Patents by Inventor Chika Arai

Chika Arai 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).

  • Medicinal composition containing benzo[a]phenoxazine compound as the active ingredient for prevention or treatment of protozoal disease
    Patent number: 8288374
    Abstract: Provided is a medicinal composition, in particular, a medicinal composition for treatment and/or prevention which has a high therapeutic effect on infection with a parasitic protozoa and a selective toxicity thereto and exhibits a life-prolonging effect and so on. A medicinal composition which contains as the active ingredient a benzo[a]phenoxazine compound represented by General formula (1) or a salt compound of the same, in particular, an agent for treating and/or preventing infection with a protozoa such as malaria, leishmaniasis, African trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease, toxoplasmosis, lymphatic filariasis, babesiosis or coccidium disease; and a novel compound which is contained therein as the active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignees: Hoshi University, Synstar Japan Co., Ltd., Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masataka Ihara, Jian-Feng Ge, Chika Arai, Nasser Saad Mohamed Ismail, Mei Yang, Isamu Itoh, Reto Brun
  • MEDICINAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING BENZO[A]PHENOXAZINE COMPOUND AS THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT FOR PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF PROTOZOAL DISEASE
    Publication number: 20110021450
    Abstract: Provided is a medicinal composition, in particular, a medicinal composition for treatment and/or prevention which has a high therapeutic effect on infection with a parasitic protozoa and a selective toxicity thereto and exhibits a life-prolonging effect and so on. A medicinal composition which contains as the active ingredient a benzo[a]phenoxazine compound represented by General formula (1) or a salt compound of the same, in particular, an agent for treating and/or preventing infection with a protozoa such as malaria, leishmaniasis, African trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease, toxoplasmosis, lymphatic filariasis, babesiosis or coccidium disease; and a novel compound which is contained therein as the active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicants: HOSHI UNIVERSITY, SYNSTAR JAPAN CO., LTD., SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Masataka Ihara, Jian-Feng Ge, Chika Arai, Mei Yang, Isamu Itoh, Reto Brun