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20100197937 | NOVEL COMPOUND, PROBE CONTAINING THE NOVEL COMPOUND, AND FLUORESCENCE-IMAGING CONTRAST AGENT CONTAINING THE NOVEL COMPOUND OR THE PROBE - A compound represented by Formula (1) below, | 08-05-2010 |
20130095038 | PARTICLES, AND PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING CONTRAST AGENT AND SLN CONTRAST AGENT INCLUDING THE PARTICLES - Provided are particles where a hydrophilic coloring agent having an anionic functional group, such as ICG, hardly leaks from the particles. The particles include a coloring agent having an anionic functional group, such as ICG, ions of a polyvalent metal, such as iron ions (Fe | 04-18-2013 |
20130224121 | PARTICLE CONTAINING HYDROPHOBIC DYE HAVING CYANINE STRUCTURE, AND CONTRAST AGENT CONTAINING THE PARTICLE - Provided is a particle which can stably hold a dye in itself even in an aqueous solution such as serum, in order to solve such a problem of a particle containing ICG, which has been conventionally used in a contrast agent or the like, that the ICG is a dye having a hydrophilic functional group and hence the ICG leaks out of the particle in an aqueous solution such as serum. More specifically, provided is a particle including a hydrophobic dye having a cyanine structure, in which the hydrophobic dye is represented by the following chemical formula (1). | 08-29-2013 |
20130243694 | PARTICLES AND CONTRAST AGENT INCLUDING THE SAME FOR OPTICAL IMAGING - A particle includes a copolymer of lactic acid and glycolic acid, and at least one compound selected from silicon naphthalocyanine and derivatives of silicon naphthalocyanine, in which the particle has a particle size of 10 nm or more and less than 1000 nm. | 09-19-2013 |
20130315837 | DYE-CONTAINING NANOPARTICLE FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC CONTRAST AGENT - An object of the present invention is to increase the dye content in nanoparticles and to improve the signal intensity per particle. According to the nanoparticle including at least a silicon naphthalocyanine or a derivative thereof and a surfactant, wherein the proportion of the silicon naphthalocyanine or the derivative thereof is 70% or more by weight in relation to the other component of the particle exclusive of the surfactant, the dye content in the nanoparticles can be increased and the signal intensity per particle can be improved without weakening the signal intensity per dye molecule (light absorptivity) | 11-28-2013 |
20140377180 | PHOTOACOUSTIC CONTRAST AGENT HAVING LIPID PARTICLE CONTAINING SILICON NAPHTHALOCYANINE ANALOG - A conventional silicon naphthalocyanine-containing liposome is required to incorporate a dye dispersed therein for use in photodynamic therapy, and is thus low in dye content and also low in photoacoustic signal. According to a lipid particle containing a silicon naphthalocyanine analog, in which the ratio A/B of an absorption coefficient A at a first absorption local maximum to an absorption coefficient B at a second absorption local maximum in a range from 700 nm to 800 nm is 5.0 or less, the dye content in the lipid particle can be increased and the photoacoustic signal intensity can be improved. | 12-25-2014 |
20150037254 | CONTRAST AGENT FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING - Provided is a particle having a large photoacoustic signal per unit dye, the particle including: one of a hydrophobic metal naphthalocyanine dye and a hydrophobic metal phthalocyanine dye; one of an oil, a fatty acid, and a fatty acid ester as a matrix material; and a surfactant, in which a ratio of the weight of the matrix material to the weight of the particle is 50% or more. | 02-05-2015 |
20150037255 | PHTHALOCYANINE DYE-CONTAINING CONTRAST AGENT FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING - To provide a particle promoting hydrophobic metal phthalocyanine aggregation, having absorption in a wavelength region suitable for a photoacoustic imaging method and having a high molar absorbance coefficient per particle by increasing the weight percentage of the dye in the particle. The particle of the present invention is a particle having a hydrophobic metal phthalocyanine and a surfactant, wherein the weight percentage of the hydrophobic metal phthalocyanine is 6% or more. | 02-05-2015 |
20150126749 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONTRAST AGENT - A method for producing a contrast agent includes the reaction step of allowing a cyanine dye containing a naphthyl group and a carboxyl or carboxylate group to react with a polyethylene glycol containing an amino group in an organic solvent to form a conjugate, and the purification step of purifying the conjugate using an organic solvent. | 05-07-2015 |
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20110059575 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - It is an object to provide a manufacturing method of a structure of a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor film, in which threshold voltage at which a channel is formed is positive and as close to 0 V as possible. A protective insulating layer is formed to cover a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer that is dehydrated or dehydrogenated by first heat treatment, and second heat treatment at a temperature that is lower than that of the first heat treatment, in which the increase and decrease in temperature are repeated plural times, is performed, whereby a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, in which threshold voltage at which a channel is formed is positive and as close to 0 V as possible without depending on the channel length, can be manufactured. | 03-10-2011 |
