Patents by Inventor Chung-Shi Yang
Chung-Shi Yang 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: 10114016Abstract: Particles and manufacturing methods thereof are provided. The manufacturing method of the particle includes providing a precursor solution containing a precursor dissolved in a solution, and irradiating the precursor solution with a high energy and high flux radiation beam to convert the precursor to nano-particles. Particles with desired dispersion, shape, and size are manufactured without adding a stabilizer or surfactant to the precursor solution.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2009Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Inventors: Yeu-Kuang Hwu, Chang-Hai Wang, Chi-Jen Liu, Cheng-Liang Wang, Chi-Hsiung Chen, Chung-Shi Yang, Hong-Ming Lin, Jung-Ho Je, Giorgio Margartondo
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Patent number: 9384942Abstract: A TEM specimen kit is disclosed, which comprises: (a) a top substrate and a bottom substrate, the top and the bottom substrates being transparent and substantially parallel to each other; (b) a first spacer and a second spacer, located beneath the top substrate and sitting on the bottom substrate, the second spacer being opposite to and spaced apart from the first spacer at a distance of d; and (c) a chamber formed between the top and bottom substrate and between the first and second spacer, the chamber having two ends open to the atmosphere and characterized by having a height defined by the thickness h of the spacer, wherein the height being smaller than the diameter of a red blood cell. Also enclosed are methods for preparing a dry specimen for TEM nanoparticle characterization, and methods for analyzing TEM images of nanoparticles in a liquid sample.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2013Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignees: NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES, MATERIALS ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGY (US) CORP.Inventors: Yong-fen Hsieh, Chih-hsun Chu, Pradeep Sharma, Yu-feng Ko, Chung-shi Yang, Lin-ai Tai, Yu-ching Chen, Hsiao-chun Ting
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Patent number: 9185928Abstract: A method for prevention and/or treatment of steatorrhea in a subject is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTESInventors: Shin-Hsun Cheng, Wei-Neng Liao, Chung-Shi Yang, Leu-Wei Lo
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Publication number: 20150194288Abstract: A TEM specimen kit is disclosed, which comprises: (a) a top substrate and a bottom substrate, the top and the bottom substrates being transparent and substantially parallel to each other; (b) a first spacer and a second spacer, located beneath the top substrate and sitting on the bottom substrate, the second spacer being opposite to and spaced apart from the first spacer at a distance of d; and (c) a chamber formed between the top and bottom substrate and between the first and second spacer, the chamber having two ends open to the atmosphere and characterized by having a height defined by the thickness h of the spacer, wherein the height being smaller than the diameter of a red blood cell. Also enclosed are methods for preparing a dry specimen for TEM nanoparticle characterization, and methods for analyzing TEM images of nanoparticles in a liquid sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2013Publication date: July 9, 2015Inventors: Yong-fen Hsieh, Chih-hsun Chu, Pradeep Sharma, Yu-feng Ko, Chung-shi Yang, Lin-ai Tai, Yu-ching Chen, Hsiao-chun Ting
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Patent number: 8969827Abstract: A specimen kit having a tiny chamber is disclosed for a specimen preparation for TEM. The space height of the chamber is far smaller than dimensions of blood cells and therefore is adapted to sort nanoparticles from the blood cells. The specimen prepared under this invention is suitable for TEM observation over a true distribution status of nanoparticles in blood. The extremely tiny space height in Z direction eliminates the possibility of aggregation of the nanoparticles and/or agglomeration in Z direction during drying; therefore, a specimen prepared under this invention is suitable for TEM observation over the dispersion and/or agglomeration of nanoparticles in a blood.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2012Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignees: Materials Analysis Technology (US) Corp., National Health Research InstitutesInventors: Yong-Fen Hsieh, Chih-Hsun Chu, Pradeep Sharma, Yu-Feng Ko, Chung-Shi Yang, Lin-Ai Tai, Yu-Ching Chen
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Publication number: 20140178505Abstract: A method for prevention and/or treatment of steatorrhea in a subject, is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTESInventors: Shin-Hsun CHENG, Wei-Neng Liao, Chung-Shi Yang, Leu-Wei Lo
