CONCENTRATION DEVICE, SAMPLE SOLUTION CONCENTRATION METHOD, SAMPLE SOLUTION EXAMINATION METHOD, AND EXAMINATION KIT

    公开(公告)号:US20230251248A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-10

    申请号:US18182227

    申请日:2023-03-10

    CPC classification number: G01N33/543 B01D69/02 B01D67/0079

    Abstract: There are provided a concentration device that makes it possible to concentrate a sample solution in a short time, a sample solution concentration method using the concentration device to concentrate a sample solution, a sample solution concentration method using the sample solution examination method, and an examination kit including the concentration device and the detection device. The concentration device for concentrating a sample solution which is an aqueous solution containing a high-molecular-weight molecule contained in a biological fluid is a concentration device including a first container containing a super absorbent polymer and a second container, in which a part of the first container is constituted of a discharge unit consisting of a porous membrane having a hole diameter of 0.05 μm or more and 10 μm or less, the super absorbent polymer absorbs a solution contained in the sample solution injected into the first container to generate, in the first container, a sample solution concentrated solution which is a concentrated solution of the sample solution, and the second container recovers the sample solution concentrated solution discharged from the discharge unit.

    MICRO-NEEDLE ARRAY UNIT AND CONTAINER

    公开(公告)号:US20220080171A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-17

    申请号:US17534599

    申请日:2021-11-24

    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a micro-needle array unit and a container, to which gas permeability, internal visibility, and sterility are imparted. A micro-needle array unit (1) includes a micro-needle array (40) and a container (10) which accommodates the micro-needle array (40), in which the container (10) includes an accommodating portion (12) having an opening (12A), a claw portion (54) provided in the accommodating portion (12) and supporting an outer peripheral surface (42A) of one surface (42) of the micro-needle array (40), a deformable portion (14) disposed on a side opposite to the opening (12A), a flange portion (16) formed integrally with the accommodating portion (12), and a lid member (30) provided in close contact with the flange portion (16), at least a part of the lid member (30) is formed of a transparent film (32), an inner flange portion (16B) in close contact with the lid member (30) has a groove (20) continuous from the accommodating portion (12) to an outside, and the lid member (30) is in close contact with the inner flange portion (16B) to form a flow path continuous from the accommodating portion (12) to the outside.

    MICRO-NEEDLE ARRAY UNIT
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210260351A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-26

    申请号:US17244262

    申请日:2021-04-29

    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a micro-needle array unit that can be miniaturized and can sufficiently puncture the skin even in a case of being pressed by a finger. According to the present invention, provided is a micro-needle array unit including a micro-needle array which has a sheet and a plurality of needles arranged inside an outer peripheral surface of one surface of the sheet; a container which accommodates the micro-needle array and includes an accommodating portion having an opening and protrusions that support the outer peripheral surface of the micro-needle array, a deformable portion disposed on a side opposite to the opening and integrated with the accommodating portion, and a flange portion that is integrated with the accommodating portion and brought into contact with a skin; a lid which seals the opening of the container; and a three-dimensional puncture instrument which has two vertically different areas, in which in a case where an external force applied in a direction of the opening by a smaller area between two vertically different areas of the puncture instrument is received, the deformable portion is deformed, and the other surface of the micro-needle array is pressed, the micro-needle array deforms the protrusions and is pushed out of the accommodating portion due to the pressing of the other surface, and the deformable portion presses the micro-needle array while maintaining a deformed state thereof.

    SAMPLE SOLUTION CONCENTRATION METHOD AND SAMPLE SOLUTION EXAMINATION METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230228748A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-20

    申请号:US18181691

    申请日:2023-03-10

    CPC classification number: G01N33/5695 G01N1/405 G01N2469/10

    Abstract: There are provided a sample solution concentration method that makes it possible to obtain a sample solution concentrated solution having a desired concentration fold ratio and a sample solution examination method using the sample solution concentration method. The sample solution concentration method includes, in the following order, a sample solution injection step of injecting a sample solution, which is an aqueous solution containing a high-molecular-weight molecule, into a cylinder accommodating a particulate super absorbent polymer, a water absorption step in which water contained in the sample solution injected into the cylinder is absorbed by the super absorbent polymer accommodated in the cylinder to generate a sample solution concentrate which is a concentrate of the sample solution, in the cylinder, a liquid addition step of adding a liquid having an amount smaller than an amount of the sample solution injected into the cylinder in the sample solution injection step, to the sample solution concentrate, and a taking-out step of inserting, into the cylinder, a piston insertable into the cylinder, the piston including a tip part having holes smaller than a particle diameter of the super absorbent polymer after water absorption, to take out a sample solution concentrated solution, which is a concentrated solution of the sample solution, through the holes in the tip part of the piston.

    MICRO-NEEDLE ARRAY UNIT AND CONTAINER

    公开(公告)号:US20220080172A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-17

    申请号:US17535272

    申请日:2021-11-24

    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a micro-needle array unit and a container, to which gas permeability, internal visibility, and sterility are imparted. A micro-needle array unit (1) includes a micro-needle array (40) and a container (10) which accommodates the micro-needle array (40), in which the container (10) includes an accommodating portion (12) having an opening (12A), a claw portion (54) provided in the accommodating portion (12) and supporting an outer peripheral surface (42A) of one surface (42) of the micro-needle array (40), a deformable portion (14) disposed on a side opposite to the opening (12A), a flange portion (16) formed integrally with the accommodating portion (12), and a lid member (30) provided in close contact with the flange portion (16), at least a part of the lid member (30) is formed of a transparent film (32), and a water vapor permeable antibacterial film (34) is provided on at least a part of the container (10).

    MICRO-NEEDLE ARRAY DEVICE
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210244927A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-12

    申请号:US17243860

    申请日:2021-04-29

    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a micro-needle array device that can have the needle part sufficiently dissolved. According to the present invention, there is provided a micro-needle array device including: a micro-needle array having a sheet part and a plurality of needle parts existing on the top face of the sheet part; and a pressing member for pressing a surface of the sheet part, the surface being on the opposite side of the surface having the needle parts, wherein the sheet part has a thickness of 0.1 to 0.6 mm, and an area A of a pressing face of the pressing member for pressing the sheet part of the micro-needle array and an area B of a region where the needle parts of the needle array exist, satisfy the formula: 0.3≤A/B≤0.75.

    CONCENTRATION DEVICE, SAMPLE SOLUTION CONCENTRATION METHOD, SAMPLE SOLUTION EXAMINATION METHOD, AND EXAMINATION KIT

    公开(公告)号:US20230228749A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-20

    申请号:US18181761

    申请日:2023-03-10

    CPC classification number: G01N33/5695 G01N1/405 G01N33/92 G01N33/54388

    Abstract: There are provided a concentration device for concentrating a sample solution, which makes it possible to obtain a sample solution concentrated solution having a desired concentration fold ratio, a sample solution concentration method using the concentration device, a sample solution concentration method using the sample solution examination method, and an examination kit including the concentration device. The concentration device is a concentration device for concentrating a sample solution which is an aqueous solution containing a high-molecular-weight molecule, the concentration device including a cylinder that accommodates a particulate super absorbent polymer and a piston that is insertable into the cylinder, where the cylinder has, at a bottom part, a liquid holding part for holding a part of the sample solution injected into the cylinder, the super absorbent polymer is accommodated in the cylinder to be in contact with the liquid holding part on the liquid holding part, and the piston includes the tip part having holes smaller than the particle diameter of the super absorbent polymer after water absorption.

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