Patents by Inventor Yukitaka Mino

Yukitaka Mino 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).

  • Method for culturing and floating animal cells in a double-bag container
    Patent number: 5071760
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to a method for culturing and floating animal cells in a double-bag container, where an outer bag containing culture media and a volume of air houses an inner bag of a semipermeable film containing cells suspended in a culture media. The semipermeable film has pores of sufficient size so as to prohibit cells within the inner bag from passing therethrough but allowing culture liquid and air to pass through it. To optimize the exchange of nutrients between the interiors of the two bags, a protective mesh surrounds the inner bag and the double-bag container is fastened to an agitator which provides either a rotating or shaking motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: Kawasumi Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuto Watanabe, Yoshihiko Nakamura, Takashi Noto, Masaichi Yamamura, Hitoshi Nakashima, Kazunori Ichinohe, Yukitaka Mino, Kazuhiro Nishijima
  • Apparatus for floating animal cells in a double-bag container
    Patent number: 5057429
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to an apparatus for floating animal cells in a double-bag container, where an outer bag containing culture media and a volume of air houses an inner bag of a semipermeable film containing cells suspended in a culture media. The semipermeable film has pores of sufficient size so as to prohibit cells within the inner bag from passing therethrough but allowing culture liquid and air to pass through it. To optimize the exchange of nutrients between the interiors of the two bags, a protective mesh surrounds the inner bag and the double-bag container is fastened to an agitator which provides either a rotating or shaking motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Assignee: Kawasumi Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuto Watanabe, Yoshihiko Nakamura, Takashi Noto, Masaichi Yamamura, Hitoshi Nakashima, Kazunori Ichinohe, Yukitaka Mino, Kazuhiro Nishijima