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Patent number: 8734844Abstract: A method of synthesizing ligand-conjugated gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) is disclosed. The method comprises: a) providing an amine-modified silica particle; b) providing a solution comprising Au+3 ions; c) suspending the amine-modified silica particle in the solution comprising Au+3 ions; d) allowing the Au3+ ions to be adsorbed and/or immobilized onto the surface of the amine-modified silica particle; e) exposing the Au3+ ions immobilized onto the surface of the amine-modified silica particle to radiation to obtain bare gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) adsorbed and/or immobilized onto the surface of the amine-modified silica particle, wherein the bare AuNPs are without organic surface modifications; and f) reacting a ligand with the bare AuNPs adsorbed and/or immobilized onto the surface of the amine-modified SiNP and thereby obtain ligand-conjugated gold nanoparticles (AuNPs).Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2011Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: National Health Research InstitutesInventors: Chia-Hung Lee, Wei-Neng Liao, Shih-Hsun Cheng, Jen-Kun Chen, Chung-Shi Yang, Leu-Wei Lo, Yeu-Kuang Hwu, Fong-Sian Lin
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Publication number: 20140007709Abstract: A specimen kit having a tiny chamber is disclosed for a specimen preparation for TEM. The space height of the chamber is far smaller than dimensions of blood cells and therefore is adapted to sort nanoparticles from the blood cells. The specimen prepared under this invention is suitable for TEM observation over a true distribution status of nanoparticles in blood. The extremely tiny space height in Z direction eliminates the possibility of aggregation of the nanoparticles and/or agglomeration in Z direction during drying; therefore, a specimen prepared under this invention is suitable for TEM observation over the dispersion and/or agglomeration of nanoparticles in a blood.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2012Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicants: NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES, MATERIALS ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGY INCInventors: Yong-Fen HSIEH, Chih-Hsun CHU, Pradeep SHARMA, Yu-Feng KO, Chung-Shi YANG, Lin-Ai TAI, Yu-Ching CHEN
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Patent number: 8461224Abstract: A method of synthesizing a random copolymer of polyethyleneimine and polyethylene glycol, comprising exposing ethanolamine in a solution to electromagnetic radiation for a sufficient time to polymerize the ethanolamine (OHCH2CH2NH2) and thereby resulting in formation of the randome copolymer comprising polyethyleneimine and poly(ethylene glycol), wherein the polyethyleneimine comprises ethyleneimine (—CH2CH2NH—) unit and the polyethylene glycol comprises ethylene glycol (—CH2CH2O—) unit, and the polyethylenimine of the random copolymer has a substantially linear backbone.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2011Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: National Health Research InstitutesInventors: Shu-Yi Lin, Chung-Shi Yang, Yeu-Kuang Hwu
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Patent number: 8333962Abstract: A controlled release multidrug formulation for improving locomotor recovery after spinal cord injury comprising: (a) a first composition comprising a first bioactive agent, encapsulated within a first polymeric particle; (b) a second composition comprising a second bioactive agent, encapsulated within a second polymeric particle, wherein the second polymeric particle is encapsulated within the first polymeric particle; and (c) a third composition comprising a third bioactive agent, encapsulated within either the first or the second polymeric particle, wherein the second composition is released subsequently to the release of the first composition, and wherein the first bioactive agent is a neurotrophic factor, the second bioactive agent is a collagen synthesis inhibitor, and the third bioactive agent is selected from the group consisting of cyclic AMP (cAMP), an adenylate cyclase activator and a Rho inhibitor.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2009Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: National Health Research InstitutesInventors: Yu-Chao Wang, Yi-Ting Wu, Chung-Shi Yang
