Patents by Inventor Choun-Ki Joo

Choun-Ki Joo 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).

  • Patent number: 11109959
    Abstract: There is provided an intraocular lens including an optic portion having a circular shape from one side thereof and including a first pattern which includes a ridge and a groove, and a plurality of haptic portions extending from an outer circumferential edge of the optic portion and each including a second pattern which includes a ridge and a groove, in which at least one of the ridges included in the first pattern and the second pattern and at least one of the grooves included in the first pattern and the second pattern includes a section in which a width is formed differently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF KOREA INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Ho Jeong Jeon, Myoung Ryul Ok, Yu Chan Kim, Hyun Kwang Seok, Choun Ki Joo, Byoung Chan Choi
  • Patent number: 10613356
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a remotely controllable lens device. The lens device can include a lens material and a circuit physically coupled to the lens material. The circuit can be configured to be powered based on an energy signal from a power source to perform a function (e.g., release of drug, generation of electromagnetic radiation, detection of electromagnetic radiation, and/or control of an optical refractive property). For example, the power source can be an external power source and/or an auto-powered source. The external power source can be, for example, a power source that utilizes synchronized magnetic flux phase coupling (e.g., WiTricity). The auto-powered source can be provided on-site (e.g., on-chip) using a harvesting system (e.g., solar-cell, photo-cell, piezoelectric, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignees: The General Hospital Corporation, Phi Biomed Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-Hyun Yun, Ehsan Kamrani, Sei Kwang Hahn, Hyemin Kim, Dohee Keum, Keon Jae Lee, Choun-Ki Joo
  • Patent number: 10595721
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a surgical apparatus for dissecting a part of cornea during lamellar keratoplasty, which provides a surgical apparatus comprising: an injector unit including a hollow injection needle having a bevel structure at one end; a laser unit for emitting a laser for OCT imaging; an OCT detection unit for photographing a tomographic image of the cornea using the laser; a laser light sensor located on an inner surface of the bevel structure of the injection needle and connected to the laser unit and the OCT detection unit through an optical fiber; and a depth adjusting unit for adjusting a depth of the injection needle in the cornea according to an operation of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: The Catholic University of Korea Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Choun Ki Joo, Young Sik Yoo, Suc Bei Moon
  • Publication number: 20200015961
    Abstract: There is provided an intraocular lens including an optic portion having a circular shape from one side thereof and including a first pattern which includes a ridge and a groove, and a plurality of haptic portions extending from an outer circumferential edge of the optic portion and each including a second pattern which includes a ridge and a groove, in which at least one of the ridges included in the first pattern and the second pattern and at least one of the grooves included in the first pattern and the second pattern includes a section in which a width is formed differently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Ho Jeong JEON, Myoung Ryul OK, Yu Chan KIM, Hyun Kwang SEOK, Choun Ki JOO, Byoung Chan CHOI
  • Patent number: 10501473
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel indene derivative, a preparation method for the same, and a pharmaceutical composition for treating retinal disease comprising the same as an active ingredient. The novel indene derivative of the present invention, the optional isomer of the same, or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the same have excellent inhibitory efficiency of receptor-interacting serine-threonine-protein kinase 1 (RIPK1). Therefore, the composition containing the same as an active ingredient can be effectively used as a pharmaceutical composition for treating retinal disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: THE INDUSTRY & ACADEMIC COOPERATION IN CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (IAC)
    Inventors: Eunhee Kim, Sung-Eun Yoo, Nam Sook Kang, Tae-Sung Koo, Min-Young Park, Young-Hoon Kim, Hyun-Ju Bae, Jin-Woo Kim, Tae-Kyu In, Choun-Ki Joo
  • Patent number: 10485786
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating macular degeneration, which comprises benzopyran derivatives substituted with secondary amines including imidazole or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as an active ingredient. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention may be used in the form of eye drops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kyu-Yang Yi, Sung-Eun Yoo, Nack-Jeong Kim, Jee-Hee Suh, Choun-Ki Joo, Jun-Sub Choi, Jae-Sik Yang, Geun-Hyeog Lee, Yun-Seok Cho, Jin-Ha Park, Hye-Sung Lee
