Patents by Inventor Kuniyuki Kaminaga

Kuniyuki Kaminaga 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: 11856946
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided a chamber for transplantation, as a planar chamber for transplantation which has a structure in which membranes for immunoisolation face each other, and which is capable of stably enclosing a biological constituent, including a membrane for immunoisolation at a boundary between an inside and an outside of the chamber for transplantation, in which the membranes for immunoisolation which face each other have joint portions that are joined to each other, an interior space includes a point at a distance of 10 mm or longer from any position of the joint portion, and the membrane for immunoisolation has flexibility that allows a distance of 1 mm to 13 mm as the following distance: in a case where a portion of 10 mm from a side surface of one short side of a 10 mm×30 mm rectangular test piece of the membrane for immunoisolation is vertically sandwiched between flat plates, and the flat plates are placed horizontally, a distance between a horizontal plane includi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniyuki Kaminaga, Ryuta Takegami, Kazuhiro Hasegawa, Yusuke Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 11771806
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided a chamber for transplantation, including a membrane for immunoisolation including a porous membrane at at least part of a boundary between an inside and an outside of the chamber for transplantation, in which the porous membrane contains a polymer and has a layered compact portion where a pore diameter is the smallest within the membrane, a pore diameter continuously increases in a thickness direction from the compact portion toward both one surface A and the other surface B of the porous membrane, a porosity in a vicinity of the surface A is 65% or more, an average pore diameter of the surface A is larger than an average pore diameter of the surface B, and the surface B is disposed on the inside of the chamber for transplantation; and a device for transplantation including the chamber for transplantation enclosing a biological constituent therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hasegawa, Ryuta Takegami, Kuniyuki Kaminaga, Yusuke Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20230133508
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided a chamber for transplantation, as a planar chamber for transplantation which has a structure in which membranes for immunoisolation face each other, and which is capable of stably enclosing a biological constituent, including a membrane for immunoisolation at a boundary between an inside and an outside of the chamber for transplantation, in which the membranes for immunoisolation which face each other have joint portions that are joined to each other, an interior space includes a point at a distance of 10 mm or longer from any position of the joint portion, and the membrane for immunoisolation has flexibility that allows a distance of 1 mm to 13 mm as the following distance: in a case where a portion of 10 mm from a side surface of one short side of a 10 mm×30 mm rectangular test piece of the membrane for immunoisolation is vertically sandwiched between flat plates, and the flat plates are placed horizontally, a distance between a horizontal plane includi
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniyuki KAMINAGA, Ryuta TAKEGAMI, Kazuhiro HASEGAWA, Yusuke MOCHIZUKI
  • Patent number: 11576370
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided a chamber for transplantation which has a high durability, and in which an enclosed biological constituent can be maintained for a long period of time because an interior space thereof is efficiently secured; and a method for manufacturing the chamber for transplantation. The chamber for transplantation includes one or more membranes for immunoisolation at a boundary between an inside and an outside of the chamber for transplantation, in which all of the membranes for immunoisolation include a porous membrane containing a polymer, and a joint portion at which the porous membranes are directly fusion welded to each other is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Mochizuki, Kuniyuki Kaminaga, Kazuhiro Hasegawa, Ryuta Takegami
  • Patent number: 11570983
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided a chamber for transplantation, as a planar chamber for transplantation which has a structure in which membranes for immunoisolation face each other, and which is capable of stably enclosing a biological constituent, including a membrane for immunoisolation at a boundary between an inside and an outside of the chamber for transplantation, in which the membranes for immunoisolation which face each other have joint portions that are joined to each other, an interior space includes a point at a distance of 10 mm or longer from any position of the joint portion, and the membrane for immunoisolation has flexibility that allows a distance of 1 mm to 13 mm as the following distance: in a case where a portion of 10 mm from a side surface of one short side of a 10 mm×30 mm rectangular test piece of the membrane for immunoisolation is vertically sandwiched between flat plates, and the flat plates are placed horizontally, a distance between a horizontal plane includi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniyuki Kaminaga, Ryuta Takegami, Kazuhiro Hasegawa, Yusuke Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 11512275
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a separation substrate having a high megakaryocyte blocking rate and a high platelet permeation rate, and a cell separation filter and a method for producing a platelet which use the same. The separation substrate of the present invention is a separation substrate including non-woven fabric for separating a platelet from a cell suspension containing a megakaryocyte and the platelet, in which an average pore diameter of the separation substrate is 2.0 ?m to 15.0 ?m, and a thickness of the separation substrate is 10 ?m to 500 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki Takei, Tadanori Yamada, Ryuta Takegami, Kuniyuki Kaminaga, Akihito Fukunaga, Kazuhide Kanemura
