Patents by Inventor Akihito Yamanaka

Akihito Yamanaka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5830497
    Abstract: Medicated plasters composed of a flexible support and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer laminated thereon, in which said pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has an exposed surface with pH of 7 or higher and contains one of the following three components:i) a basic physiologically active agent and an acidic substance,ii) a salt of a basic physiologically active agent and a basic substance, andiii) a basic physiologically active agent and a salt of a basic physiologically active agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Akihito Yamanaka, Takashi Kinoshita, Masaki Sunami
  • Patent number: 5176916
    Abstract: A medical adhesive comprising a plaster layer containing the following ingredients, characterized in that the ingredient 2 is incorporated in a larger amount than the ingredient 5 and in an amount not less than 25% by weight relative to the total amount of the ingredients 1.about.5, and the plaster layer is a W/O type:1 a medicinal ingredient,2 a hydrophobic polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of -65.degree. C. to 35.degree. C.3 a percutaneous absorption-promoting agent,4 water, and5 a hydrophilic polymer which is soluble or capable of swelling in water; anda medical adhesive which comprises a porous base layer in the plaster layer or in contact with the plaster layer, which enable stable release of the medicinal ingredient, the percutaneous absorption-promoting agents and so on and sustaining of the pharmacological effects over a long period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignees: Nitto Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihito Yamanaka, Saburo Otsuka, Yoshifumi Hosaka