Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kamao

Hiroyuki Kamao 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: 11033586
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a cell sheet comprising a retinal pigment epithelial cell layer and a vascular forming cell layer composed of stem cells having vascular formation ability or blood vessel constituting cells, comprising a step of laminating the retinal pigment epithelial cell layer and the vascular forming cell layer, and a cell sheet obtained by said method. Furthermore, the present invention provides a cell sheet for transplantation, comprising a cell layer formed with retinal pigment epithelial cells obtained by inducing differentiation of stem cells or progenitor cells ex vivo, a basement membrane secreted from said cells, and a vascular forming cell layer composed of stem cells having vascular formation ability or blood vessel constituting cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: RIKEN
    Inventors: Masayo Takahashi, Hiroyuki Kamao
  • Publication number: 20180171292
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a cell sheet including the following steps (1) seeding and culturing retinal pigment epithelial cells on a collagen gel to form a cell sheet composed of the retinal pigment epithelial cells, and (2) degrading the collagen gel with collagenase to detach the cell sheet composed of the retinal pigment epithelial cells, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: RIKEN
    Inventors: Masayo TAKAHASHI, Satoshi OKAMOTO, Hiroyuki KAMAO
  • Patent number: 9902933
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a cell sheet including the following steps (1) seeding and culturing retinal pigment epithelial cells on a collagen gel to form a cell sheet composed of the retinal pigment epithelial cells, and (2) degrading the collagen gel with collagenase to detach the cell sheet composed of the retinal pigment epithelial cells, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: RIKEN
    Inventors: Masayo Takahashi, Satoshi Okamoto, Hiroyuki Kamao
  • Patent number: 9192514
    Abstract: A medical instrument includes a handpiece, a tank portion for housing a fluid, a plunger that changes a volume or pressure of an inside of the tank portion to suction the fluid into the tank portion or discharge the fluid from the tank portion, and an operating unit for operating the plunger. The handpiece includes a grip portion at the front end, and an operation member of the operating unit is disposed on a side of the grip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignees: NIDEK CO., LTD., RIKEN
    Inventors: Osamu Mita, Tsuguo Nanjo, Yoshihisa Harada, Toshifumi Sumiya, Koji Osawa, Susumu Oshima, Masayo Takahashi, Hiroyuki Kamao
  • Publication number: 20150250828
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a cell sheet comprising a retinal pigment epithelial cell layer and a vascular forming cell layer composed of stem cells having vascular formation ability or blood vessel constituting cells, comprising a step of laminating the retinal pigment epithelial cell layer and the vascular forming cell layer, and a cell sheet obtained by said method. Furthermore, the present invention provides a cell sheet for transplantation, comprising a cell layer formed with retinal pigment epithelial cells obtained by inducing differentiation of stem cells or progenitor cells ex vivo, a basement membrane secreted from said cells, and a vascular forming cell layer composed of stem cells having vascular formation ability or blood vessel constituting cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kamao, Masayo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140057281
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a cell sheet including the following steps (1) seeding and culturing retinal pigment epithelial cells on a collagen gel to form a cell sheet composed of the retinal pigment epithelial cells, and (2) degrading the collagen gel with collagenase to detach the cell sheet composed of the retinal pigment epithelial cells, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: RIKEN
    Inventors: Masayo Takahashi, Satoshi Okamoto, Hiroyuki Kamao