Patents by Inventor Jong-Young Kwak

Jong-Young Kwak 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: 11952687
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for producing a cell-culturing polyvinyl alcohol-based nanofiber structure, the method comprising: electrospinning an electrospun solution to form a nanofiber mat, wherein the electrospun solution contains polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polyacrylic acid (PA) and glutaraldehyde (GA); crosslinking the nanofiber mat via a hydrochloric acid (HCl) vapor treatment; and treating the crosslinked nanofiber mat with dimethylformamide (DMF) solvent to crystallize the nanofiber mat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NANOFAENTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Young Kwak, Jung Min Kim, Yeo Jin Park, Dan Bi Park, Qasaim Muhammad, Young Hun Jeong
  • Patent number: 11685900
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nanofiber-based long-term primary hepatocyte culture system and a culture method, wherein the primary hepatocyte culture system has an advantage that it can culture cells in three-dimensions in vitro to maintain the original physiological activity of low proliferative primary hepatocytes for a long time by co-culturing indirectly by separating primary hepatocytes and hepatic non-parenchymal cells with a support consisting of nanofibers therebetween without direct co-culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: NANOFAENTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Young Kwak, Min Gyu Song, So Hee Kim, Min Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11643634
    Abstract: A method of preparing a polyvinyl alcohol nanofiber membrane includes a material for controlling cell specific adhesion, and a nanofiber membrane that can maintain cellular functions such as cell activity and growth is prepared by adding aqueous solutions containing a polyacrylic acid and a glutaraldehyde crosslinking agent in a polyvinyl alcohol and materials capable of enhancing or regulating cell adhesion, electrospinning, treating with hydrochloric acid vapor and dimethylformaldehyde solvent and treating with sodium hydroxide to control the cell adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: NANOFAENTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Young Kwak, Minho Choi, Gwang Lee
  • Publication number: 20220395552
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for inhibiting the toxicity with respect to nanoparticles and particulate matters generated from the environment. Since it has been confirmed that a decrease in intracellular ATP, a decrease in cell viability, inflammation-induced morphological changes in cells and cell activation, which are induced by nanoparticles or environmentally-derived particulate matters, are inhibited by means of the composition of the present invention, the composition may be utilized as a reducing substance for the toxicity of nanoparticles and particulate matters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Gwang LEE, Tae-Hwan SHIN, Yup KANG, Jong-Young KWAK, Dayeon LEE
  • Patent number: 11345881
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a nanofiber structure for cell culture, a method for manufacturing the structure, and a cell analysis device including the nanofiber structure for cell culture. The structure includes a cell culture layer made of nanofibers; and a spacer protruding upward from a surface of the cell culture layer, wherein the spacer divides a region on the cell culture layer into at least two culturing regions, wherein the spacer is made of the same nanofibers as the cell culture layer and thus has a cell migration channel defined therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF AJOU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jong-Young Kwak, Young-Hun Jeong, Jeong-Hwa Kim, Tae-Eon Kim
  • Patent number: 11162068
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a composite nanofiber support and a fish collagen/synthetic polymer nanofiber support manufactured by the method, wherein the method comprises: a first step for dissolving a synthetic polymer in an organic solvent; a second step for dissolving a fish collagen in water to prepare an aqueous fish collagen solution; a third step for adding the aqueous fish collagen solution prepared in the second step to the synthetic polymer solution prepared in the first step, followed by mixing; and a fourth step for electrospinning the mixture solution prepared in the third step to manufacture a nanofiber support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sik Yoon, Jong-Young Kwak, Song-Wan Jin, Young Hun Jeong, Chang Gun Kim, Da Jeong Choi, Hae Yeong Kang, Subhan Fazli, Muhamad Ikram
  • Publication number: 20210332511
