Patents Assigned to The Asan Foundation
  • Publication number: 20240115614
    Abstract: A method for treating a cell damage-related disease, including administering a composition to a subject in need thereof. The composition contains, as an active ingredient, one or more selected from the group consisting of stem cells genetically engineered to overexpress a carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule (CEACAM) family protein, cells differentiated from the stem cells, and components derived from the stem cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicants: THE ASAN FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
    Inventors: Hun Sik KIM, Seong Who KIM, Eunbi YI, Hyojeong KIM, Jung Min KIM, Woo Seon CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240115624
    Abstract: A method for treating an inflammatory skin disease, including administering to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition containing Ruminococcus gnavus as an active ingredient. A method for treating an inflammatory skin disease, including applying to a subject in need thereof a cosmetic composition containing Ruminococcus gnavus as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicants: THE ASAN FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
    Inventor: Soo-Jong HONG
  • Publication number: 20240112343
    Abstract: A deep learning-based stent prediction method including: setting as a region of interest, a region in which a procedure is to be performed among blood vessel regions of a target patient, and obtaining a first intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) image, which is a preprocedural IVUS image of the region of interest, obtaining a plurality of first IVUS cross-sectional images into which the first IVUS image is divided at predetermined intervals, extracting feature information about procedure information of the target patient, obtaining mask image information in which a blood vessel boundary and an inner wall boundary are distinguished from each other, with respect to the plurality of first IVUS cross-sectional images, and predicting progress of a stent procedure containing a postprocedural area of a stent for the target patient, by inputting, into an artificial intelligence model, the plurality of first IVUS cross-sectional images, the feature information, and the mask image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: THE ASAN FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
    Inventors: Soo Jin KANG, June Goo LEE, Hyun Seok MIN, Hyung Joo CHO
  • Publication number: 20240104725
    Abstract: A method of analyzing a plaque tissue component based on deep learning, the method including: extracting a plurality of first intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) cross-sectional images into which a first IVUS image that is a preprocedural IVUS image of a patient is divided at predetermined intervals; labeling each of the plurality of first IVUS cross-sectional images by using label indices corresponding to plaque tissue components to form labeled images, performing image conversion to obtain a polar coordinate image through which a distribution of tissue components for each angle is identifiable by performing a coordinate transformation based on the labeled images, extracting a label vector for each angle based on the polar coordinate image, and outputting output data obtained by quantifying the tissue components for each angle by using an artificial intelligence model that is trained by using, as training data, the label vector for each angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: THE ASAN FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
    Inventors: Soo Jin KANG, June Goo LEE, Hyung Joo CHO, Hyun Seok MIN
  • Patent number: 11877880
    Abstract: A method for calculating a coronary artery calcium score, the method comprising acquiring a target image for a coronary artery and myocardium before contrast enhancement, identifying the coronary artery included in the target image by using an artificial neural network, calculating a coronary artery calcium score based on the identified coronary artery, wherein the artificial neural network is trained based on a training database generated via alignment between a pre-acquired image of a coronary artery and myocardium before contrast enhancement and a pre-acquired image of a coronary artery and myocardium after contrast enhancement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: THE ASAN FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
    Inventors: Dong Hyun Yang, June Goo Lee, Young-Hak Kim
  • Publication number: 20240009267
    Abstract: A method of treating a pulmonary or airway fibrosis disease, including administering to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition. The pharmaceutical composition includes a progranulin (PGRN) protein or an active fragment thereof as an active ingredient, and a vector containing a polynucleotide encoding the progranulin (PGRN) protein or the active fragment thereof, or a cell containing the vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicants: THE ASAN FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
    Inventors: You-Sook CHO, Hyun Jae SHIM, Minju PYO
  • Publication number: 20240013907
    Abstract: A surgical tool control apparatus according to an embodiment comprises: a housing; and a control assembly including a frame connected to the housing, and a first roller module, a second roller module, and a third roller module which are installed on the frame, wherein the second roller module can horizontally move toward the first roller module so that a first surgical tool can be held between the first roller module and the second roller module, and can horizontally move toward the third roller module so that a second surgical tool can be held between the second roller module and the third roller module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicants: THE ASAN FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