20120195115 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A first field-effect transistor provided over a substrate in which an insulating region is provided over a first semiconductor region and a second semiconductor region is provided over the insulating region; an insulating layer provided over the substrate; a second field-effect transistor that is provided one flat surface of the insulating layer and includes an oxide semiconductor layer; and a control terminal are provided. The control terminal is formed in the same step as a source and a drain of the second field-effect transistor, and a voltage for controlling a threshold voltage of the first field-effect transistor is supplied to the control terminal. | 08-02-2012 |
20120268849 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To provide a protection circuit having a small area, redundancy, and small leak current. In the protection circuit, a plurality of nonlinear elements is provided so as to overlap with each other and so as to be electrically connected in series. At least one nonlinear element in the protection circuit is a diode-connected transistor including an oxide semiconductor in its channel formation region. The other nonlinear element is a diode-connected transistor including silicon in its channel formation region or a diode including silicon in its junction region. | 10-25-2012 |
20120281469 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Noise generated on a word line is reduced without increasing a load on the word line. A semiconductor device is provided in which a plurality of storage elements each including at least one switching element are provided in matrix; each of the plurality of storage elements is electrically connected to a word line and a bit line; the word line is connected to a gate (or a source and a drain) of a transistor in which minority carriers do not exist substantially; and capacitance of the transistor in which minority carriers do not exist substantially can be controlled by controlling a potential of a source and a drain (or a gate) the transistor in which minority carriers do not exist substantially. The transistor in which minority carriers do not exist substantially may include a wide band gap semiconductor. | 11-08-2012 |
20120286260 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A highly reliable transistor which includes an oxide semiconductor and has high field-effect mobility and in which a variation in threshold voltage is small is provided. By using the transistor, a high-performance semiconductor device, which has been difficult to realize, is provided. The transistor includes an oxide semiconductor film which contains two or more kinds, preferably three or more kinds of elements selected from indium, tin, zinc, and aluminum. The oxide semiconductor film is formed in a state where a substrate is heated. Further, oxygen is supplied to the oxide semiconductor film with an adjacent insulating film and/or by ion implantation in a manufacturing process of the transistor, so that oxygen deficiency which generates a carrier is reduced as much as possible. In addition, the oxide semiconductor film is highly purified in the manufacturing process of the transistor, so that the concentration of hydrogen is made extremely low. | 11-15-2012 |
20120289008 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - It is an object to provide a manufacturing method of a structure of a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor film, in which threshold voltage at which a channel is formed is positive and as close to 0 V as possible. A protective insulating layer is formed to cover a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer that is dehydrated or dehydrogenated by first heat treatment, and second heat treatment at a temperature that is lower than that of the first heat treatment, in which the increase and decrease in temperature are repeated plural times, is performed, whereby a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, in which threshold voltage at which a channel is formed is positive and as close to 0 V as possible without depending on the channel length, can be manufactured. | 11-15-2012 |
20130280857 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - It is an object to provide a manufacturing method of a structure of a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor film, in which threshold voltage at which a channel is formed is positive and as close to 0 V as possible. A protective insulating layer is formed to cover a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer that is dehydrated or dehydrogenated by first heat treatment, and second heat treatment at a temperature that is lower than that of the first heat treatment, in which the increase and decrease in temperature are repeated plural times, is performed, whereby a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, in which threshold voltage at which a channel is formed is positive and as close to 0 V as possible without depending on the channel length, can be manufactured. | 10-24-2013 |
