Patents by Inventor Aya SAITO

Aya SAITO 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).

  • Medical device and method for forming a protuberant region
    Patent number: 10603160
    Abstract: Procedural methods are provided that are capable of forming a protuberant region, in which the surface of a living body protrudes, in a less-invasive manner and a medical device capable of forming the protuberant region in a less-invasive manner. A procedural method for forming a protuberant region, in which a surface of a living body protrudes, includes an introduction step of introducing a container having flexibility into the living body, a protuberant region forming step of forming the protuberant region, in which the surface of the living body protrudes, by filling the container with a filling material to expand the container, and a placement step of placing the expanded container in the living body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukiko Yamada, Eiko Igarashi, Aya Saito
  • Body lumen graft base, production method of body lumen graft base, and body lumen graft using the same
    Patent number: 9968435
    Abstract: The present invention provides a body lumen graft base that is a thin film, has adequate flexibility and low permeability, and can be inserted in a catheter with a small diameter. The body lumen graft base of the present invention is obtained by subjecting at least one surface of a woven fabric comprising a fiber having a total fineness of 1 to 80 decitex and a single fiber fineness of less than 0.1 decitex to press treatment using a calender machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignees: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Aya Saito, Kazuyoshi Tani, Yoshikazu Takahashi, Kengo Tanaka, Kumiko Tsuda, Mie Kamiyama
  • MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING A PROTUBERANT REGION
    Publication number: 20170224472
    Abstract: Procedural methods are provided that are capable of forming a protuberant region, in which the surface of a living body protrudes, in a less-invasive manner and a medical device capable of forming the protuberant region in a less-invasive manner. A procedural method for forming a protuberant region, in which a surface of a living body protrudes, includes an introduction step of introducing a container having flexibility into the living body, a protuberant region forming step of forming the protuberant region, in which the surface of the living body protrudes, by filling the container with a filling material to expand the container, and a placement step of placing the expanded container in the living body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Yukiko YAMADA, Eiko IGARASHI, Aya SAITO
  • BODY LUMEN GRAFT BASE, PRODUCTION METHOD OF BODY LUMEN GRAFT BASE, AND BODY LUMEN GRAFT USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160135944
    Abstract: The present invention provides a body lumen graft base that is a thin film, has adequate flexibility and low permeability, and can be inserted in a catheter with a small diameter. The body lumen graft base of the present invention is obtained by subjecting at least one surface of a woven fabric comprising a fiber having a total fineness of 1 to 80 decitex and a single fiber fineness of less than 0.1 decitex to press treatment using a calender machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicants: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Aya SAITO, Kazuyoshi TANI, Yoshikazu TAKAHASHI, Kengo TANAKA, Kumiko TSUDA, Mie KAMIYAMA