  • Publication number: 20190177690
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for culturing corneal stem cell-like cell lines by inducing differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC). The method comprises the following steps: preparing a basal medium comprising DMEM F12, L-ascorbic acid, sodium selenite, and sodium chloride; adding additives for culturing induced pluripotent stem cells to the basal medium; preparing a feeder free culture medium by coating the basal medium with Vitronectin recombinant human protein; adding induced pluripotent stem cells to the feeder free culture medium and culturing them; adding additives for creating an environment for stem cell growth to the feeder free culture medium; adding BMP4 and Wnt3a sequentially to the feeder free culture medium in order to induce differentiation of the induced pluripotent stem cells into corneal stem cell-like cell lines; and culturing the cells differentiated from the induced pluripotent stem cells in PI culture fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Choun Ki JOO, Jee Won MOK, Hee Jung JU, Jun Sub CHOI
  • Patent number: 10279046
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for treating an ocular inflammatory disease, comprising hydrophilic sulfasalazine and hyaluronic acid, and a preparation method therefor. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for treating an ocular inflammatory disease, which comprises administering, to an individual, a therapeutically effective amount of hydrophilic sulfasalazine and hyaluronic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Choun-Ki Joo, Jun-Sub Choi
  • Publication number: 20180221343
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating macular degeneration, which comprises benzopyran derivatives substituted with secondary amines including imidazole or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as an active ingredient. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention may be used in the form of eye drops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicants: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Kyu-Yang YI, Sung-Eun YOO, Nack-Jeong KIM, Jee-Hee SUH, Choun-Ki JOO, Jun-Sub CHOI, Jae-Sik YANG, Geun-Hyeog LEE, Yun-Seok CHO, Jin-Ha PARK, Hye-Sung LEE
  • Publication number: 20180220884
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a surgical apparatus for dissecting a part of cornea during lamellar keratoplasty, which provides a surgical apparatus comprising: an injector unit including a hollow injection needle having a bevel structure at one end; a laser unit for emitting a laser for OCT imaging; an OCT detection unit for photographing a tomographic image of the cornea using the laser; a laser light sensor located on an inner surface of the bevel structure of the injection needle and connected to the laser unit and the OCT detection unit through an optical fiber; and a depth adjusting unit for adjusting a depth of the injection needle in the cornea according to an operation of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Choun Ki Joo, Young Sik Yoo, Suc Bei Moon
  • Patent number: 10004637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an anterior capsulotomy guide device for cataract surgery. The present invention relates to an anterior capsulotomy guide device for cataract surgery which is temporarily inserted for anterior capsulotomy during cataract surgery, wherein the anterior capsulotomy guide device comprises a ring-shaped body, and a cut portion is formed by cutting a part of the body. According to the present invention, it is possible to carry out anterior capsulotomy with precise size and shape during cataract surgery, thereby maximizing the effect of cataract surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignees: Catholic University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation, Lucid Korea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Choun-Ki Joo, Dong Jin Chang, Chong Houn Lee, Dong Kun Lee
  • Patent number: 9896657
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of inducing differentiation of a stem cell into a corneal limbal stem cell, and a medium composition used therein. Further, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treating corneal damage, including a corneal limbal stem cell differentiated using the above-described method as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF KOREA INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Choun-Ki Joo, Hyun Soo Lee
  • Publication number: 20170274005
    Abstract: Disclosed is a complex for remedying or treating a retinal disease. The complex includes a hyaluronic acid or a derivative thereof, a carbon nanomaterial covalently bonded to the hyaluronic acid or the derivative thereof, and a photosensitizer bonded to the carbon nanomaterial. The complex for remedying or treating the retinal disease according to the present invention includes a hyaluronic acid-carbon nanomaterial-photosensitizer complex, thus selectively preventing the formation of active oxygen in retinal pigment epithelium cells for a relatively long period of time. Accordingly, the complex has excellent therapeutic efficacy and easily infiltrates into cells. Further, the present invention provides a composition for remedying or treating a retinal disease including the hyaluronic acid-carbon nanomaterial-photosensitizer complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Sei Kwang HAHN, Songeun Beack, Jun-Sub Choi, Choun-Ki Joo
