulation of the probe's oscillation caused by its apparent spring constant periodically changed by force of periodically changed intensity and applied to the probe by alternating force through magnetic interaction between magnetizations of the probe and specimen, by frequency demodulation or by measuring intensity of one sideband wave spectrum among spectrums generated by the frequency modulation. The method performed using the device. | 07-04-2013 |
20130116700 | SCREW GUIDE TEMPLATE, SCREW GUIDE TEMPLATE SYSTEM, DRILLING METHOD, AND SPINAL FIXATION METHOD - Provided are: a screw guide template, screw guide template system, and drilling method whereby a hole can be drilled in an accurate position of a member to be drilled, in an accurate direction; and a spinal fixation method whereby a spinal fixation screw can be inserted into an accurate position in an accurate direction. The screw guide template ( | 05-09-2013 |
20130034748 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides: a method of producing, at low temperature, a magnetic recording medium comprising an L1 | 02-07-2013 |
20120301793 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE AND ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENT - The present invention provides: a solid electrolyte which is made of a material having high biocompatibility and which is capable of conducting a large electric current while performing a rectifying function; and an electrochemical element employing the same. | 11-29-2012 |
20120107225 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TITANIUM-BASED MATERIAL FOR BIO-IMPLANT HAVING ZINC FUNCTIONAL GROUP GIVEN THERETO, AND TITANIUM-BASED MATERIAL FOR BIO-IMPLANT - The present invention provides a titanium-based material for a bio-implant having a fourth generation function given thereto, by a method for producing a titanium-based material for a bio-implant having a zinc functional group, wherein the method comprises a soaking step in which a base material made of titanium and an alloy thereof is soaked in an alkali solution containing a zinc hydroxide complex. | 05-03-2012 |
20110278498 | HYDROCOMPOSITE WITH IRON AND STEEL SLAG AS STARTING MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a novel method capable of producing hydrocomposites through the effective utilization of all of the components contained in iron and steel slag, while reducing the amount of slag waste. The invention also provides the hydrocomposites obtained by the method. The production method comprises: a mixture producing step by adding solid base to an iron and steel slag-containing starting material and mixing them to produce a mixture; a molten chips producing step by melting the mixture obtained in the mixture producing step at a temperature within the range of 100-1000° C. to produce molten chips; and a hydrocomposite producing step by adding the molten chips obtained in the molten chips producing step to a solvent to produce a solution and then producing a hydrocomposite from the solution. | 11-17-2011 |
20110030109 | SURFACE STATE MEASURING DEVICE, AND SURFACE STATE MEASURING METHOD USING THE DEVICE - Provided are a surface state measuring device which can measure an alternating force of an arbitrary frequency and which is excellent in spatial resolution, and a surface state measuring method using the device. This surface state measuring device measures the surface state of a sample by detecting the modulation of the oscillation of a probe arranged above the sample. The measuring device comprises: a cantilever having a probe near a free end; an excitation mechanism for exciting the cantilever; a scanning mechanism for making the probe scan the sample by moving the probe and the sample relative to each other; and alternating force generator for generating an alternating force of an arbitrary frequency in a space; and a modulation measuring mechanism for measuring the degree of frequency modulation or amplitude modulation of the oscillations of the probe, which are generated by the alternating force. | 02-03-2011 |
20110011215 | RARE METAL EXTRACTANT - The present invention is to provide a novel rare metal extractant containing a cyclic phenol sulfide derivative of the formula (1) and a method for extractive separation of rare metal(s) using the rare metal extractant with high efficiency. | 01-20-2011 |
20100276501 | TEMPERATURE MEASURING METHOD USING TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MAGNETIC SUBSTANCE AND TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING METHOD - A temperature measuring method using a temperature probe in which a temperature-sensitive magnetic substance having an arbitrary Curie point is arranged in a portion to be measured. A magnetic field is generated from a magnetic field generation source disposed at a position away from the portion to be measured. A change of the magnetic flux vector of the magnetic field depending on the temperature of the temperature-sensitive magnetic substance is detected by a magnetic sensor to measure the temperature of the portion to be measured, thereby the temperature of the portion to be measured can be wirelessly measured from the position away from the portion to be measured and the reduction in size can be easy. | 11-04-2010 |
20100133477 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A CONDUCTIVE POLYMER FILM - A conductive polymer film is produced by drying out a solution of conductive polymer and a dopant thereof to obtain a dried film. | 06-03-2010 |