Sony Corporation

Nihon Kohden Corporation

Tokyo Women's Medical University

Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Yuji Haraguchi

Tatsuya Shimizu

Fujio Noguchi

Teruo Okano

Takahiro Shioyama

Akane Suzuki

Yuki Kagawa

Sunao Takeda

Hirotsugu Kubo

Katsuhisa Sakaguchi

Toyohiko Kiyohara

Junya Ohmoto

Satoshi Mitsuma

Kazuya Toi

Takayuki Asoh

The present invention provides a method for swiftly producing a layered cell sheet that is non-invasively obtained and is utilizable for transplantation, etc., the method including (1) a step of applying a centrifugal force to a first cell sheet on a temperature-responsive culture surface for a predetermined time in a temperature range from a lower critical solution temperature of the temperature-responsive culture surface to 45&#xb0; C., (2) a step of further placing a second cell sheet on the first cell sheet, and (3) a step of applying a centrifugal force to the first cell sheet and the second cell sheet on the temperature-responsive culture surface for a predetermined time in the temperature range from the lower critical solution temperature to 45&#xb0; C.; and also provides a layered cell sheet obtained by the method.

Method for producing layered cell sheet and layered cell sheet produced by the same

An object of the present invention is to obtain a thicker animal cell composition by a simple and less expensive method. Namely, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for culturing a thicker animal cell composition by eliminating the hypoxia associated with animal cell compositions, a method for producing an animal cell composition containing unicellular algae, and an animal cell composition. The present invention provides a method for culturing an animal cell composition in a culture medium in the presence of unicellular algae and under exposure to light. According to the method of the present invention, oxygen can be continuously supplied in the culture medium, cell damage is alleviated, and a thicker cell composition can be obtained in the absence of a capillary network.

Method for culturing animal cell composition, method for producing animal cell composition using same, and animal cell composition

A cell isolation apparatus includes: a chamber body which includes a chamber into which tissue is to be introduced; an isolation member which is moved in the chamber and which is to collide with the tissue to isolate a cell; and a controlling portion which controls an operation of the isolation member in the chamber body.

Cell isolation apparatus

A cell isolation instrument includes: a first container which has an opening in an upper portion; a filtration member which defines at least a part of a lower portion of the first container; an isolation member which is movably housed in the first container to collide with a tissue, thereby isolating cells; and a second container which houses the first container in a manner that the first container can be taken out.

Cell isolation instrument

An IC card inserted into a navigation apparatus that provides guidance regarding a route to a destination so as to store information about the route. The information about relations and image data related to the route are recorded in the IC card in correspondence with locations along the route.

Image pickup apparatus, navigation apparatus and IC card

An image pickup apparatus including location information acquiring means for acquiring current location information and image pickup means for capturing an image of a desired object and outputting the captured image. The image pickup apparatus further includes associating means for automatically relating the captured image to the current location information and outputting information about relations as management data, and includes recording means for recording the captured image, the current location information, and the management data to a removable solid-state storage medium.

A navigation apparatus including: recording means for recording information about a route to a destination to a removable storage medium, and associated means for automatically relating the route information to image data and updating information about relations as management data in the removable storage medium. The navigation apparatus further includes outputting means for outputting the image data and the management data recorded in the removable storage medium in conjunction with the route information.

An image pickup apparatus including: a location information acquiring element for acquiring current location information; an image pickup element for capturing an image of a desired object and outputting the captured image; and a recording element for relating the captured image to the current location information when recording the captured image and the current location information to a removable solid-state storage medium.

A communication terminal apparatus includes a disc member that is supported such that a portion thereof protrudes outside the body case, and that is rotated to output a signal corresponding to its rotation direction and rotation angle; first switch operated by pressing the disc member toward the body case; second and third switches separately operated by pivoting the disc member about a pivot axis parallel to the rotation plane and orthogonal to the pressing direction; a storage device storing a plurality of items; a display device displaying a cursor and a plurality of items read from the storage device; and a control device for moving the cursor displayed in the display device and for selecting and executing the displayed items or other items required for communications in accordance with the operations of the disc member and the first, second, and third switches.

Rotatively-operated switch apparatus and communication terminal apparatus

An arc control apparatus for a DC arc furnace provides an additional magnetic field which prevents a discharged arc from shifting outward at an arc generating point due to the influences of a magnetic field generated by a feeder circuit, thus directing the arc discharge vertically downward. The arc control apparatus includes an arc furnace in which an object to be melted is disposed. A movable electrode is disposed in the arc furnace for movement relative to the object. A feeder circuit including a power supply and a feeding conductor is connected to the movable electrode and the arc furnace for supplying a voltage therebetween from the power supply through the feeding conductor to generate an arc whereby the object is dissolved. An auxiliary coil is disposed outside and in the vicinity of the arc furnace and connected to the feeder circuit for generating a counter magnetic field in a direction to cancel a magnetic field which is generated at a point of generation of the arc by means of the feeder circuit.

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Tokyo, Japan

Yuji Haraguchi