Sony Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Marcaurele Brun

Yoshihito Hayashi

Yoichi Katsumoto

Shinji Omori

Kazumasa Sato

Kenzo Machida

Seungmin Lee

Kaori Kawaguchi

Ludovic Keiser

Kazuya Takahashi

Isao Hidaka

Tomoyuki Umetsu

Aya Murata

Yoshito Hayashi

A blood state analysis apparatus including at least an analysis unit that uses data related to the temporal change in electrical characteristics to analyze information related to fibrinogen in a blood sample, in which the analysis unit uses at least two predetermined time points derived from the data related to the temporal change on a basis of a predetermined mathematical definition to calculate a parameter R, and acquires at least two pieces of information related to the fibrinogen in the blood sample.

Blood state analysis apparatus, blood state analysis system, blood state analysis method, and program

There is provided a blood condition analyzing device including: an extraction unit configured to use temporal change data of an electrical characteristic of blood at an arbitrary frequency to extract a feature of the data; and a blood condition evaluation unit configured to evaluate a condition change of blood from a feature extracted in the extraction unit.

Blood condition analyzing device, blood condition analyzing system, and blood condition analyzing program

To provide a technology of efficiently and effectively sorting microparticles to be sorted from a sample solution. The present technology provides a control device being a device that controls a processing condition when sorting microparticles from a sample liquid flowing through a flow path, the control device provided with a control unit that controls a sorting processing condition on the basis of a content of microparticles to be sorted in the sample liquid. In the control device according to the present technology, the control unit may control the sorting processing condition on the basis of a surviving rate and/or an activation rate of biological particles to be sorted with respect to the sorting processing condition.

Control device, microparticle sorting device and microparticle sorting system using control device, and control method

There is provided an electrical measuring container of a biological sample in a liquid phase, including at least a biological sample holding section that accommodates a biological sample in a liquid phase and made of a resin, and an electrical conductive section fixed to the biological sample holding section. In a state in which a portion of the electrical conductive section is buried in the biological sample holding section, the biological sample holding section and the electrical conductive section are integrally formed with each other.

Electrical measuring container, electrical measuring apparatus and electrical measuring method

To provide a system capable of evaluating a deficiency and/or a lowered function of extrinsic coagulation factors or intrinsic coagulation factors with high sensitivity by adding new procedures and apparatuses to a blood coagulation system analysis procedure, an apparatus, or the like. A blood coagulation system analysis system includes a blood coagulation system measurement apparatus that performs blood coagulation system measurement of a blood sample; and a blood coagulation system analysis apparatus including a coagulation parameter extraction unit that extracts a coagulation parameter from a measurement result by the blood coagulation system measurement apparatus, and a blood coagulation evaluation unit that evaluates a level of blood coagulation of the blood sample on the basis of the coagulation parameter, the measurement by the blood coagulation system measurement apparatus being performed under an extrinsic system acceleration condition and an intrinsic system acceleration condition.

Blood coagulation system analysis system, blood coagulation system analysis method, and blood coagulation system analysis program

A blood state analysis device, blood state analysis system, blood state analysis method, and program that enable analysis of the state of blood easily and precisely is provided. The blood state analysis device includes: an extraction unit configured to extract at least one feature from chronological change data of an electrical characteristic of blood in two or more frequency bands; an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a state of the blood on the basis of the at least one feature extracted by the extraction unit; and a classification unit configured to classify the blood on the basis of a result of evaluation conducted by the evaluation unit.

Blood state analysis device, blood state analysis system, blood state analysis method, and program

Provided is a technique that allows high-accuracy electrical measurement without the influence of blood sedimentation in a case where various measurements or evaluations are performed using blood samples containing a blood cell component and a plasma component. Provided is an electrical measurement method for electrically measuring a blood sample including at least a blood cell component and a plasma component, the electrical measurement method including the step of adding a blood sedimentation inhibitor to the blood sample. Also provided is a blood sedimentation inhibitor for use in electrical measurement of a blood sample including at least a blood cell component and a plasma component, the blood sedimentation inhibitor including a non-cationic water-soluble compound and being capable of increasing specific gravity and/or viscosity of the plasma component.

