Patents by Inventor Kyoko Hamano

Kyoko Hamano 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).

  • Apparatus for preparing skin cell culture
    Patent number: 6057148
    Abstract: A process for preparing a culture skin which comprises the following steps:a) a step in which a culture skin matrix comprising a collagen sponge, a collagen sheet or a collagen gel is prepared in a means having a projection to provide said matrix with a penetrating pore,b) a step in which a skin-derived cell is seeded and cultured on said matrix, andc) a step in which the culture skin is provided with a penetrating pore by the means having the projection before said culture skin covers a skin defect, if necessary, the steps a) and b) are simultaneously carried out; a culture skin matrix and a culture skin obtained thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Menicon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihisa Sugiyama, Takeshi Moriyama, Kyoko Hamano
  • Skin culture and process for preparing the same
    Patent number: 6043089
    Abstract: A process for preparing a skin culture which comprises the following steps:a) a step in which a skin culture matrix comprising a collagen sponge, a collagen sheet or a collagen gel is prepared in a means having a projection to provide said matrix with a penetrating pore,b) a step in which a skin-derived cell is seeded and cultured on said matrix, andc) a step in which the skin culture is provided with a penetrating pore by the means having the projection before said skin culture covers a skin defect, if necessary, the steps a) and b) are simultaneously carried out; a skin culture matrix and a skin culture obtained thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Menicon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihisa Sugiyama, Takeshi Moriyama, Kyoko Hamano
  • Culture skin and process for preparing the same
    Patent number: 5906937
    Abstract: A process for preparing a culture skin which comprises the following steps:a) a step in which a culture skin matrix comprising a collagen sponge, a collagen sheet or a collagen gel is prepared in a means having a projection to provide said matrix with a penetrating pore,b) a step in which a skin-derived cell is seeded and cultured on said matrix, andc) a step in which the culture skin is provided with a penetrating pore by the means having the projection before said culture skin covers a skin defect, if necessary, the steps a) and b) are simultaneously carried out; a culture skin matrix and a culture skin obtained thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Assignee: Menicon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihisa Sugiyama, Takeshi Moriyama, Kyoko Hamano