Patents by Inventor Keiji Nogami
Keiji Nogami 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).
-
Publication number: 20240052059Abstract: The present inventors examined the procoagulant activity of a multispecific antigen-binding molecule that functionally substitutes for FVIII using blood and plasma derived from FIX disorder patients. The result showed that multispecific antigen-binding molecules that functionally substitute for FVIII can be used not only as methods for preventing and/or treating bleeding in hemophilia A, acquired hemophilia A, von Willebrand disease, and hemophilia C, which are caused by FVIII dysfunction, but also as methods for preventing and/or treating bleeding in FIX disorders, because of their procoagulant activity. Furthermore, the effect of a FIX formulation could be enhanced by using it in combination with a multispecific antigen-binding molecule that functionally substitutes for FVIII, and it was shown that the combined use is promising as a combination therapy that shows stable hemostatic effects.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicants: PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Midori Shima, Keiji Nogami, Kenichi Ogiwara
-
Publication number: 20220373565Abstract: An APTT prolongation factor estimation system includes one or more facilities each including an analyzer which measures a blood coagulation reaction of a subject blood specimen, a database which stores data on a blood coagulation reaction and APTT prolongation factor of blood specimens, and a computer which estimates an APTT prolongation factor of the subject blood specimen based on the data on the blood coagulation reaction from the analyzer and the data stored in the database. The facilities each further includes a data transmission unit which transmits, to the computer, the data on the blood coagulation reaction of the subject blood specimen obtained by the analyzer, and a data reception unit which receives a result of the estimation of the APTT prolongation factor, which is obtained by the computer, regarding the subject blood specimen measured by each of the analyzers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicants: SEKISUI MEDICAL CO., LTD., PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Toshiki KAWABE, Yukio ODA, Midori SHIMA, Keiji NOGAMI, Kenichi OGIWARA, Naruto SHIMONISHI
-
Publication number: 20220326262Abstract: Provided is a method by which a titer of a coagulation factor inhibitor can be measured simply and in a short time. The present invention relates to a method for measuring a titer of a coagulation factor inhibitor. The method includes: preparing a mixed specimen containing a subject blood specimen and a normal blood specimen; heating the mixed specimen and acquiring a coagulation reaction curve for the heated mixed specimen; acquiring a coagulation reaction curve for the mixed specimen that has not been heated; calculating a parameter related to the coagulation reaction curve of the mixed specimen that has not been heated as a first parameter; calculating a parameter related to the coagulation reaction curve of the heated mixed specimen as a second parameter; and calculating a titer of a coagulation factor inhibitor in the subject blood specimen on the basis of the ratio or the difference between the first parameter and the second parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2020Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicants: SEKISUI MEDICAL CO., LTD., PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Toshiki KAWABE, Yukio ODA, Mari EMMI, Midori SHIMA, Keiji NOGAMI, Kenichi OGIWARA, Naruto SHIMONISHI
-
Publication number: 20220146537Abstract: To provide a method for analyzing coagulation characteristics of a blood specimen. To provide a method for analyzing a blood specimen, including: acquiring a waveform related to a coagulation rate or coagulation acceleration of a sample obtained by mixing a subject blood specimen with a reagent for measuring coagulation time; extracting multiple parameters characterizing the waveform related to a coagulation rate or a coagulation acceleration; and determining an activity level or activity abnormality of a coagulation factor in the subject blood specimen on the basis of the multiple parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicants: SEKISUI MEDICAL CO., LTD., PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Toshiki KAWABE, Yukio ODA, Midori SHIMA, Keiji NOGAMI, Kenichi OGIWARA
-
Patent number: 11150253Abstract: Disclosed is a method for analyzing a blood specimen, including the steps of: coagulating a blood specimen in the presence of an activating agent for fibrinolytic system to acquire a coagulation waveform; and acquiring information about fibrinolytic capacity of the blood specimen based on the acquired coagulation waveform.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignees: SYSMEX CORPORATION, PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Midori Shima, Keiji Nogami, Tomoko Matsumoto, Sho Shinohara, Nobuo Arai
-
Patent number: 11150254Abstract: The inventors produced substances that neutralize the activity of a bispecific antibody having an activity of functionally substituting for FVIII, and undertook the construction of methods for measuring the reactivity of FVIII that can ensure accuracy even in the presence of this bispecific antibody. As a result, the inventors discovered that in APTT-based one-stage clotting assay, FVIII activity in the plasma of a hemophilia A patient can be evaluated accurately, and also that in APTT-based Bethesda assay, FVIII inhibitor titer in the plasma of a hemophilia A patient carrying a FVIII inhibitor can be evaluated accurately.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Keiji Nogami, Midori Shima, Tetsuhiro Soeda, Takehisa Kitazawa