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for producing a cell-culturing polyvinyl alcohol-based nanofiber structure, the method comprising: electrospinning an electrospun solution to form a nanofiber mat, wherein the electrospun solution contains polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polyacrylic acid (PA) and glutaraldehyde (GA); crosslinking the nanofiber mat via a hydrochloric acid (HCl) vapor treatment; and treating the crosslinked nanofiber mat with dimethylformamide (DMF) solvent to crystallize the nanofiber mat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: NANOFAENTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Young KWAK, Jung Min KIM, Yeo Jin PARK, Dan Bi PARK, Qasaim MUHAMMAD, Young Hun JEONG
  • Patent number: 10968346
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a polycaprolactone nanostructure with improved cell adhesive ability containing fucoidan according to the present invention comprises dissolving fucoidan in glacial acetic acid as a solvent to obtain fucoidan-glacial acetic acid solution, mixing polycaprolactone with the fucoidan-glacial acetic acid solution to obtain a polycaprolactone-mixed solution, and manufacturing a nanostructure from the polycaprolactone-mixed solution by an electrospinning method. Therefore, a polycaprolactone nanostructure with improved cell adhesive ability containing fucoidan manufactured by the method according to the present invention exhibits characteristics of preventing fucoidan from being released from nanofibers by uniformly distributing fucoidan in the polycaprolactone nanostructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jong Young Kwak, Jung Min Kim, Yeo Jin Park, Dan Bi Park, Young Hun Jeong, Jeong Hwa Kim
  • Publication number: 20200283725
    Abstract: A method of preparing a polyvinyl alcohol nanofiber membrane includes a material for controlling cell specific adhesion, and a nanofiber membrane that can maintain cellular functions such as cell activity and growth is prepared by adding aqueous solutions containing a polyacrylic acid and a glutaraldehyde crosslinking agent in a polyvinyl alcohol and materials capable of enhancing or regulating cell adhesion, electrospinning, treating with hydrochloric acid vapor and dimethylformaldehyde solvent and treating with sodium hydroxide to control the cell adhesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicants: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, NANOFAENTECH CO., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Young KWAK, Minho CHOI, Gwang LEE
  • Publication number: 20200239851
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nanofiber-based long-term primary hepatocyte culture system and a culture method, wherein the primary hepatocyte culture system has an advantage that it can culture cells in three-dimensions in vitro to maintain the original physiological activity of low proliferative primary hepatocytes for a long time by co-culturing indirectly by separating primary hepatocytes and hepatic non-parenchymal cells with a support consisting of nanofibers therebetween without direct co-culture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jong-Young KWAK, Min Gyu SONG, So Hee KIM, Min Ho CHOI
  • Patent number: 10420861
    Abstract: Disclosed are a nanofiber mat, a manufacturing method thereof, and applications thereof as a mat for cell culturing or as a barrier membrane for guided bone regeneration (GBR). The nanofiber layer includes a nanofiber layer and a reinforcement pattern that is disposed on the nanofiber layer and adhesively connected with the nanofiber layer. The nanofiber layer and the reinforcement pattern are combined with each other by at least one of the melting-solidification of at least a part of the nanofiber layer together with the reinforcement pattern, the dissolution-solidification of the same, and the penetration of a part of the reinforcement pattern into the nanofiber layer, followed by solidification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: ST1 CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Hun Jeong, Jong-young Kwak, Jeong Hwa Kim, Chang Gun Kim
  • Publication number: 20190270883
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a polycaprolactone nanostructure with improved cell adhesive ability containing fucoidan according to the present invention comprises dissolving fucoidan in glacial acetic acid as a solvent to obtain fucoidan-glacial acetic acid solution, mixing polycaprolactone with the fucoidan-glacial acetic acid solution to obtain a polycaprolactone-mixed solution, and manufacturing a nanostructure from the polycaprolactone-mixed solution by an electrospinning method. Therefore, a polycaprolactone nanostructure with improved cell adhesive ability containing fucoidan manufactured by the method according to the present invention exhibits characteristics of preventing fucoidan from being released from nanofibers by uniformly distributing fucoidan in the polycaprolactone nanostructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jong Young KWAK, Jung Min KIM, Yeo Jin PARK, Dan Bi PARK, Young Hun JEONG, Jeong Hwa KIM
