Sysmex Corporation (HQ: Kobe, Japan, President: Hisashi Ietsugu) was granted the Special Award in the 2006 Kinki Local Commendation for Invention hosted by the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation, which was announced on November 1, 2006.
Sysmex is committed to research into new testing technology to support the development of healthcare.
[Outline of the award-winning invention]
(1)Shibucho-award (Award from Branch Director)
“Non invasive hematology analyzer”
This invention relates to blood component measuring equipment, and enables real-time and highly reproducible measurement of blood components such as hemoglobin concentration and hematocrit without collecting blood samples and calculates quantities of blood components by taking and analyzing transmission images of blood vessels.
ASTRIM, the non invasive blood vessel monitor, employs this invention is being used for managing the physical condition of a number of athletes.
(2)Invention Incentive Award
“Pipette Cleaner”
By using a small movable component around the pipette as well as by creatively designing the geometry of its cleaning flow channel, this invention can clean the outer wall and the inside of the pipette easily. It has therefore been incorporated into a number of analyzers, including XE-2100, KX-21 and CA-1500.
[Detail of the award-winning invention]
(1)“Non invasive hematology analyzer”
This award-winning invention, related to blood component measuring equipment, is applicable to devices used to measure quantities of blood components, such as hemoglobin concentration and hematocrit, in real time with a high reproducibility without sampling the blood, by means of analyzing transmission images of blood vessels.
Conventional measurement of blood components, such as hemoglobin concentration and hematocrit, has relied upon collected blood samples. However, frequent blood collection has imposed heavy strain on the subjects of the blood test.
This invention enables highly reproducible measurement of such items with a simple equipment configuration; taking and analyzing transmission images of blood vessels contained in living tissues of the finger or other parts of the body.
Moreover, as it can easily and non-invasively measure the quantities of blood components without the pain that is experienced during blood collection, this technology will be applicable to cases where blood tests cannot otherwise be performed due to the difficulty in collecting a blood sample. This includes the examination of an athlete’s physical condition and local nutrition surveys. ASTRIM, the non invasive blood vessel monitor, that employs this invention is being used for managing the physical condition of a number of athletes, including Athens Olympic Games marathon gold medalist Mizuki Noguchi.
(2)“Pipette Cleaner”
This award-winning invention is a cleaner for pipettes used in the analysis of the components of biological samples, including blood and urine.
If any residue remains in a pipette after the completion of the analysis, it may adversely affect the results of measurement, so the pipette should be cleaned every time it is used.
Until now, pipettes have been cleaned manually or by using a large cleaning frame that can accommodate the whole length of the pipette.
This newly invented device cleans the outer wall and the inside of the pipette by means of a small movable component and the creatively designed geometry of its cleaning flow channel. Moreover, the structure of the cleaner prevents any of the sample from adhering to the apparatus itself and thereby eliminates the need for manual cleaning of the apparatus, thus improving maintenance performance.
Because of its simple construction, this new invention is now installed in several devices such as XE-2100, KX-21 and CA-1500 thereby providing many customers with safer biological sample analyzers.
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