Patents by Inventor Kazuo Shinmura

Kazuo Shinmura 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).

  • Instrument for inducing cytokine and method of inducing cytokine
    Publication number: 20060275328
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a novel instrument for inducing a cytokine and a method of inducing a cytokine by which a cytokine can be effectively induced compared to the existing cytokine induction therapy. Namely, an instrument for inducing a cytokine which contains a hemolytic streptococcus and/or a hemolytic streptococcus-origin component and a water-insoluble carrier; and a method of inducing a cytokine by using this instrument for inducing a cytokine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kitahara, Kazuo Shinmura, Yoshiko Abe, Kiyoshi Kuriyama
  • instrument for inducing cytokine and method of inducing cytokine
    Publication number: 20060263430
    Abstract: There are provided a cytokine-inducing instrument and a cytokine-inducing method, which can more effectively induce cytokine as compared with the previous cytokine-inducing method. A cytokine-inducing instrument comprising a cytokine-inducing agent, and a carrier of a water-insoluble porous material, and cytokine-inducing method for inducing cytokine from a cell producing cytokine, using the cytokine-inducing instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventor: Kazuo Shinmura
  • Cytokine-inducing material and cytokine-inducing instrument
    Publication number: 20050013791
    Abstract: A cytokine-inducing material and a cytokine-inducing instrument to be used in cytokine-induction therapy and the like. More specifically speaking, a cytokine-inducing material characterized by containing a water-insoluble induction potentiator comprising a cytokine-inducer such as BCG, a polymer, etc.; and a cytokine-inducing instrument having this inducing material packed in a container. By bringing the inducing material into contact with, for example, blood or blood components, cytokine can be induced more effectively than conventional cases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Kazuo Shinmura, Kiyoshi Kuriyama
  • Granulocyte adsorbing carrier and granulocyte remover
    Patent number: 5593586
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a granulocyte adsorbing carrier which is provided on its surface with irregularities having a center line average height Ra of 0.2 to 10 .mu.m and a mean spacing Sm of unevenness being within a range of 5 to 200 .mu.m, and a granulocyte remover employing the granulocyte adsorbing carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1997
    Assignees: Sekisui Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha of Osaka, Japan, Japan Immuno Research Lab. Co., Ltd. of Gunma, Japan
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Yamazaki, Kazuo Shinmura, Yoshiko Abe
  • Method of forming a granulocyte adsorbing carrier and granulocyte remover
    Patent number: 5525279
    Abstract: A method of making a granulocyte adsorbing carrier, which is provided on its surface with irregularities having a center line average height Ra of 0.2 to 10 .mu.m and a mean spacing Sm of unevenness being within a range of 5 to 200 .mu.m, and a granulocyte remover employing the granulocyte adsorbing carrier, is conducted by methanol extraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignees: Sekisui Kagaku Kogyo K.K., Japan Immuno Research Laboratories, Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Yamazaki, Kazuo Shinmura, Yoshiko Abe, Masakazu Adachi