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Patent number: 8309135Abstract: Methods of preparing a composition comprising non-ionic, radioactive gold nanoparticles (R-GNPs) are disclosed. The method comprises: a) providing an aqueous composition comprising gold (Au-197) ions in the absence of a template; and b) exposing the aqueous composition in the absence of the template to neutron irradiation to generate the composition comprising the non-ionic R-GNPs. Alternatively, the method comprises: a) providing an aqueous composition comprising gold (Au-197) nanoparticles (GNPs) in the absence of a template; and b) exposing the aqueous composition comprising the GNPs in the absence of the template to neutron irradiation and thereby generating the composition comprising the non-ionic R-GNPs. Compositions that comprises mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) and non-ionic R-GNPs encapsulated within pores and/or channels and further anchored to the surfaces of the MSNs, and methods of making the same are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2009Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignees: National Health Research Institutes, National Tsing Hua UniversityInventors: Jen-Kun Chen, Jinn-Jer Peir, Mei-Ya Wang, Chih-Hui Liu, Fong-In Chou, Chung-Shi Yang, Mo-Hsiung Yang, Mei-Hui Shih
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Publication number: 20120225924Abstract: A method of synthesizing a random copolymer of polyethyleneimine and polyethylene glycol, comprising exposing ethanolamine in a solution to electromagnetic radiation for a sufficient time to polymerize the ethanolamine (OHCH2CH2NH2) and thereby resulting in formation of the randome copolymer comprising polyethyleneimine and poly(ethylene glycol), wherein the polyethyleneimine comprises ethyleneimine (—CH2CH2NH—) unit and the polyethylene glycol comprises ethylene glycol (—CH2CH2O—) unit, and the polyethylenimine of the random copolymer has a substantially linear backbone.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2011Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTESInventors: Shu-Yi Lin, Chung-Shi Yang, Yeu-Kuang Hwu
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Patent number: 8252337Abstract: A charged mesoporous silica nanoparticle (MSN)-based drug delivery system for controlled release and enhanced bioavailability is disclosed. The system comprises a positively charged MSN, which has a silica matrix and an array of pores and/or nanochannels in the matrix. The entire substance of the matrix, all the surfaces and the pores and/or nanochannels comprise a plurality of silanol (Si—OH) and quaternary ammonium functional groups. The bioavailability of a negatively charged bioactive compound can be increased by loading it into the pores and/or nanochannels. The silanol (Si—OH) functional groups on the surfaces lining the walls of the pores and/or nanochannels are free to deprotonate in a fluid having pH above the pI of the positively charged MSN and lead to a sustained release of the negatively charged drug from the pores and/or nanochannels, and thereby enhance the bioavailability of the drug.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2009Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: National Health Research InstitutesInventors: Chia-Hung Lee, Leu-Wei Lo, Chung-Shi Yang, Chung-Yuan Mou
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Patent number: 8226596Abstract: A blood flow control system, tension adjustable instrument and a method are disclosed. The blood flow control system comprises a detecting unit, a computing and a tension adjustable instrument. The detecting unit real-time monitors the biomolecular response condition of a living organ, and the computing unit dynamically controls the tension adjustable instrument to adjust the tension of the blood vessel based on the detecting result. Therefore the blood flow control system can maintain the biomolecular response condition over a predetermined range to reduce the risk of the liver organ being damaged and augment the curability.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2008Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: National Health Research InstitutesInventors: Chung-Shi Yang, Leu-Wei Lo
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Patent number: 8216549Abstract: A quantum dot (QD) conjugate comprises a QD and a ligand conjugated with the QD, in which the ligand has at least one thiol and at least one other functional group. The QD conjugate may further comprise a bioactive agent covalently coupled to the ligand to form a bioactive agent-tagged QD conjugate. A method for preparing a QD conjugate comprises the steps of: (1) providing a solution comprising a QD encapsulated within a dendrimer; (2) adding into the solution a ligand; and (3) allowing an exchange between the ligand and the dendrimer for the QD to obtain a ligand-QD conjugate, in which the ligand is covalently conjugated to the surface of the QD. The method may further comprise the step of coupling the ligand-QD conjugate to a bioactive agent to obtain a bioactive agent-tagged ligand-QD conjugate.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2009Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: National Health Research InstitutesInventors: Shu-Yi Lin, Leu-Wei Lo, Chung-Shi Yang
