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Sysmex Receives “Chairman's Prize from the Hyogo Institute of Invention and Innovation” and “Encouragement Prize for Invention” in 2022 “Kinki Local Commendation for Inventions”
The Local Commendation for Inventions Award is a commendation with a long history since 1921 that publicly honors engineers and researchers who created excellent or practiced inventions and designs, for the purpose of improving technologies and contributing to promotion of regional industries, through an encouragement of inventions in local regions.
| 1 | Title of the award: Chairman's Prize from the Hyogo Institute of Invention and Innovation |
| Title of awarded invention: Blood coagulation measurement apparatus using LED light source (JP Patent No. 6813953) | |
| Winners: Naoto Nishimura, Tsuyoshi Fukuzaki | |
| Description of the invention: This invention relates to an optical system of a blood coagulation measurement apparatus used for clotting methods, chromogenic methods, and immunoturbidimetric methods. In this invention, LED light sources are provided for respective lights having wavelengths of 660 nm, 405 nm, 800 nm. Lights from the LED light sources are collected and applied to a sample in a uniform intensity distribution. This invention has made it possible to replace a conventional halogen lamp with an LED. This leads to reduction of environmental l oad, such as reduction of waste resulting from replacement of light sources and reduction of power consumption. |
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| 2 | Title of the award: Encouragement Prize for Invention
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Title of awarded invention: Sample processing apparatus (JP Patent No. 6087274)
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| Winners: Takaaki Nagai, Daigo Fukuma, Mitsuo Yamasaki, Noriyuki Nakanishi, Syunsuke Yao, Takahiro Saino |
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| Description of the invention: This invention relates to a sample processing apparatus that measures/analyzes blood samples. In this invention, the sample processing apparatus is provided with two drawers in each of which a rack for holding sample containers is set. Even while a sample held in the rack in one drawer is being measured, a sample can be set in the rack in the other drawer. This allows the throughput to be maximized and leads to reduction of burden on laboratory technicians. |
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| History of Kinki Local Commendations for Innovation Awards Received by Sysmex (Past Five Years) |
| ・2021 Kinki Local Commendations for Inventions |
| “Chairman's Prize from the Hyogo Institute of Invention and Innovation”: Prothrombin time measuring reagent |
| “The Encouragement Prize for Invention”: Malaria-infected red blood cell detection method |
| “The Encouragement Prize for Invention”: Cell imaging apparatus |
| “The Encouragement Prize for Invention”: Analyzer having abnormality monitoring function |
| ・2020 Kinki Local Commendations for Inventions
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| “Special Award: Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Prize”: Measuring method of hematopoietic stem cell
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| “The Encouragement Prize for Invention”: Sample Analyzer
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| “The Encouragement Prize for Invention”: Sample processing device |
| “The Encouragement Prize for Invention”: Smear preparation device |
| ・2019 Kinki Local Commendations for Inventions |
| “Special Award: Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Prize”: Urine Sample Analyzer Useful in Early-Stage Detection of Disease |
| “The Encouragement Prize for Invention”: FDP Measurement Reagents for Testing Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis Functions |
| “The Encouragement Prize for Invention”: Sample Processing System |
| “The Encouragement Prize for Invention”: Sampling Analyzer |
| ・2018 Kinki Local Commendations for Inventions |
| “Special Award: Commissioner of Japan Patent Office Award”: Method for Accurately and Simply Classifying and Counting Leukocytes |
| “The Encouragement Prize for Invention”: Urinalysis Testing System for Increasing Testing Efficiency |
| “The Encouragement Prize for Invention”: Hematology Analyzer Containing a Compact Photodetector |
| “The Encouragement Prize for Invention”: Cuvette for Enhancing the Specimen Agitation Function |
| ・2017 Kinki Local Commendations for Inventions |
| “The Prize of the Director-General of the Kinki Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry”: Hematology Analyzer That Enhances Testing Productivity and Quality |
| “The Encouragement Prize for Invention”: Blood Coagulation Analyzer That Facilitates the Simple Changing of Reagents |
| “The Encouragement Prize for Invention”: System That Enables the Rapid Transport of Sample Racks |
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“The Encouragement Prize for Invention”: Highly Sensitive Immunoassay Method Using ALP
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but may be subject to change without prior notice.