Patents by Inventor Keiko Karasutani

Keiko Karasutani 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: 20130345133
    Abstract: The present invention provides an agent for inhibiting alveolar airspace enlargement containing adiponectin or an agent for inhibiting alveolar wall destruction containing adiponectin. The pulmonary disease therapeutic agents of the present invention are highly safe drugs that possess an excellent effect of decreasing the deterioration of the pulmonary function, such as airflow limitation, and exhibit an extremely high effect of treating pulmonary disease accompanied by irreversible deterioration in pulmonary function, with fewer adverse side effects such as nausea, vomiting and gastric acid secretion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kounori KOTOSAI, Kazuyoshi KIRIMA, Keiko KARASUTANI, Yasukazu OHMOTO, Yoichi YABUUCHI
  • Publication number: 20110218146
    Abstract: The present invention provides an agent for inhibiting alveolar airspace enlargement containing adiponectin or an agent for inhibiting alveolar wall destruction containing adiponectin. The pulmonary disease therapeutic agents of the present invention are highly safe drugs that possess an excellent effect of decreasing the deterioration of the pulmonary function, such as airflow limitation, and exhibit an extremely high effect of treating pulmonary disease accompanied by irreversible deterioration in pulmonary function, with fewer adverse side effects such as nausea, vomiting and gastric acid secretion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Kounori Kotosai, Kazuyoshi Kirima, Keiko Karasutani, Yasukazu Ohmoto, Yoichi Yabuuchi