  • Patent number: 10903428
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element including a substrate, a pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode, disposed on the substrate, and at least one layer of organic layers including a light emitting layer, disposed between the electrodes, in which at least one of the organic layers contains a compound represented by the following general formula: (R1 to R18 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and at least one of R1 to R8 and R10 to R17 represents -L-NR19R20 (R19 and R20 each independently represent any of an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group. R19 and R20 may be combined to each other to form a ring. L represents a single bond or a divalent linking group). X1 to X18 each independently represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, and when X1 to X18 represent nitrogen atoms, R1 to R18 for bonding do not present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: UDC IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Tetsu Kitamura, Tenka Ouyo, Yuki Hirai, Koji Takaku, Wataru Sotoyama, Masaru Kinoshita, Kuniyuki Kaminaga, Yosuke Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20200138011
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided a chamber for transplantation, including a membrane for immunoisolation including a porous membrane at at least part of a boundary between an inside and an outside of the chamber for transplantation, in which the porous membrane contains a polymer and has a layered compact portion where a pore diameter is the smallest within the membrane, a pore diameter continuously increases in a thickness direction from the compact portion toward both one surface A and the other surface B of the porous membrane, a porosity in a vicinity of the surface B is 65% or more, an average pore diameter of the surface B is larger than an average pore diameter of the surface A, the surface B is disposed on the inside of the chamber for transplantation, and a joint portion at which the porous membranes are joined to each other while the surface B's face each other is provided; and a device for transplantation including the chamber for transplantation enclosing a biological constit
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro HASEGAWA, Ryuta TAKEGAMI, Kuniyuki KAMINAGA, Yusuke MOCHIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200138010
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided a chamber for transplantation which has a high durability, and in which an enclosed biological constituent can be maintained for a long period of time because an interior space thereof is efficiently secured; and a method for manufacturing the chamber for transplantation. The chamber for transplantation includes one or more membranes for immunoisolation at a boundary between an inside and an outside of the chamber for transplantation, in which all of the membranes for immunoisolation include a porous membrane containing a polymer, and a joint portion at which the porous membranes are directly fusion welded to each other is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke MOCHIZUKI, Kuniyuki KAMINAGA, Kazuhiro HASEGAWA, Ryuta TAKEGAMI
  • Publication number: 20200138014
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided a chamber for transplantation, as a planar chamber for transplantation which has a structure in which membranes for immunoisolation face each other, and which is capable of stably enclosing a biological constituent, including a membrane for immunoisolation at a boundary between an inside and an outside of the chamber for transplantation, in which the membranes for immunoisolation which face each other have joint portions that are joined to each other, an interior space includes a point at a distance of 10 mm or longer from any position of the joint portion, and the membrane for immunoisolation has flexibility that allows a distance of 1 mm to 13 mm as the following distance: in a case where a portion of 10 mm from a side surface of one short side of a 10 mm×30 mm rectangular test piece of the membrane for immunoisolation is vertically sandwiched between flat plates, and the flat plates are placed horizontally, a distance between a horizontal plane includi
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniyuki KAMINAGA, Ryuta TAKEGAMI, Kazuhiro HASEGAWA, Yusuke MOCHIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200129664
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided a chamber for transplantation, including a membrane for immunoisolation at a boundary between an inside and an outside of the chamber for transplantation, in which the membrane for immunoisolation includes a porous membrane, and in the porous membrane, a maximum heat shrinkage ratio among heat shrinkage ratios in a membrane surface direction after immersion in water at 90° C. for 3 hours is 0.00% to 5.00%, and a difference between the maximum heat shrinkage ratio and a minimum heat shrinkage ratio among the heat shrinkage ratios in the membrane surface direction is 0.00% to 1.30%; and a device for transplantation including the chamber for transplantation enclosing a biological constituent therein. The chamber for transplantation of the present invention has a high durability and is capable of maintaining an enclosed biological constituent for a long period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniyuki KAMINAGA, Ryuta TAKEGAMI, Kazuhiro HASEGAWA, Yusuke MOCHIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200128814