Electrical measurement method, electrical measurement device, and blood condition analysis system

Provided is an impedance measuring device for biological samples including one or a plurality of biological sample holding units configured to hold a biological sample, an applying unit configured to apply an AC voltage to a pair of electrodes in contact with the biological sample held by the biological sample holding unit, a measuring unit configured to measure an impedance of the biological sample obtained by an AC voltage being applied to the biological sample by the applying unit, and a measurement condition control unit configured to control a measuring time and/or a measuring frequency in the measuring unit.

Impedance measuring device for biological samples and impedance measuring system for biological samples

Disclosed are a blood coagulation system examination module, a blood coagulation system examination system, and a blood coagulation system examination method, all of which enable to simply and easily measure thrombin potential with a whole blood sample. The blood coagulation system examination module includes a thrombin potential examination unit configured to examine thrombin potential on the basis of an electrical property of blood as measured at a specific frequency and predetermined time intervals in a predetermined period after reversal of an anticoagulation action working on the blood.

Blood coagulation system examination module, blood coagulation system examination system, blood coagulation system examination method, and determination method of parameter for blood coagulation system examination module

To provide a technology that allows for simple and highly accurate evaluation of the condition of blood. Provided is a blood condition analysis device, for analyzing the condition of a blood sample having added thereto at least one kind of drug selected from the group consisting of anticoagulation treatment cancelling agents, coagulation activators, anticoagulants, platelet activators, and antiplatelet agents, the device including a drug dosage control unit for controlling the dosage of the drug to be added to the blood sample on the basis of the hematocrit and/or hemoglobin content of the blood sample.

Blood condition analysis device, blood condition analysis system, blood condition analysis method, and blood condition analysis program for causing computer to implement the method

There is provided a blood condition analyzing device including an erythrocyte quantitative evaluation unit configured to evaluate a hematocrit value and/or a hemoglobin amount on the basis of an electrical characteristic of a blood sample at a frequency of 2 to 25 MHz.

Blood condition analyzing device, blood condition analyzing system, blood conditon analyzing method, and blood condition analyzing program for causing computer to execute the method

A technology of measuring an electrical characteristic of a blood sample is provided that allows easy introduction, into an existing blood test system, a technique of obtaining information on a blood sample from an electrical characteristic of the blood sample. The technology provides a device for measuring an electrical characteristic of a blood sample, the device including: a mixing unit configured to mix a blood cell component and a plasma component on the basis of the composition ratio between the blood cell component and the plasma component in a blood sample; and a blood sample measurement unit configured to measure an electrical characteristic of a blood sample obtained by mixing by the mixing unit.

Electrical characteristic measurement device, electrical characteristic measurement method, and blood condition analysis system

To an electrical characteristic measuring device that further improves the accuracy of measurement of an electrical characteristic of a blood sample. Provided is an electrical characteristic measuring device including: a measuring unit configured to measure an electrical characteristic of a blood sample; and an alert generation unit configured to issue an alert signal when an erythrocyte sedimentation rate in the blood sample exceeds a prescribed standard during measurement of the blood sample.

Electrical characteristic measuring device

Provided is an electrical measuring cartridge including at least: a biological sample holding section that accommodates a liquid biological sample containing a sedimenting component; a measuring electrode unit that is fixed to the biological sample holding section and composed of a pair of electrodes for electrically measuring a state of the biological sample; and a sedimentation measuring electrode unit that is fixed to a position at a different height from the measuring electrode unit of the biological sample holding section and composed of a pair of electrodes for electrically measuring a degree of sedimentation of the sedimenting component.

Electrical measuring cartridge, electrical measuring apparatus for biological sample, electrical measuring system for biological sample, and electrical measuring method for biological sample

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