Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080249401 | Remote Ultrasonic Diagnostic Subject-Side Apparatus, Remote Ultrasonic Diagnostic Examiner-Side Apparatus and Remote Ultrasonic Diagnostic System - A subject-side apparatus | 10-09-2008 |
20090060791 | MICROCHANNEL CHIP AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH CHIP - The present invention provides a microchannel chip having microchannels fabricated without using an original such as a mold. The microchannel chip of the present invention comprises at least an upper substrate and a lower substrate, the upper substrate and the lower substrate being bonded together, characterized in that at least one non-bonding thin-film layer is formed on the bonding side of at least one substrate and that opposite ends of the non-bonding thin-film layer are each connected to a port open to the atmosphere. When a positive pressure is applied through one port, the area that corresponds to the non-bonding thin-film layer inflates to create a gap that can function as a microchannel, with the result that a liquid and/or a gas can be transferred from one port to the other. | 03-05-2009 |
20090118615 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - The present invention aims at providing an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus capable of displaying a stable spatial distribution of elastic characteristics for each hear beat without depending on the accuracy or stability of measurement of blood pressure and without involvement of measurement of blood pressure. | 05-07-2009 |
20090143675 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - The present invention aims at providing an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus capable of acquiring more accurate tissue character values such as strain, an average elastic modulus, and an average viscosity. | 06-04-2009 |
20090168016 | VISION RECOVERY TRAINING DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a visual training apparatus in which a trainee can make accommodation of the trainee's eye easily when the trainee is training. The visual training apparatus includes a display member | 07-02-2009 |
20090202391 | MICRO PASSAGE CHIP AND FLUID TRANSFERRING METHOD - There is provided by the present invention a novel micro passage chip having such a structure that a fluid can be transferred without using a physical or mechanical squeezing means that is applied from above the substrate of the micro passage chip. The micro passage chip of the present invention comprises at least a first substrate, a second substrate, and an intermediate substrate interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and is characterized in that a first non-adhesive thin-film layer is formed on at least one of the mating sides of the first substrate and the intermediate substrate and at least one port for fluids that is in contact with the first non-adhesive thin-film layer and which is open to the outer surface of the first substrate is provided in any position on the first non-adhesive thin-film layer, and that at least a portion of a second non-adhesive thin-film layer whose length is either the same as or different from that of the first non-adhesive thin-film layer is formed on at least one of the mating sides of the second substrate and the intermediate substrate such that it lies either above or under the first non-adhesive thin-film layer, with the intermediate substrate lying in between, and a pressurizing port that is in contact with the second non-adhesive thin-film layer and which is open to the outer surface of the first or the second substrate is provided in at least one area on the second non-adhesive thin-film layer. | 08-13-2009 |
20090209861 | Ultrasonic Doppler Blood Flow Meter - An ultrasonic Doppler blood flow meter has a clutter component estimation unit | 08-20-2009 |
20090318806 | ULTRASONOGRAPH - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention includes: a transmitting section that generates a drive signal to drive a probe in order to transmit an ultrasonic wave toward a subject to be deformed periodically under stress; a receiving section for receiving an echo, produced when the ultrasonic wave is reflected from the subject, at the probe to generate a received echo signal; a computing section for figuring out a thickness change waveform, representing a variation in distance between two arbitrary measuring points on the subject, based on the received echo signal; and a reference waveform generating section for outputting a reference waveform. The apparatus obtains subject's internal information by comparing the thickness change waveform and the reference waveform to each other. | 12-24-2009 |
20100112681 | MICROCHIP FLUID CONTROL MECHANISM - Compressed gas is supplied from above to a specimen vessel having an open top. Transfer channels to reaction vessels are provided under a microchip and transfer channels extending from the reaction vessels are provided on the microchip. Transfer element is provided outside the microchip so as to supply the compressed gas from a member (cover) holding the microchip. | 05-06-2010 |
20100166609 | MICROCHANNEL CHIP - A micro-channel chip comprising a first substrate and a second substrate bonded together, characterized in that at least one patch of a non-adhesive thin-film layer for generating a micro-channel is formed on the mating surface of at least one of the two substrates, a port that is open to the atmosphere is provided in the first substrate, and at least one end portion of the non-adhesive thin-film layer is communicably connected to the port, further characterized in that an underplate made of a material that is difficult to deform by itself is provided on the underside of the second substrate, the underplate has a recess at the interface with the second substrate that extends from a position that is short of the center of the port toward the non-adhesive thin-film layer, and the width of the recess is greater than that of the non-adhesive thin-film layer. | 07-01-2010 |
