Patents by Inventor Yuka Sakaguchi

Yuka Sakaguchi 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: 20240173692
    Abstract: A porous adsorption material is used to adsorb and remove an impurity from a solution containing a raw biopharmaceutical compound while suppressing clogging and is high in separation selectivity. The porous adsorption material used to adsorb and remove an impurity from a solution containing a raw biopharmaceutical compound includes a layer containing a nonionic polymer on at least one surface of the porous adsorption material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Yuka Sakaguchi, Akihiro Hayashi, Aishan Han, Hirokazu Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20220212452
    Abstract: The present invention provides a decorative sheet with excellent flame retardance and high sharpness such that patterns are clearly visible and discoloration is suppressed. The present invention provides a decorative sheet characterized by comprising one or more thermoplastic resin layers selected from the group consisting of a transparent resin layer, a base material sheet, and a synthetic-resin backer layer, wherein (1) at least one of the thermoplastic resin layers contains a phosphazene-based flame retardant; and (2) the transparent resin layer and the base material sheet contain at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polyolefin-based resins and polyester-based resins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Netsu, Keisuke Kazama, Yuka Sakaguchi, Yoshihiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11371172
    Abstract: A tubular woven fabric is useful as a transport hose for a fluid or a powder, as a protective hose for linear bodies such as wires, cables and conduits, as a tubular filter, or as a base material of a vascular prosthesis. The tubular woven fabric includes warp yarns and weft yarns interwoven with each other, the tubular woven fabric having an outer diameter with a variation of within 10% along the warp direction and satisfying the formula: (L2?L1)/L1?0.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Tanaka, Hiroshi Tsuchikura, Satoshi Yamada, Yuichi Koyamatsu, Taisuke Kogawa, Yuka Sakaguchi, Kazuhiro Tanahashi
  • Publication number: 20220184932
    Abstract: The present invention provides a decorative sheet with excellent flame retardance and high sharpness such that patterns are clearly visible and discoloration is suppressed. The present invention provides a decorative sheet characterized by comprising one or more thermoplastic resin layers selected from the group consisting of a transparent resin layer, a base material sheet, and a synthetic-resin backer layer, wherein (1) at least one of the thermoplastic resin layers contains a metal phosphinate-based flame retardant; and (2) the transparent resin layer and the base material sheet contain at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polyolefin-based resins and polyester-based resins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Netsu, Keisuke Kazama, Yuka Sakaguchi, Yoshihiro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210007838
    Abstract: A tubular woven fabric is useful as a transport hose for a fluid or a powder, as a protective hose for linear bodies such as wires, cables and conduits, as a tubular filter, or as a base material of a vascular prosthesis. The tubular woven fabric includes warp yarns and weft yarns interwoven with each other, the tubular woven fabric having an outer diameter with a variation of within 10% along the warp direction and satisfying the formula: (L2?L1)/L1?0.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Nobuaki Tanaka, Hiroshi Tsuchikura, Satoshi Yamada, Yuichi Koyamatsu, Taisuke Kogawa, Yuka Sakaguchi, Kazuhiro Tanahashi
  • Patent number: 10709822
    Abstract: An antithrombogenic metallic material includes a metallic material whose surface is coated with a coating material, the coating material containing: a phosphonic acid derivative or a catechol derivative; a polymer containing, as a constituent monomer, a compound selected from the group consisting of alkyleneimines, vinylamines, allylamines, lysine, protamine, and diallyldimethylammonium chloride; and an anionic compound containing a sulfur atom and having anticoagulant activity; the polymer being covalently bound to the phosphonic acid derivative or the catechol derivative, the phosphonic acid derivative or the catechol derivative being bound to the metallic material through a phosphonic acid group or a catechol group thereof, wherein the abundance ratio of nitrogen atoms to the abundance of total atoms as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) on the surface is 4.0 to 13.0 atomic percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Kadowaki, Masaki Fujita, Yuka Sakaguchi, Kazuhiro Tanahashi
  • Patent number: 10251742
    Abstract: An artificial blood vessel is composed of a cylindrical multiple-woven fabric structure allowing only a small amount of blood leakage and can achieve both antithrombogenicity and cellular affinity. The artificial blood vessel includes a cylindrical fabric structure in which a cylindrical fabric whose inside contacts blood is arranged, wherein the cylindrical fabric is a fabric prepared by interlacing a plurality of warp yarns and a plurality of weft yarns with each other into a cylindrical shape; the warp yarns and the weft yarns constituting the cylindrical fabric include a multifilament yarn having a single yarn fineness of not more than 0.50 dtex, and are bound to an antithrombogenic material; the antithrombogenic material forms an antithrombogenic material layer having a thickness of 1 to 600 nm inside the cylindrical fabric; and the water permeability under conditions where a pressure of 16 kPa is applied to the inner surface is less than 300 mL/cm2/min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaki Fujita, Koji Kadowaki, Yuka Sakaguchi, Kazuhiro Tanahashi, Hiroshi Tsuchikura, Satoshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20180344906
