Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080214793 | Method for extracting a biosubstance from hair and hair sampling device useful in the method - Disclosed herein is a method for extracting a biosubstance from a root of a hair, including the step of using as the hair a hair that has pulling force of at least a predetermined reference value to pull out the hair. | 09-04-2008 |
20080220509 | Nucleic Acid Amplifier - Disclosed herein is a nucleic acid amplifier for carrying out a nucleic acid amplification reaction, the amplifier including at least: a plurality of wells configured to carry out the nucleic acid amplification reaction; a heating unit provided for every well; optical means capable of irradiating excitation light of a specified wavelength to all of the wells; and a fluorescence detection unit provided for every well. | 09-11-2008 |
20090099785 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a management section configured to manage biological rhythm information about a user, and a display control section configured to display the biological rhythm information so as to be associated with an object corresponding to the user. | 04-16-2009 |
20090137053 | BEAD SET, PRODUCTION PROCESS OF THE BEAD SET, AND METHOD OF USING THE BEAD SET - A bead set is composed of plural subsets of beads. The beads in each subset are each provided with a surface permitting immobilization thereon of a substance that takes part in a predetermined corresponding reaction or interaction. The individual beads in the beat set are provided with different physical elements, respectively, such that the individual beads in the bead can be distinguished into the plural subsets through an analysis of captured images of the individual beads in the bead set by a computer. | 05-28-2009 |
20090292111 | ROR-alpha Promoting the Induction of Bmall - An object of the present invention is to clarify unelucidated aspects in the control mechanism of circadian rhythms. The present inventors have newly found that RORα (retinoic acid binding-receptor alpha; the same shall apply hereinafter) stimulates an induction of Bmal1 expression and also that the induction of Bmal1 expression is promoted under hypoxia. These findings strongly suggest the existence of a control mechanism of circadian rhythms that, when RORα expression is promoted under hypoxia or the like, an induction of Bmal1 expression is stimulated and, when the induction of Bmal1 expression is stimulated, binding between BMAL1 and CLOCK is stimulated and an induction of Per gene or Cry gene expression is stimulated. The present invention, therefore, has applicability as jet-lag regulating agents and anticancer agents. | 11-26-2009 |
20100112620 | BIORHYTHM INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD - A method of acquiring information on a biorhythm on the basis of a variation with time of the quantity of a physiologically active substance in tear and/or saliva is provided. | 05-06-2010 |
20100196901 | Method for Obtaining Information on Biological Rhythm by Using Hair - To provide a simple and low-invasive method for obtaining information on a biorhythm of an individual organism. Provided is a method for obtaining information on a biorhythm of an individual organism based on variations over time in an expression level of a clock gene in a hair follicle cell of the individual organism. According to this method, a phase shift of the biorhythm of the individual organism can be detected by preparing a plurality of times about the individual organism and conducting a collation. Further, a phase shift of the biorhythm of the individual organism can also be detected by collating an expression level of the clock gene at a predetermined time with the molecular clock table. | 08-05-2010 |
20100264850 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An object is to provide an image display device which exercises a function of adjusting a biological clock without changing a visibility of an image. An image display device (A) for displaying an image by radiating a light from a light source ( | 10-21-2010 |
20100331660 | AURICLE-INSTALLED DEVICE AND BIO-SIGNAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is an auricle-installed device including, a reference electrode to be placed on the ear lobe, a detection electrode to be placed on a surface exposed to bones surrounding the auricle of the ear, and a support body for supporting the reference and detection electrodes. | 12-30-2010 |
20110015651 | METHOD FOR EXTRACTING A BIOSUBSTANCE FROM HAIR AND HAIR SAMPLING DEVICE USEFUL IN THE METHOD - Disclosed herein is a method for extracting a biosubstance from a root of a hair, including the step of using as the hair a hair that has pulling force of at least a predetermined reference value to pull out the hair. | 01-20-2011 |
20110196619 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM - There is provided a method that achieves the prediction of a biological rhythm with high precision while minimizing the number of times a biological specimen is collected from a subject. There is also provided a method for predicting a biological rhythm of a subject on the basis of time series expression level data obtained by measuring expression levels of two clock genes in biological specimens collected from the subject three times within 24 hours, the clock genes having different phases of circadian cycles of a change in expression levels. In this method for predicting a biological rhythm, a biological rhythm can be predicted with particularly high precision by collecting a biological specimen from a subject three times within 24 hours at eight-hour intervals. | 08-11-2011 |
20120093807 | ROR ALPHA PROMOTING THE INDUCTION OF BMALL - An object of the present invention is to clarify unelucidated aspects in the control mechanism of circadian rhythms. The present inventors have newly found that RORα (retinoic acid binding-receptor alpha; the same shall apply hereinafter) stimulates an induction of Bmal1 expression and also that the induction of Bmal1 expression is promoted under hypoxia. These findings strongly suggest the existence of a control mechanism of circadian rhythms that, when RORα expression is promoted under hypoxia or the like, an induction of Bmal1 expression is stimulated and, when the induction of Bmal1 expression is stimulated, binding between BMAL1 and CLOCK is stimulated and an induction of Per gene or Cry gene expression is stimulated. The present invention, therefore, has applicability as jet-lag regulating agents and anticancer agents. | 04-19-2012 |
20120133513 | WAKE-UP ASSISTING APPARATUS AND WAKE-UP ASSISTING METHOD - Disclosed herein is a wake-up assisting apparatus including: an electrode which comes into contact with the parietal of the human body; a signal processing part which detects brain waves through the electrode, determines the sleep stage from the thus detected brain waves, and decides the wake-up time according to the sleep stage; and a stimulating part which gives stimuli to the human body at the wake-up time. | 05-31-2012 |
20120190959 | BIOSIGNAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A biosignal measurement device is proposed which can improve measurement accuracy without forcing an excessive burden on subjects. | 07-26-2012 |
20130053720 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIA - An information processor includes a brain wave sensor adapted to output a brain wave signal by measuring brain waves of a subject, an external sensor adapted to sense the surrounding environment of the subject, an environmental change determination section adapted to determine, based on a sensor signal output from the external sensor, whether a stimulus resulting from a change in the surrounding environment of the subject beyond a steady state has been applied to the subject, an event-related potential detection section adapted to detect an event-related potential for the stimulus in the brain wave signal if it is determined that the stimulus has been applied to the subject, and a calculation section adapted to calculate, based on a feature quantity obtained from the detected event-related potential, a value representing the focus level of the subject on a target. | 02-28-2013 |
20130085363 | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC HEADSET - An electroencephalographic headset includes: a supporter that includes expanding and contracting wires each having expansion and contraction properties and is to be attached to a head of a user by expansion and contraction of each of the expanding and contracting wires; and a plurality of electrodes that are provided to the supporter in defined placement. | 04-04-2013 |
20130085366 | BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL DETECTION ELECTRODE AND BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL DETECTION APPARATUS - A biological signal detection electrode includes a water-containing member and an absorbent sheet. The water-containing member is impregnated with conductive fluid and has flexibility. The absorbent sheet covers the water-containing member and the conductive fluid is capable of permeating therethrough. | 04-04-2013 |
20140249385 | HEADBAND, HEADGEAR, AND ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - To provide a headband capable of correctly placing an electrode on a head of a user, a headband apparatus includes a plurality of headband portions integrally connected and configured to be positioned about a head of a user, wherein at least two headband portions are each configured to be positioned behind an ear. | 09-04-2014 |
20140303459 | PSG TEST HEADGEAR AND PSG TEST APPARATUS - [Object] To provide a PSG test apparatus suitable for home-monitoring. | 10-09-2014 |