    Inventors: Jae Soon CHOI, Young Hak KIM, Youngjin MOON
  • Patent number: 11865141
    Abstract: The present invention may provide a method for producing induced pluripotency stem cell-derived mesenchymal stem cells (IFN?-iMSC) pretreated with interferon-gamma; induced pluripotency stem cell-derived mesenchymal stem cells pretreated with interferon-gamma prepared by the method; a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating skin diseases, and a cosmetic composition for preventing or improving skin diseases, comprising culture thereof or exosome (IFN?-iMSC-exo) isolated therefrom as an active ingredient. When the composition of the present invention is used, it is possible to provide a composition for skin diseases and a stem cell therapeutic agent, which have an improved immunomodulating function over conventional mesenchymal stem cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: THE ASAN FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
    Inventors: Sue Kim, Jin Ho Yu
  • Patent number: 11842493
    Abstract: A method for predicting brain disease state change is disclosed. The method includes acquiring test images obtained by capturing a portion of a human brain at a time interval, performing a pre-processing procedure of converting the test images into test voxels configured to be processed for image analysis, wherein a respective test voxel of the test voxels is composed of three-dimensional voxel units, mapping first and second test voxels selected from the test voxels acquired from a patient, with each other on a three-dimensional voxel unit, wherein the first test voxel is acquired at a first time-point and the second test voxel is acquired at a second time-point, generating a voxel-based data-set based on the mapped first and second test voxels, extracting a change in the test voxels using a deep neural network, and generating a state change probability model based on the change in the test voxels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: THE ASAN FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
    Inventors: Dong Wha Kang, Young Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20230392150
    Abstract: A method for treating a retinal or choroidal disease including administering a composition containing an actin alpha 2 (ACTA2) inhibitor as an active ingredient to a subject in need. The composition is administered by one or more routes selected from the group consisting of oral, subcutaneous, intraperitoneal, intrapulmonary, intranasal, intramuscular, intravenous, intraarterial and topical ocular administration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicants: THE ASAN FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
    Inventors: Junyeop LEE, Soo Jin KIM
  • Publication number: 20230390344
    Abstract: A method for enhancing immunity, including administering a composition containing a Prevotella stercorea strain or a culture solution thereof to a subject in need thereof. A method for increasing an anticancer effect, including administering a composition containing a Prevotella stercorea strain or a culture solution thereof to a subject in need thereof. A method for treating cancer, including administering a composition containing a Prevotella stercorea strain or a culture solution thereof, and an immune checkpoint inhibitor to a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicants: THE ASAN FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION, NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventor: Sook Ryun PARK
  • Publication number: 20230381272
    Abstract: A method of ameliorating or treating a retinal or choroidal disease, the method including: administering a composition containing a plasmalemma vesicle-associated protein (PLVAP), an expression or activity activator of the PLVAP protein, or a nucleotide sequence encoding the PLVAP protein, to a subject in need thereof. The composition is formulated for administering to the subject via one or more routes selected from the group consisting of oral, subcutaneous, intraperitoneal, intrapulmonary, intranasal, intramuscular, intravenous, intraarterial and topical ocular administration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicants: THE ASAN FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
    Inventors: Junyeop LEE, Soo Jin KIM
  • Patent number: 11819710
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, a device, and a program for calculating a brachytherapy plan, and a brachytherapy apparatus. The method comprises: a step in which a computer obtains the number of radiation irradiation spots on the basis of radiation irradiation information (a radiation irradiation spot number obtaining step (S200)); a step in which the computer obtains target area information from a body model of a patient generated on the basis of medical image data of the patient (a target area information obtaining step (S400)); and a therapy plan calculating step (S600) in which the computer calculates, on the basis of the radiation irradiation information and the target area information, the radiation irradiation spots to which radiation is irradiated and the time length of irradiation to each radiation irradiation spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: THE ASAN FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION, NATIONAL CANCER CENTER, THE INDUSTRY & ACADEMIC COOPERATION IN CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, KOREA INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL & MEDICAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Ho Jin Kim, Jung Won Kwak, Byung Chul Cho, Sang Wook Lee, Chi Young Jeong, Young Kyung Lim, Ui Jung Hwang, Sang Hyoun Choi
