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Sharp Life Science Corporation

Kyoto University

Mikihiro Yamanaka

Keita Hara

Jun Kudo

Megumi Hijikuro

Tomohisa Kawata

Kazushi Fujioka

Hiroshi Tokumoto

Hirotaka Ohno

Shin Mukai

Katsutoshi Takao

Ryoji Nagai

Yasuaki Murashi

Hajime Tamon

Norie Matsui

Satoko Mitarai

Shuhji Nishiura

Provided is a measurement probe of which hygiene can be easily secured. The measurement probe () receives fluorescence emitted by radiation of excitation light to a fingertip (). The measurement probe () includes: a radiating portion that radiates the excitation light; a light-receiving portion that receives the fluorescence; a sleeve () disposed at a front end portion of the radiating portion or the light-receiving portion; and a transparent quartz plate () disposed at a front end surface (I) of the radiating portion or the light-receiving portion. The sleeve () is provided with an opening in which the quartz plate () is detachably mounted.

Measurement probe, measurement device, and attachment mechanism

A measuring device that can obtain a stable measurement result is realized. The measuring device includes a measuring portion () that is arranged in one of a placing portion () where a fingertip portion (A) is placed, and an interposing portion () facing the placing portion (), and interposing, together with the placing portion, the fingertip portion (A), emits excitation light and receives fluorescence, and a fixing force supply portion () that supplies, to the fingertip portion (A) through the interposing portion (), force which is capable of fixing a relative positional relationship between the fingertip portion (A) and the measuring portion ().

Measuring device

A measuring device () of the present invention includes a detector control module () for obtaining, from a scanning mechanism including an excitation light source () for emitting excitation light and a detector () for receiving fluorescence generated from the measurement target upon irradiation with the excitation light, measurement data of the fluorescence, a position information obtaining module () for obtaining, from a driving mechanism for controlling relative positions of the scanning mechanism and the measurement target, information of a position where the measurement target is irradiated with the excitation light when the measurement data is obtained, and a fluorescence characteristic management module () for preparing fluorescence characteristic data including the measurement data and the position information.

Measuring device, measuring system, measuring method, control program, and recording medium

A measuring device () includes an analysis unit () that holds a fluid pool (B) of blood or serum therein, an irradiation unit () that irradiates fluorescent substances contained in the fluid pool (B) with excitation light, and a light receiving unit () that receives fluorescence generated from the fluorescent substances. An amount of the fluorescent substances contained in the blood or the serum after artificial dialysis is estimated from the intensity of the fluorescence.

Measuring device, dialysis end condition determining device, and dialysis progress presenting device

A detection device () includes a light receiving unit () which receives fluorescence; a light receiving intensity calculation unit () which calculates light receiving intensity of fluorescence which is received by the light receiving unit () while changing a relative position (L) between the light receiving unit () and a test subject (); and a specifying unit () which specifies an optimal position of the relative position (L) where the light receiving intensity which is calculated by the light receiving intensity calculation unit () becomes a maximum, and in which fluorescence is detected using the optimal position which is specified by the specifying unit ().

Detection device, detecting method, control program and recording medium

A measurement device () includes a probe () which irradiates a specific part or a specific location of a living body with excitation light and which receives fluorescence generated by irradiating the specific part or the specific location with excitation light.

Measurement device, measurement method, measurement result processing device, measurement system, measurement result processing method, control program, and recording medium

The present invention detects a fluorescent signal from AGEs at a blood vessel tissue of an individual to determine the condition of the tissue of the individual. This solves a problem that in measurement of AGEs used in diagnosis of diabetes, data indicative of fluorescent spectrum from AGEs at the skin of a forearm varies depending on where to measure on skin of even the same forearm, which results in variations in measurement values, leading to unreliable data and incorrect measurement result.

Device for monitoring blood vessel conditions and method for monitoring same

A chemical substance sensing elementfor detecting a specific chemical substance included in biological information includes a carbon nanostructure and, because of metal complex or a fluorescent molecule modifying its surface, exhibits substance selectivity and high sensitivity. Of the substances modifying the surface of carbon nanostructures, CoPc reacts with NO and pentane and DAF-2 reacts with NO, as the components contained in the biological information, respectively, and both produce reaction products. The reaction product derived from CoPc changes electric resistance between nodesand, and the reaction product derived from DAF-2 generates fluorescence of a specific wavelength when irradiated with excitation light. Therefore, by measuring the change in electric resistance or presence/absence and wavelength of fluorescent of the present element, sensing of NO or pentane is possible.

Chemical substance sensing element, chemical substance sensing apparatus, and method of manufacturing chemical substance sensing element

An adsorbent including a porous member having holes and a nanostructure formed on at least a portion of a surface of the porous member, and an air cleaning device including the adsorbent. A porous filter including a porous member having holes and a nanostructure formed on at least a portion of a surface of the porous member, and an air cleaning device including the porous filter. A method of cleaning air for decomposing a hazardous substance using the porous filter and a decomposition gas including a superheated water vapor. A method of manufacturing a porous filter including the steps of growing a nanostructure on at least a portion of a surface of a porous member having holes, allowing a catalyst particle to be contained in a dispersion gas including a superheated water vapor, and spraying the dispersion gas on a surface of the nanostructure to attach the catalyst particle thereto.

Adsorbent, porous filter, air cleaning device, method of cleaning air, and method of manufacturing porous filter

A composite honeycomb structure in which the honeycomb structure is highly functionalized and adapted to have catalytic function, considering pressure loss is provided. A honeycomb structure having average pore diameter of 5 to 200 &#x3bc;m and specific surface area of 100 to 1500 m/g is provided. Further, a translucent honeycomb structure and a photocatalyst-carrying translucent honeycomb structure having a photocatalyst carried on a surface of the translucent honeycomb structure and/or contained in the translucent honeycomb structure are provided. Further, an air cleaner and a water purifier using the honeycomb structure and the photocatalyst-carrying translucent honeycomb structure are provided.

Honeycomb structure and manufacturing method thereof, and air cleaner and water purifier containing the honeycomb structure

A biochemical sensor capable of detecting a prescribed target substance in a specimen in a short time period with high sensitivity and measuring the amount thereof has a surface and a rear surface, and channels formed from the surface to the rear surface, allowing influx of the specimen. An inner circumferential surface of the channels is formed of porous material. The porous material carries, in its pores, functional substance having a function of forming a reactant by the interaction with the target substance.

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Osaka, Japan

Mikihiro Yamanaka