Patents by Inventor Akito Maeda

Akito Maeda 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: 9695219
    Abstract: A novel polypeptide which has an excellent angiogenesis-inducing activity and an excellent antibacterial activity, and a novel angiogenesis-inducing agent which contains the polypeptide as an effective ingredient or a novel agent for treating a wound(s) which contains the polypeptide as an effective ingredient are disclosed. The polypeptide of the present invention is a polypeptide whose amino acid sequence is shown in any one of SEQ ID NOs:1 to 6, 8 and 10. The angiogenesis-inducing agent which contains the polypeptide of the present invention as an effective ingredient is useful for the prevention, amelioration or treatment of a disease such as a burns, decubitus, wound, skin ulcer, leg ulcer, diabetic ulcer, occlusive arterial disease and arteriosclerosis obliteran.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: FunPep Inc.
    Inventors: Takefumi Gemba, Hideki Tomioka, Nao Tamura, Ryoko Sata, Akito Maeda, Akiko Tenma, Toshihide Kanamori, Yoshimi Saito, Shintaro Komaba, Ryuichi Morishita
  • Publication number: 20160367616
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a mesenchymal stem cell attractant capable of attracting a mesenchymal stem cell; and others. The present invention provides a mesenchymal stem cell attractant containing at least one selected from the group consisting of an extract of a Bodhi tree, an extract of the root bark of Paeonia suffruticosa Andrews, an extract of Mallotus philippinensis, an extract of Uncaria gambir, an extract of Pashanbheda, and an extract of a plant belonging to the genus Prunus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicants: Pias Corporation, Osaka University
    Inventors: Keiko Kitamura, Yuta Inami, Koichi Nakaoji, Kazuhiko Hamada, Akito Maeda, Tadashi Furumoto, Yasufumi Kaneda, Katsuto Tamai
  • Patent number: 9486465
    Abstract: Provided are an attractant for bone marrow stem cells containing at least one of cinnamtannin B1 and pentagalloylglucose, and a method for attracting bone marrow stem cells in which bone marrow stem cells are attracted by the attractant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignees: Pias Corporation, Osaka University
    Inventors: Tadashi Furumoto, Koichi Nakaoji, Kazuhiko Hamada, Noriyasu Ozawa, Yuta Inami, Misaki Toyoshima, Kosuke Fujita, Akito Maeda, Yasufumi Kaneda, Katsuto Tamai
  • Patent number: 9458429
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a mesenchymal stem cell attractant capable of attracting a mesenchymal stem cell; and others. The present invention provides a mesenchymal stem cell attractant containing at least one selected from the group consisting of an extract of a Bodhi tree, an extract of the root bark of Paeonia suffruticosa Andrews, an extract of Mallotus philippinensis, an extract of Uncaria gambir an extract of Pashanbheda, and an extract of a plant belonging to the genus Prunus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignees: Pias Corporation, Osaka University
    Inventors: Keiko Kitamura, Yuta Inami, Koichi Nakaoji, Kazuhiko Hamada, Akito Maeda, Tadashi Furumoto, Yasufumi Kaneda, Katsuto Tamai
  • Patent number: 9376470
    Abstract: Novel polypeptides which have an excellent angiogenesis-inducing activity and an excellent antibacterial activity and medical uses thereof are disclosed. The amino acid sequences of the novel polypeptides are shown in any one of SEQ ID NOs:1 to 6. These polypeptides have angiogenesis-inducing and antibacterial activities. Such polypeptides are useful for the prevention, amelioration or treatment of skin wounds caused by a cut wound, surgical wound, erosion, burn, decubitus, intractable wound, skin ulcer, leg ulcer, diabetic ulcer, occlusive arterial disease or arteriosclerosis obliteran, and for the prevention, amelioration or treatment of bacterial infection in such skin wounds, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: FunPep Inc.
    Inventors: Takefumi Gemba, Hideki Tomioka, Ryoko Sata, Nao Tamura, Akito Maeda, Toshihide Kanamori, Yoshimi Saito, Shintaro Komaba, Ryuichi Morishita
  • Publication number: 20150133365
    Abstract: A novel polypeptide which has an excellent angiogenesis-inducing activity and an excellent antibacterial activity, and a novel angiogenesis-inducing agent which contains the polypeptide as an effective ingredient or a novel agent for treating a wound(s) which contains the polypeptide as an effective ingredient are disclosed. The polypeptide of the present invention is a polypeptide whose amino acid sequence is shown in any one of SEQ ID NOs:1 to 6, 8 and 10. The angiogenesis-inducing agent which contains the polypeptide of the present invention as an effective ingredient is useful for the prevention, amelioration or treatment of a disease such as a burns, decubitus, wound, skin ulcer, leg ulcer, diabetic ulcer, occlusive arterial disease and arteriosclerosis obliteran.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: ANGES MG, INC.
