Patents by Inventor Ikuya Seki

Ikuya Seki 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: 10080812
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a radioactive iodine-labeled pyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazole derivative compound represented by a definite general formula or a salt thereof, or a radiopharmaceutical comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignees: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo Saji, Masahiro Ono, Masafumi Ihara, Ikuya Seki
  • Patent number: 10081630
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a radioactive halogen-labeled pyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazole derivative compound represented by a specific general formula or a salt thereof, or a radiopharmaceutical comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignees: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Ono, Hideo Saji, Masafumi Ihara, Hiroki Matsumoto, Ikuya Seki
  • Publication number: 20180000974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a radioactive iodine-labeled pyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazole derivative compound represented by a definite general formula or a salt thereof, or a radiopharmaceutical comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicants: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo SAJI, Masahiro ONO, Masafumi IHARA, Ikuya SEKI
  • Publication number: 20170362226
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a radioactive halogen-labeled pyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazole derivative compound represented by a specific general formula or a salt thereof, or a radiopharmaceutical comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicants: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro ONO, Hideo SAJI, Masafumi IHARA, Hiroki MATSUMOTO, Ikuya SEKI
  • Patent number: 9044520
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a compound accumulating in an inflammatory site, a diagnostic agent containing the compound in labeled state and its precursor compound for labeling. Such a compound accumulating in inflammatory site may be represented by the following formula (1): Z—Y-Leu-Phe-(X)n-DLys(-(DLys)m-HalB)-(DLys)k-NH2??(1) wherein in the formula (1), Z represents a protective group for an amino group; Y represents Met or Nle; X represents a spacer consisting of one or more of amino acid and/or synthetic organic compounds; n represents 1 or 0; m represents 1 or 0; k represents 1 or 0; and HalB represents a substituted benzoic acid having a radioactive halogen in an aromatic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignees: Nihon Medi-Physics Co., Ltd., Kyoto University
    Inventors: Hideo Saji, Hiroyuki Kimura, Masahiro Ono, Ikuya Seki
  • Publication number: 20140088306
    Abstract: Provided is a compound effective as a diagnostic imaging probe targeting amyloid and an agent for Alzheimer's disease diagnosis including the compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicants: Nihon Medi-Physics Co., Ltd., KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hideo Saji, Masahiro Ono, Masafumi Ihara, Ikuya Seki
  • Patent number: 8476449
    Abstract: The present invention is a compound represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof. Furthermore, the present invention is an imaging agent used for imaging a tau protein, the imaging agent containing a compound represented by the formula (1) below or a salt thereof. In the formula (1), R3 is a radioactive iodine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignees: Nihon Medi-Physics Co., Ltd., Kyoto University
    Inventors: Hideo Saji, Masahiro Ono, Ikuya Seki
  • Publication number: 20120330024
    Abstract: The present invention is a compound represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof. Furthermore, the present invention is an imaging agent used for imaging a tau protein, the imaging agent containing a compound represented by the formula (1) below or a salt thereof. In the formula (1), R3 is a radioactive iodine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicants: Kyoto University, Nihon Medi-Physics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Saji, Masahiro Ono, Ikuya Seki
  • Publication number: 20120253010
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a compound accumulating in an inflammatory site, a diagnostic agent containing the compound in labeled state and its precursor compound for labeling. Such a compound accumulating in inflammatory site may be represented by the following formula (1): Z—Y-Leu-Phe-(X)n-DLys(-(DLys)m-HalB)-(DLys)k-NH2??(1) wherein in the formula (1), Z represents a protective group for an amino group; Y represents Met or Nle; X represents a spacer consisting of one or more of amino acid and/or synthetic organic compounds; n represents 1 or 0; m represents 1 or 0; k represents 1 or 0; and HalB represents a substituted benzoic acid having a radioactive halogen in an aromatic ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Hideo Saji, Hiroyuki Kimura, Masahiro Ono, Ikuya Seki
  • Patent number: 7854918
    Abstract: By preliminarily dissolving a basic organic compound in an aqueous solvent in which a peptide usable in metal-labeling is to be dissolved, the solubility of the peptide is improved and thus metal-labeling can be carried out without heating. A composition for medical use containing a peptide usable in metal-labeling and a basic organic compound acceptable as a pharmaceutical additive can be utilized as a preparation useful in image diagnosis, radiotherapy and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Nihon Medi-Physics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kawaguchi, Ikuya Seki, Marino Maemura