20150044818 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - It is an object to provide a manufacturing method of a structure of a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor film, in which threshold voltage at which a channel is formed is positive and as close to 0 V as possible. A protective insulating layer is formed to cover a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer that is dehydrated or dehydrogenated by first heat treatment, and second heat treatment at a temperature that is lower than that of the first heat treatment, in which the increase and decrease in temperature are repeated plural times, is performed, whereby a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, in which threshold voltage at which a channel is formed is positive and as close to 0 V as possible without depending on the channel length, can be manufactured. | 02-12-2015 |
20150129873 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A first field-effect transistor provided over a substrate in which an insulating region is provided over a first semiconductor region and a second semiconductor region is provided over the insulating region; an insulating layer provided over the substrate; a second field-effect transistor that is provided one flat surface of the insulating layer and includes an oxide semiconductor layer; and a control terminal are provided. The control terminal is formed in the same step as a source and a drain of the second field-effect transistor, and a voltage for controlling a threshold voltage of the first field-effect transistor is supplied to the control terminal. | 05-14-2015 |
20150137121 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A highly reliable transistor which includes an oxide semiconductor and has high field-effect mobility and in which a variation in threshold voltage is small is provided. By using the transistor, a high-performance semiconductor device, which has been difficult to realize, is provided. The transistor includes an oxide semiconductor film which contains two or more kinds, preferably three or more kinds of elements selected from indium, tin, zinc, and aluminum. The oxide semiconductor film is formed in a state where a substrate is heated. Further, oxygen is supplied to the oxide semiconductor film with an adjacent insulating film and/or by ion implantation in a manufacturing process of the transistor, so that oxygen deficiency which generates a carrier is reduced as much as possible. In addition, the oxide semiconductor film is highly purified in the manufacturing process of the transistor, so that the concentration of hydrogen is made extremely low. | 05-21-2015 |
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20140348695 | LOW ALLOY STEEL - A low alloy steel, containing, by mass percent, C: 0.01 to 0.15%, Si: 3% or less, Mn: 3% or less, B: 0.005 to 0.050%, and Al: 0.08% or less, and the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein in the impurities, N: 0.01% or less, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.03% or less, and O: 0.03% or less. In the alloy steel, a HAZ has excellent resistance to embrittlement attributable to hydrogen such as stress corrosion cracking in wet hydrogen sulfide environments. | 11-27-2014 |
20150047749 | LOW ALLOY STEEL - A low alloy steel subjected to post weld heat treatment, containing, by mass percent, of C: 0.01 to 0.15%, Si: 3% or less, Mn: 3% or less, and Al: 0.08% or less, one or more kinds of elements selected from Ti, V and Nb: the range satisfying Formula (1), and the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein in the impurities, N: 0.01% or less, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.03% or less, and O: 0.03% or less: | 02-19-2015 |
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20100173316 | PROBE, PROBE SET, PROBE CARRIER, AND TESTING METHOD - A probe, a set of probes, and a probe carrier on which the probe or the set of probes is immobilized, are provided for classification of fungus species. The probe or the set of probes is capable of collectively detecting fungus of the same species and distinguishingly detecting those fungus from fungus of other species. The probe is an oligonucleotide probe for detecting a pathogenic fungus DNA and includes at least one of base sequences of SEQ ID NOS. 1 to 2 and mutated sequences thereof. | 07-08-2010 |
20100184073 | PROBE, PROBE SET, PROBE CARRIER, AND TESTING METHOD - A probe, a set of probes, and a probe carrier on which the probe or the set of probes is immobilized, are provided for classification of fungus species. The probe or the set of probes is capable of collectively detecting fungus of the same species and distinguishingly detecting those fungus from fungus of other species. The probe is an oligonucleotide probe for detecting a pathogenic fungus DNA and includes at least one of base sequences of SEQ ID NOS. 1 to 3 and mutated sequences thereof. | 07-22-2010 |
