| Osaka University Patent applications |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
|---|
| 20160137965 | CELL CULTURE EQUIPMENT COATED WITH LAMININ FRAGMENTS IN DRY STATE - Provided is a cell culture vessel characterized in that a surface to be in contact with cells is coated with a laminin fragment having integrin α6β1 binding activity or a modified form thereof in a dry state,
| 05-19-2016 |
| 20160130583 | DOUBLE-STRANDED ANTISENSE NUCLEIC ACID WITH EXON-SKIPPING EFFECT - Disclosed are double-stranded antisense nucleic acid complexes that can efficiently alter the processing of RNA in a cell via an antisense effect, and methods for using the same. One method comprises contacting with the cell a double-stranded nucleic acid complex comprising: a first nucleic acid strand annealed to a second nucleic acid strand, wherein: the first nucleic acid strand comprises (i) nucleotides independently selected from natural DNA nucleotides, modified DNA nucleotides, and nucleotide analogs, (ii) no regions that have 4 or more consecutive natural DNA nucleotides, (iii) the total number of natural DNA nucleotides, modified DNA nucleotides, and nucleotide analogs in the first nucleic acid strand is from 8 to 100, and (iv) the first nucleic acid strand is capable of hybridizing to RNA inside of the cell; and the second nucleic acid strand comprises nucleotides independently selected from natural RNA nucleotides, modified RNA nucleotides, and nucleotide analogs. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160126462 | FULLERENE DERIVATIVE AND N-TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL - The present invention is a material having excellent performance as an n-type semiconductor material, in particular for organic thin-film solar cells. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160122378 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING BETA-HEMATIN CRYSTAL COMPRISING STEP OF HEATING - This invention provides a method of preparing a β-hematin crystal comprising a step of heating, the β-hematin crystal obtained by such method, and a vaccine adjuvant composition containing the β-hematin crystal. The β-hematin crystal has a needle-like morphology, it has an average particle size of 0.6 to 1.2 μm, and it exhibits main peaks characteristics for angles of diffraction (2θ) of 7.4°, 12.2°, 21.6°, and 24.1° in an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by powder X-ray diffractometry with Cu—Kα rays (with each peak including a plus-minus 0.2° diffraction angle). | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160121403 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL NANOWIRES, METAL NANOWIRES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SILVER NANOWIRES, AND SILVER NANOWIRES - Provided are a metal nanowire production method capable of producing long and thin metal nanowires, and metal nanowires produced thereby. A metal nanowire production method comprising, a step for preparing a solution containing a metal salt, a polymer, at least one selected from a group consisting of halides, sulfides, carbonates, and sulfates, and an aliphatic alcohol, and a step for heating and reacting the solution at the temperature of 100° C. to 250° C. for 10 minutes or more while maintaining a practical shear stress applied to the solution at 10 mPa·m or less, wherein, during the heating and reacting step, ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum change of the solution is measured, and a reaction time is controlled on the basis of the ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum information. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160104547 | METHOD OF DETERMINING NUCLEAR FUSION IRRADIATION COORDINATES, DEVICE FOR DETERMINING NUCLEAR FUSION IRRADIATION COORDINATES, AND NUCLEAR FUSION DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to efficiently improve uniformity of energy lines to be irradiated. A method of determining nuclear fusion irradiation coordinates according to the present invention is a method of calculating irradiation coordinates when energy lines are irradiated onto a nuclear fusion target, and comprises an initial arrangement step S | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160074829 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING LIQUID FOR STERILIZATION USE - An apparatus includes a pipe line, water supplying devices, gas supplying devices, a plasma generation device, a cooling device for cooling water flowing in the pipe line, and a vessel. The plasma generation device has a high-voltage electrode and a ground electrode which are provided outside the pipe line to face each other with the pipe line interposed therebetween and applies a plasma treatment continuously to the water flowing in the pipe line by generating dielectric barrier discharge between the high-voltage electrode and the ground electrode. The cooling device cools the water to have a low temperature of 10° C. or lower. The plasma treatment is applied to generate a plasma-treated solution in which superoxide anion radicals (O | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160047932 | ELECTRIC NEAR-FIELD PROBE, CONTROL SYSTEM FOR SAME, AND PIEZOELECTRIC CRYSTAL DETECTOR - Provided is a compact and lightweight electric field probe which has a transmitting/receiving function whereby piezoelectric crystals can be excited through the application of an alternating current electric field thereto, and piezoelectric effect signals can be detected with sufficient sensitivity. Also provided are a control system for the same, and a piezoelectric crystal detector. The electric near-field probe is provided with a capacitor, in which the space between two metal plates that are positioned parallel to each other is filled by a conductor or air, and a series resonance circuit, which has a prescribed resonance frequency and is connected in series to an inverter that is formed by winding a conductive wire around a toroidal core. The electric near-field probe is configured such that: an electric near-field, which originates from the leakage electric field from the capacitor generated by the application of alternating current voltage to the series resonance circuit, is transmitted to the piezoelectric crystals, and the piezoelectric crystals are excited; and the piezoelectric effect signal, which is generated by the excited piezoelectric crystals, is received by the capacitor, and is detected by the series resonance circuit. The control system is for said electric near-field probe. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160046767 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYANILINE HAVING SELF-DOPING FUNCTION AND ANTISTATIC AGENT CONTAINING POLYANILINE PRODUCED THEREBY - An aniline monomer having a phosphonic acid of general formula (4) is polymerized to produce a polyaniline. In the formula, R | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160035903 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR - Thin-film transistor includes column-shaped protrusion portion having a side surface and protruding from a main surface of the substrate, a gate insulating layer including a first layer and a second layer, at least part of the gate insulating layer being in a channel region extending along the side surface, a gate electrode in contact with the gate insulating layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode isolated from one another, at least part of one of the source electrode and the drain electrode overlap the protrusion portion and the other being in a region that does not overlap the protrusion portion or the one electrode, and a semiconductor layer in contact with at least part of the source electrode, at least part of the drain electrode, and at least part of the gate insulating layer in the channel region directly or with a functional layer interposed. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160021663 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless communication device that transmits a first wireless signal representing a bit sequence to a reception device, in which the first wireless signal is transmitted concurrently with a second wireless signal representing the bit sequence described above, and in which between the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal, components with a prescribed ratio are mapped to a different frequency or to a different time between the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal and remaining components are mapped to the same frequency and to the same time between the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160020345 | METHOD AND DEVICE OF MANUFACTURING COMPOUND-SEMICONDUCTOR THIN-FILM - The invention is to provide a method of manufacturing I-III-VI and I-II-IV-VI compound semiconductor thin-films, wherein a compound semiconductor crystal is efficiently grown to form a large grain diameter and the content of each of the elements contained in the compound semiconductor can be controlled. A substrate in which a I-III-VI or I-II-IV-VI compound semiconductor thin-film formed on the surface is heated such that a first temperature of the substrate is 100° C. to 700° C., then a non-oxidizing gas heated to a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature is flowed within a chamber so that the compound semiconductor thin-film formed on the surface of the substrate is thermally treated. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160006304 | MAGNETIC WAVE GEAR DEVICE - A magnetic wave gear device ( | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160004160 | RESIST PATTERNING METHOD, LATENT RESIST IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, RESIST PATTERNING DEVICE, AND RESIST MATERIAL - A resist patterning method according to the present invention includes: a resist layer forming step S | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160001268 | Metal Oxide Mesocrystal, and Method for Producing Same - Various metal oxide mesocrystals can be synthesized in a simple manner by a method for producing a metal oxide mesocrystal, the method comprising the step of annealing an aqueous precursor solution comprising one or more metal oxide precursors, an ammonium salt, a surfactant, and water at 300 to 600° C. Composite mesocrystals consisting of a plurality of metal oxides or an alloy oxide can also be provided. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160000418 | HEMOSTATIC AGENT APPLICATOR - Disclosed is a hemostatic agent applicator capable of effectively placing a fluid hemostatic agent on an incision surface. The present invention is a hemostatic agent applicator for use in disposing a fluid hemostatic agent, including a tool body in which a hollow part surrounded by a wall part is formed and which includes an open end part on a downstream side of the wall part, and an inlet provided to a portion of the wall part of the tool body to communicate with the hollow part. This hemostatic agent applicator is useful in medical settings relating to surgical procedures, particularly for surface bleeding of a liver and internal organ surgery such as a spleen and fibroid enucleation. An applicator further reduced in size can be applied not only in abdominal surgery, but in endoscopic surgery as well. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20150337002 | NUCLEOSIDE AND NUCLEOTIDE HAVING SULFONAMIDE STRUCTURE - The present invention provides compounds shown by the formula: | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150329831 | Method for Culturing Pluripotent Stem Cells - Provided is a method by which cells deviated from the undifferentiated state, which emerge in a colony during culture of stem cells having pluripotency, can be removed. In one aspect, provided is a method for culturing stem cells having pluripotency, the method including performing cell culture in the presence of a substance that can inhibit cell-cell adhesion. In another aspect, provided is a method for removing cells deviated from the undifferentiated state, the cells being cells that have emerged or may possibly emerge during culture of stem cells having pluripotency, the method including performing cell culture in the presence of a substance that can inhibit cell-cell adhesion. In still another aspect, provided is a method for maintaining the undifferentiated state of stem cells having pluripotency, the method including performing cell culture in the presence of a substance that can inhibit cell-cell adhesion. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150329701 | NON-IONIC SURFACTANT COMPOSITION AND FLUOROPOLYMER AQUEOUS DISPERSION - A nonionic surfactant composition including: a nonionic surfactant that contains a molecule having a C10-C22 alkyl group and/or alkenyl group as a hydrophobic group, a polyoxyalkylene chain as a hydrophilic group, no aromatic ring, no C9-C14 alkyl group derived from an alcohol that is produced from a higher olefin derived from a mixture of propylene and butene through an oxo process, and no C13 alkyl group derived from an alcohol that is produced from a higher olefin derived from a propylene tetramer through an oxo process. The nonionic surfactant has a hydrodynamic radius of 5.0 to 8.0 nm at 40° C. in an aqueous solution in which a nonionic surfactant concentration is 0.1 kg/L in the nonionic surfactant composition, the radius being measured by a dynamic light scattering method. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150320851 | PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE CONTAINING PNEUMOCOCCAL SURFACE PROTEIN A - A pneumococcal vaccine comprising a fusion protein at least comprising a full-length family 1 pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA) or a fragment thereof, and a full-length family 2 PspA or a fragment thereof, in particular any one of the following fusion proteins (1) to (3):
| 11-12-2015 |
| 20150306214 | ADJUVANT FOR MUCOSAL VACCINE - An object of the present invention is to provide an adjuvant for a mucosal vaccine with high safety that induces a sufficient immune response on the mucosa. According to the present invention, an adjuvant for a mucosal vaccine comprising a protein complex composed of hemagglutinin (HA) subcomponents HA1, HA2, and HA3 of botulinum toxin is provided. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150289980 | CASING FOR IN VIVO IMPLANTATION DEVICE, IN VIVO IMPLANTATION DEVICE, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR CASING FOR IN VIVO IMPLANTATION DEVICE, AND TREATMENT SUPPORT METHOD USING IN VIVO IMPLANTATION DEVICE - To allow an implantable device including an electronic circuit to be implanted in the head in a more preferable manner in terms of appearance and safely. This implantable device is used for a brain-machine interface or the like. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150244496 | BIT CODING DEVICE, BIT DECODING DEVICE, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE, BIT CODING METHOD, BIT DECODING METHOD, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A bit coding device that creates a coded bit sequence by performing error correction coding on an input bit sequence that is input, includes a coding unit that creates a first bit sequence by performing the error correction coding on the input bit sequence, an extraction unit that extracts a second bit sequence from the first bit sequence, and an information compression unit that creates a third bit sequence by performing lossy compression on the second bit sequence, in which coded bits include at least a portion of the third bit sequence. | 08-27-2015 |
