Patents by Inventor Shigemitsu Iwai

Shigemitsu Iwai 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).

  • Publication number: 20060252981
    Abstract: The present invention provides an implant capable of being cellularized in treatment of an injured organ or tissue in organisms. The present inventors found that a biocompatible implant comprising a biological molecule and a support is capable of being cellularized. The implant can be used instead of conventional implants which essentially comprise cells. The present invention provides a biocompatible implant comprising A) a biological molecule and B) a support. The present invention also provides A) a first layer having a rough surface, B) a rough surface; B) a second layer having a strength which allows the support to resist in vivo shock. The first layer is attached to the second layer via at least one point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Hikaru Matsuda, Yoshiki Sawa, Satoshi Taketani, Shigemitsu Iwai, Koichiro Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20050256588
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to overcome a problem that there is an inverse relationship between the decellularization rate and the strength of tissue. This problem was solved by immersing tissue in a solution containing a non-micellar amphipathic molecule (e.g., a 1,2-epoxide polymer). Thus, the present invention provides decellularized tissue, in which the cell survival rate of the tissue is less than a level at which calcification or an immune reaction is elicited in an organism and the tissue damage rate of the tissue is suppressed to a level which permits clinical applications. Tissue prepared by the above-described treatment preferably retains a certain level of tissue strength. Further, the tissue of the present invention has an effect of performing cell replacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Yoshiki Sawa, Satoshi Taketani, Shigemitsu Iwai, Hikaru Matsuda, Masayuki Hara, Eiichiro Uchimura, Jun Miyake