  • Publication number: 20070160532
    Abstract: By preliminarily dissolving a basic organic compound in an aqueous solvent in which a peptide usable in metal-labeling is to be dissolved, the solubility of the peptide is improved and thus metal-labeling can be carried out without heating. A composition for medical use containing a peptide usable in metal-labeling and a basic organic compound acceptable as a pharmaceutical additive can be utilized as a preparation useful in image diagnosis, radiotherapy and so on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kawaguchi, Ikuya Seki, Marino Maemura
  • Patent number: 7220827
    Abstract: A compound that comprises Met-Leu-Phe or Nle-Leu-Phe serving as the leukocyte-binding site of a formyl peptide receptor (FPR), a binding part comprising Ser or Thr that increases the binding ratio to monocytes and lymphocytes in all leukocytes, a group that can be labeled with a radioactive metal or a paramagnetic metal, and spacers binding the three moieties together shows binding properties specific to all leukocytes, i.e., neutrophils, monocytes and lymphocytes both in vivo and in vitro. Owing to this characteristic, this compound is highly useful in SPECT image diagnosis, PET image diagnosis, MRI image diagnosis and the like, for imaging sites of inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Nihon Medi-Physics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuya Seki, Takayoshi Kawaguchi, Yoshifumi Shirakami
  • Publication number: 20060057064
    Abstract: A compound binding to leukocytes, which comprises Met-Leu-Phe or Nle-Leu-Phe serving as the leukocyte-binding site of a formyl peptide receptor (FPR), a binding part comprising Ser or Thr elevating the binding ratios to monocytes and lymphocytes in all leukocytes, a group which can be labeled with a radioactive metal or a paramagnetic metal, and a spacer binding them shows binding properties specific to all leukocytes, i.e., neutrophils, monocytes and lymphocytes both in vivo and in vitro and can be labeled with a radioactive metal or a paramagnetic metal. Owing to these characteristics, this compound is highly useful in SPECT image diagnosis, PET image diagnosis, MRI image diagnosis and so on wherein imaging is performed in a site with vigorous leukocyte infiltration accompanied by an immune reaction in an individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Ikuya Seki, Takayoshi Kawaguchi, Yoshifumi Shirakami
  • Patent number: 5827498
    Abstract: A peptide having affinity with tumor or a salt thereof, which comprises an amino acid sequence containing 20 or less amino acid residues, said amino acid sequence being described as X.sub.1 -YCAREPPT-X.sub.2 wherein A, C, E, P, R, T and Y represent amino acid residues expressed by standard one-letter symbols, each of amino acid residues A, C, R and Y in the amino acid sequence YCAR may be in either L-form or D-form, X.sub.1 represents a basic organic compound having 1-3 amino groups, and X.sub.2 represents any given amino acid sequence, is provided together with a radioactive diagnostic agent and a radioactive therapeutic agent containing the above peptide or a salt thereof. The present tumor affinity peptide is high in radioactive metal labeling yield, useful for imaging and treating pathological tissues such as of breast cancer, ovarian cancer and colon cancer of mammals including human, and difficult to be readily metabolized in organisms and to accumulate in normal tissues especially at kidney and liver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Nihon Medi-Physics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuya Seki, Yoshitoshi Itaya, Yoshifumi Shirakami, Komei Washino
  • Patent number: 5785948
    Abstract: The invention provides, inter alia, metal radionuclide-labelled reagent comprising a metal radionuclide coordinated with a metal chelate forming peptide having an amino acid sequence of three amino acid residues represented by: X1-X2-Cys, wherein X1 represents an Asp residue, a Tyr residue or a Lys residue; X2 represents an amino acid residue other than a Cys residue and a Pro residue, provided that X2 does not represent a Gly residue when X1 represents an Asp residue; wherein functional groups at the N-terminus, C-terminus and side chain may be optionally substituted with protecting groups; and wherein each of the amino acid residues may be either D-form or L-form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Nihon Medi-Physics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Itaya, Ikuya Seki, Koichi Hanaoka, Yoshifumi Shirakami
  • Patent number: 5770178
    Abstract: The invention provides a metal chelate forming peptide having an amino acid sequence of three amino acid residues represented by: X1-X2-Cys, wherein X1 represents an amino acid residue other than Cys residue; X2 represents an amino acid residue other than Cys residue and Pro residue; functional groups at the N-terminus, C-terminus and side chain may be substituted with protecting groups; and each of the amino acid residues may be any of D-form and L-form. Further, the invention provides a complex of the peptide with a physiologically active peptide, protein or other substance; a labeled reagent obtained by labeling the peptide or the complex with a metal radionuclide; and a radiodiagnostic and radiotherapeutic composition comprising the metal radionuclide-labeled reagent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Nihon Medi-Physics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Itaya, Ikuya Seki, Koichi Hanaoka, Yoshifumi Shirakami