Patents by Inventor Yasuhisa Sakurai

Yasuhisa Sakurai 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: 4687831
    Abstract: Antithrombogenic synthetic elastomer having repeat units comprising portion I which is a soft segment unit containing a polyether and portion II which is a hard segment unit: ##STR1## R is a straight-chain or branched-chain alkylene group containing 2 to 4 carbon atoms, R' is amide a urethane, an urea, n ranges up to 180, m is an integer of 1 to 20, l is an integer of 1 to 10, said polymer having a microdomain structure composed of soft and hard segments, the domains of which have an average size of 10 to 20 nm, and a molecular weight of about 80,000 to about 500,000.The polymer shows little adhesion of blood platelets thereto, little deformation of adhering blood platelets and an excellent antithrombogenic property. This polymer has excellent mechanical properties as an elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Assignee: Research Development Corp. of Japan
    Inventors: Naoya Ogata, Kohei Sanui, Nobuhiko Yui, Kazuhiko Nojima, Kazunori Kataoka, Teruo Okano, Yasuhisa Sakurai