Patents by Inventor Kenichi Yamahara

Kenichi Yamahara 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).

  • Patent number: 11744858
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sufficiently effective medicine for treatment and/or prevention of ischemic diseases, without performing isolation of therapeutic cells or removal of deleterious cells from blood cells/hemocytes. The blood cells and/or the hemocytes are subjected to the action of a saccharide. The saccharide is a monosaccharide, a disaccharide, a trisaccharide, a polysaccharides, or a copolymer containing a monosaccharide, a disaccharide, or a trisaccharide as a component. The saccharide is a copolymer of sucrose and epichlorohydrin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe
    Inventors: Akihiko Taguchi, Kenichi Yamahara, Yukiko Niino
  • Patent number: 11389486
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a mesenchymal stromal cell composition, comprising conveniently and aseptically separating high-purity amnion-derived MSCs by performing enzyme treatment only once. According to the present invention, the following are provided: a method for producing a mesenchymal stromal cell composition, comprising: performing enzyme treatment of an amnion with collagenase and thermolysin and/or dispase; and filtering the enzyme-treated amnion through a mesh; a method for producing a cryopreserved mesenchymal stromal cell composition; and a therapeutic agent comprising as an active ingredient the mesenchymal stromal cell composition for a disease selected from graft-versus-host disease, inflammatory bowel disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, liver cirrhosis, or radiation enteritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER, FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AT KOBE, HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Yamahara, Akihiko Taguchi, Toshihiro Soma, Shunsuke Ohnishi, Akira Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11085023
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an economical bovine serum composition containing many factors useful for cell proliferation. The method includes a step of performing an anticoagulation treatment of bovine whole blood with an anticoagulant, a step of obtaining a buffy coat and a fraction with a heavier specific gravity than that of the buffy coat from the anticoagulated whole blood, and a step of promoting and activating an interaction between the obtained leukocytes and platelets at a given temperature for not less than a given time to cause secretion or release of a humoral factor from the leukocytes and/or platelets and performing a recoagulation treatment of blood components including the humoral factor with a re-coagulating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventor: Kenichi Yamahara
  • Publication number: 20190343892
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a mesenchymal stromal cell composition, comprising conveniently and aseptically separating high-purity amnion-derived MSCs by performing enzyme treatment only once. According to the present invention, the following are provided: a method for producing a mesenchymal stromal cell composition, comprising: performing enzyme treatment of an amnion with collagenase and thermolysin and/or dispase; and filtering the enzyme-treated amnion through a mesh; a method for producing a cryopreserved mesenchymal stromal cell composition; and a therapeutic agent comprising as an active ingredient the mesenchymal stromal cell composition for a disease selected from graft-versus-host disease, inflammatory bowel disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, liver cirrhosis, or radiation enteritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicants: NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER, FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AT KOBE, HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi YAMAHARA, Akihiko TAGUCHI, Toshihiro SOMA, Shunsuke OHNISHI, Akira KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10441611
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a mesenchymal stromal cell composition, comprising conveniently and aseptically separating high-purity amnion-derived MSCs by performing enzyme treatment only once. According to the present invention, the following are provided: a method for producing a mesenchymal stromal cell composition, comprising: performing enzyme treatment of an amnion with collagenase and thermolysin and/or dispase; and filtering the enzyme-treated amnion through a mesh; a method for producing a cryopreserved mesenchymal stromal cell composition; and a therapeutic agent comprising as an active ingredient the mesenchymal stromal cell composition for a disease selected from graft-versus-host disease, inflammatory bowel disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, liver cirrhosis, or radiation enteritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER, FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AT KOBE, HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Yamahara, Akihiko Taguchi, Toshihiro Soma, Shunsuke Ohnishi, Akira Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10398738
