Patents by Inventor Akiyoshi Uesugi

Akiyoshi Uesugi 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 measuring the activity of lecithin cholesterol acyl transferase and lecithin substrate solution useful therefor
    Patent number: 4007091
    Abstract: A method for measuring the activity of lecithin cholesterol acyl transferase (LCAT) comprising adding a test sample (a blood serum or plasma) to a lecithin substrate solution containing a lecithin and a nonionic surfactant, incubating the mixture and then measuring the changed amount of the free cholesterol in the reaction system by an optical analysis, and the lecithin substrate solution useful therefor. The method of the present invention is useful for the clinical test for the liver function of patients and further for the diagnosis of the diseases, such as lipidosis and diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1977
    Assignee: Nippon Shoji Kaisha, Limited
    Inventors: Toshihide Nagasaki, Masaharu Takayama, Akiyoshi Uesugi, Isao Tanimizu, Kazuto Shintani