    Inventors: Takefumi Gemba, Hideki Tomioka, Nao Tamura, Ryoko Sata, Akito Maeda, Akiko Tenma, Toshihide Kanamori, Yoshimi Saito, Shintaro Komaba, Ryuichi Morishita
  • Publication number: 20150111842
    Abstract: Provided are an attractant for bone marrow stem cells containing at least one of cinnamtannin B1 and pentagalloylglucose, and a method for attracting bone marrow stem cells in which bone marrow stem cells are attracted by the attractant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicants: PIAS CORPORATION, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tadashi Furumoto, Koichi Nakaoji, Kazuhiko Hamada, Noriyasu Ozawa, Yuta Inami, Misaki Toyoshima, Kosuke Fujita, Akito Maeda, Yasufumi Kaneda, Katsuto Tamai
  • Patent number: 8969311
    Abstract: A novel polypeptide which has an excellent angiogenesis-inducing activity and an excellent antibacterial activity, and a novel angiogenesis-inducing agent which contains the polypeptide as an effective ingredient or a novel agent for treating a wound(s) which contains the polypeptide as an effective ingredient are disclosed. The polypeptide of the present invention is a polypeptide whose amino acid sequence is shown in any one of SEQ ID NOs:1 to 6, 8 and 10. The angiogenesis-inducing agent which contains the polypeptide of the present invention as an effective ingredient is useful for the prevention, amelioration or treatment of a disease such as a burns, decubitus, wound, skin ulcer, leg ulcer, diabetic ulcer, occlusive arterial disease and arteriosclerosis obliteran.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: AnGes MG, Inc.
    Inventors: Takefumi Gemba, Hideki Tomioka, Nao Tamura, Ryoko Sata, Akito Maeda, Akiko Tenma, Toshihide Kanamori, Yoshimi Saito, Shintaro Komaba, Ryuichi Morishita
  • Publication number: 20130071920
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a mesenchymal stem cell attractant capable of attracting a mesenchymal stem cell; and others. The present invention provides a mesenchymal stem cell attractant containing at least one selected from the group consisting of an extract of a Bodhi tree, an extract of the root bark of Paeonia suffruticosa Andrews, an extract of Mallotus philippinensis, an extract of Uncaria gambir an extract of Pashanbheda, and an extract of a plant belonging to the genus Prunus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicants: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, PIAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiko Kitamura, Yuta Inami, Koichi Nakaoji, Kazuhiko Hamada, Akito Maeda, Tadashi Furumoto, Yasufumi Kaneda, Katsuto Tamai
  • Publication number: 20120172287
    Abstract: A novel polypeptide which has an excellent angiogenesis-inducing activity and an excellent antibacterial activity, and a novel angiogenesis-inducing agent which contains the polypeptide as an effective ingredient or a novel agent for treating a wound(s) which contains the polypeptide as an effective ingredient are disclosed. The polypeptide of the present invention is a polypeptide whose amino acid sequence is shown in any one of SEQ ID NOs:1 to 6, 8 and 10. The angiogenesis-inducing agent which contains the polypeptide of the present invention as an effective ingredient is useful for the prevention, amelioration or treatment of a disease such as a burns, decubitus, wound, skin ulcer, leg ulcer, diabetic ulcer, occlusive arterial disease and arteriosclerosis obliteran.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: ANGES MG, Inc.
    Inventors: Takefumi Gemba, Hideki Tomioka, Nao Tamura, Ryoko Sata, Akito Maeda, Akiko Tenma, Toshihide Kanamori, Yoshimi Saito, Shintaro Komaba, Ryuichi Morishita
  • Publication number: 20120122766
    Abstract: Novel polypeptides which have an excellent angiogenesis-inducing activity and an excellent antibacterial activity and medical uses thereof are disclosed. The amino acid sequences of the novel polypeptides are shown in any one of SEQ ID NOs:1 to 6. These polypeptides have angiogenesis-inducing and antibacterial activities. Such polypeptides are useful for the prevention, amelioration or treatment of skin wounds caused by a cut wound, surgical wound, erosion, burn, decubitus, intractable wound, skin ulcer, leg ulcer, diabetic ulcer, occlusive arterial disease or arteriosclerosis obliteran, and for the prevention, amelioration or treatment of bacterial infection in such skin wounds, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: ANGES MG, Inc.
    Inventors: Takefumi Gemba, Hideki Tomioka, Ryoko Sata, Nao Tamura, Akito Maeda, Toshihide Kanamori, Yoshimi Saito, Shintaro Komaba, Ryuichi Morishita