Patents by Inventor Akihiro Kishimura
Akihiro Kishimura 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).
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Patent number: 10471019Abstract: Provided is a monodisperse agglomerate of a substance-containing vesicle filled with a substance at a concentration higher than conventionally possible. A mixed solution, in which a target substance is included in an aqueous medium, is mixed with a monodisperse agglomerate of a crosslinked vesicle comprising a prescribed polymer which includes a first polymer, i.e. a block copolymer having uncharged hydrophilic segments and first charged segments, and a second polymer having second charged segments carrying a charge opposite to that of the first charged segments, and in which the first polymer and/or the second polymer are/is crosslinked. As a result, the crosslinked vesicle is made to contain the target substance.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Kazunori Kataoka, Akihiro Kishimura, Yasutaka Anraku, Akinori Goto
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Patent number: 10357454Abstract: Provided is a method for easily and efficiently producing encapsulated substance vesicles wherein a substance is encapsulated in the cavity of vesicles obtained by polymer self-assembly. Empty vesicles that have membranes comprising a first polymer that is a block copolymer with uncharged hydrophilic segments and a first kind of charged segments and a second polymer with a second kind of charged segments that carry a charge that is the opposite of said first kind of charged segments as well as spaces that are enclosed by said membranes are mixed in an aqueous medium with the substance that is to be encapsulated in the spaces.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Kazunori Kataoka, Akihiro Kishimura, Yasutaka Anraku, Kanjiro Miyata, Sayan Chuanoi, Tomoya Suma, Makoto Oba
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Patent number: 10322092Abstract: Provided is a monodisperse agglomerate of a substance-containing vesicle filled with a substance at a concentration higher than conventionally possible. A mixed solution, in which a target substance is included in an aqueous medium, is mixed with a monodisperse agglomerate of a crosslinked vesicle comprising a prescribed polymer which includes a first polymer, i.e. a block copolymer having uncharged hydrophilic segments and first charged segments, and a second polymer having second charged segments carrying a charge opposite to that of the first charged segments, and in which the first polymer and/or the second polymer are/is crosslinked. As a result, the crosslinked vesicle is made to contain the target substance.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Kazunori Kataoka, Akihiro Kishimura, Yasutaka Anraku, Akinori Goto
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Publication number: 20180015036Abstract: Provided is a method for easily and efficiently producing encapsulated substance vesicles wherein a substance is encapsulated in the cavity of vesicles obtained by polymer self-assembly. Empty vesicles that have membranes comprising a first polymer that is a block copolymer with uncharged hydrophilic segments and a first kind of charged segments and a second polymer with a second kind of charged segments that carry a charge that is the opposite of said first kind of charged segments as well as spaces that are enclosed by said membranes are mixed in an aqueous medium with the substance that is to be encapsulated in the spaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Kazunori Kataoka, Akihiro Kishimura, Yasutaka Anraku, Kanjiro Miyata, Sayan Chuanoi, Tomoya Suma, Makoto Oba
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Publication number: 20180008550Abstract: Provided is a monodisperse agglomerate of a substance-containing vesicle filled with a substance at a concentration higher than conventionally possible. A mixed solution, in which a target substance is included in an aqueous medium, is mixed with a monodisperse agglomerate of a crosslinked vesicle comprising a prescribed polymer which includes a first polymer, i.e. a block copolymer having uncharged hydrophilic segments and first charged segments, and a second polymer having second charged segments carrying a charge opposite to that of the first charged segments, and in which the first polymer and/or the second polymer are/is crosslinked. As a result, the crosslinked vesicle is made to contain the target substance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Kazunori Kataoka, Akihiro Kishimura, Yasutaka Anraku, Akinori Goto
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Publication number: 20180008549Abstract: Provided is a monodisperse agglomerate of a substance-containing vesicle filled with a substance at a concentration higher than conventionally possible. A mixed solution, in which a target substance is included in an aqueous medium, is mixed with a monodisperse agglomerate of a crosslinked vesicle comprising a prescribed polymer which includes a first polymer, i.e. a block copolymer having uncharged hydrophilic segments and first charged segments, and a second polymer having second charged segments carrying a charge opposite to that of the first charged segments, and in which the first polymer and/or the second polymer are/is crosslinked. As a result, the crosslinked vesicle is made to contain the target substance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Kazunori Kataoka, Akihiro Kishimura, Yasutaka Anraku, Akinori Goto
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Patent number: 9801958Abstract: The present invention provides a safe polymer nanoparticle composite with few side effects, and an MRI contrast agent incorporating said polymer nanoparticle composite. The polymer nanoparticle composite is capable of specifically accumulating on a tumor tissue to selectively extract the tissue, exhibiting high contrast even when used in small amounts, and enabling imaging over prolonged periods of time. This polymer nanoparticle composite is characterized by containing a block copolymer that includes a non-charged hydrophilic polymer chain segment and an anionic polymer chain segment, and MnCaP.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2014Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Kazunori Kataoka, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Horacio Cabral, Peng Mi, Akihiro Kishimura, Yutaka Miura, Ichio Aoki, Daisuke Kokuryo, Tsuneo Saga
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Patent number: 9782358Abstract: Provided is a monodisperse agglomerate of a substance-containing vesicle filled with a substance at a concentration higher than conventionally possible. A mixed solution, in which a target substance is included in an aqueous medium, is mixed with a monodisperse agglomerate of a crosslinked vesicle comprising a prescribed polymer which includes a first polymer, i.e. a block copolymer having uncharged hydrophilic segments and first charged segments, and a second polymer having second charged segments carrying a charge opposite to that of the first charged segments, and in which the first polymer and/or the second polymer are/is crosslinked. As a result, the crosslinked vesicle is made to contain the target substance.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Japan Science And Technology AgencyInventors: Kazunori Kataoka, Akihiro Kishimura, Yasutaka Anraku, Akinori Goto
