Patents by Inventor Fumiaki SHIMA

Fumiaki SHIMA 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).

  • Publication number: 20220145241
    Abstract: Provided are a method for producing undifferentiated cell spheroids, the method comprising the step of culturing undifferentiated cells on a cell-adhesive surface of a cell culture sheet; a method for maintaining cell spheroids in an undifferentiated state, the method comprising the step of culturing undifferentiated cell spheroids on a cell-adhesive surface of a cell culture sheet; and a cell spheroid obtained by the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomomi MAKINO, Fumiaki SHIMA
  • Publication number: 20210123012
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cell culture sheet comprising a plurality of recesses each having an opening of 1000 ?m or less in diameter, wherein each recess has an inner circumferential face and a bottom face, wherein the inner circumferential face has a non-cell adhesive surface, and wherein the bottom face has a cell-adhesive surface; and a method for producing a cell culture sheet, the method comprising laminating of a layer having a non-cell adhesive surface and a layer having a cell-adhesive surface, wherein the layer having a non-cell adhesive surface has a plurality of through-holes of 1000 ?m or less in diameter. The cell culture sheet of the present invention can be prepared simply and assists efficient cell culture operation, and therefore can preferably be used in the field of cell-based pharmaceutical preparations, for example, spheroid-containing pharmaceutical preparations etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomomi MAKINO, Fumiaki SHIMA, Koji NAKAZAWA