    Abstract: An antithrombogenic metallic material includes a metallic material whose surface is coated with a coating material, the coating material containing: a phosphonic acid derivative or a catechol derivative; a polymer containing, as a constituent monomer, a compound selected from the group consisting of alkyleneimines, vinylamines, allylamines, lysine, protamine, and diallyldimethylammonium chloride; and an anionic compound containing a sulfur atom and having anticoagulant activity; the polymer being covalently bound to the phosphonic acid derivative or the catechol derivative, the phosphonic acid derivative or the catechol derivative being bound to the metallic material through a phosphonic acid group or a catechol group thereof, wherein the abundance ratio of nitrogen atoms to the abundance of total atoms as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) on the surface is 4.0 to 13.0 atomic percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Koji Kadowaki, Masaki Fujita, Yuka Sakaguchi, Kazuhiro Tanahashi
  • Patent number: 9987119
    Abstract: A double-weave vascular prosthesis includes an inner layer that contacts a flow of blood, and an outer layer in contact with the inner layer and having an inner layer-covering rate C (%) of 15%?C?75% defined by formula (1): C=[{(W1×D1+W2×D2)×25.4?W1×W2×D1 ×D2}/(25.4×25.4)]×100??(1), where D1 is a warp density (ends/25.4 mm) of the outer layer, D2 is a weft density (picks/25.4 mm) of the outer layer, W1 is an apparent width (mm) of a warp yarn of the outer layer, and W2 is an apparent width (mm) of a weft yarn of the outer layer, and the apparent width of each yarn is determined as a mean of measurement values for the widths of randomly selected five threads exposed on a surface of the woven structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tsuchikura, Satoshi Yamada, Takayuki Kaneko, Atsushi Kuwabara, Yuka Sakaguchi, Koji Kadowaki, Motoki Takaoka
  • Patent number: 9943424
    Abstract: An artificial blood vessel includes a tubular woven fabric composed of a multifilament yarn A including a first polyester and a multifilament yarn B including a second polyester, and has an inner diameter of 8 mm or less and a layer thickness of 50 ?m or more and 250 ?m or less, wherein the multifilament yarn A has a single fiber fineness of 1.0 dtex or more and a total fineness of 33 dtex or less, the multifilament yarn B has a single fiber fineness of 0.08 dtex or less and a total fineness of 66 dtex or less, and the multifilament yarn B forms loops on an inner wall surface of the tubular woven fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamada, Hiroshi Tsuchikura, Nobuaki Tanaka, Kazuhiro Tanahashi, Yuka Sakaguchi, Masaki Fujita, Koji Kadowaki
  • Patent number: 9795721
    Abstract: An antithrombogenic material includes a coating material containing: a polymer containing, as a constituent monomer, a compound selected from the group consisting of alkyleneimines, vinylamines, allylamines, lysine, protamine and diallyldimethylammonium chloride; and an anionic compound containing a sulfur atom and having anticoagulant activity; and a base material whose surface is coated with the coating material; wherein the polymer is covalently bound to the base material; and an abundance ratio of nitrogen atoms to an abundance of total atoms as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) on a surface of the base material is 6.0 to 12.0 atomic percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Kadowaki, Masaki Fujita, Yuka Sakaguchi, Kazuhiro Tanahashi
  • Publication number: 20170224466
    Abstract: A double-weave vascular prosthesis includes an inner layer that contacts a flow of blood, and an outer layer in contact with the inner layer and having an inner layer-covering rate C (%) of 15%?C?75% defined by formula (1): C=[{(W1×D1+W2×D2)×25.4?W1×W2×D1×D2}/(25.4×25.4)]×100 ??(1), where D1 is a warp density (ends/25.4 mm) of the outer layer, D2 is a weft density (picks/25.4 mm) of the outer layer, W1 is an apparent width (mm) of a warp yarn of the outer layer, and W2 is an apparent width (mm) of a weft yarn of the outer layer, and the apparent width of each yarn is determined as a mean of measurement values for the widths of randomly selected five threads exposed on a surface of the woven structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tsuchikura, Satoshi Yamada, Takayuki Kaneko, Atsushi Kuwabara, Yuka Sakaguchi, Koji Kadowaki, Motoki Takaoka
  • Publication number: 20170157303
    Abstract: An antithrombogenic material includes: a coating material containing a skeletal structure composed of a polymer, a skeletal structure composed of 4-(aminomethyl)benzenecarboxyimidamide or benzene amidine, and a skeletal structure composed of methoxybenzenesulfonic acid amide; and a base material whose surface is coated with the coating material; wherein the coating material is covalently bound to the base material, and the peak abundance ratio of the carbonyl-derived component in the total component of the C1s peak as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy on the surface is not less than 1.0 atomic percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Masaki Fujita, Koji Kadowaki, Yuka Sakaguchi, Kazuhiro Tanahashi
  • Patent number: 9662233
