Patents by Inventor Kazuki SUTO

Kazuki SUTO 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).

  • Medical analysis device and cell analysis method
    Patent number: 11660596
    Abstract: The present invention provides a medical analysis device and a cell analysis method, which can capture specific cells such as many types of cancer cells including cancer cells not expressing EpCAM and stem cells. Provided is a medical analysis device including a well portion, the well portion having a hydrophilic silane compound layer formed at least partly on the inner surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Minagawa, Masaru Tanaka, Haruka Emura, Kazuki Suto
  • Specific cell fractionating and capturing methods
    Patent number: 11614440
    Abstract: Provided are specific cell-fractionating and -capturing methods which can fractionate and capture, respectively, specific cells (e.g., many types of cancer cells, including cancer cells not expressing EpCAM, or peripheral blood stem cells). Included is a method for fractionating specific cells present in blood or biological fluid, the method including fractionating the blood or biological fluid by centrifugation to collect the specific cells in the blood or biological fluid, the centrifugation being carried out using a container having a low protein adsorbing layer at least partially formed on the inner surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Minagawa, Masaru Tanaka, Haruka Emura, Kazuki Suto
  • MEDICAL ANALYSIS DEVICE AND CELL ANALYSIS METHOD
    Publication number: 20200338554
    Abstract: The present invention provides a medical analysis device and a cell analysis method, which can capture specific cells such as many types of cancer cells including cancer cells not expressing EpCAM and stem cells. Provided is a medical analysis device including a well portion, the well portion having a hydrophilic silane compound layer formed at least partly on the inner surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicants: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasuhisa MINAGAWA, Masaru TANAKA, Haruka EMURA, Kazuki SUTO
  • SPECIFIC CELL FRACTIONATING AND CAPTURING METHODS
    Publication number: 20200238201
    Abstract: Provided are specific cell-fractionating and -capturing methods which can fractionate and capture, respectively, specific cells (e.g., many types of cancer cells, including cancer cells not expressing EpCAM, or peripheral blood stem cells). Included is a method for fractionating specific cells present in blood or biological fluid, the method including fractionating the blood or biological fluid by centrifugation to collect the specific cells in the blood or biological fluid, the centrifugation being carried out using a container having a low protein adsorbing layer at least partially formed on the inner surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicants: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasuhisa MINAGAWA, Masaru TANAKA, Haruka EMURA, Kazuki SUTO