Patents by Inventor Johan Mikael Unga

Johan Mikael Unga 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).

  • Theranostic bubble preparation (TB), and method for using same
    Patent number: 10688199
    Abstract: Provided is a theranostic bubble preparation which makes it possible to diagnose and treat a tissue of interest by the irradiation with ultrasound such as diagnostic ultrasound and low-intensity therapeutic ultrasound. The theranostic bubble preparation comprises: a coating film comprising a lipid; and a gas enclosed in an inner cavity formed in the coating film. The coating film comprises an anionic lipid made from distearoylphosphatidylcholine (DSPC), distearoylphosphatidylglycerol (DSPG) and 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-[methoxy(polyethylene glycol)-2000] (DSPE-PEG2000). The gas and the mixed gas comprises perfluoropropane or perfluorobutane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: TEIKYO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kazuo Maruyama, Ryo Suzuki, Johan Mikael Unga, Daiki Omata, Yusuke Oda
  • THERANOSTIC BUBBLE PREPARATION (TB), AND METHOD FOR USING SAME
    Publication number: 20180161462
    Abstract: Provided is a theranostic bubble preparation which makes it possible to diagnose and treat a tissue of interest by the irradiation with ultrasound such as diagnostic ultrasound and low-intensity therapeutic ultrasound. The theranostic bubble preparation comprises: a coating film comprising a lipid; and a gas enclosed in an inner cavity formed in the coating film. The coating film comprises an anionic lipid made from distearoylphosphatidylcholine (DSPC), distearoylphosphatidylglycerol (DSPG) and 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-[methoxy(polyethylene glycol)-2000] (DSPE-PEG2000). The gas and the mixed gas comprises perfluoropropane or perfluorobutane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuo Maruyama, Ryo Suzuki, Johan Mikael Unga, Daiki Omata, Yusuke Oda