    Abstract: An artificial blood vessel is a tubular fabric including a fiber layer containing an ultrafine fiber(s) and an ultrafine fiber layer in the inside of the fiber layer, the ultrafine fiber layer being composed of an ultrafine fiber(s) having a fiber diameter(s) of not less than 10 nm and not more than 3 ?m, wherein a quaternary ammonium group-containing polymer having alkyl groups each of a carbon number 10 or less is covalently bound to the ultrafine fiber(s); heparin is ionically bound to the quaternary ammonium group-containing polymer; and the residual heparin activity after washing with physiological saline at 37° C. for 30 minutes is 20 mIU/cm2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tanahashi, Yuka Sakaguchi, Masaki Fujita, Koji Kadowaki, Hiroshi Tsuchikura, Satoshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20160354194
    Abstract: An artificial blood vessel is composed of a cylindrical multiple-woven fabric structure allowing only a small amount of blood leakage and can achieve both antithrombogenicity and cellular affinity. The artificial blood vessel includes a cylindrical fabric structure in which a cylindrical fabric whose inside contacts blood is arranged, wherein the cylindrical fabric is a fabric prepared by interlacing a plurality of warp yarns and a plurality of weft yarns with each other into a cylindrical shape; the warp yarns and the weft yarns constituting the cylindrical fabric include a multifilament yarn having a single yarn fineness of not more than 0.50 dtex, and are bound to an antithrombogenic material; the antithrombogenic material forms an antithrombogenic material layer having a thickness of 1 to 600 nm inside the cylindrical fabric; and the water permeability under conditions where a pressure of 16 kPa is applied to the inner surface is less than 300 mL/cm2/min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Masaki Fujita, Koji Kadowaki, Yuka Sakaguchi, Kazuhiro Tanahashi, Hiroshi Tsuchikura, Satoshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20160296679
    Abstract: An antithrombogenic material includes a coating material containing: a polymer containing, as a constituent monomer, a compound selected from the group consisting of alkyleneimines, vinylamines, allylamines, lysine, protamine and diallyldimethylammonium chloride; and an anionic compound containing a sulfur atom and having anticoagulant activity; and a base material whose surface is coated with the coating material; wherein the polymer is covalently bound to the base material; and an abundance ratio of nitrogen atoms to an abundance of total atoms as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) on a surface of the base material is 6.0 to 12.0 atomic percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Koji KADOWAKI, Masaki FUJITA, Yuka SAKAGUCHI, Kazuhiro TANAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20160067065
    Abstract: An artificial blood vessel is a tubular fabric including a fiber layer containing an ultrafine fiber(s) and an ultrafine fiber layer in the inside of the fiber layer, the ultrafine fiber layer being composed of an ultrafine fiber(s) having a fiber diameter(s) of not less than 10 nm and not more than 3 ?m, wherein a quaternary ammonium group-containing polymer having alkyl groups each of a carbon number 10 or less is covalently bound to the ultrafine fiber(s); heparin is ionically bound to the quaternary ammonium group-containing polymer; and the residual heparin activity after washing with physiological saline at 37° C. for 30 minutes is 20 mIU/cm2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tanahashi, Yuka Sakaguchi, Masaki Fujita, Koji Kadowaki, Hiroshi Tsuchikura, Satoshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20160067066
    Abstract: An artificial blood vessel promotes intimal formation after indwelling, and is capable of maintaining antithrombogenicity during the intimal formation and maintaining its patency for a long time. The artificial blood vessel is a tubular fabric including a fiber layer containing an ultrafine fiber(s) and an ultrafine fiber layer in the inside of the fiber layer, the ultrafine fiber layer being composed of an ultrafine fiber(s) having a fiber diameter(s) of 10 nm to 3 ?m, wherein an antithrombin agent having a polymer chain other than heparin is covalently bound to the ultrafine fiber via the polymer chain, and the thrombin activity inhibition rate on the fiber surface at 37° C. is not less than 60%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tanahashi, Yuka Sakaguchi, Masaki Fujita, Koji Kadowaki, Hiroshi Tsuchikura, Satoshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20160058588
    Abstract: An artificial blood vessel includes a tubular woven fabric composed of a multifilament yarn A including a first polyester and a multifilament yarn B including a second polyester, and has an inner diameter of 8 mm or less and a layer thickness of 50 ?m or more and 250 ?m or less, wherein the multifilament yarn A has a single fiber fineness of 1.0 dtex or more and a total fineness of 33 dtex or less, the multifilament yarn B has a single fiber fineness of 0.08 dtex or less and a total fineness of 66 dtex or less, and the multifilament yarn B forms loops on an inner wall surface of the tubular woven fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamada, Hiroshi Tsuchikura, Nobuaki Tanaka, Kazuhiro Tanahashi, Yuka Sakaguchi, Masaki Fujita, Koji Kadowaki
  • Publication number: 20140142613
    Abstract: An instrument captures free thrombi by inhibiting blood coagulation reaction at the stage of primary hemostasis, in which platelets are involved, and at the stage of coagulation thrombus formation, in which blood coagulation factors are involved, thereby securely capturing free thrombi and extending the available time of the instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicants: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kanji Inoue, Hirokazu Sakaguchi, Yuka Sakaguchi, Kazuhiro Tanahashi