20100221814 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM - For heating or cooling a sample contained in a vessel portion through a heat transfer member held in contact with the vessel portion, there is used the vessel portion, which has a part formed of an elastic member, expands and contracts for injection and discharge of the sample, is closed other than a connecting port with a channel connected to the vessel, and expands and contracts for injection and discharge of the sample. The vessel portion expands correspondingly to the injection when the sample is injected through an inflow path serving as the channel into the vessel portion contracting in a non-contacting state with the heat transfer member. A predetermined amount of sample is injected into the vessel portion so as to expand the vessel portion, and the vessel portion comes into contact with the heat transfer member. The vessel portion is heated or cooled through the heat transfer member. | 09-02-2010 |
20100323432 | SAMPLE PROCESSING DEVICE FOR MICROCHIP - A sample processing device for a microchip, including: a sample vessel for packing a sample therein; and a reaction vessel which is continuous with the sample vessel through a channel, and to which the sample is sequentially delivered to be packed and mixed therein, in which the sample is repeatedly delivered between the sample vessel and the reaction vessel through the channel so that the sample is stirred and mixed. | 12-23-2010 |
20110000561 | FLOW PASSAGE CONTROL MECHANISM FOR MICROCHIP - A channel control mechanism for a microchip has a laminated structure formed of members including elastic members, and includes: a sample reservoir for packing a sample therein; a reaction reservoir in which mixture and reaction of the sample are performed; and a channel formed in a middle layer of the laminated structure, for bringing the sample reservoir and the reaction reservoir into communication with each other. The channel control mechanism performs the reaction and analysis in such a manner that the sample is delivered into the reaction reservoir through the channel. A shutter channel (pressurizing channel) is provided in a layer different from a layer in which the channel is formed so that the pressurizing channel partially overlaps the channel. The channel is closed through applying a pressurized medium to the shutter channel (pressurizing channel), and the channel is opened through releasing a pressure of the pressurized medium. | 01-06-2011 |
20110002812 | SAMPLE PACKING DEVICE - Provided is a sample packing device for packing a sample with respect to a microchip for performing reaction of a micro component contained in the sample, the microchip at least including: a sample reservoir; a reaction reservoir; and a channel connected between the sample reservoir and the reaction reservoir, in which a package including a sample chamber packed in advance with the sample is mounted on the microchip so as to pack the sample in the sample chamber into the sample reservoir. | 01-06-2011 |
20110120867 | MICRO-CHANNEL CHIP FOR ELECTROPHORESIS AND METHOD FOR ELECTROPHORESIS - The micro-channel chip for electrophoresis of the present invention comprises a first substrate formed of a gas-permeable material and a second substrate formed of a gas-permeable or a gas-impermeable material, the first and the second substrate being glued together, the mating surface of either one of the first and second substrates having a sample-feeding channel having a port at both ends and an electrophoretic channel also having a port at both ends, the sample-feeding channel and the electrophoretic channel being allowed to communicate with each other via a narrower channel having a smaller cross-sectional area than those two channels. The micro-channel chip for electrophoresis of the present invention requires only one power source to perform electrophoresis and can use samples with minimum waste of their quantity. | 05-26-2011 |
20120230888 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM - For heating or cooling a sample contained in a vessel portion through a heat transfer member held in contact with the vessel portion, there is used the vessel portion, which has a part formed of an elastic member, expands and contracts for injection and discharge of the sample, is closed other than a connecting port with a channel connected to the vessel, and expands and contracts for injection and discharge of the sample. The vessel portion expands correspondingly to the injection when the sample is injected through an inflow path serving as the channel into the vessel portion contracting in a non-contacting state with the heat transfer member. A predetermined amount of sample is injected into the vessel portion so as to expand the vessel portion, and the vessel portion comes into contact with the heat transfer member. The vessel portion is heated or cooled through the heat transfer member. | 09-13-2012 |
20130251603 | SAMPLE PACKING DEVICE - Provided is a sample packing device for packing a sample with respect to a microchip for performing reaction of a micro component contained in the sample, the microchip at least including: a sample reservoir; a reaction reservoir; and a channel connected between the sample reservoir and the reaction reservoir, in which a package including a sample chamber packed in advance with the sample is mounted on the microchip so as to pack the sample in the sample chamber into the sample reservoir. | 09-26-2013 |
20130273487 | SAMPLE HEATING METHOD AND HEATING CONTROL DEVICE - In a sample heating method which uses a microchip, using the microchip which includes a vessel portion ( | 10-17-2013 |
20140079605 | FLOW PASSAGE CONTROL MECHANISM FOR MICROCHIP - A channel control mechanism for a microchip has a laminated structure formed of members including elastic members, and includes: a sample reservoir for packing a sample therein; a reaction reservoir in which mixture and reaction of the sample are performed; and a channel formed in a middle layer of the laminated structure, for bringing the sample reservoir and the reaction reservoir into communication with each other. The channel control mechanism performs the reaction and analysis in such a manner that the sample is delivered into the reaction reservoir through the channel. A shutter channel (pressurizing channel) is provided in a layer different from a layer in which the channel is formed so that the pressurizing channel partially overlaps the channel. The channel is closed through applying a pressurized medium to the shutter channel (pressurizing channel), and the channel is opened through releasing a pressure of the pressurized medium. | 03-20-2014 |