| 20150241630 | DIRECTIONAL COUPLER, AND MULTIPLEXER AND DEMULTIPLEXER - The directional coupler includes: lattice points periodically arranged in the 2D-PC slab and configured to diffract optical waves, THz waves, or millimeter waves in PBG frequencies in PBG structure of the 2D-PC slab in order to prohibit existence in a plane of the 2D-PC slab; a first 2D-PC waveguide formed of a line defect; a second 2D-PC waveguide which can be mode-coupled to the first waveguide; a directional coupling unit disposed between the first waveguide and the second waveguide in two rows, and having lattice points between waveguides of which the radius is smaller than that of the lattice points, wherein in order to match the first waveguide with an operational band at a side of an input port from the directional coupling unit, the width of the second waveguide is narrowed so that the whole dispersion curve of the directional coupling unit is moved to a higher-frequency side. | 08-27-2015 |
| 20150238753 | ARTIFICIAL SENSORY EPITHELIUM - An artificial sensory epithelium ( | 08-27-2015 |
| 20150221779 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A thin film transistor is equipped with a silicon substrate, a channel layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode. The channel layer, the source electrode and the drain electrode are arranged on the main surface of the silicon substrate. The channel layer is composed of multiple carbon nanowall thin films, wherein the multiple carbon nanowall thin films are arranged in parallel to each other between the source electrode and the drain electrode, one end of each of the multiple carbon nanowall thin films is in contact with the source electrode, and the other end of each of the multiple carbon nanowall thin films is in contact with the drain electrode. An insulating film and a gate electrode are arranged on the rear surface side of the silicon substrate. | 08-06-2015 |
| 20150214434 | SUBSTRATE FOR NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND RED LIGHT EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A production method of a substrate for nitride semiconductor device comprising
| 07-30-2015 |
| 20150208412 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication system includes a first communication device and a second communication device, in which the first communication device includes a cyclostationarity assignment unit that establishes a correlation between signals on two subcarriers that are a predetermined interval away from each other, the two subcarriers including at least one subcarrier on which a data signal to be transmitted to the second communication device is arranged, and the second communication device includes a frequency interval determination unit that determines the predetermined frequency interval according to information that has to be notified to a different device by the first communication device. Thus, a communication system is provided that is capable of suppressing a decrease in frame efficiency when assigning cyclostationarity. | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150204722 | FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROSCOPY METHOD, SPECTROSCOPIC DEVICE, AND SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENT PROGRAM THAT IMPROVE SPECTRAL RESOLUTION AND SPECTRAL ACCURACY - Provided is a Fourier transform spectroscopy method that removes restrictions on spectral resolution and spectral accuracy in Fourier transform spectroscopy for observing a cyclic repeating phenomenon, that realizes, theoretically, infinitesimal spectral resolution accuracy. After accurately and sufficiently stabilizing the repetition period of a phenomenon, a temporal waveform is acquired by making a repetition period and a time width for observing the temporal waveform of a phenomenon strictly conform, and by performing a Fourier transform, acquired is a discrete separation spectrum in which the inverse number of the observation time window size T is made a frequency data gap. Measurement is repeated while causing the repetition period to change, and the gap of the discrete separation spectrum is supplemented. Thereby, in a case of an observation target in which the existence time of a phenomenon is longer than the repetition period, the spectral resolution of the obtained discrete separation spectrum becomes infinitesimal. | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150151378 | WELDING METHOD, WELDING NOZZLE AND WELDING DEVICE - A welding method in which an inert gas is supplied to the surface of an iron material from inside a cylindrical welding nozzle, and the surface of the iron material to which the inert gas is being supplied by the welding nozzle is heated, wherein oxygen in the atmosphere sucked by a drop in atmospheric pressure caused by the flow of the inert gas is introduced into a molten pool produced in the surface of the iron material. Consequently, it is possible to make the depth of penetration of the molten pool deeper by introducing oxygen into the molten pool and increase welding efficiency without preparing an additional oxygen supply source as in dual shield TIG welding. | 06-04-2015 |
| 20150141677 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING EPOXY COMPOUND - A method is provided for carrying out epoxidation of an olefin compound with good productivity. The method produces an epoxy compound by reacting a compound having a carbon-carbon double bond with hydrogen peroxide by carrying out repeatedly or continuously the following steps: (1) reacting a compound having a carbon-carbon double bond with hydrogen peroxide in the coexistence of (a) the compound having a carbon-carbon double bond, (b) a hydrogen peroxide solution, (c) a powdered solid catalyst support, and (d) a powdered solid catalyst, and optionally further (e) an organic solvent to produce an epoxy compound; (2) separating the epoxy compound reaction product from the reaction mixture produced in (1); and (3) adding (d) and also adding (a), (b), (c), and optionally further (e) to the mixture of the powdered solid catalyst support and powdered solid catalyst after separating the reaction product in (2). | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138618 | MULTI-BEAM COMBINING APPARATUS - A multi-beam combining apparatus includes a phase shifting section, a superposing section, an observing section and a phase control section. The phase shifting section generates a plurality of phase-shifted laser beams by shifting the phase of each of the plurality of laser beams. The superposing section generates a plurality of superposed laser beam by superposing the reference laser beam and each of the plurality of phase-shifted laser beams. The observing section generates interference pattern data of a spatial interference pattern which appears when observing each of the superposed laser beams. The phase control section carries out a feedback control of the phase shifts in the phase shifting section based on the interference pattern data obtained for every superposed laser beam, and thereby sets the plurality of phase-shifted laser beams to desired states. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150132960 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - A substrate processing apparatus that can appropriately carry out desired plasma processing on a substrate. The substrate is accommodated in an accommodating chamber. An ion trap partitions the accommodating chamber into a plasma producing chamber and a substrate processing chamber. High-frequency antennas are disposed in the plasma producing chamber. A process gas is introduced into the plasma producing chamber. The substrate is mounted on a mounting stage disposed in the substrate processing chamber, and a bias voltage is applied to the mounting stage. The ion trap has grounded conductors and insulating materials covering surfaces of the conductors. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150111842 | ATTRACTANT FOR BONE MARROW STEM CELLS AND METHOD FOR ATTRACTING BONE MARROW STEM CELLS - Provided are an attractant for bone marrow stem cells containing at least one of cinnamtannin B1 and pentagalloylglucose, and a method for attracting bone marrow stem cells in which bone marrow stem cells are attracted by the attractant. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150103269 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE PRODUCTION METHOD, TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE, AND ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITANCE TOUCH PANEL - Provided are a transparent conductive substrate production method for an electrostatic capacitance touch panel having a high pattern recognition property, by simple steps without using a vacuum process and a wet etching method, as well as a transparent conductive substrate and an electrostatic capacitance touch panel. An electrode drawing lead wiring pattern is formed on at least one main face of a transparent film using a conductive paste. An electrode pattern forming unit prints an electrode pattern with a transparent conductive pattern forming ink containing metal nanowires or metal nanoparticles so that the electrode pattern is connected to the electrode drawing lead wiring pattern, and dries the printed electrode pattern. The dried electrode pattern is subjected to pulsed light irradiation by a photoirradiation unit | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150086423 | STERILIZATION TREATMENT METHOD, FORMULATION FOR STERILIZATION USE, SOLID ICE FOR STERILIZATION USE, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING THE SOLID ICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIQUID FOR STERILIZATION USE - A sterilization treatment method includes producing a plasma-treated solution in which biocidal activity is held by diffusing, in a liquid, superoxide anion radicals (O | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150080757 | GAS SUPPLY APPARATUS - A gas supply apparatus includes: a gas supply conduit for supplying a gas to a digestive tract; a pressure detecting device which detects a pressure in the digestive tract; a flow regulating device which regulates a gas amount supplied from the gas supply source to the digestive tract via the gas supply conduit; a first control device which controls the flow regulating device according to a result detected by the pressure detecting device to supply the gas into the digestive tract so that the pressure inside the digestive tract becomes a set pressure; a second control device which controls the flow regulating device to supply a fixed gas amount into the digestive tract; and a gas supply mode switching device which switches between gas supply modes including a mode for executing control by the first control device and a mode for executing control by the second control device. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150069680 | ELECTROMAGNETIC PUMP, QUENCH TANK, AND LIQUID METAL LOOP - A electromagnetic pump is configured that a housing includes therein an outer cylinder made of stainless steel, an inner cylinder made of stainless steel and arranged inside the outer cylinder, and an electromagnetic coil arranged around the outer cylinder. The outer cylinder is configured as a conical frustum having a large diameter in the inlet side and a small diameter in the outlet side. Similarly, the inner cylinder has a large diameter in the inlet side and a small diameter in the outlet side. A duct is formed between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder. The radial cross sectional area of the duct is large in the inlet side and small in the outlet side. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150066379 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SENSITIVITY TO BREAST CANCER NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY - Sensitivity to breast cancer neoadjuvant chemotherapy is determined on the basis of a result of analysis of the expression level, by amplifying RNA extracted from a specimen collected from a subject, thereby preparing a measurement sample, and measuring an expression level of each specified gene with a use of using the measurement sample. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150065544 | THERAPEUTIC AGENT AND PREVENTIVE AGENT FOR DEMYELINATING DISEASE - The object of the present invention is to provide a novel therapeutic or preventive agent for demyelinating disease. The present invention is a therapeutic or preventive agent for demyelinating disease, containing as an active ingredient a 2-phenylthiazole compound represented by Formula (I) | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150056382 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE INK AND TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE PATTERN FORMING METHOD - Provided is a transparent conductive ink which contains metal nanowires and/or metal nanotubes as a conductive component and can form a coating film which has good conductivity and a high light transmittance property, and also provided is a transparent conductive pattern forming method wherein this transparent conductive ink is used for forming a transparent conductive pattern by simple production steps, to thereby suppress the production cost and environmental load. At least one of metal nanowires and metal nanotubes are dispersed in a dispersion medium containing a shape-holding material which contains an organic compound having a molecular weight in the range of 150 to 500 and which has a viscosity of 1.0×10 | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150038768 | TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION SYSTEM - A transcranial magnetic stimulation system has a magnetic field generating means for generating a variable magnetic field to be used for providing magnetic stimulation to a specific part of the patient's head. The system also has a holder for holding a magnetic coil of the magnetic field generating means, cameras for recognizing respective reference markings or specific portions of ears of the patient (tragi), and laser beam oscillators. According to the system, the coil is set in a proper posture with respect to the specific part of the patient by aligning the optical axes of the cameras and the laser beam oscillators with respective tragi. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150032223 | CELL SHEET TRANSPLANTATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - A cell sheet transplantation device having a plane for transplanting a sheet of cultured cells, the device comprising, in the plane in the same direction, (1) a planar surface portion for capturing a cell sheet while maintaining a sheet-shaped form, and (2) suction holes for immobilizing a transplantation site by suction, the suction holes being positioned around the planar surface portion. By using the cell sheet transplantation device, a cultured cell sheet can be detached effectively, and the detached cultured cell sheet can be transplanted in an effective and simple manner. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150030783 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE PATTERN - A method for producing a transparent conductive pattern having an improved conductivity by pulse light irradiation. A transparent conductive pattern is produced by coating and drying a dispersion liquid having metal nanowires dispersed therein on a substrate, to deposit the metal nanowires, and irradiating pulsed light having a pulse width of 20 microseconds to 50 milliseconds to the metal nanowires deposited on the substrate, to thereby join intersections of the metal nanowires. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150014039 | INSULATING MATERIAL, PASSIVE ELEMENT, CIRCUIT BOARD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN INSULATING SHEET - Disclosed are an insulating material (high-k layer) which includes a fiber assembly mainly composed of a cellulose nanofiber, and an electroconductive metal material supported by the fiber assembly; and a passive element (capacitor) which includes a high-k layer which is composed of the insulating material, and an electroconductive part stacked on the high-k layer. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150011802 | PARTIALLY HALOGENATED, HYDROXYLATED FULLERENE AND ALLERGEN ADSORBENT USING THE SAME - Provided are a novel fullerene derivative which can adsorb quickly and efficiently an allergen which may cause a pollen allergy without releasing the allergen again, does not contain a metal or the like which may cause a harmful effect to a human body, and is easily applicable, impregnable, or chemically bondable onto surface of various materials: and a process for producing the same. The fullerene derivative is characterized in that a halogen group and many hydroxyl groups are bonded directly to a fullerene nucleus. In the case that the halogen group is chlorine, the fullerene derivative can be synthesized by a partial hydroxylation of a chlorinated fullerene or a partial chlorination of a hydroxylated fullerene. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150010430 | ACTIVE SPECIES RADIATION DEVICE AND ACTIVE SPECIES RADIATION METHOD - An active species radiation device is for efficiently radiating active species (active oxygen or nitrogen) by using a plasma source not in contact with an irradiated object. An active species radiation device ( | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150010303 | WAVEFORM RECONSTRUCTION DEVICE, WAVEFORM RECONSTRUCTION SYSTEM, AND WAVEFORM RECONSTRUCTION METHOD - A waveform reconstruction device ( | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150007912 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FERROUS MATERIAL - A base material of a ferrous material is heated to an A | 01-08-2015 |
