Patents by Inventor Aki Morishita

Aki Morishita 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: 20060189567
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound excellent in accumulation on calcified tissues and ensuring rapid excretion into urine as well as rapid clearance from blood, useful as a diagnostic agent and a therapeutic agent, etc. The compound is a compound having affinity with a calcified tissue represented by the following formula: (AC)a-MC-(LI)b. In the formula, MC is a mother nucleus and represents a residue of a compound having a plurality of functional groups selected from the group consisting of an amino group, an amide group, a hydroxyl group, a thiol group, a thioether group, a sulfonyl group, a phosphonyl group, an aldehyde group, a carboxyl group, a carbonyl group, a halogen, and a cyano group; AC is a group having affinity with a calcified tissue; LI is a ligand for binding to a metal atom; and a is an integer of 1 or more and b is 0 or an integer of 1 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Kanazashi, Aki Morishita, Osamu Ito, Miki Kurami
  • Patent number: 6607710
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a bisphosphonic acid derivative and said bisphosphonic acid derivative being labeled with a radioactive nuclide, which has properties of rapid accumulation to the bone and rapid urinary excretion. The present invention relates to a bisphosphonic acid derivative and said bisphosphonic acid derivative being labeled with a radioactive nuclide, which is represented by the following general formula (1), R—Y—A  (1) wherein A is a bisphosphonic acid or a salt thereof, having P—C—P bond; Y is a bonding portion such as a methylene, an amido etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Nihon Medi-Physics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Ito, Nobuhiko Kanazashi, Aki Morishita, Masamichi Hara, Masaru Kanagawa, Yasuko Watanabe, Yoshitoshi Itaya