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a mesenchymal stromal cell composition, comprising conveniently and aseptically separating high-purity amnion-derived MSCs by performing enzyme treatment only once. According to the present invention, the following are provided: a method for producing a mesenchymal stromal cell composition, comprising: performing enzyme treatment of an amnion with collagenase and thermolysin and/or dispase; and filtering the enzyme-treated amnion through a mesh; a method for producing a cryopreserved mesenchymal stromal cell composition; and a therapeutic agent comprising as an active ingredient the mesenchymal stromal cell composition for a disease selected from graft-versus-host disease, inflammatory bowel disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, liver cirrhosis, or radiation enteritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER, FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AT KOBE, HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Yamahara, Akihiko Taguchi, Toshihiro Soma, Shunsuke Ohnishi, Akira Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20180371417
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an economical bovine serum composition containing many factors useful for cell proliferation. The method includes a step of performing an anticoagulation treatment of bovine whole blood with an anticoagulant, a step of obtaining a buffy coat and a fraction with a heavier specific gravity than that of the buffy coat from the anticoagulated whole blood, and a step of promoting and activating an interaction between the obtained leukocytes and platelets at a given temperature for not less than a given time to cause secretion or release of a humoral factor from the leukocytes and/or platelets and performing a recoagulation treatment of blood components including the humoral factor with a re-coagulating agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventor: Kenichi YAMAHARA
  • Publication number: 20180362922
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a cell population comprising mesenchymal stem cells having a high specific growth rate which are useful for promptly producing large amounts of cell formulations. The present invention provides a method for producing a cell population comprising mesenchymal stem cells, comprising: a step of treating a cell population comprising mesenchymal stem cells having different proliferative ability by physical stimulation or chemical stimulation, so as to select mesenchymal stem cells having relatively high proliferative ability, wherein the selected mesenchymal stem cells having relatively high proliferative ability are negative for CD106, and the expression level of a metallothionein family gene is increased in comparison to the expression level thereof in the cell population before the treatment by the physical stimulation or chemical stimulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicants: KANEKA CORPORATION, NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER
    Inventors: Kenichi YAMAHARA, Yuta KITA, Keita INO, Akira KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180243338
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sufficiently effective medicine for treatment and/or prevention of ischemic diseases, without performing isolation of therapeutic cells or removal of deleterious cells from blood cells/hemocytes. The blood cells and/or the hemocytes are subjected to the action of a saccharide. The saccharide is a monosaccharide, a disaccharide, a trisaccharide, a polysaccharides, or a copolymer containing a monosaccharide, a disaccharide, or a trisaccharide as a component. The saccharide is a copolymer of sucrose and epichlorohydrin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Akihiko TAGUCHI, Kenichi YAMAHARA, Yukiko NIINO
  • Publication number: 20160228474
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a mesenchymal stromal cell composition, comprising conveniently and aseptically separating high-purity amnion-derived MSCs by performing enzyme treatment only once. According to the present invention, the following are provided: a method for producing a mesenchymal stromal cell composition, comprising: performing enzyme treatment of an amnion with collagenase and thermolysis and/or dispase; and filtering the enzyme-treated amnion through a mesh; a method for producing a cryopreserved mesenchymal stromal cell composition; and a therapeutic agent comprising as an active ingredient the mesenchymal stromal cell composition for a disease selected from graft-versus-host disease, inflammatory bowel disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, liver cirrhosis, or radiation enteritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicants: NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER, FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION, HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi YAMAHARA, Akihiko TAGUCHI, Toshihiro SOMA, Shunsuke OHNISHI, Akira KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20080025955
    Abstract: To provide a method for differentiating primate embryonic stem cells into vascular endothelial cells, and a technique using the method. A method for differentiating primate embryonic stem cells into early developmental vascular endothelial cells comprising differentiating primate embryonic stem cells into vascular endothelial cell parker-positive cell population; the early developmental vascular endothelial cells; a method for producing the vascular endothelial cells; a method for amplifying the vascular endothelial cells; a vascular lesion-therapeutic agent containing the early developmental vascular endothelial cells as an active ingredient; a method for revascularization comprising supplying the early developmental vascular endothelial cells; a method for transplantation comprising transplanting the early developmental vascular endothelial cells; and a method for treatment comprising administering the early developmental vascular endothelial cells in a therapeutically effective dose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuwa Nakao, Hiroshi Itoh, Jun Yamashita, Masakatsu Sone, Kenichi Yamahara, Yasushi Kondo, Yutaka Suzuki