20110046007 | PROBE, PROBE SET, PROBE CARRIER, AND TESTING METHOD - A probe, a set of probes, and a probe carrier on which the probe or the set of probes is immobilized, are provided for classification of fungus species. The probe or the set of probes is capable of collectively detecting fungus of the same species and distinguishingly detecting those fungus from fungus of other species. The probe is an oligonucleotide probe for detecting a pathogenic fungus DNA and includes at least one of base sequences of SEQ ID NOS. 1 to 2 and mutated sequences thereof. | 02-24-2011 |
20110086358 | PROBE, PROBE SET, PROBE CARRIER, AND TESTING METHOD - A probe, a set of probes, and a probe carrier on which the probe or the set of probes is immobilized, are provided for classification of fungus species. The probe or the set of probes is capable of collectively detecting fungus of the same species and distinguishingly detecting those fungus from fungus of other species. The probe is an oligonucleotide probe for detecting a pathogenic fungus DNA and includes at least one of base sequences of SEQ ID NOS. 1 to 4 and mutated sequences thereof. | 04-14-2011 |
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20130218487 | SEAT OCCUPANCY DETERMINATION APPARATUS - A seat occupancy determination apparatus includes a seatbelt attachment detection device, a first load detection device and a second load detection device arranged under a vehicle seat and each detecting part of a load acting on the vehicle seat, a control processor obtaining a first load value and a second load value, the control processor including a sum load value calculation portion computing a sum load value, a no-occupancy determination portion, a slope way determination portion determining that a vehicle is stopped on a slope way, a seatbelt attachment determination portion, a tentative determination portion tentatively making a seat occupancy determination, a forward movement determination portion determining that the vehicle starts moving forward and runs steadily on a flat ground, and a definite determination portion determining that an adult is seated and determining that a child safety seat is fastened. | 08-22-2013 |
20140265475 | SEAT LOAD DETECTION DEVICE - A seat load detection apparatus includes: a load detector detecting part of a load acting on a vehicle seat which is capable of changing the posture of a seatback forward from the first stage position as a most upright position of a seatable position to the forwardly inclined position which is a forwardly inclined position on which the passenger cannot be seated; a load body determination unit determining a load body acting on the vehicle seat on the basis of a detected load detected by the load detector; a seat posture detector detecting the forwardly inclined position of the seatback; and a state determination unit determining the state change of the vehicle seat on the basis of the variation of the detected load and restrict the determination of the state change of the vehicle seat on the basis of an output from the seat posture detector. | 09-18-2014 |
20140266657 | SEAT OCCUPANT DETERMINING APPARATUS - A seat passenger determination apparatus includes: a first determination processing unit configured to determine a passenger is not seated on a vehicle seat by having gotten out of the vehicle and transfer the mode to a not-seated recognition mode when a load variation width detected by a load detection apparatus falls within a first threshold value in a state in which a non-fastened state of a seatbelt is detected; and a second determination processing unit configured to determine the passenger is not seated on the vehicle seat by having gotten out of the vehicle and transfer the mode to the not-seated recognition mode when the load variation width detected by the load detection apparatus falls within a second threshold value which is larger than the first threshold value during a predetermined time when the fact that the seatbelt has changed from the fastened state to the non-fastened state is detected. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277826 | SEAT OCCUPANT DETERMINING APPARATUS - A seat passenger determination apparatus includes: a door closing timing detector configured to detect door closing timing after having gotten out of the vehicle directly or indirectly; a counter unit configured to start counting when the load detected by the load detector falls within a threshold value and reset the count when the load is deviated from the threshold value; a determination processing unit configured to determine that no passenger is seated on the vehicle seat because the passenger has gotten out, and transfer the mode to the not-seated recognition mode when the state in which the load within the predetermined threshold value continues for a predetermined time is detected by the counter unit; and a count restricting unit configured to stop the counting process performed by the counter unit temporarily when the door-closed state is detected by the door closing timing detector during the determination by the determination processing unit. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277947 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A SEAT OCCUPANCY - A seating determination apparatus includes a transition processing unit | 09-18-2014 |
