Patents by Inventor Jiro HIROTA

Jiro HIROTA 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: 20260227394
    Abstract: This method for measuring pulmonary surfactant protein D includes a step of bringing a sample containing pulmonary surfactant protein D into contact with an insoluble carrier on which an anti-pulmonary surfactant protein D monoclonal antibody has been immobilized, and a step of detecting a complex of the pulmonary surfactant protein D and at least two of the anti-pulmonary surfactant protein D monoclonal antibodies, wherein the insoluble carrier supports only one type of antibody as the anti-pulmonary surfactant protein D monoclonal antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Applicant: SEKISUI MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiro HIROTA, Tomo SHIMIZU, Tomohiro KOUHATA, Manami IWASAKI
  • Patent number: 12352766
    Abstract: A problem to be solved is to further improve the specificity for free AIM of an antibody specifically reacting with free AIM and to diagnose NASH without imposing a burden on patients and medical staffs. The problem can be solved by an immunoassay method for free AIM in a biological sample containing complex AIM and free AIM, and the method comprises bringing the biological sample into contact with an antibody specifically reacting with free AIM in a presence of an anti-IgM antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignees: SEKISUI MEDICAL CO., LTD., SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION “SAISEIKAI” IMPERIAL GIFT FOUNDATION INC.
    Inventors: Toru Miyazaki, Takeshi Okanoue, Tomohide Asai, Yuka Kanetsuki, Jiro Hirota
  • Patent number: 12265083
    Abstract: A problem to be solved is to improve the specificity of an anti-AIM antibody for free AIM in a biological sample containing complex AIM and free AIM. The problem can be solved by an immunoassay method for measuring an amount of free AIM in a biological sample containing complex AIM and free AIM, and the method comprises bringing the biological sample into contact with an anti-AIM antibody in the presence of an anti-IgM antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignees: SEKISUI MEDICAL CO., LTD., SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION “SAISEIKAI” IMPERIAL GIFT FOUNDATION INC.
    Inventors: Toru Miyazaki, Takeshi Okanoue, Tomohide Asai, Yuka Kanetsuki, Jiro Hirota
  • Publication number: 20240255505
    Abstract: The present invention provides an immunoassay method for assaying SARS-CoV-2 in a biological sample, including using two types of monoclonal antibodies or antibody fragments thereof that bind to a peptide fragment having 30 or less consecutive amino acids in a nucleocapsid protein of SARS-CoV-2, wherein the two types of monoclonal antibodies or antibody fragments thereof recognize different epitopes
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: SEKISUI MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiro HIROTA, Satoru UNO, Yasushi OCHIAI, Shizuka ITO, Keisuke WATANABE, Shinya OKUYAMA, Tomohide ASAI
  • Publication number: 20240241120
    Abstract: The present invention provides an immunoassay method for assaying SARS-CoV-2, including a step of contacting a biological sample with a monoclonal antibody or an antibody fragment thereof that binds to a nucleocapsid protein of SARS-COV-2, wherein the monoclonal antibody or the antibody fragment thereof binds to the SARS-CoV-2 treated with a serine protease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: SEKISUI MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiro HIROTA, Satoru UNO, Yasushi OCHIAI, Shohei YAJI, Christopher Kenta HEWSON, Keigo KOHNO, Tomohide ASAI
  • Publication number: 20220146529
    Abstract: A problem to be solved is to detect only free AIM in a biological sample containing complex AIM and free AIM. The problem can be solved by an immunoassay method for free AIM in a biological sample using an anti-AIM monoclonal antibody having a property of reacting with free AIM and not reacting with complex AIM, wherein the anti-AIM monoclonal antibody is an antibody binding to an epitope in the SRCR2 domain of human AIM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: SEKISUI MEDICAL CO., LTD., SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION "SAISEIKAI" IMPERIAL GIFT FOUNDATION INC.
    Inventors: Toru MIYAZAKI, Tomoko YAMAZAKI, Takeshi OKANOUE, Tomohide ASAI, Yuka KANETSUKI, Jiro HIROTA
  • Publication number: 20220120762
    Abstract: A problem to be solved is to further improve the specificity for free AIM of an antibody specifically reacting with free AIM and to diagnose NASH without imposing a burden on patients and medical staffs. The problem can be solved by an immunoassay method for free AIM in a biological sample containing complex AIM and free AIM, and the method comprises bringing the biological sample into contact with an antibody specifically reacting with free AIM in a presence of an anti-IgM antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicants: SEKISUI MEDICAL CO., LTD., SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION "SAISEIKAI" IMPERIAL GIFT FOUNDATION INC.
    Inventors: Toru MIYAZAKI, Takeshi OKANOUE, Tomohide ASAI, Yuka KANETSUKI, Jiro HIROTA
  • Publication number: 20220107318
    Abstract: A problem to be solved is to improve the specificity of an anti-AIM antibody for free AIM in a biological sample containing complex AIM and free AIM. The problem can be solved by an immunoassay method for measuring an amount of free AIM in a biological sample containing complex AIM and free AIM, and the method comprises bringing the biological sample into contact with an anti-AIM antibody in the presence of an anti-IgM antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicants: SEKISUI MEDICAL CO., LTD., SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION "SAISEIKA" IMPERIAL GIFT FOUNDATION INC.
    Inventors: Toru MIYAZAKI, Takeshi OKANOUE, Tomohide ASAI, Yuka KANETSUKI, Jiro HIROTA
  • Publication number: 20210389326
    Abstract: A method and a diagnostic agent kit for detecting viral liver cancer having excellent sensitivity and specificity are provided. The problem can be solved by a method for detecting viral liver cancer, comprising measuring an amount of free AIM in a biological sample from a subject and comparing the measured amount of free AIM with a reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicants: SEKISUI MEDICAL CO., LTD., SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION "SAISEIKAI" IMPERIAL GIFT FOUNDATION INC.
    Inventors: Toru MIYAZAKI, Tomoko YAMAZAKI, Takeshi OKANOUE, Tomohide ASAI, Yuka KANETSUKI, Jiro HIROTA