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided a chamber for transplantation, including a membrane for immunoisolation including a porous membrane at at least part of a boundary between an inside and an outside of the chamber for transplantation, in which the porous membrane contains a polymer and has a layered compact portion where a pore diameter is the smallest within the membrane, a pore diameter continuously increases in a thickness direction from the compact portion toward both one surface A and the other surface B of the porous membrane, a porosity in a vicinity of the surface A is 65% or more, an average pore diameter of the surface A is larger than an average pore diameter of the surface B, and the surface B is disposed on the inside of the chamber for transplantation; and a device for transplantation including the chamber for transplantation enclosing a biological constituent therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro HASEGAWA, Ryuta TAKEGAMI, Kuniyuki KAMINAGA, Yusuke MOCHIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200071651
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a separation substrate having a high megakaryocyte blocking rate and a high platelet permeation rate, and a cell separation filter and a method for producing a platelet which use the same. The separation substrate of the present invention is a separation substrate including a porous membrane for separating a platelet from a cell suspension containing a megakaryocyte and the platelet, in which an average pore diameter of the separation substrate is 2.0 ?m to 12.0 ?m, and the separation substrate is formed of at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a polysulfone resin and a polyvinylidene fluoride resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki TAKEI, Tadanori YAMADA, Ryuta TAKEGAMI, Kuniyuki KAMINAGA
  • Publication number: 20200048597
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a separation substrate having a high megakaryocyte blocking rate and a high platelet permeation rate, and a cell separation filter and a method for producing a platelet which use the same. The separation substrate of the present invention is a separation substrate including non-woven fabric for separating a platelet from a cell suspension containing a megakaryocyte and the platelet, in which an average pore diameter of the separation substrate is 2.0 ?m to 15.0 ?m, and a thickness of the separation substrate is 10 ?m to 500 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki TAKEI, Tadanori Yamada, Ryuta Takegami, Kuniyuki Kaminaga, Akihito Fukunaga, Kazuhide Kanemura
  • Patent number: 10431749
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element which is excellent with respect to luminous efficiency and driving voltage and rarely undergoes initial luminance drop. Specifically disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element which comprises, on a substrate, a pair of electrodes composed of an anode and a cathode and a light-emitting layer arranged between the electrodes, and additionally comprises at least one organic layer arranged between the light-emitting layer and the cathode, where in the light-emitting layer contains, for example, a compound (A-1), and the at least one layer arranged between the light-emitting layer and the cathode contains, for example, a compound (e-4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: UDC Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Kuniyuki Kaminaga, Toshihiro Ise
  • Publication number: 20190240641
    Abstract: A filtering medium for selective adsorption of blood components contains a cellulose acylate, and has a glass transition temperature of 126° C. or higher, an average through-hole diameter of 0.1 to 50 ?m, and a specific surface area of 1.0 to 100 m2/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniyuki Kaminaga, Ryuta Takegami
  • Patent number: 10279342
    Abstract: There are provided an ion-exchange polymer including a structure represented by the following General Formula (1) and a production method therefor, an electrolyte membrane and a production method therefor, and a composition for producing an ion-exchange polymer. In a case where the sum of a1, b1, and c1 is 1.000, a1 is 0.000 to 0.750, b1 is 0.240 to 0.990, and c1 is 0.001 to 0.100. L represents an alkylene group, L1 and L2 each represent a divalent linking group, R1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R2 and R3 each represent an alkyl group or an allyl group, X1? and X2? each represent an inorganic or organic anion, and Y represents a halogen atom. Z1 represents —O— or —NRa—, and Ra represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Sotaro Inomata, Keisuke Kodama, Satoshi Sano, Kuniyuki Kaminaga
  • Publication number: 20190071819
    Abstract: A fiber composite includes a cellulose fiber and a metal, in which the cellulose fiber contains a cellulose acylate, at least a part of a surface of the cellulose fiber carries at least a part of the metal, a degree of crystallinity of the cellulose fiber is from 0% to 50%, an average fiber diameter of the cellulose fiber is from 1 nm to 1?m and an average fiber length of the cellulose fiber is from 1 mm to 1 m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniyuki KAMINAGA, Ryuta TAKEGAMI, Yukihiro KATAI, Kosuke TANIGUCHI, Kazunori TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20180327932
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a nanofiber having excellent uniformity of the fiber diameter and capable of giving a satisfactory external appearance in a case in which the nanofiber is used to produce a nonwoven fabric, and a nonwoven fabric produced using the nanofiber. The nanofiber of the invention is a nanofiber containing a cellulose acylate having a degree of substitution of from 2.75 to 2.95.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuta TAKEGAMI, Kuniyuki KAMINAGA, Yukihiro KATAI, Kosuke TANIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10112151
    Abstract: A functional polymer membrane including a porous support and a crosslinked polymer electrolyte, in which the film thickness of the functional polymer membrane is smaller than 100 ?m, the crosslinked polymer electrolyte is a crosslinked polymer formed by subjecting a composition including a monomer having a (meth)acrylamide skeleton to a polymerization curing reaction, and the proportion of elemental oxygen in the elemental composition excluding elemental hydrogen and helium at the surface of the porous support is from 14.0 atom % to 25.0 atom %; and a method for producing the same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsufumi Takamoto, Kuniyuki Kaminaga