20140277948 | SEAT BELT WARNING DEVICE - In a seatbelt warning apparatus, a control unit performs a transition process configured to transfer the mode to a baggage recognition mode on the condition that a load detection unit detects a load larger than a first load and smaller than a second load continuously for a preset time in the not-seated recognition mode, and to the not-seated recognition mode on the condition that the load detection unit detects a load smaller than a predetermined load continuously for a preset time in the baggage recognition mode, and a transfer time t | 09-18-2014 |
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20150096810 | SEAT OCCUPANCY DETERMINATION DEVICE AND SEAT OCCUPANCY DETERMINATION METHOD - A seat occupancy determination device configured to be provided at one of seating portions of a plural vehicle seats includes a pair of seat occupancy amount detection devices detecting a seat occupancy amount increasing and decreasing in response to a change of a load applied to each portion of the seating portion, a seat occupancy state determination device determining a seat occupancy state of the vehicle seat, an unbalanced load detection device detecting a degree of unbalance of the load applied to a right portion and a left portion of the seating portion, and a seat occupancy threshold value setting device setting a seat occupancy threshold value and correcting the seat occupancy threshold value in response to the degree of unbalance of the load applied to the right portion and the left portion of the seating portion based on a detected signal transmitted from the unbalanced load detection device. | 04-09-2015 |
20150122556 | SEAT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a load detection device measuring a load applied to a seat, an offset amount detection portion adding an offset amount being offset from zero, the offset amount of the load detection device occurred by a collision of the vehicle to a value stored as an offset amount occurred before the collision of the vehicle, the offset amount detection portion storing the offset amount occurred by the collision of the vehicle and the offset amount occurred before the collision of the vehicle as the offset amount in a case where a collision load value occurred by the collision of the vehicle and detected by the load detection device exceeds a predetermined value, and a correction portion correcting a load value detected by the load detection device on the basis of the offset amount stored in the offset amount detection portion. | 05-07-2015 |
20150127225 | SEAT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a load detection device placed at a front and a rear of one of a right-left pair of the attachment members so as to be spaced apart from each other, the load detection device measuring a load applied to a seat to distinguish an existence of a passenger and a type of a passenger, a detection influence determination device determining an existence of an influence on a passenger determination performance of the load detection device in a case where a collision load value detected by the load detection device in the case of a collision of the vehicle corresponds to a detected value between a preset first collision load value and a preset second collision load value, and a collision influence alert device outputting an alert in a case where the detection influence determination device determines that the passenger determination performance is influenced. | 05-07-2015 |
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20110318050 | Cover Opening and Closing Mechanism and Image Processing Device - A cover opening and closing mechanism, including: a housing; a cover; a first locking mechanism having a first stopper portion and a first receiving portion which are brought to a locked state when the cover is in the closed position; and a second locking mechanism having a second stopper portion and a second receiving portion which are brought to a locked state when the cover is in the closed position, and wherein, when the cover is moved to the closed position, the first stopper portion and the first receiving portion move with respect to each other in a first direction, move with respect to each other in a second direction, and thereafter are brought to the locked state, and the second stopper portion moves in the second direction in connection with movement of the first stopper portion so that the second locking mechanism is brought to the locked state. | 12-29-2011 |
20120251177 | Image Formation Apparatus - An image formation apparatus includes a driving source configured to supply a rotational driving force in a predetermined direction, a particular developing unit having a developing roller and accommodating particular color developer, a first gear configured to receive the driving force of the driving source, a second gear configured to transmit the driving force to the developing roller, a particular intermediate gear configured to be engaged with the first and the second gears. A rotational center of the particular intermediate gear is arranged on an upstream side in a moving direction of teeth of the second gear, and a translation member is configured to linearly move between a first position where the particular intermediate gear engages with the first and second gears, and a second position where the particular intermediate gear disengages from the particular intermediate gear. | 10-04-2012 |