  • Publication number: 20190119627
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a composite nanofiber support and a fish collagen/synthetic polymer nanofiber support manufactured by the method, wherein the method comprises: a first step for dissolving a synthetic polymer in an organic solvent; a second step for dissolving a fish collagen in water to prepare an aqueous fish collagen solution; a third step for adding the aqueous fish collagen solution prepared in the second step to the synthetic polymer solution prepared in the first step, followed by mixing; and a fourth step for electrospinning the mixture solution prepared in the third step to manufacture a nanofiber support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sik YOON, Jong-Young KWAK, Song-Wan JIN, Young Hun JEONG, Chang Gun KIM, Da Jeong CHOI, Hae Yeong KANG, Subhan FAZLI, Muhamad IKRAM
  • Patent number: 10227560
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a composite nanofiber support and a fish collagen/synthetic polymer nanofiber support manufactured by the method, wherein the method comprises: a first step for dissolving a synthetic polymer in an organic solvent; a second step for dissolving a fish collagen in water to prepare an aqueous fish collagen solution; a third step for adding the aqueous fish collagen solution prepared in the second step to the synthetic polymer solution prepared in the first step, followed by mixing; and a fourth step for electrospinning the mixture solution prepared in the third step to manufacture a nanofiber support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sik Yoon, Jong-Young Kwak, Song-Wan Jin, Young Hun Jeong, Chang Gun Kim, Da Jeong Choi, Hae Yeong Kang, Subhan Fazli, Muhamad Ikram
  • Publication number: 20180362913
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a nanofiber structure for cell culture, a method for manufacturing the structure, and a cell analysis device including the nanofiber structure for cell culture. The structure includes a cell culture layer made of nanofibers; and a spacer protruding upward from a surface of the cell culture layer, wherein the spacer divides a region on the cell culture layer into at least two culturing regions, wherein the spacer is made of the same nanofibers as the cell culture layer and thus has a cell migration channel defined therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation of Ajou University
    Inventors: Jong Young KWAK, Young Hun JEONG, Jeong Hwa KIM, Tae Eon KIM
  • Publication number: 20170204365
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a composite nanofiber support and a fish collagen/synthetic polymer nanofiber support manufactured by the method, wherein the method comprises: a first step for dissolving a synthetic polymer in an organic solvent; a second step for dissolving a fish collagen in water to prepare an aqueous fish collagen solution; a third step for adding the aqueous fish collagen solution prepared in the second step to the synthetic polymer solution prepared in the first step, followed by mixing; and a fourth step for electrospinning the mixture solution prepared in the third step to manufacture a nanofiber support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sik YOON, Jong-Young KWAK, Song-Wan JIN, Young Hun JEONG, Chang Gun KIM, Da Jeong CHOI, Hae Yeong KANG, Subhan FAZLI, Muhamad IKRAM
  • Publication number: 20160250393
    Abstract: Disclosed are a nanofiber mat, a manufacturing method thereof, and applications thereof as a mat for cell culturing or as a barrier membrane for guided bone regeneration (GBR). The nanofiber layer includes a nanofiber layer and a reinforcement pattern that is disposed on the nanofiber layer and adhesively connected with the nanofiber layer. The nanofiber layer and the reinforcement pattern are combined with each other by at least one of the melting-solidification of at least a part of the nanofiber layer together with the reinforcement pattern, the dissolution-solidification of the same, and the penetration of a part of the reinforcement pattern into the nanofiber layer, followed by solidification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Young Hun JEONG, Jong-young KWAK, Jeong Hwa KIM, Chang Gun KIM
  • Patent number: 7671028
    Abstract: The present application discloses W-rich peptide that is useful for inhibiting FPR class receptor activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignees: POSTECH Foundation, POSCO, POSTECH Academy-Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Pann-Ghill Suh, Yoe-Sik Bae, Sung Ho Ryu, Tae Hoon Lee, Ha Young Lee, Eun Jin Jo, Jung-Im Kim, Hyun-Kyu Kang, Richard D. Ye, Jong-Young Kwak