| 20140377768 | Novel Antitumor Agent and Method For Screening Same - The present invention provides a novel antitumor agent that acts through a novel mechanism. The novel antitumor agent contains as an active ingredient a substance capable of inhibiting a cell cycle-dependent Rho GTPase activating protein (RhoGAP). The RhoGAP is cell cycle-dependent and plays an important role in a process through which cancer cells acquire invasive capacity and/or metastatic capacity. The invasion and/or metastasis of cancer cells can be controlled by targeting the RhoGAP. Examples of the substance capable of inhibiting a cell cycle-dependent RhoGAP include an antisense oligonucleotide against a gene encoding the RhoGAP and an oligonucleotide that induces RNA interference of the gene. As the oligonucleotide, one containing an artificial nucleic acid such as BNA is preferred because of its excellent stability. The present invention also provides a screening method including selecting an antitumor agent capable of suppressing cancer cell invasion and/or metastasis through a novel mechanism. The screening method is a screening method for a novel antitumor agent, including selecting a substance capable of inhibiting a cell cycle-dependent Rho GTPase activating protein. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140377262 | HUMAN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES BROADLY PROTECTIVE AGAINST INFLUENZA B VIRUS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - Materials and methods are provided for treating influenza B infections in humans. Anti-human influenza virus monoclonal antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof having a neutralization activity against a human influenza B virus are provided. Methods for producing anti-human influenza B virus monoclonal antibodies are also provided. The antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof can be effective against a wide range of influenza B viral strains. Methods of inhibiting or treating a human influenza B infection are provided. The anti-influenza B therapeutics can also be used to manufacture medicaments effective against influenza B infections, to detect human influenza B in a human subject, for use in pharmaceutical compositions, and for use in kits for at least one of the prevention, the treatment, and the detection of human influenza B in a human subject. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140376286 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS - When a snubber capacitor is charged to a level greater than or equal to a predetermined voltage, a protection circuit renders a clamp diode conductive to complete charging of the snubber capacitor. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140374255 | SINGLE PARTICLE ANALYZER AND SINGLE PARTICLE ANALYSIS METHOD - According to one embodiment, provided is a single particle analyzing device including a measuring vessel, first and second chambers in the vessel defined by an insulating membrane, a pore opening in the membrane to connect the chambers, and first and second electrodes in the chambers. Electric current flows between the electrodes through the pore. Electrical characteristics are measured during migration of the target from the first chamber to the second chamber to measure the size and shape of the target. (a) t | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140363348 | CHEMICAL REACTION APPARATUS - A chemical reaction apparatus includes: a horizontal flow-type reactor inside of which has been partitioned into multiple chambers by multiple partition plates, and a liquid content horizontally flows with an unfilled space being provided thereabove; a microwave generator that generates microwaves; and at least one waveguide that transmits the microwaves generated by the microwave generator to the unfilled space in the reactor. The content flows over each of the partition plates, and, in each chamber, a weir height on an inlet side is higher than a weir height on an outlet side by at least an overflow depth at the partition plate on the outlet side. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140349333 | METHOD FOR INSPECTING SUSCEPTIBILITY OF BACTERIA OR FUNGI TO ANTIMICROBIAL DRUG AND SYSTEM FOR USE IN THE SAME - The present invention provides a novel method capable of easily and rapidly inspecting the susceptibility of bacteria or fungi to an antimicrobial drug and an inspection system for use in the method. The inspection method of the present invention is a method for inspecting susceptibility of bacteria or fungi to an antimicrobial drug using a micro-device having a flow channel, including: an incubating step of incubating a mixture of the antimicrobial drug and a bacterial suspension to be inspected in the flow channel of the micro-device; and a detecting step of detecting bacteria or fungi derived from the bacterial suspension to be inspected in an observation area of the flow channel of the micro-device. The detecting step can be performed by detecting an increase or decrease in the number of or a change in shape of bacteria or fungi derived from the bacterial suspension to be inspected in the observation area by a microscope or the like. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140349311 | THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OR ALLERGY, AND METHOD FOR SCREENING FOR THE THERAPEUTIC AGENT - Disclosed is a therapeutic agent for treating a cellular immune disease, comprising as an active ingredient a substance that inhibits binding between Sema3A and a Neuropilin-1/Plexin-A1 heteroreceptor. The substance includes, for example, a Sema3A neutralizing antibody, a Neuropilin-1 neutralizing antibody, or a soluble Neuropilin-1 or derivative thereof. Also disclosed is a method for screening a therapeutic agent for treating a cellular immune disease utilizing a signal generated by the interactions of Neuropilin-1, Plexin-A1 and Sema3A as a marker. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140332449 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATION OF MIXTURE - The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for separating a mixture that are capable of separating a mixture containing a plurality types of particles, using a countercurrent classification technique, even when there is little difference in density and particle diameter depending on the types of particles. In the present invention, a mixture containing first particles and second particles is separated using a separation tube | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140305684 | COMPOSITION FOR FORMING COPPER PATTERN AND METHOD FOR FORMING COPPER PATTERN - A composition for copper patterning and a method of copper patterning using the composition are provided, which composition is excellently safe in copper patterning, sintering at lower temperatures, and capable of forming a highly conducive copper pattern of a desired shape even on a plastic substrate. The composition contains Component A: a copper β-ketocarboxylate compound of formula (1): | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140301776 | WELDING METHOD AND WELD JOINT - Provided are a welding method and a weld joint with which the fatigue strength of the box-welded joint of a gusset plate and a high-tensile steel can be dramatically improved. A welding method whereby a gusset plate is welded to high-tensile steel by means of box-welding, with a bead having a length of 17 mm or greater being formed at the ends of the gusset plate in the lengthwise direction using a welding material for which the martensite transformation starting temperature of the weld metal is 350° C. or less. In addition, a weld joint formed by welding a gusset plate to high-tensile steel using the aforementioned method; a method for repairing or reinforcing a box-welded part. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140300339 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING NUCLEOTIDE, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE OF POLYNUCLEOTIDE - The present invention provides technology that uses current measurements to identify nucleotides and determine a nucleotide sequence in polynucleotides. The present invention calculates a modal value of a tunnel current that arises when a nucleotide or polynucleotide for analysis passes through between electrodes, and then employs the calculated modal value. The present invention accordingly enables direct rapid implementation to identify nucleotides and to determine a nucleotide sequence in a polynucleotide without marking. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140255040 | PHOTONIC-CRYSTAL SLAB ABSORBER AND HIGH-FREQUENCY CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, AND TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER AND PROXIMITY WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The photonic-crystal (PC) slab absorber includes: a two-dimensional (2D)-PC slab composed of semiconducting materials; and a lattice point periodically arranged in the 2D-PC slab, the lattice point for forming resonant-state which can capture an electromagnetic waves incident from an outside by resonating an electromagnetic wave in a band edge of a photonic band structure of the 2D-PC slab in the plane of the 2D-PC slab. The 2D-PC slab is doped with impurities and can absorb the captured electromagnetic wave in the band edge resonant frequency of the 2D-PC slab. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253911 | INSPECTING DEVICE AND INSPECTING METHOD - An inspecting device includes: an irradiation part for dividing pulsed light emitted from a femtosecond laser into measurement pump light and measurement probe light, to irradiate a solar cell; a detection part for detecting an electromagnetic wave emitted from the solar cell in accordance with the irradiation with the measurement probe light; and a measurement delay part for delaying the time of arrival of the measurement probe light at the solar cell relatively to the measurement pump light. The irradiation part is provided with a galvano mirror for scanning with the measurement probe light a wide range which is wider than an irradiated range (pump light spot) being irradiated with the measurement pump light in a solar cell. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140248269 | MEDICINAL AGENT FOR PREVENTING EXACERBATION OF MALIGNANT TUMOR, COMPRISING COMBINATION OF NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE RECEPTOR GC-A AND GC-B AGONISTS - Provided are a medicinal agent which is highly safe for use as the treatment of a malignant tumor and is capable of efficiently treating a malignant tumor, that is, a medicinal agent for treating a malignant tumor or for suppressing or preventing the exacerbation thereof, comprising at least one kind of natriuretic peptide receptor GC-A agonist and at least one kind of natriuretic peptide receptor GC-B agonist to be administered in combination; a therapeutic method comprising administering the agent; etc. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140248020 | TERAHERZ-WAVE CONNECTOR AND TERAHERZ-WAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, AND WAVE GUIDE AND ANTENNA STRUCTURE - The terahertz-wave connector includes: a 2D-PC slab; lattice points periodically arranged in the 2D-PC slab, the lattice points for diffracting the THz waves in PBG frequencies of photonic band structure of the 2D-PC slab in order to prohibit existence in a plane of the 2D-PC slab; a 2D-PC waveguide disposed in the 2D-PC slab and formed with a line defect of the lattice points; and an adiabatic mode converter disposed at the edge face of the 2D-PC slab to which the 2D-PC waveguide extended, the 2D-PC waveguide extended to the adiabatic mode converter. There is provided also the THz-wave IC to which such a terahertz-wave connector is applied. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140241481 | QUENCH TANK AND LIQUID METAL LOOP - There is provided a quench tank which is disposed in a circulation path of a liquid metal loop and separates and cools liquid metal steam or a mixed gas in liquid metal introduced into a tank body. The tank body includes a separating area which forms a substantially horizontal flow of the liquid metal, and a separating plate is disposed inside the tank body so as to be inclined with respect to the vertical direction. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140239182 | INSPECTING DEVICE AND INSPECTING METHOD - An inspecting device inspects an inspecting target that is a semiconductor device or a photo device. The inspecting device includes: a stage for holding an inspecting target; a femtosecond laser for emitting pulsed light; a galvano mirror for obliquely irradiating the inspecting target with the pulsed light, while changing an optical path of the pulsed light, to scan the inspecting target with the pulsed light; and a detection part for detecting an electromagnetic wave emitted non-coaxially with the pulsed light from the inspecting target in accordance with the illumination with the pulsed light. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140234198 | ETCHING METHOD AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING SURFACE PROCESSING ON SOLID MATERIAL FOR SOLAR CELL - Provided is an etching method including: (1) bringing a material containing at least one organic compound having an N—F bond into contact with the surface of a solid material; and (2) a step of heating the solid material; whereby etching can be performed safely and in a simple manner, at a higher etching rate, without the use of a high-environmental-load gas that causes global warming or highly reactive and toxic fluorine gas or hydrofluoric acid. The etching method may further include: (3) a step of exposing the solid material to light from the side of the material containing at least one organic compound having an N—F bond; and (4) a step of removing the material containing at least one organic compound having an N—F bond together with the residue remained between said material and the solid material. In particular, performing heating at a high temperature and applying light irradiation make it possible to form inverted pyramid-shaped recesses that are suitable for applying light-trapping and/or anti-reflection processing to the surface of the solid material for a solar cell. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140232931 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND IMAGING METHOD - Provided is an imaging system, including: a light source; an imaging device; a first optical system for irradiating an imaging object with light from the light source; a second optical system for causing one of light reflected from the imaging object and light transmitted through the imaging object to enter the imaging device; a control device for controlling the light source to irradiate the light with a predetermined period; and a processing device for acquiring time-series image data over a plurality of frames by controlling the light source to irradiate the light with the predetermined period, and allocating a maximum pixel intensity among the time-series pixel data of each pixel as pixel data of the each pixel to thereby obtain first image data when the light source irradiates the light. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140230848 | METHOD OF CLEANING SUBSTRATE - The present invention is a method of cleaning a substrate, comprising cleaning at least one surface of a substrate located in a liquid by injecting pressurized cleaning liquid containing bubbles or cleaning particles from a injection nozzle to at least one surface of the substrate. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140206619 | PEPTIDE FOR INDUCING REGENERATION OF TISSUE AND USE THEREOF - (Objective) An objective of the present invention is to provide therapeutic agents that, in association with stimulation of PDGFRα-positive cells such as bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, promote their mobilization into blood and accumulation in a damaged tissue, and induce tissue regeneration in a living body. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140202960 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATION OF MIXTURE - Provided are a mixture separation method and a separation apparatus in which processes are performed efficiently in a short time compared to conventional methods with a low load on the apparatus configuration compared to conventional methods. The present invention is a mixture separation method or a mixture separation apparatus for separating, by applying a gradient magnetic field to a paramagnetic supporting liquid containing a mixture of first particles and second particles, the mixture by particle type. A magnetic susceptibility of the first particles is lower than a magnetic susceptibility of the supporting liquid, and a magnetic susceptibility of the second particles is higher than the magnetic susceptibility of the supporting liquid. A gradient magnetic field is applied to the supporting liquid in the separation tank ( | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140191224 | ORGANIC TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An organic transistor is provided with: an insulating substrate; a pair of insulating pedestals ( | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140174157 | POROSITY MEASURING DEVICE AND POROSITY MEASURING METHOD - A porosity measuring device ( | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140170751 | METHOD FOR PREPARING CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL - The present invention relates to a method for preparing corneal endothelial progenitor cells by adherent culturing a cell population isolated from corneal endothelial cell tissue at a low density by using a serum-free medium. The present invention also relates to a method for preparing corneal endothelial cells by differentiation-inducing the corneal endothelial progenitor cells obtained by the aforementioned method. According to the present invention, corneal endothelial progenitor cells can be selectively grown from a corneal tissue-derived cell population, and corneal endothelial cells obtained by inducing the corneal endothelial progenitor cells can be applied to treatment of corneal endothelial diseases. As a result, problems of corneal transplantation such as shortage of donors and occurrence of rejection can be solved. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140141346 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, KIT FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, AND FUEL BATTERY - The present invention provides a method and a kit for producing hydrogen peroxide, capable of producing hydrogen peroxide at low cost. The present invention further provides a fuel battery capable of utilizing hydrogen peroxide as a low-cost fuel. The method for producing hydrogen peroxide of the present invention includes a hydrogen peroxide generation step of irradiating a reaction system containing water, a water oxidation catalyst, a transition metal complex, and oxygen (O | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140132466 | ANTENNA MODULE - A dielectric film has a main surface and a back surface and is formed of resin. Electrodes that can receive or transmit an electromagnetic wave having a frequency of not less than 0.05 THz and not more than 10 THz in the terahertz band are formed on the main surface of the dielectric film. The electrodes constitute a tapered slot antenna. The dielectric film and the electrodes are formed of a flexible printed circuit board. A semiconductor device that is operable at a frequency in the terahertz band is mounted on the main surface of the dielectric film so as to be electrically connected to the electrodes. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140127806 | MODIFIED LAMININ AND USE THEREOF - Provided are a modified laminin having a cell-growth regulatory molecule bound to at least one site selected from the α chain N-terminus, the α chain C-terminus, the β chain N-terminus and the δ chain N-terminus of laminin or a heterotrimeric laminin fragment, a method for culturing cells in the presence of the modified laminin, a method for establishing iPS cells in the presence of the modified laminin, and a culture substrate coated with the modified laminin. Human stem cells cultured in a xeno-free environment with the use of the modified laminin of the present invention can be provided as highly safe human stem cells applicable to regenerative medicine. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140127472 | CARBON NANOWALL ARRAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CARBON NANOWALL - A carbon nanowall array ( | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140099335 | DNA VACCINE - The present invention provides a therapeutic or improving agent for a lifestyle-related disease, containing an expression vector encoding a chimeric Hepatitis B virus core antigen polypeptide inserted with an amino acid sequence containing a specific epitope of the lifestyle-related disease-related factor, wherein the amino acid sequence containing the specific epitope is inserted between the amino acid residues 80 and 81 of the hepatitis B virus core antigen polypeptide. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140094027 | FILM FORMING METHOD AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a method of forming a gate insulating film for use in a MOSFET for a power device. An AlN film is formed on a SiC substrate of a wafer W and then the formation of an AlO film and the formation of an AlN film on the formed AlO film are repeated, thereby forming an AlON film having a laminated structure in which AlO films and AlN films are alternately laminated. A heat treatment is performed on the AlON film having the laminated structure. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140086927 | NOVEL EPITOPE AND MECHANISM OF ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY INTERACTION IN AN INFLUENZA VIRUS - Antibodies (Abs) play roles in protection against influenza. Neutralizing Abs either inhibit the binding of hemagglutinin (HA) to cellular receptors or prevent the conformational change of HA induced by low pH. The former Ab binds to the regions near the sialic acid-binding pocket on the globular head formed by HA1 and generally shows narrow strain specificity. The latter Ab binds to the stem region formed mainly by HA2 and shows broad strain specificity. We isolated a broadly neutralizing Ab against H3N2 viruses. X-ray analysis of the HA/Ab complex indicated that the Ab binds to the valley formed by two neighboring HA monomers at the side of the globular head. The Ab shows neutralizing activity by preventing the conformational change of HA induced at low pH. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140072599 | CYTOKINE-PRODUCING CELL SHEET AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - The types and relative proportions of cells constituting a cell sheet stack, and the number of cells to be seeded are altered to change the state of the cells in the cell sheet stack, whereby production of an angiogenesis-promoting cytokine as well as construction of a vascular endothelial network can be optimized. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140072557 | MEDICINAL AGENT FOR SUPPRESSING MALIGNANT TUMOR METASTASIS - A medicinal agent for suppressing or preventing the metastasis of a malignant tumor, the agent comprising, as an active ingredient, at least one kind of vascular endothelial intracellular cGMP enhancer. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140064830 | METHOD FOR BONDING METAL MEMBER AND RESIN MEMBER - A metal member | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140056800 | High Purity Carbon Nanotube, Process For Preparing The Same And Transparent Conductive Film Using The Same | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055150 | POLYNUCLEOTIDE BASE SEQUENCE DETERMINATION METHOD AND POLYNUCLEOTIDE BASE SEQUENCE DETERMINATION DEVICE - A maximum current value and pulse continuation duration are measured for each of plural pulses of tunnel current arising as a polynucleotide passes through between an electrode pair, and the polynucleotide base sequence is determined based on the maximum current value and the pulse continuation duration. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140046114 | THERAPEUTIC ELECTROMAGNETIC STIMULATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF GENERATING CUSTOM DATA PAIRS USED IN SAID DEVICE - Provided is a therapeutic electromagnetic stimulation device for providing magnetic stimulation by applying a magnetic field to a specific site of an object person, the device including: a magnetic field generating means configured to generate one of a therapeutic magnetic field and a detection magnetic field for detection of information at least including positional information; magnetic field detecting means configured to detect intensities of components in a plurality of directions of one of the therapeutic magnetic field and the detection magnetic field at least at two detection positions; and a data generating means configured to generate custom data pairs for an individual object person, the custom data pairs being for deriving at least information of positions of the magnetic field generating means from the intensities of the corresponding components, the data generating means generating the custom data pairs using: (1) a sampling detection result of the detection of the intensities of the corresponding components in a state in which the magnetic field generating means are disposed respectively at a plurality of sampling spots near the specific site of the object person; and (2) a plurality of parent data pairs each including (a) at least information of a three-dimensional position of the magnetic field generating means pairing with (b) information of the intensities of the corresponding components of the magnetic field at a position having at least the information of the three-dimensional position, the information (a) and (b) being previously recorded. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140045951 | SYNTHETIC VITREOUS MATERIAL - A synthetic vitreous material contains a self-assembling peptide and a salt, and has an osmotic pressure of 40 mOsm/kg to 200 mOsm/kg. Such a synthetic vitreous material is not toxic to ocular tissue, is capable of maintaining an intraocular tamponade effect over a long term, and is easy to handle and inject into an eye of a patient. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140031995 | CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE TO CONTROL MOVEMENT SPEED OF A SUBSTANCE AND USE THEREOF - Provided are: a control method and control device for the movement speed of a substance which are capable of controlling the movement speed of the substance with good precision, and of raising the durability of the device; and a use therefor. An substance with charge is caused to move by a movement path formed by a first electrical field and a second electrical field that are formed in directions that intersect with each other. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140030671 | DENTAL THERAPY APPARATUS - A dental therapy apparatus which enables a dental therapy more surely and less invasively is provided. A dental therapy apparatus ( | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140029224 | METHOD OF MOUNTING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, CIRCUIT BOARD, SOLDER JOINT PORTION, PRINTED WIRING BOARD WITH CONNECTING LAYER, AND SHEET-LIKE JOINT MEMBER - An method of mounting electronic component includes: providing a connecting layer between a wiring and an electronic component, the connecting layer including a conductive layer formed of a solder powder-containing resin composition containing thermosetting resin, solder powder, and a reducing agent and one or two layers of a thermoplastic resin layer formed of thermoplastic resin; and electrically connecting the electronic component to the wiring through the connecting layer. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140024010 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ARTIFICIAL SKIN MODEL, AND ARTIFICIAL SKIN MODEL - Provided is a novel method capable of producing an artificial skin model. A method for producing an artificial skin model includes: providing coated cells ( | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140014559 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATION OF MIXTURE - Provided are a mixture separation method and a separation apparatus in which agglomeration of particles contained in the mixture is suppressed, energy required in distillation treatment of a supporting liquid is small in comparison with conventional methods, and particles that cannot be separated by conventional methods can be separated from a mixture containing the particles. The separation method and separation apparatus of the present invention separate, by type, a plurality of types of particles formed of mutually different materials by applying a magnetic field having a magnetic field gradient to the mixture containing the plurality of types of particles in the supporting liquid. Alternatively, the separation method and separation apparatus of the present invention separate a specific type of particle from such mixture. The supporting liquid is an organic solvent solution obtained by dissolving one or more types of paramagnetic compounds in an organic solvent. The plurality of types of particles includes particles of an inorganic salt, an organic acid salt, an inorganic oxide or a macromolecular compound. The organic solvent may be selected from the group consisting of alcohols, ethers, nitriles, ketones, esters, amides, sulfoxides, halomethanes and hydrocarbon solvents. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20130345491 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image data processing device that is beneficial in order to reduce the patient's strain and botheration for the practitioner when performing the transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment, and a transcranial magnetic stimulation apparatus utilizing the image data processing device. The image data processing device is provided with: a storage means configured to store a three-dimensional MRI image of a subject's head that has been previously taken; a three-dimensional appearance image generation means configured to generate a three-dimensional appearance image of the subject's head; an image generation means configured to perform positional alignment between the three-dimensional MRI image and the three-dimensional appearance image, and to generate a three-dimensional image of the subject's head after the positional alignment; an after-movement image generation means configured to generate, when the subject's head has been moved, a three-dimensional subject's head image after the movement and the positional alignment; an operational object image generation means configured to generate an operational object image indicating a current position of an operational object operated and moved so as to maintain a positional relation with a specific portion on the three-dimensional MRI image of the subject's head; and a display means configured to display the three-dimensional image of the subject's head after the movement and the operational object image in one image. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130341376 | Rotary Tool - There is provided a tool for friction stir welding having excellent wear resistance and chipping resistance. The tool for friction stir welding according to the present invention is a tool for friction stir welding used in friction stir welding processing, wherein the tool for friction stir welding includes a base material, the base material includes a first hard phase and a binder phase, and has a thermal conductivity of 45 W/m·K or less, the first hard phase is formed by WC particles, and the binder phase is formed by an iron group metal and is included in the base material at a volume ratio of 8% by volume or more and 28% by volume or less. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130329830 | RECEIVING DEVICE, TRANSMITTING DEVICE, RECEIVING METHOD, TRANSMITTING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A reception device comprises a reception unit for receiving signals transmitted by assigning respectively a plurality of different frequency signal groups, which are generated based on a same bit sequence, to a plurality of layers, an MIMO separation unit for executing MIMO separation of the signals, received by the reception unit, into the frequency signal groups corresponding respectively to the plural layers, and a merging unit for merging individual items of information based on the frequency signal groups obtained by the MIMO separation, the items of information corresponding respectively to the plural layers. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130327684 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATION OF MIXTURE - The present invention provides a method and an apparatus capable of continuously and accurately separating, by type, a mixture containing at least two types of particles, or capable of separating specific particles from the mixture, using a gradient magnetic field. In the present invention, a mixture containing at least two types of particles, particles of one type of which are made of a paramagnetic or diamagnetic substance, is treated. A magnetic field whose magnetic field gradient has a vertical component and a horizontal component is applied to a supporting liquid | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130324795 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL RETRACTOR - A retractor including an excluding portion having an obtuse distal end, an introduction portion extending from the excluding portion, and a handle portion provided at a proximal end of the introduction portion. The excluding portion and the introduction portion each have an outer diameter that allows insertion into a treatment instrument channel of an endoscope. The excluding portion is configured by a movable wire and a plurality of fixed wires, the movable wire extends through the introduction portion, proximal ends of the fixed wires are fixed to a distal end of the introduction portion, and a distal end of the movable wire and distal ends of the fixed wires are joined to each other. A proximal end of the movable wire is pulled with the handle portion toward the handle portion so the excluding portion develops a cocoon shape. The retractor is useful in minimally-invasive surgery. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130324757 | PREPARATION METHOD FOR FLUORINE-CONTAINING OLEFINS HAVING ORGANIC-GROUP SUBSTITUENTS - An object of the present invention is to provide a method that enables the easy and efficient (high yield, high selectivity, low cost) preparation of a fluorine-containing olefin substituted with an organic group or groups from a fluorine-containing olefin. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130324685 | NITROGEN-CONTAINING CONDENSED RING COMPOUND, NITROGEN-CONTAINING CONDENSED RING POLYMER, ORGANIC THIN FILM, AND ORGANIC THIN FILM ELEMENT - It is an object of the present invention to provide a nitrogen-containing condensed ring compound, which can be used as an organic n-type semiconductor having an excellent electron transport property and which is also excellent in terms of solubility in an organic solvent. The nitrogen-containing condensed ring compound of the present invention has a structural unit represented by the following formula (1-1) or formula (1-2): | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130317053 | EXTERNALLY-USED DRUG FOR TREATING SKIN DISORDER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - An external medicine of the present invention includes a gel composition or an ointment composition, each of which contains sirolimus and/or a derivative thereof. Accordingly, provided is an external medicine which enables sirolimus, in an amount sufficient to treat a skin disease, to be absorbed into an affected part without causing a side effect. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130299099 | TARGET SUBSTANCE TRANSFER METHOD, CRYSTAL PRODUCTION METHOD, COMPOSITION PRODUCTION METHOD, AND TARGET SUBSTANCE TRANSFER DEVICE - The present invention provides a target substance transfer method, a crystal production method, a composition production method, and a target substance transfer device, which allow the concentration of a target substance to be increased easily and effectively. The target substance transfer method is a method for transferring a target substance | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130284793 | ROTARY TOOL - There is provided a tool for friction stir welding, in which a coating layer is less likely to peel off from a base material and excellent wear resistance is achieved. The tool for friction stir welding according to the present invention includes a base material (BM) and a coating layer. The BM includes a first hard phase (FP) formed by WC particles, a second hard phase (SP) and a binder phase (BP). The SP is formed by a compound of one or more metals selected from Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, and W and one or more elements selected from nitrogen, carbon, boron, and oxygen, and is included in the BM at a volume ratio of 3% to 30%. The BP is included in the BM at a volume ratio of 8% to 28%. The FP is higher than the SP in terms of volume ratio. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130266612 | VACCINE COMPOSITION - An intraorally administrable vaccine composition useful to be a preventive or therapeutic agent for infectious diseases, and effectively induces a systemic immune response or a mucosal immune response is provided. A vaccine composition for administration to the oral cavity of a human or an animal, the vaccine composition containing at least one antigen derived from an infectious disease, and at least one selected from the group consisting of a toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) agonist, a toll-like receptor 2/6 (TLR2/6) agonist, and cyclic dinucleotide, or a derivative or salt thereof. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130264373 | ROTARY TOOL - There is provided a tool for friction stir welding having excellent wear resistance and chipping resistance. The tool for friction stir welding according to the present invention includes a base material, the base material includes a first hard phase, a second hard phase and a binder phase, the first hard phase is formed by WC particles, the second hard phase is formed by a compound of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, and W and one or more elements selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, carbon, boron, and oxygen, or a solid solution of the compound (except for WC), the binder phase is formed by an iron group metal, and the second hard phase is higher than or identical to the first hard phase in terms of volume ratio. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130245282 | ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILM, ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - An organic semiconductor thin film including an organic semiconductor material that is easily synthesized, and is chemically and physically stable, and shows a high carrier mobility, an organic semiconductor device and an organic field effect transistor including the organic semiconductor thin film are provided. An organic semiconductor thin film of the invention includes a compound represented by the following formula 1: | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130236473 | THERAPEUTIC AGENTS AND PROPHYLACTIC AGENTS FOR SYMPTOMS ACCOMPANYING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, INFLAMMATORY DISEASES, ALLERGY DISEASES AND ORGAN TRANSPLANTS - A major object of the present invention is to provide a novel therapeutic or prophylactic agent for at least one disease or symptom selected from the group consisting of autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, allergic diseases, and symptoms accompanying organ transplants; the therapeutic or prophylactic agent artificially controls the activity of IL-6 amplifier, thus controlling immune reactions in living organisms. Another object of the present invention is to provide an immunosuppressant, an inflammatory cytokine production inhibitor, and an IL-6 amplifier inhibitor. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130225961 | DIALYSIS PROBE - A dialysis probe includes a tubular dialysis membrane sealed at its tip, a support tube coupled at a tip to a rear end of the dialysis membrane, a cap portion for securing a rear end of the support tube, an inlet conduit extending through the cap portion toward the tip of the dialysis membrane within a space to guide a perfusate into the space, an outlet conduit extending through the cap portion toward the tip of the dialysis membrane within the space to guide the perfusate in the space outside the space, and at least one air-exposure through-hole provided in the cap portion for maintaining the space at atmospheric pressure. The inlet conduit has a longer protruding length from the rear end of the support tube when compared to the outlet conduit. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222004 | INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD - An inspection apparatus inspects a photovoltaic cell panel in which the photo device is formed. The inspection apparatus includes: an irradiation part that irradiates the photovoltaic cell panel with pulsed light (pump light) emitted from a femtosecond laser; a detecting part that detects an electromagnetic wave pulse, which is generated from the photovoltaic cell panel according to the irradiation of the pump light; and a continuous light irradiation part that irradiates a portion, which is irradiated with the pump light in the photovoltaic cell panel, with continuous light. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130192759 | PLASMA PROCESSING DEVICE - A plasma processing device according to the present invention includes a plasma processing chamber, a plasma producing chamber communicating with the plasma processing chamber, a radio-frequency antenna for producing plasma, a plasma control plate for controlling the energy of electrons in the plasma, as well as an operation rod and a moving mechanism for regulating the position of the plasma control plate. In this plasma processing device, the energy distribution of the electrons of the plasma produced in the plasma producing chamber can be controlled by regulating the distance between the radio-frequency antenna 16 and the plasma control plate by simply moving the operation rod in its longitudinal direction by the moving mechanism. Therefore, a plasma process suitable for the kind of gas molecules to be dissociated and/or their dissociation energy can be easily performed. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130188199 | NORMAL VECTOR TRACING ULTRA-PRECISION SHAPE MEASUREMENT METHOD | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130184445 | METHOD FOR OBSERVING PROTEIN CRYSTAL - Provided are a method for observing protein crystal, wherein the growth process of the protein crystals is nondestructively and three-dimensionally monitored on a real-time basis and the growth of the crystals is controlled at a high accuracy to thereby enable the formation of single crystals having good qualities, which comprises observing the protein crystals, said protein crystals having been produced by a crystallization method using a gel, by an OCT measurement using light emitted from an ultrawideband light source; | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181073 | LIQUID METAL TARGET FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided a liquid metal target forming apparatus, including a nozzle that forms a liquid metal target in space, which is irradiated with a proton beam, by ejecting liquid metal thereto. A portion where a region that receives a proton beam of the liquid metal target is formed in a discharge port of the nozzle has a concavo-convex shape. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130172479 | MATERIAL SELF-ASSEMBLY METHOD AND SELECTIVE ADHESION METHOD BASED ON MOLECULAR RECOGNITION - The present invention provides a selective adhesion method and a self-assembly method for macroscale materials based on molecular recognition. One or more host bodies formed from a macromolecule having one or more host groups on the side chains, and one or more guest bodies formed from a macromolecule having one or more guest groups on the side chains are vibrated in a solvent to selectively form an assembly. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130172402 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDE, AND THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR DYSLIPIDEMIA CONTAINING OLIGONUCLEOTIDE AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT - An object of the present invention is to provide an oligonucleotide useful as a therapeutic agent for dyslipidemia that has excellent binding affinity to the PCSK9 gene as well as stability and safety. The oligonucleotide of the present invention contains a sugar-modified nucleoside, the sugar-modified nucleoside has a bridging structure between 4′-position and 2′-position, and the oligonucleotide can bind to the human PCSK9 gene. Also, the present invention provides a therapeutic agent for dyslipidemia containing the oligonucleotide as an active ingredient, and the therapeutic agent preferably contains a bioabsorbable material as a carrier. The bioabsorbable material is preferably atelocollagen or peptide gel. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130171114 | ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANT USING ISLETS OF LANGERHANS AND ADIPOSE TISSUE DERIVED STEM CELLS - An object of the present invention is to provide a pancreatic islet transplantation technique that enables increase of graft survival rate of pancreatic islets after pancreatic islet transplantation, to maintain survival of pancreatic islets, and to reduce the number of transplanted pancreatic islets required for normalizing blood glucose level. When performing pancreatic islet transplantation, by transplanting pancreatic islets and adipose tissue-derived stem cells together, it is possible to significantly improve graft survival rate of transplanted pancreatic islets, and reduce by half the number of transplanted pancreatic islets required for normalizing blood glucose level. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130168322 | AMIDOXIME-MODIFIED POLYACRYLONITRILE POROUS BODY - An amidoxime-modified PAN porous body obtained by reacting with hydroxylamine a polyacrylonitrile porous body that is monolithic, has a thickness of 1 mm or more and contains polyacrylonitrile (PAN) as the main component to convert a nitrile group of the polyacrylonitrile porous body into an amidoxime group. This porous body is a porous body for adsorbing a metal ion, for example, an ion of metal such as copper, iron, nickel, vanadium, indium, gallium, silver, mercury, lead, uranium, plutonium, cesium, barium, lanthanum, thallium and strontium. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130165340 | MULTIPLEX COLON CANCER MARKER PANEL - The present invention provides a specific combination of colon cancer markers based on statistical knowledge, which is capable of detecting a larger number of colon cancer patients in an earlier stage while maintaining high specificity. A multiplex colon cancer marker panel comprising a combination of five colon cancer markers of Carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 5, Carbohydrate antigen 19-9, Galectin-4, APEX nuclease and Actin-related protein 2. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130163624 | LASER DEVICE - A laser device including a plurality of oscillating means for oscillating a plurality of laser lights being continuous lights and having frequencies different from each other, respectively, multiplexing means for multiplexing, after amplifying or without amplifying, the respective laser lights oscillated from the respective oscillating means at a predetermined position to generate a multiplexed light, and phase control means for controlling the phase of each of the laser lights so that a peak in output of the multiplexed light repeatedly appears at predetermined time intervals at the predetermined position (so that the same pulse temporal waveform repeatedly appears at predetermined time intervals). | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130153793 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION GENERATING ELEMENT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION GENERATING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF GENERATING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - An electromagnetic radiation generating device is a device that generates electromagnetic wave pulses from a plane surface. The electromagnetic radiation generating device includes an electromagnetic radiation generating element, a light irradiating unit. The electromagnetic radiation generating element includes: a depletion layer forming body formed by stacking a p-type silicon layer and an n-type silicon layer in a planar pattern; a light receiving surface electrode formed on one surface of the depletion layer forming body, the light receiving surface electrode including a plurality of parallel electrode parts that are equally spaced while a forming distance is maintained between the parallel electrode parts, the forming distance corresponding to the wavelength of the electromagnetic wave pulses generated from the depletion layer forming body; and a rear surface electrode formed on the opposite surface of the depletion layer forming body. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130151174 | ELECTRONIC STATE CALCULATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC STATE CALCULATION DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A method of calculating an electronic state of a material by using a calculation device, wherein the calculation device sets a set containing, as elements, a plurality of operation models, where each of operation models provides an approximate solution to the electronic state of the material, determines an optimized operation model that are close in distance in a space formed by the set while defining a direction in which the calculated self-consistent solutions of the effective Hamiltonian of an electron system continuously change, evaluates a variational energy of the electron system by the self-consistent solution, updates the operation model so that the evaluated variational energy approaches an energy of an exact solution to be calculated and further, so that the variational energy forms a monotonically decreasing convex function, and calculates the exact solution of the electronic state from one or a plurality of variational energy series. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130145688 | METHOD FOR CULTIVATING PLANT AND PLANT CULTIVATION DEVICE - A plant cultivation method of the present invention includes the steps of: placing a plant under a condition at a pressure of not less than 1.5 atmospheres and not more than 10 atmospheres; and cultivating the plant. A plant cultivation device ( | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130109092 | Method for obtaining pancreatic endocrine cells from adipose tissue-origin cells | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130102047 | OIL-BASED MATERIAL-PRODUCING METHOD AND OIL-BASED MATERIAL-PRODUCING APPARATUS - An oil-based material-producing method includes a microwave irradiation step of irradiating oil-based material-producing microorganisms with microwaves. The oil-based material-producing method may also include a collecting step of collecting an oil-based material produced by the oil-based material-producing microorganisms after the microwave irradiation step. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130094759 | MOVING OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE - A moving object detection device includes a window setting unit configured to set a window having a predetermined volume in a video, an orientation of spatial intensity gradient calculation unit configured to calculate, for each pixel included in the window, an orientation of spatial intensity gradient, a spatial histogram calculation unit configured to calculate a spatial histogram that is a histogram of the orientation of spatial intensity gradient within the window, an orientation of temporal intensity gradient calculation unit configured to calculate, for each pixel included in the window, an orientation of temporal intensity gradient, a temporal histogram calculation unit configured to calculate a temporal histogram that is a histogram of an orientation of temporal intensity gradient within the window, and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the moving object is included within the window based on the spatial histogram and the temporal histogram. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130088770 | SPECTRAL WIDTH NARROWING METHOD, OPTICAL ELEMENT AND LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - The present invention provides a method for narrowing a spectral width that can also be adapted to an ultrashort optical pulse emitted from a wavelength tunable light source, and that can provide an output optical pulse with a narrow spectral width and a low noise component, and an optical element and a light source device that use the method for narrowing a spectral width. The method includes using an optical waveguide member ( | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130083319 | SEMICONDUCTOR INSPECTION METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR INSPECTION APPARATUS - A semiconductor inspection apparatus ( | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082250 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION FILM, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND COLOR IMAGE SENSOR HAVING THE PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - A blue color photoelectric conversion film includes: a p-type layer formed by depositing tetracene; a p,n-type layer formed by co-depositing tetracene and naphthalene- tetracarboxylic-dianhydride (“NTCDA”) on the p-type layer; and an n-type layer formed by depositing NTCDA on the p,n-type layer. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130072702 | POLYNUCLEOTIDE ENCODING NF-YB DERIVED FROM JATROPHA AND USE THEREOF - By analyzing a | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130071920 | Mesenchymal Stem Cell Attractant and Method for Attracting Mesenchymal Stem Cell - The present invention aims to provide a mesenchymal stem cell attractant capable of attracting a mesenchymal stem cell; and others. The present invention provides a mesenchymal stem cell attractant containing at least one selected from the group consisting of an extract of a | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130068735 | METHOD FOR FORMING METAL MEMBRANE - The present invention provides a method of forming a metal coating having a microstructure as well as a structural member having a metal coating formed by the method. In particular, the invention provides an advantageous method of forming a metal coating in which minute carbides are uniformly dispersed. The method of forming the metal coating of the present invention includes the steps of cladding a surface of the substrate with metal powder by a laser cladding method and forming the metal coating having a microstructure by applying a friction stir processing to the cladded region. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130065937 | NOVEL PRENYLARENE COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF - A compound represented by the general formula (C): | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130059328 | PRODUCTION OF ENTERITIS EVOKING CAUSAL FACTOR BY HIGHLY PATHOGENIC ORAL BACTERIA AND HIGH SENSITIVITY DETECTION METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed is the construction of a system capable of quickly and easily identifying patients having a risk for worsening inflammatory digestive tract disease by identifying a causal factor for the worsening of the inflammatory digestive tract disease. Specifically disclosed is a method for detecting oral bacteria that cause worsening of inflammatory digestive tract disease and/or a screening that targets high risk for worsening of inflammatory digestive tract disease and/or determining the risk for worsening of the inflammatory digestive tract disease by PA not being detected and/or CBP being detected, inclusive of the detection of PA, which is an oral bacteria protein antigen, and/or CBP, which is collagen binding protein, in samples. Also disclosed are a detection reagent and kit used for this method. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130058858 | POLYACRYLONITRILE POROUS BODY - A method for producing a porous body containing polyacrylonitrile as a main component, and the method includes the steps of obtaining a polyacrylonitrile solution by heating and dissolving the polyacrylonitrile in a solvent, obtaining a product precipitated by cooling the polyacrylonitrile solution, and obtaining the porous body containing the polyacrylonitrile as a main component by separating and drying the product. The solvent contains a poor solvent for the polyacrylonitrile and a good solvent for the polyacrylonitrile. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130053731 | MUSCLE TONUS MEASURING APPARATUS - A detection unit ( | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130041185 | FULLERENE DERIVATIVE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ALLERGEN ADSORBENT USING THE SAME - Provided are a novel fullerene derivative which can adsorb quickly and efficiently an allergen which may cause a pollen allergy without releasing the allergen again, does not contain a metal or the like which may cause a harmful effect to a human body, and is easily applicable, impregnable, or chemically bondable onto surface of various materials; and a process for producing the same. The fullerene derivative is characterized in that a halogen group and many hydroxyl groups are bonded directly to a fullerene nucleus. In the case that the halogen group is chlorine, the fullerene derivative can be synthesized by a partial hydroxylation of a chlorinated fullerene or a partial chlorination of a hydroxylated fullerene. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130041123 | NITROGEN-CONTAINING FUSED RING COMPOUND, NITROGEN-CONTAINING FUSED RING POLYMER, ORGANIC THIN FILM, AND ORGANIC THIN FILM ELEMENT - Nitrogen-containing fused ring compound having at least one structural unit selected from the group consisting of a structural unit represented by the formula (1-1) and a structural unit represented by the formula (1-2). | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130034731 | ADJUVANT CONTAINING beta-HEMATIN - The present invention is directed to providing a method for preparing a vaccine adjuvant composition containing β-hematin and a vaccine adjuvant composition obtained by the preparation method. The present invention is directed to a vaccine adjuvant composition containing a β-hematin crystal having an average particle size of 20 to 500 nm. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033772 | REFLECTIVE MATERIAL AND OPTICAL STRUCTURE - A reflective material ( | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130026347 | OBSERVATION SYSTEM AND OBSERVATION METHOD - An observation system | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130008286 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING NICKEL NANOPARTICLES - A method for producing nickel nanoparticles is described, including a first step of heating a mixture of a nickel carboxylate with 1-12 carbon atoms in its moiety excluding —COOH and a primary amine to obtain a complexed reaction solution with a nickel complex foiiiied therein, and a second step of heating the complexed reaction solution by a microwave to obtain a Ni-nanoparticle slurry. In the first step, the heating is preferably conducted at a temperature of 105-175° C. for 15 minutes or longer. In the second step, the heating is preferably conducted at a temperature of 180° C. or higher. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130001535 | LIGHT-EMITTING ORGANIC PLATINUM COMPLEX, LIGHT-EMITTING MATERIAL CONTAINING THIS COMPLEX AND FUNCTIONAL DEVICE - The present invention provides a light-emitting organic platinum complex, a light-emitting material containing this complex, and a functional device containing this complex. The light-emitting organic platinum complex is represented by any one of the following structural formulae: | 01-03-2013 |
| 20120322085 | THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OR ALLERGY, AND METHOD FOR SCREENING FOR THE THERAPEUTIC AGENT - Disclosed is a therapeutic agent for treating a cellular immune disease, comprising as an active ingredient a substance that inhibits binding between Sema3A and a Neuropilin-1/Plexin-A1 heteroreceptor. The substance includes, for example, a Sema3A neutralizing antibody, a Neuropilin-1 neutralizing antibody, or a soluble Neuropilin-1 or derivative thereof. Also disclosed is a method for screening a therapeutic agent for treating a cellular immune disease utilizing a signal generated by the interactions of Neuropilin-1, Plexin-A1 and Sema3A as a marker. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120321550 | MONONUCLEAR METAL COMPLEX, HYDROGENATION REDUCTION CATALYST, DEHYDROGENATION CATALYST, METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGENATION REDUCTION PRODUCT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN (H2), AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DEHYDROGENATION REACTION - The present invention provides: a mononuclear metal complex that has high catalytic activity and can be used as a hydrogenation reduction catalyst that allows efficient hydrogenation reduction of a substance to be reduced; a tautomer or stereoisomer thereof; or a salt thereof. Provided is the mononuclear metal complex represented by the following formula (1), a tautomer or stereoisomer thereof; or a salt thereof. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120321433 | ALKALI METAL INTRODUCTION APPARATUS AND ALKALI METAL INTRODUCTION METHOD - An alkali metal introduction apparatus ( | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319280 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND BONDING MATERIAL FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a semiconductor device | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120316360 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ESTER COMPOUND HAVING a, -UNSATURATED BOND - A process for producing an α,β-unsaturated bond-containing ester compound, comprising:
| 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313129 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - An object of the present invention is to realize an OLED capable of attaining high luminescence luminance and easy to manufacture. An organic electroluminescence device ( | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120308533 | ADIPOCYTE SHEET, THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention aims to provide an artificial tissue that can efficiently reproduce myocardial tissue function and that can be used in an actual implantation and produced by culturing. The present invention relates to a graft material for treating myocardial disease, the graft material including a cell sheet containing adipocytes. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120307238 | MICROSCOPE AND OBSERVATION METHOD - Provided is a microscope and an observation method which can improve spatial resolution. A microscope according to an aspect of the invention includes a laser light source ( | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120302614 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING CEREBRAL CIRCULATION OR TREATING A CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW DISORDER - A method for improving cerebral circulation or treating a cerebral blood flow disorder, comprising administering a pharmacologically effective amount of an angiotensin II receptor blocker to a human. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120276474 | METHOD OF CLEANING SUBSTRATE - The present invention is a method of cleaning a substrate, comprising cleaning at least one surface of a substrate located in a liquid by injecting pressurized cleaning liquid containing bubbles or cleaning particles from a injection nozzle to at least one surface of the substrate. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120270185 | DENTAL APPARATUS - The present invention provides a dental apparatus ( | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120257219 | Distance Measuring Apparatus, Distance Measuring Method, Distance Measurement Program And Computer Readable Recording Medium - A distance measuring apparatus comprises: an edge specifying part | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120253124 | ENDOSCOPE AIR-SUPPLY SYSTEM - An endoscope air-supply system comprising: a gas supply device which supplies predetermined gas to a lumen of a subject through an air-supply duct; a pressure measurement device which measures pressure in the lumen and which is connected through a duct for pressure measurement communicating with the lumen; a flushing device which supplies gas for flushing to the duct for pressure measurement; and an instruction device which instructs the pressure measurement device to perform pressure measurement and which instructs the flushing device to supply the gas for flushing in synchronism with the pressure measurement by the pressure measurement device. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120241649 | EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT GENERATION APPARATUS AND EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT GENERATION METHOD - An EUV light generation method includes: (1) a step of supplying a target material into a chamber; and (b) a step of generating EUV light from plasma generated by irradiating the target material with a laser beam. The spatial light intensity distribution of the laser beam may be arranged so as to provide a low intensity region with a light intensity lower than a light intensity at a position away from the beam axis by a predetermined distance is present within an area extending for the predetermined distance from the beam axis. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120238029 | COMPOSITION FOR MEASURING THE BINDING AFFINITY BETWEEN NUCLEIC ACID AND TEST SUBSTANCE, AND USE THEREOF - In one embodiment of the present invention, a composition is disclosed for measuring a binding affinity between a nucleic acid and a test substance, which contains an organic fluorescent substance capable of binding to an RNA and which emits fluorescence having an intensity greater while the organic fluorescent substance is liberated from an RNA than while the organic fluorescent substance is bound to an RNA. This enables a highly accurate and easy measurement of a binding affinity between a test substance and a nucleic acid, and allows various substances to be examined as a test substance. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120237788 | METAL MATERIAL PROCESSING METHOD, STRUCTURE PROCESSED USING METAL MATERIAL PROCESSING METHOD AND ROTARY TOOL - A metal material processing method includes arranging two metal materials to face each other in a processing portion and inserting a distal end of a rod-shaped rotary tool into the processing portion while rotating the rotary tool, the two metal materials are processed. The distal end of the rotary tool has a probe protruding in a central portion and a shoulder in a peripheral portion, and the probe and the shoulder are constituted by different materials in at least surface portions that are in contact with the metal materials. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120219800 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW NANOPARTICLE, HOLLOW NANOPARTICLE, AND DISPERSION LIQUID THEREOF - First, an ionic liquid is placed on a glass slide, which is then installed in an evaporation apparatus, and a metal (for example, indium) is mounted as a target material at a position facing the ionic liquid, followed by sputter deposition of the metal. After sputtering, the ionic liquid containing nanoparticles dispersed therein is recovered. The nanoparticles are solid nanoparticles. Next, the ionic liquid containing the solid nanoparticles dispersed therein is placed in a test tube and then oxidized by heating in air at 250° C. for 1 hour. As a result, hollow nanoparticles having cavities formed in core portions of the solid nanoparticles are produced. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120208991 | BRIDGED ARTIFICIAL NUCLEOSIDE AND NUCLEOTIDE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel molecule for antisense therapies which is not susceptible to nuclease degradation in vivo and has a high binding affinity and specificity for the target mRNAs and which can efficiently regulate expression of specific genes. The novel artificial nucleoside of the present invention has an amide bond introduced into a bridge structure of 2′,4′-BNA/LNA. The oligonucleotide containing the 2′,4′-bridged artificial nucleotide has a binding affinity for a single-stranded RNA comparable to known 2′,4′-BNA/LNA and has an increased nuclease resistance over LNA. Particularly, it is expected to be applied to nucleic acid drugs because of its much stronger binding affinity for single-stranded RNAs than S-oligo's affinity | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120197036 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING KETONE - A method for manufacturing a ketone, includes oxidizing an internal olefin or a cyclic olefin having a functional group containing a hetero atom and one carbon-carbon double bond or more at a position other than terminals of a molecule thereof in an amide-based solvent in the presence of water, a palladium catalyst, and molecular oxygen, without oxidizing the functional group, thereby bonding an oxo group to at least one of the carbon atoms constituting the carbon-carbon double bond. The amide-based solvent is represented by formula (1): | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120193618 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR FILM, AND ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR FILM ARRAY - A raw material solution containing an organic semiconductor material and a solvent is supplied onto a substrate | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120186160 | METHOD FOR MODIFICATION OF CEMENTED CARBIDES AND CEMENTED CARBIDES MODIFIED BY THE METHOD - Provided are a method of modifying a cemented carbide and a cemented carbide modified by the method. Particularly provided is an advantageous method of modifying a cemented carbide layer formed by a thermal spraying method on a surface of a metal substrate. The method of modifying a cemented carbide includes applying a friction stir process to a cemented carbide, thereby allowing crystal grains in a binder phase included in the cemented carbide to become finer. It is possible to achieve modification effectively by applying the friction stir process particularly to a cemented carbide layer formed on a surface of a metal substrate by using the thermal spraying method. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120172745 | MUSCLE SYNERGY ANALYSIS METHOD, MUSCLE SYNERGY ANALYZER, AND MUSCLE SYNERGY INTERFACE - Disclosed is a muscle synergy analysis which comprises detecting a myoelectric signal generated at each muscle of an antagonistic muscle pair group of a subject; calculating, as time-series data, an antagonistic muscle ratio of an antagonistic muscle pair at a myoelectric signal level from a myoelectric signal detected during a predetermined motion by the subject; and conducting multi variate analysis using the antagonistic muscle ratio at each time of the time-series data as a variable to calculate a principal component including at least a first principal component having high contribution to correlation. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120171111 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF OXIDATION REACTION PRODUCT OF AROMATIC COMPOUND - The present invention provides a process for producing an oxidation reaction product of an aromatic compound, having excellent environmental load reduction performance, cost reduction performance, etc. Provided is a process for producing an oxidation reaction product of a raw material aromatic compound by reacting the raw material aromatic compound with an oxidizing agent. The process further uses an electron donor-acceptor linked molecule. The process includes the step of: reacting the electron donor-acceptor linked molecule in an electron-transfer state, the oxidizing agent, and the raw material aromatic compound, thereby generating an oxidation reaction product resulting from oxidation of the raw material aromatic compound. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120158303 | UNMANNED DRIFTING SUBSTANCE MONITORING BUOY, DRIFTING SUBSTANCE MONITORING SYSTEM, AND DRIFTING SUBSTANCE MONITORING METHOD - An unmanned drifting substance monitoring buoy ( | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120157752 | MAGNETIC STIMULATOR - Provided is a magnetic stimulator for applying magnetic stimulation to a particular portion of a subject. This magnetic stimulator includes: a magnetic field generating means including at least a stimulation coil configured to generate a dynamic magnetic field so as to apply the magnetic stimulation; a coil holder operated to displace a relative position of the magnetic field generating means with respect to the particular portion of the subject; a plurality of magnetic field sensors each configured to detect the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating means; and a user interface section configured to provide instruction information based on a result of the detection of the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating means, the instruction information indicating an operation of displacement to be performed using the coil holder, the detection being made by the magnetic field sensors either before or during the magnetic stimulation. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120156778 | METHOD FOR EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS UTILIZING CELLS DERIVED FROM ORAL MUCOSA - A main object of the present invention is to provide a technique to produce iPS cells with less burden on the patient and with high establishment efficiency. iPS cells can be efficiently produced with significantly improved establishment efficiency by selecting cells derived from oral mucosa and introducing, into the cells, reprogramming factors capable of inducing the cells into pluripotent stem cells. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120156093 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING LIQUID WITH IONS, STERILIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus is provided for efficiently supplying a liquid with ions or radicals generated by plasma and so on, or for effectively sterilizing microorganisms present in a liquid or on the surface thereof. The method includes generating plasma in a gas phase by a plasma generation device, producing ions or radicals in the gas phase by the plasma; electrophoresing the ions or radicals toward the liquid by an electric field applied to the produced ions or radicals; and diffusing the ions or radicals into the liquid. The liquid is adjusted to have a pH value of 4.8 or lower for effective sterilization. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120155590 | METHOD OF DETERMINING NUCLEAR FUSION IRRADIATION COORDINATES, DEVICE FOR DETERMINING NUCLEAR FUSION IRRADIATION COORDINATES, AND NUCLEAR FUSION DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to efficiently improve uniformity of energy lines to be irradiated. A method of determining nuclear fusion irradiation coordinates according to the present invention is a method of calculating irradiation coordinates when energy lines are irradiated onto a nuclear fusion target, and comprises an initial arrangement step S | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120136049 | ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT - The present invention provides an epigallocatechin gallate derivative (EGCG derivative) that has excellent safety and antibacterial properties. An epigallocatechin gallate derivative represented by the following chemical formula (1), an isomer thereof, or a salt thereof is used as an antibacterial agent. In the formula, R | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120126206 | ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An organic semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor layer | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120115232 | METHOD FOR INDUCING DEGRADATION OF PROTEIN IN MAMMALIAN CELL - Provided is a system which can induce the degradation of a protein of interest in a mammalian cell system reliably and stably within a short time. A mammalian cell inducible for protein degradation, the degradation of a protein of interest being induced by an auxin, in which the mammalian cell has both a TIR1 family protein gene from rice and a chimeric gene expressing a protein of interest labeled with a plant Aux/IAA family protein. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120112318 | TRANSISTOR AND PROCESS OF PRODUCING THE SAME, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY - A transistor capable of modulating, at low voltages, a large current flowing between an emitter electrode and a collector electrode. A process of producing the transistor, a light-emitting device comprising the transistor, and a display comprising the transistor. The transistor comprises an emitter electrode and a collector electrode. Between the emitter electrode and the collector electrode are situated a semiconductor layer and a sheet base electrode. It is preferred that the semiconductor layer be situated between the emitter electrode and the base electrode and also between the collector electrode and the base electrode to constitute a second semiconductor layer and a first semiconductor layer, respectively. It is also preferred that the thickness of the base electrode be 80 nm or less. Furthermore, a dark current suppressor layer is situated at least between the emitter electrode and the base electrode, or between the collector electrode and the base electrode. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120107960 | NONLINEAR LUMINESCENT MOLECULE, FLUORESCENT STAIN, AND OBSERVATION METHOD(AS AMENDED) - The present invention relates to a nonlinear fluorescent molecule that generates a nonlinear fluorescence reaction by incidence of excitation light. This nonlinear fluorescence molecule includes donors and, and an acceptor that is coupled to the donors and. As the donor is excited by the incidence of the excitation light, electric charge moves from the donor to the acceptor. Then, the donor and the acceptor form a charge separated state. In a state in which the charge separated state is maintained, the donor fluoresces when transiting from an excited state to a ground state. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120091437 | POLYMER, ORGANIC THIN FILM COMPRISING THE POLYMER, AND ORGANIC THIN-FILM ELEMENT INCLUDING SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a polymer having a low LUMO, a high charge transport property, and further high solubility in a solvent. The present invention provides a polymer having a repeating unit represented by the formula (I): | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120091351 | SCINTILLATOR FOR NEUTRON DETECTION AND NEUTRON MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A neutron measurement apparatus | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120080593 | Cyclone Separator Type Mass Analyzing System - Provided is a small-sized mass analysis system capable of analyzing an analysis target system being under atmospheric pressure. The mass analysis system ( | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120074361 | SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Copper(II) acetate, zinc(II) acetate, and tin(IV) acetate are weighed so that the total amount of metal ions is 2.0×10 | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120068066 | DISPLACEMENT MEASURING DEVICE AND DISPLACEMENT MEASURING METHOD - A displacement measuring device is provided which can directly measure a position and shape of a target object with high precision even if the target object has a minute shape with a high aspect ratio. A displacement measuring device 100 for measuring a change in a distance to a target object S includes a light irradiation section 10 configured to irradiate, with laser light, a light transmissive particle 50 provided at a predetermined distance from a surface of the target object S, a movement section 20 configured to move, relative to the target object S, the particle 50 held in an optical standing wave field generated by interference between light transmitted from the particle 50 and light reflected from the target object S, a sensing section 30 configured to sense a movement signal occurring when the particle 50 relatively moves against confining force caused by the optical standing wave field, and a calculation section 40 configured to derive the change in the distance to the target object S based on the movement signal. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120058572 | ANTIBODY AGAINST PERIOSTIN, AND A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING IT FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING A DISEASE IN WHICH PERIOSTIN IS INVOLVED - The present invention provides an antibody against a periostin isoform having anti-cell adhesive activity, especially an anti-periostin antibody having the ability to neutralize anti-cell adhesive properties, as well as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for periostin-related diseases comprising the antibody. The present invention also provides methods for detecting and quantifying the periostin isoform in a sample by using the antibody, as well as a method for diagnosing periostin-related diseases comprising measuring the amount of the periostin isoform by the detection or quantification method. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057543 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RECEPTION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND AUTONOMOUS DISTRIBUTED NETWORK - Based on a data signal and a known reference signal, a frequency response of a channel is predicted, and the state of the channel over the entire transmission band is predicted such that frequency allocation is performed in a short period of time. A reception apparatus that receives a signal from a transmission apparatus which distributedly arranges signals in a frequency domain into a plurality of frequencies and which performs wireless transmission, the reception apparatus including: a channel property prediction unit ( | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056168 | FLUOROPOLYMER AND THIN ORGANIC FILM COMPRISING SAME - An object of the invention is to provide a fluorine-containing polymer that is superior in both stability against doping of oxygen and solubility in an organic solvent. The invention provides a fluorine-containing polymer including a structure represented by formula (I) in a repeating unit. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120046327 | METHOD FOR INHIBITING THE INDUCTION AND FORMATION OF OSTEOCLASTS - Methods for (i) inhibiting the induction and formation of osteoclasts, (ii) inhibiting RANKL expression in osteoblasts, (ii) inhibiting the activation of osteoclasts and (iv) inhibiting a decrease in bone density by administering to a warm-blooded animal in need thereof a pharmacologically effective amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of olmesartan and olmesartan medoxomil, a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmacologically acceptable ester thereof. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120045446 | THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR DISEASES IN WHICH NEOPLASTIC PROLIFERATION OF PLASMA CELLS OCCURS - The present invention provides a therapeutic agent, for diseases in which neoplastic proliferation of plasma cells occurs, which is characterized by containing an anti-human CD48 monoclonal antibody and having cellular cytotoxicity to cells expressing human CD48; and the monoclonal antibody. In addition, the present invention provides a method for screening an active ingredient of a therapeutic agent for diseases in which neoplastic proliferation of plasma cells occurs, the method including the following processes:
| 02-23-2012 |
| 20120034611 | METHOD FOR DETECTING PRESUMED IGA NEPHROPATHY AND METHOD FOR SCREENING IGA NEPHROPATHY PATIENTS - Based on detection of | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120031249 | Method for refining texture of ferrous material, and ferrous material and blade having microscopic texture - A method for refining the texture of a ferrous material. The method includes a first step and a second step. The first step includes a step of making carbide particles in a portion of a base material smaller. The second step includes a step of nitriding at least a part of said portion. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120028246 | KIT FOR DETECTING HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS SUBTYPE H5N1 - Disclosed by the invention are an immunoassay kit and an immunoassay method for detecting highly pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H5N1 rapidly, conveniently and specifically. Also disclosed are an immunochromatographic detection kit and an immunochromatographic detection method for detecting the virus subtype H5N1 rapidly, conveniently and specifically. It is found that a monoclonal antibody 4G6 produced by using the virus subtype H5N1 as an immunogen does not react with the subtype H5N2 virus or a subtype H5N3 virus and reacts only with a subtype H5N1 virus specifically. It is also found that only an avian influenza virus subtype H5N1 can be detected specifically by an immunoassay utilizing the monoclonal antibody 4G6. It is further found that the sensitivity of the detection of immunochromatography can be increased by adding a nonionic surface and a water-soluble vinyl polymer having a polar group containing an oxygen atom and a nitrogen atom to a developing solution to be used in the immunochromatography. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120025072 | Ion Source, And Mass Spectroscope Provided With Same - An ion source is provided with a push-out electrode, a pull-out electrode, and a pull-in electrode all for ionizing a sample and accelerating generated ions in a pulsed manner, wherein the push-out electrode and/or the pull-in electrode has a curved surface shape having a depression curved in the direction opposite to the direction of travel of the ions. As a result, a compact ion source capable of temporally and spatially focusing ions and outputting the ions, and a compact time-of-flight mass spectroscope with good detection resolution and detection sensitivity which is provided with the compact ion source can be provided. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120021040 | THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR SPINAL CORD INJURIES - Disclosed is a therapeutic agent effective for the fundamental treatment of a spinal cord injury and a demyelinating disease. Specifically disclosed are a therapeutic agent for a spinal cord injury and a therapeutic agent for a demyelinating disease, each of which comprises an HGF protein as an active ingredient. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120008654 | LASER GAIN MEDIUM AND LASER OSCILLATOR USING THE SAME - A laser gain medium includes an optical medium configured to transmit a laser beam and having an incident face, a first face, a second face opposing to the first face; and gain media configured to amplify the laser beam while reflecting the laser beam. At least one of the gain media is joined on a first face of the optical medium as a first face gain medium, and at least one of the remaining gain media is joined on a second face of the optical medium as a second face gain medium. The laser beam is incident into the optical medium, and is amplified by the first face gain medium and the second face gain medium while being alternately reflected by the first face gain medium and the second face gain medium. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120003446 | NITRIDE CRYSTAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A nitride crystal which encircles an outer periphery of a seed crystal, the nitride crystal in an embodiment includes: a first partial region, and a second partial region that has optical characteristics different from those of the first partial region and has optical characteristics which indicate the crystal orientation. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001846 | INPUT DEVICE, WEARABLE COMPUTER, AND INPUT METHOD - A low-cost input device suitable for a wearable computer is provided. An input method suitable for operating a wearable computer is provided. A wearable computer including the input device is provided. An input device | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001302 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILM USING SUBSTRATE IRRADIATED WITH FOCUSED LIGHT, APPARATUS FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILM USING SUBSTRATE IRRADIATED WITH FOCUSED LIGHT, METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY GROWING SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILM USING SUBSTRATE IRRADIATED WITH FOCUSED LIGHT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT USING SUBSTRATE IRRADIATED WITH FOCUSED LIGHT - An apparatus ( | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110319603 | METHOD FOR FLUORESCENTLY LABELING PROTEIN - A method for fluorescently labeling a protein is provided that can also be used for labeling a biomolecule (a protein) in vivo with fluorescence. The method for fluorescently labeling a protein includes obtaining a fusion protein of a target protein to be labeled and, for example, a photoactive yellow protein (PYP), and fluorescently labeling the target protein by reacting the fusion protein with a compound represented by Formula (I), wherein in the compound represented by Formula (I), a coumarin skeleton in Formula (A) or a benzene skeleton in Formula (B) is intramolecnlarly associated with a group X and as a result, fluorescence derived from the group X is suppressed and when in the compound of Formula (I), the coumarin skeleton in Formula (A) or the benzene skeleton in Formula (B) is bound to the PYP or the PYP-derived protein contained in the fusion protein, the coumarin skeleton in Formula (A) or the benzene skeleton in Formula (B) is intramolecnlarly dissociated from the group X, and thereby fluorescence derived from the group X can be emitted. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110318256 | Method of Continuously Synthesizing Oriented Carbon Nanotubes and Apparatus for Continuously Synthesizing Same - A method and apparatus for continuously synthesizing oriented carbon nanotubes, with which oriented carbon nanotubes can be stably synthesized in large quantities, is presented. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316551 | Discharge Ionization Current Detector - A technique for reducing an electromagnetic noise entering an electrode or a drift of a signal due to a fluctuation in the ambient temperature is provided to improve the S/N ratio of a signal originating from a component of interest. A dummy electrode | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110315052 | DEVICE FOR PRODUCING PARTICLE FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PARTICLE FILM - An apparatus ( | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110278231 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MIXTURE - The processing method for a mixture according to the present invention is a method for processing a mixture having first particles made of a magnetic material or a nonmagnetic material and second particles made of a magnetic material or a nonmagnetic material wherein the second particles are mixed in a fluid medium containing the first particles, and comprises a dispersion step of dispersing aggregates of the first particles and the second particles present in the mixture, and a magnetic separation step of providing the first particles and second particles with a magnetic force a of different magnitudes by applying a magnetic field to the mixture in parallel with or after the dispersion step, thereby separating the first particles and the second particles from each other. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110274943 | METAL MATERIAL PROCESSING METHOD, STRUCTURE PROCESSED USING METAL MATERIAL PROCESSING METHOD AND ROTARY TOOL - In a metal material processing method, two metal materials are arranged to face each other in a processing portion, and a distal end of a rod-shaped rotary tool is inserted into the processing portion while rotating the rotary tool, thereby the two metal materials are processed. The distal end of the rotary tool has a probe protruding in a central portion and a shoulder in a peripheral portion. The probe and the shoulder are constituted by different materials in at least surface portions that are in contact with the metal materials. | 11-10-2011 |
