Patents by Inventor Yoshimichi Sai

Yoshimichi Sai 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: 8871818
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical preparation that can improve absorption of a pharmaceutical compound in the gastrointestinal tract and that provides, through oral administration or like method, a blood concentration from which sufficient remedial effects can be expected, and a method for producing such a preparation. The invention is directed to a pharmaceutical preparation exhibiting excellent gastrointestinal absorbability comprising a compound recognized by a proton-coupled transporter and a pH-sensitive polymer in an amount sufficient for the gastrointestinal tract to acquire a pH at which the proton-coupled transporter optimally absorbs the compound into a cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignees: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Tsuji, Ikumi Tamai, Yoshimichi Sai, Masaaki Odomi, Hidekazu Toyobuku
  • Publication number: 20090048350
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical preparation that can improve absorption of a pharmaceutical compound in the gastrointestinal tract and that provides, through oral administration or like method, a blood concentration from which sufficient remedial effects can be expected, and a method for producing such a preparation. The invention is directed to a pharmaceutical preparation exhibiting excellent gastrointestinal absorbability comprising a compound recognized by a proton-coupled transporter and a pH-sensitive polymer in an amount sufficient for the gastrointestinal tract to acquire a pH at which the proton-coupled transporter optimally absorbs the compound into a cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicants: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Tsuji, Ikumi Tamai, Yoshimichi Sai, Masaaki Odomi, Hidekazu Toyobuku
  • Patent number: 7420029
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a tissue-specific transporter inhibitor which is not absorbed through the digestive tract and can prevent deterioration in the QOL of a patient caused by diet therapy, and a therapeutic drug for tissue dysfunction diseases and a therapeutic drug for suppressing the progress of chronic renal failure containing the inhibitor as an active ingredient. A tissue-specific transporter inhibitor which is not absorbed through the digestive tract is constructed by introducing a dipeptide which is a ligand of an oligopeptide transporter 1 into a supramolecular structure polyrotaxane wherein its structurally modified active residue is expected to be excellent in the interaction with a transmembrane transporter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Akira Tsuji, Ikumi Tamai, Yoshimichi Sai, Noubuhiko Yui, Toru Oya, Ken-ichi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20080119568
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical preparation that can improve absorption of a pharmaceutical compound in the gastrointestinal tract and that provides, through oral administration or like method, a blood concentration from which sufficient remedial effects can be expected, and a method for producing such a preparation. The invention is directed to a pharmaceutical preparation exhibiting excellent gastrointestinal absorbability comprising a compound recognized by a proton-coupled transporter and a pH-sensitive polymer in an amount sufficient for the gastrointestinal tract to acquire a pH at which the proton-coupled transporter optimally absorbs the compound into a cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Akira TSUJI, Ikumi Tamai, Yoshimichi Sai, Masaaki Odomi, Hidekazu Toyobuku
  • Publication number: 20060121107
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical preparation that can improve absorption of a pharmaceutical compound in the gastrointestinal tract and that provides, through oral administration or like method, a blood concentration from which sufficient remedial effects can be expected, and a method for producing such a preparation. The invention is directed to a pharmaceutical preparation exhibiting excellent gastrointestinal absorbability comprising a compound recognized by a proton-coupled transporter and a pH-sensitive polymer in an amount sufficient for the gastrointestinal tract to acquire a pH at which the proton-coupled transporter optimally absorbs the compound into a cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Akira Tsuji, Ikumi Tamai, Yoshimichi Sai, Masaaki Odomi, Hidekazu Toyobuku
  • Publication number: 20040191211
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a tissue-specific transporter inhibitor which is not absorbed through the digestive tract and can prevent deterioration in the QOL of a patient caused by diet therapy, and a therapeutic drug for tissue dysfunction diseases and a therapeutic drug for suppressing the progress of chronic renal failure containing the inhibitor as an active ingredient. A tissue-specific transporter inhibitor which is not absorbed through the digestive tract is constructed by introducing a dipeptide which is a ligand of an oligopeptide transporter 1 into a supramolecular structure polyrotaxane wherein its structurally modified active residue is expected to be excellent in the interaction with a transmembrane transporter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Akira Tsuji, Ikumi Tamai, Yoshimichi Sai, Noubuhiko Yui, Toru Oya, Ken-ichi Miyamoto