  • Publication number: 20230355372
    Abstract: An artificial blood vessel complex includes: an artificial blood vessel tube member having a tube shape; and an artificial blood vessel ring member provided at an end of the artificial blood vessel tube member, for suturing with an aortic root through a suture, and having a curved shape with an inflection portion to correspond to a shape of an edge of the aortic root. The artificial blood vessel tube member includes: an artificial blood vessel tube portion; and a lounge tube portion extending from an end of the artificial blood vessel tube portion to be separated into a plurality of pieces, and having an end formed in a curved shape to match the artificial blood vessel ring member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicants: THE ASAN FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
    Inventor: Joon Bum KIM
  • Publication number: 20230321160
    Abstract: An Akkermansia muciniphila AK32 (Accession No. KCTC 14172BP) strain. The Akkermansia muciniphila AK32 strain prevents or improves intestinal damage. A method for preventing, improving or treating intestinal damage, including administering to a subject an effective amount of the Akkermansia muciniphila AK32 strain or a culture thereof as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicants: THE ASAN FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
    Inventors: Mi-Na KWEON, Seungil KIM
  • Patent number: 11783477
    Abstract: A medical image learning method of a medical image process apparatus includes preparing a plurality of body X-ray images for learning as an input of a learning data set, preparing internal diagnostic indicator information corresponding to each of the plurality of body X-ray images for learning as a label of the learning data set, and learning an artificial neural network model using the learning data set. The internal diagnostic indicator information includes information on a cardiovascular border. The information on the cardiovascular border includes information on at least one of an aortic knob, a pulmonary conus, a left atrial appendage, an upper right cardiac border, a lower right cardiac border, a lower left cardiac border, a descending aorta, a carina, an upper end point of a diaphragm, a right pulmonary artery, a posterior cardiac border, and an anterior spinal border.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: THE ASAN FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
    Inventors: Dong Hyun Yang, June Goo Lee, Gaeun Lee
  • Patent number: 11772304
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an implant for implantation into a human body, includes preparing a mold having an inner space part so as to have an inner shape corresponding to a defective portion in a human body; injecting silicone foam into the space part of the mold; curing the silicone foam while applying pressure to same; and removing the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION, THE ASAN FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Nam Kug Kim, Guk Bae Kim, Sang Wook Lee, Beom Seok Ko, Jong Won Lee, Sei Hyun Ahn
  • Publication number: 20230265174
    Abstract: An antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof specifically binding to galectin 3-binding protein (LGALS3BP), and a use thereof, is described. The antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof may comprise heavy chain CDRs and light chain CDRs of specific sequences. The antibody specifically binding to LGALS3BP has been found to inhibit cancer growth and metastasis in an animal model with cancer and may be effective for alleviating or treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicants: THE ASAN FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
    Inventors: Su Hwan CHANG, Song-Cheol KIM, Yeon Sook CHOI, Hyo Ri KIM
  • Publication number: 20230258954
    Abstract: Disclosed is a suction type stabilizer for a lens including a probe mount, in which a lens is disposed in an interior thereof and an opening that contacts a specimen is formed on one side thereof, an elastic body interposed between the lens and the probe mount, that elastically supports the lens, and defining a division space between the lens and the opening, and a negative pressure forming part forming a negative pressure while suctioning air accommodated in the division space and attaching and fixing the specimen to the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicants: THE ASAN FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
    Inventors: Jun Ki KIM, Bjorn Rolf PAULSON, Bohlooli Darian SAEED
  • Patent number: 11723931
    Abstract: The present invention may provide a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating skin diseases, a cosmetic composition for preventing or improving skin diseases, and a stem cell therapeutic agent, which comprise an induced pluripotent stem cell-derived mesenchymal stem cell (iMSC), a culture thereof, or an exosome isolated from an iMSC or iMSC culture as active ingredients. When the composition of the present invention, etc. is used, it is possible to provide a composition for improving, preventing or treating skin diseases and a stem cell therapeutic agent which have an improved immunomodulating function over conventional mesenchymal stem cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: THE ASAN FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
    Inventors: Sue Kim, Jin Ho Yu, Yeon Mok Oh