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Sysmex Receives “Prize of the Director-General of the Kinki Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry” and “Encouragement Prize for Invention” at Kinki Local Commendation for Inventions in 2024
Sysmex Corporation (HQ: Kobe, Japan; President: Kaoru Asano) received Prize of the Director-General of the Kinki Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry which is a special award, and Encouragement Prize for Invention at Kinki Local Commendation for Invention hosted by Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation.
The Local Commendation for Inventions Award is a historical commendation which has been around since 1921 for publicly honoring engineers, researchers, and developers who created excellent and practical inventions and designs, for the purpose of contributing to improvement of science and technology and promotion of regional industries through encouragement and growth of inventions in local regions.
| 1 | Title of the award: | Prize of the Director-General of the Kinki Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| Title of awarded invention: |
Blood Analyzer Capable of Analyzing Blood Products (Japanese Patent No. 7002245) |
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| Awarded inventors: | Osamu Kikuchi, Takahito Mihara, Yuji Masuda, Atsushi Shirakami, Takuma Watanabe, Daigo Fukuma,Masaharu Shibata |
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| Description of the invention: |
This invention relates to a blood analyzer that automatically analyzes blood products for transfusion. In this invention, the blood analyzer automatically prepares and analyzes the test samples according to the type of blood products. This invention enables the quality inspection of blood products, previously performed by highly skilled operators, to be conducted easily and automatically. Consequently, it allows for the rapid acquisition of quality inspection results at blood product manufacturing facilities across Japan,thereby contributing to the stable supply of safe blood products. |
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| 2 | Title of the award: | Encouragement Prize for Invention |
| Title of awarded invention: |
Analyzer for Automating Platelet Aggregation Testing (Japanese Patent No. 6768118) |
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| Awarded inventors: | Hiroshi Kurono, Tasuku Sakayori, Yuri Watanabe | |
| Description of the invention: |
This invention relates to an analyzer that automates platelet aggregation testing, which measures the progression of platelet aggregation.
This invention enables the analyzer to automatically dilute the reagent to a specified concentration to prepare a diluent reagent solution, mix it with the specimen to prepare a measurement sample, and automatically perform the platelet aggregation test on the specimen. This invention allows the preparation of the diluent reagent solution and the measurement sample, tasks conventionally performed by the operator, to be easily and automatically conducted. This reduces the complexity and errors associated with platelet aggregation tests, thereby expanding opportunities for diagnosis and treatment based on these tests. |
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| History of Kinki Local Commendations for Innovation Awards Received by Sysmex (Past Five Years) |
| · 2023 Kinki Local Commendation for Inventions |
| “Special Award: Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology Prize”: Novel Hepatic Fibrosis Testing Method |
| “Encouragement Prize for Invention”: Specimen Analyzer |
| “Encouragement Prize for Invention”: D-Dimer Measuring Reagent |
| · 2022 Kinki Local Commendation for Inventions |
| “Chairman’s Prize from the Hyogo Institute of Invention and Innovation”: Blood Coagulation Measurement Apparatus Using LED Light Source |
| “Encouragement Prize for Invention”: Specimen Processing Apparatus |
| ・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 |
| “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 |
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