-
Publication number: 20210107994Abstract: The present inventors examined the procoagulant activity of a multispecific antigen-binding molecule that functionally substitutes for FVIII using blood and plasma derived from FIX disorder patients. The result showed that multispecific antigen-binding molecules that functionally substitute for FVIII can be used not only as methods for preventing and/or treating bleeding in hemophilia A, acquired hemophilia A, von Willebrand disease, and hemophilia C, which are caused by FVIII dysfunction, but also as methods for preventing and/or treating bleeding in FIX disorders, because of their procoagulant activity. Furthermore, the effect of a FIX formulation could be enhanced by using it in combination with a multispecific antigen-binding molecule that functionally substitutes for FVIII, and it was shown that the combined use is promising as a combination therapy that shows stable hemostatic effects.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: April 15, 2021Applicants: PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Midori Shima, Keiji Nogami, Kenichi Ogiwara
-
Patent number: 10302626Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for evaluating coagulability of a blood specimen obtained from a subject to whom a substance having a coagulation factor VIII-substituting activity is administered. The present invention also relates to a reagent for blood coagulation analysis, a reagent kit for blood coagulation analysis, and an apparatus for blood coagulation analysis. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an apparatus and computer program for evaluating coagulability of a blood specimen.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignees: PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Midori Shima, Keiji Nogami, Tomoko Matsumoto, Takehisa Kitazawa, Tetsuhiro Soeda, Yuka Ikeda
-
Patent number: 10215766Abstract: Disclosed is a blood sample determination method including: emitting light to a measurement specimen prepared by mixing a clotting time measuring reagent and a blood sample suspected to be derived from a subject having lupus anticoagulant or a coagulation factor inhibitor, to obtain optical information about an amount of light from the measurement specimen; obtaining at least one parameter regarding derivative of clot waveform, based on the obtained optical information; and determining, based on a value of the obtained parameter, whether the blood sample is suspected to be a sample derived from a subject having lupus anticoagulant or is suspected to be a sample derived from a subject having a coagulation factor inhibitor.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignees: PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Midori Shima, Keiji Nogami, Yuka Tabuchi, Hiroshi Kurono
-
Publication number: 20180045709Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for evaluating coagulability of a blood specimen obtained from a subject to whom a substance having a coagulation factor VIII-substituting activity is administered. The present invention also relates to a reagent for blood coagulation analysis, a reagent kit for blood coagulation analysis, and an apparatus for blood coagulation analysis. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an apparatus and computer program for evaluating coagulability of a blood specimen.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicants: PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA MEDICAL UNIVERS ITY, CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Midori SHIMA, Keiji NOGAMI, Tomoko MATSUMOTO, Takehisa KITAZAWA, Tetsuhiro SOEDA, Yuka IKEDA
-
Publication number: 20180031539Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining the severity of hemophilia, the method including the steps of: coagulating a blood specimen to acquire a coagulation waveform; acquiring an average change rate of a coagulation rate from the coagulation waveform; and determining the severity of hemophilia in the blood specimen based on the average change rate of the coagulation rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Applicants: SYSMEX CORPORATION, PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Midori SHIMA, Keiji NOGAMI, Tomoko MATSUMOTO, Yuka TABUCHI, Nobuo ARAI
-
Publication number: 20180011114Abstract: The inventors produced substances that neutralize the activity of a bispecific antibody having an activity of functionally substituting for FVIII, and undertook the construction of methods for measuring the reactivity of FVIII that can ensure accuracy even in the presence of this bispecific antibody. As a result, the inventors discovered that in APTT-based one-stage clotting assay, FVIII activity in the plasma of a hemophilia A patient can be evaluated accurately, and also that in APTT-based Bethesda assay, FVIII inhibitor titer in the plasma of a hemophilia A patient carrying a FVIII inhibitor can be evaluated accurately.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2015Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicants: PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keiji Nogami, Midori Shima, Tetsuhiro Soeda, Takehisa Kitazawa
-
Publication number: 20170315142Abstract: Disclosed is a method for analyzing a blood specimen, including the steps of: coagulating a blood specimen in the presence of an activating agent for fibrinolytic system to acquire a coagulation waveform; and acquiring information about fibrinolytic capacity of the blood specimen based on the acquired coagulation waveform.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicants: SYSMEX CORPORATION, PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Midori SHIMA, Keiji NOGAMI, Tomoko MATSUMOTO, Sho SHINOHARA, Nobuo ARAI
