Patents by Inventor Katsuhisa Tanjoh

Katsuhisa Tanjoh 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).

  • Prophylactic agent and/or therapeutic agent for sepsis
    Patent number: 9474770
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sepsis therapeutic drug useful for prophylaxis and treatment of sepsis. A prophylactic agent and/or a therapeutic agent for sepsis containing 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) or a derivative thereof or a pharmacologically acceptable salt of 5-ALA or the derivative as an active ingredient is prepared. The prophylactic agent and/or the therapeutic agent preferably contains a metal-containing compound such as ferrous sodium citrate in addition to the ALAs. Preferred examples of the ALAs include ALA; various esters of ALA such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, and pentyl esters; and hydrochlorides, phosphates, sulfates of ALA and the esters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignees: SBI Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., Nihon University
    Inventors: Kosaku Kinoshita, Katsuhisa Tanjoh, Akihiro Noda, Atsushi Sakurai, Tohru Tanaka, Kiwamu Takahashi, Motowo Nakajima, Fuminori Abe
  • PROPHYLACTIC AGENT AND/OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR SEPSIS
    Publication number: 20140186464
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sepsis therapeutic drug useful for prophylaxis and treatment of sepsis. A prophylactic agent and/or a therapeutic agent for sepsis containing 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) or a derivative thereof or a pharmacologically acceptable salt of 5-ALA or the derivative as an active ingredient is prepared. The prophylactic agent and/or the therapeutic agent preferably contains a metal-containing compound such as ferrous sodium citrate in addition to the ALAs. Preferred examples of the ALAs include ALA; various esters of ALA such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, and pentyl esters; and hydrochlorides, phosphates, sulfates of ALA and the esters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicants: NIHON UNIVERSITY, SBI Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kosaku Kinoshita, Katsuhisa Tanjoh, Akihiro Noda, Atsushi Sakurai, Tohru Tanaka, Kiwamu Takahashi, Motowo Nakajima, Fuminori Abe