  • Patent number: 9737210
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and a method for performing a cataract surgery. The system of the present invention includes an optical coherence tomography apparatus, an image capturing device, and a central processing unit. The method includes imaging optical coherence tomography of a patient's eye using the optical coherence tomography apparatus, capturing the patient's optical coherence tomography with the image capturing device, generating a 3D image and coordinates of the patient's eye, and determining a central location of a pupillary margin and an iridocorneal angle using a central processing unit. The center of the anterior capsule of the human crystalline lens is then calculated by matching the iridocorneal angle to the central location of the pupillary margin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: the Catholic University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventor: Choun-ki Joo
  • Patent number: 9704418
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ocular surgery training device, which includes an eye model having a hole at one side, and a catheter inserted into the hole, wherein a pressure sensor for measuring a pressure applied to the hole by the catheter is provided at one end of the catheter. The present invention may provide the ocular surgery training device which may enhance the skill of users in performing ocular surgery, thereby preventing complications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: The Catholic University of Korea Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Dong Jin Chang, Choun-ki Joo
  • Publication number: 20170152268
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel indene derivative, a preparation method for the same, and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating retinal disease comprising the same as an active ingredient. The novel indene derivative of the present invention, the optical isomer of the same, or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the same have excellent inhibitory efficiency of receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1 (RIPK1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Eunhee KIM, Sung-Eun YOO, Nam Sook KANG, Tae-Sung KOO, Min-Young PARK, Young-Hoon KIM, Hyun-Ju BAE, Jin-Woo KIM, Tae-Kyu IN, Choun-Ki JOO
  • Patent number: 9610132
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a surgical instrument for cataract surgery, and provides the surgical instrument for assisting in distinguishing the anterior capsule during cataract surgery, including a ring-shaped body; and a light source provided on a bottom surface portion of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: The Catholic University of Korea Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Choun-Ki Joo, Dong Jin Chang
  • Publication number: 20160304836
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of inducing differentiation of a stem cell into a corneal limbal stem cell, and a medium composition used therein. Further, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treating corneal damage, including a corneal limbal stem cell differentiated using the above-described method as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Choun-Ki JOO, Hyun Soo LEE
  • Publication number: 20160223842
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a remotely controllable lens device. The lens device can include a lens material and a circuit physically coupled to the lens material. The circuit can be configured to be powered based on an energy signal from a power source to perform a function (e.g., release of drug, generation of electromagnetic radiation, detection of electromagnetic radiation, and/or control of an optical refractive property). For example, the power source can be an external power source and/or an auto-powered source. The external power source can be, for example, a power source that utilizes synchronized magnetic flux phase coupling (e.g., WiTricity). The auto-powered source can be provided on-site (e.g., on-chip) using a harvesting system (e.g., solar-cell, photo-cell, piezoelectric, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Seok-Hyun Yun, Ehsan Kamrani, Sei Kwang Hahn, Hyemin Kim, Dohee Keum, Keon Jae Lee, Choun-Ki Joo
  • Publication number: 20160193234
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for treating an ocular inflammatory disease, comprising hydrophilic sulfasalazine and hyaluronic acid, and a preparation method therefor. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for treating an ocular inflammatory disease, which comprises administering, to an individual, a therapeutically effective amount of hydrophilic sulfasalazine and hyaluronic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Choun-Ki JOO, Jun-Sub CHOI