-
Publication number: 20160178651Abstract: Disclosed is a blood sample determination method including: emitting light to a measurement specimen prepared by mixing a clotting time measuring reagent and a blood sample suspected to be derived from a subject having lupus anticoagulant or a coagulation factor inhibitor, to obtain optical information about an amount of light from the measurement specimen; obtaining at least one parameter regarding derivative of clot waveform, based on the obtained optical information; and determining, based on a value of the obtained parameter, whether the blood sample is suspected to be a sample derived from a subject having lupus anticoagulant or is suspected to be a sample derived from a subject having a coagulation factor inhibitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2015Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicants: PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Midori SHIMA, Keiji NOGAMI, Yuka TABUCHI, Hiroshi KURONO
-
Patent number: 8252287Abstract: For the first time, the present invention provides antibodies that enhance the generation of activated blood coagulation factor VIII. The antibodies enhance the cleavage of blood coagulation factor VIII at the Arg of position 372 and suppress the cleavage at the Arg of position 336 by recognizing and binding to the A2 domain of blood coagulation Factor VIII. Such antibodies are expected to be useful in preventing or treating diseases that develop or progress due to decrease or loss of the blood coagulation factor VIII activity, for example, hemophilia A, acquired hemophilia, and von Willebrand's disease.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2009Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignees: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha, Nara Medical UniversityInventors: Masahiro Takeyama, Keiji Nogami, Midori Shima, Tsukasa Suzuki
-
Publication number: 20090297503Abstract: For the first time, the present invention provides antibodies that enhance the generation of activated blood coagulation factor VIII. The antibodies enhance the cleavage of blood coagulation factor VIII at the Arg of position 372 and suppress the cleavage at the Arg of position 336 by recognizing and binding to the A2 domain of blood coagulation Factor VIII. Such antibodies are expected to be useful in preventing or treating diseases that develop or progress due to decrease or loss of the blood coagulation factor VIII activity, for example, hemophilia A, acquired hemophilia, and von Willebrand's disease.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Inventors: Masahiro Takeyama, Keiji Nogami, Midori Shima, Tsukasa Suzuki
-
Patent number: 7524356Abstract: A method for manufacturing a low-oxygen copper wire is provided, in which a dehydrogenating treatment can be performed without requiring a long moving distance of molten copper, and the generation of holes in solidification is suppressed, whereby high quality low-oxygen copper wire can be obtained having superior surface quality.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2005Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials CorporationInventors: Haruhiko Asao, Yutaka Koshiba, Keiji Nogami, Tutomu Masui, Kazumasa Hori, Kenji Wakiguchi, Masahiko Wada, Yoshiaki Hattori
-
Publication number: 20050262968Abstract: A method for manufacturing a low-oxygen copper wire is provided, in which a dehydrogenating treatment can be performed without requiring a long moving distance of molten copper, and the generation of holes in solidification is suppressed, whereby high quality low-oxygen copper wire can be obtained having superior surface quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2005Publication date: December 1, 2005Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Haruhiko Asao, Yutaka Koshiba, Keiji Nogami, Tutomu Masui, Kazumasa Hori, Kenji Wakiguchi, Masahiko Wada, Yoshiaki Hattori
-
Patent number: 6944930Abstract: A method for manufacturing a low-oxygen copper wire is provided, in which a dehydrogenating treatment can be performed without requiring a long moving distance of molten copper, and the generation of holes in solidification is suppressed, whereby high quality low-oxygen copper wire can be obtained having superior surface quality.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2001Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials CorporationInventors: Haruhiko Asao, Yutaka Koshiba, Keiji Nogami, Tutomu Masui, Kazumasa Hori, Kenji Wakiguchi, Masahiko Wada, Yoshiaki Hattori
-
Patent number: 6640876Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing copper and/or copper alloy ingots having no shrinkage cavities and having smooth surfaces without wrinkles are provided. The apparatus comprises a bottom-casting type melting furnace and a heating furnace for heating a mold in which the molten metal is cast. The method comprises the steps of melting the material of copper and/or copper alloy, and casting the molten copper and/or molten copper alloy into a cylindrical mold which is placed on a cooled pedestal provided at the bottom of the heating furnace and the side wall of which is heated by the heating furnace so as to form a temperature gradient increasing from the bottom to the top of the mold.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2001Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials CorporationInventors: Kenji Yajima, Norikazu Ishida, Yutaka Koshiba, Keiji Nogami, Akihiro Kakimoto