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Publication number: 20120130053Abstract: A method of synthesizing ligand-conjugated gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) is disclosed. The method comprises: a) providing an amine-modified silica particle; b) providing a solution comprising Au+3 ions; c) suspending the amine-modified silica particle in the solution comprising Au+3 ions; d) allowing the Au3+ ions to be adsorbed and/or immobilized onto the surface of the amine-modified silica particle; e) exposing the Au3+ ions immobilized onto the surface of the amine-modified silica particle to radiation to obtain bare gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) adsorbed and/or immobilized onto the surface of the amine-modified silica particle, wherein the bare AuNPs are without organic surface modifications; and f) reacting a ligand with the bare AuNPs adsorbed and/or immobilized onto the surface of the amine-modified SiNP and thereby obtain ligand-conjugated gold nanoparticles (AuNPs).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2011Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTESInventors: CHIA-HUNG LEE, WEI-NENG LIAO, SHIH-HSUN CHENG, JEN-KUN CHEN, CHUNG-SHI YANG, LEU-WEI LO, YEU-KUANG HWU, FONG-SIAN LIN
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Publication number: 20120052573Abstract: A method of synthesizing polyethyleneimine with a substantially linear backbone is disclosed. The method comprises exposing ethylenediamine dissolved in a solution to electromagnetic radiation for a sufficient time to polymerize the ethylenediamine and thereby resulting in formation of polyethylenimine with a substantially linear backbone in the solution. A method of synthesizing a homopolymer with a substantially linear backbone is also disclosed. In addition, a composition comprising polyethylenimine synthesized from the aforementioned method is disclosed, in which the polyethylenimine comprises a backbone conformation that is substantially linear and has a distribution of molecular weights (MW) ranging from 1 kDa to 200 kDa; and the polyethyleneimine has no cytotoxicity at a concentration of 12 ?g/ml.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTESInventors: Shu-Yi LIN, Fong-Sian LIN, Meng-Kai CHEN, Yu-Chen JAO, Lin-Ren TSAI, Hong-Yi LIN, Chung-Shi YANG, Yeu-Kuang HWU
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Patent number: 8072606Abstract: The present invention discloses a fiber-optic localized plasmon resonance (FO-LPR) sensing device and a sensing system thereof, the FO-LPR sensing system includes a light source, a FO-LPR sensing device and a detector, and the light source provides a light beam entered into the FO-LPR sensing device, and the detector generates a detected signal according to an emergent light from the FO-LPR sensing device. The FO-LPR sensing device includes an optical fiber, a noble metal nanoparticle layer and a filter film layer. The filter film layer is having a porous material, and the porous material comes with a pore diameter or a property selected according to a feature of a sample, while an interfering substance in the sample is isolated.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2009Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: National Chung Cheng UniversityInventors: Lai-Kwan Chau, Chung-Shi Yang, Wei-Zhe Chang, Wei-Te Wu
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Patent number: 8062663Abstract: Methods and compositions for enhancing transdermal delivery of a bioactive agent. The method contains the step of applying to a skin tissue an effective amount of a composition comprising: (a) a drug vehicle; (b) a bioactive agent encapsulated within the drug vehicle; (c) a plurality of proteolytic enzyme molecules conjugated onto the surface of the drug vehicle; and (d) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, for a period of time effective to deliver the bioactive agent across the skin tissue at a desired dosage.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2009Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: National Health Research InstittuesInventors: Yu-Jing Wang, Yu-Chao Wang, Yi-Ting Wu, Lin-Ai Tai, Leu-Wei Lo, Chung-Shi Yang
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Publication number: 20110052711Abstract: A controlled release multidrug formulation for improving locomotor recovery after spinal cord injury comprising: (a) a first composition comprising a first bioactive agent, encapsulated within a first polymeric particle; (b) a second composition comprising a second bioactive agent, encapsulated within a second polymeric particle, wherein the second polymeric particle is encapsulated within the first polymeric particle; and (c) a third composition comprising a third bioactive agent, encapsulated within either the first or the second polymeric particle, wherein the second composition is released subsequently to the release of the first composition, and wherein the first bioactive agent is a neurotrophic factor, the second bioactive agent is a collagen synthesis inhibitor, and the third bioactive agent is selected from the group consisting of cyclic AMP (cAMP), an adenylate cyclase activator and a Rho inhibitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTESInventors: Yu-Chao Wang, Yi-Ting Wu, Chung-Shi Yang