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Patent number: 9750687Abstract: Provided is a method for easily and efficiently producing encapsulated substance vesicles wherein a substance is encapsulated in the cavity of vesicles obtained by polymer self-assembly. Empty vesicles that have membranes comprising a first polymer that is a block copolymer with uncharged hydrophilic segments and a first kind of charged segments and a second polymer with a second kind of charged segments that carry a charge that is the opposite of said first kind of charged segments as well as spaces that are enclosed by said membranes are mixed in an aqueous medium with the substance that is to be encapsulated in the spaces.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Kazunori Kataoka, Akihiro Kishimura, Yasutaka Anraku, Kanjiro Miyata, Sayan Chuanoi, Tomoya Suma, Makoto Oba
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Publication number: 20160206759Abstract: The present invention provides a safe polymer nanoparticle composite with few side effects, and an MRI contrast agent incorporating said polymer nanoparticle composite. The polymer nanoparticle composite is capable of specifically accumulating on a tumor tissue to selectively extract the tissue, exhibiting high contrast even when used in small amounts, and enabling imaging over prolonged periods of time. This polymer nanoparticle composite is characterized by containing a block copolymer that includes a non-charged hydrophilic polymer chain segment and an anionic polymer chain segment, and MnCaP.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Kazunori KATAOKA, Nobuhiro NISHIYAMA, Horacio CABRAL, Peng MI, Akihiro KISHIMURA, Yutaka MIURA, Ichio AOKI, Daisuke KOKURYO, Tsuneo SAGA
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Publication number: 20160051484Abstract: Provided is a monodisperse agglomerate of a substance-containing vesicle filled with a substance at a concentration higher than conventionally possible. A mixed solution, in which a target substance is included in an aqueous medium, is mixed with a monodisperse agglomerate of a crosslinked vesicle comprising a prescribed polymer which includes a first polymer, i.e. a block copolymer having uncharged hydrophilic segments and first charged segments, and a second polymer having second charged segments carrying a charge opposite to that of the first charged segments, and in which the first polymer and/or the second polymer are/is crosslinked. As a result, the crosslinked vesicle is made to contain the target substance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: Kazunori Kataoka, Akihiro Kishimura, Yasutaka Anraku, Akinori Goto
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Publication number: 20150258219Abstract: A vesicle comprising fine metal particles, which has a membrane formed from both a first polymer of (a) or (b) shown below and a second polymer of (c) or (d) shown below (with the proviso that a combination of (b) and (d) is excepted), wherein partial crosslinking occurs between a cationic segment and an anionic segment in the above polymers: First polymer: (a) a block copolymer (I) having both an electrically non-charged hydrophilic segment and a cationic segment (b) an amino acid polymer (I) having a cationic segment Second polymer: (c) a block copolymer (II) having both an electrically non-charged hydrophilic segment and an anionic segment (d) an amino acid polymer (II) having an anionic segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, TEIJIN LIMITEDInventors: Kazunori Kataoka, Akihiro Kishimura, Yasutaka Anraku, Mitsuru Sakai, Hideo Ota, Shiro Kondo, Miho Momose
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Patent number: 9051437Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electrostatically bonded vesicle which bears disulfide bonds or thiol groups. The present invention relates to a vesicle having a membrane which is formed from both a first polymer of (a) or (b) and a second polymer of (c) or (d) (with the proviso that a combination of (b) and (d) is excepted) and in which the cationic segment and anionic segment of the polymers are partially crosslinked. First polymer: (a) a block copolymer (I) having both an electrically non-charged hydrophilic segment and a cationic segment, (b) an amino acid polymer (I) having a cationic segment. Second polymer: (c) a block copolymer (II) having both an electrically non-charged hydrophilic segment and an anionic segment, (d) an amino acid polymer (II) having an anionic segment.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2011Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, TEIJIN LIMITEDInventors: Akihiro Kishimura, Kazunori Kataoka, Stephanie Lee, Yasutaka Anraku, Aya Koide, Mitsuru Sakai, QiuMing Yu
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Publication number: 20130202711Abstract: Provided is a method for easily and efficiently producing encapsulated substance vesicles wherein a substance is encapsulated in the cavity of vesicles obtained by polymer self-assembly. Empty vesicles that have membranes comprising a first polymer that is a block copolymer with uncharged hydrophilic segments and a first kind of charged segments and a second polymer with a second kind of charged segments that carry a charge that is the opposite of said first kind of charged segments as well as spaces that are enclosed by said membranes are mixed in an aqueous medium with the substance that is to be encapsulated in the spaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: Japan Science and Technology AgencyInventors: Kazunori Kataoka, Akihiro Kishimura, Yasutaka Anraku, Kanjiro Miyata, Sayan Chuanoi, Tomoya Suma, Makoto Oba
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Publication number: 20130122103Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electrostatically bonded vesicle which bears disulfide bonds or thiol groups. The present invention relates to a vesicle having a membrane which is formed from both a first polymer of (a) or (b) and a second polymer of (c) or (d) (with the proviso that a combination of (b) and (d) is excepted) and in which the cationic segment and anionic segment of the polymers are partially crosslinked. First polymer: (a) a block copolymer (I) having both an electrically non-charged hydrophilic segment and a cationic segment, (b) an amino acid polymer (I) having a cationic segment. Second polymer: (c) a block copolymer (II) having both an electrically non-charged hydrophilic segment and an anionic segment, (d) an amino acid polymer (II) having an anionic segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicants: TEIJIN LIMITED, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Akihiro Kishimura, Kazunori Kataoka, Stephanie Lee, Yasutaka Anraku, Aya Koide, Mitsuru Sakai, QiuMing Yu