Patents by Inventor Kotaro Minami

Kotaro Minami 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: 20210301258
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for producing dental pulp-derived cells enriched with pluripotent stem cells including: (a) digesting dental pulp with a protease to prepare a dental pulp suspension; (b) culturing the suspension to proliferate pluripotent stem cells contained in the suspension; (c) freezing the proliferated pluripotent stem cells in a state in which the pluripotent stem cells are suspended in a first cryopreservation liquid; (d) thawing the frozen pluripotent stem cells; (e) culturing the thawed pluripotent stem cells in a state in which the pluripotent stem cells are adhered to surfaces of particles to proliferate the pluripotent stem cells on the surfaces of the particles; and (f) bringing the particles into contact with a protease to separate the pluripotent stem cells adhered to the surfaces of the particles from the particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicants: JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Kiwamu Imagawa, Kotaro Minami, Kenichi Maeda, Yuki Hosoda, Shunsuke Watanabe, Kazutoshi Sato, Yasuna Higashiguchi, Takashi Kushida, Ayumi Ishiwari