Patents by Inventor Makoto Funaki

Makoto Funaki 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).

  • Soft gel systems in modulating stem cell development
    Patent number: 11083190
    Abstract: This invention provides gels and matrices having a rigidity in the range of 150-750 Pa, methods of manufacturing same, and method of preserving a mesenchymal stem cell population or studying mesenchymal stem cells, comprising same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventors: Makoto Funaki, Paul A. Janmey, Jessamine Winer
  • Low Rigidity Gels for MSC Growth Modulation
    Publication number: 20190225935
    Abstract: This invention provides gels and matrices having a rigidity in the range of 0.1-2.5 kPa, methods of manufacturing same, and method of preserving a mesenchymal stem cell population or studying mesenchymal stem cells, comprising same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Makoto Funaki
  • Low rigidity gels for MSC growth modulation
    Patent number: 10214720
    Abstract: This invention provides gels and matrices having a rigidity in the range of 0.1-2.5 kPa, methods of manufacturing same, and method of preserving a mesenchymal stem cell population or studying mesenchymal stem cells, comprising same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Inventors: Makoto Funaki, Jessamine Winer
  • Observation device
    Patent number: 9372331
    Abstract: The observation device 1 is a device capable of substantially simultaneously acquiring the fluorescence image and the interference image on the common observation plane in the observation object 90 mounted on slide glass 41, and has an excitation light source 11, a filter 12, a dichroic mirror 13, a lens 14, a dichroic mirror 15, an objective lens 16, a filter 17, a fluorescence imaging unit 18, an interference imaging light source 21, a filter 22, a dichroic mirror 23, a lens 24, a half mirror 25, an objective lens 26, a lens 27, a dichroic mirror 28, an interference imaging unit 29, a position detection light source 31, a light detection unit 32, the slide glass 41, an actuator 42, a reference mirror 43, an actuator 44, a control unit 51, and a display unit 52.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignees: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K. K., Mechanojenic Japan, K. K.
    Inventors: Toyohiko Yamauchi, Hidenao Iwai, Makoto Funaki
  • OBSERVATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150198795
    Abstract: The observation device 1 is a device capable of substantially simultaneously acquiring the fluorescence image and the interference image on the common observation plane in the observation object 90 mounted on slide glass 41, and has an excitation light source 11, a filter 12, a dichroic mirror 13, a lens 14, a dichroic mirror 15, an objective lens 16, a filter 17, a fluorescence imaging unit 18, an interference imaging light source 21, a filter 22, a dichroic mirror 23, a lens 24, a half mirror 25, an objective lens 26, a lens 27, a dichroic mirror 28, an interference imaging unit 29, a position detection light source 31, a light detection unit 32, the slide glass 41, an actuator 42, a reference mirror 43, an actuator 44, a control unit 51, and a display unit 52.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Toyohiko Yamauchi, Hidenao Iwai, Makoto Funaki
  • LOW RIGIDITY GELS FOR MSC GROWTH MODULATION
    Publication number: 20110177593
    Abstract: This invention provides gels and matrices having a rigidity in the range of 0.1-2.5 kPa, methods of manufacturing same, and method of preserving a mesenchymal stem cell population or studying mesenchymal stem cells, comprising same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: Makoto Funaki
    Inventors: Makoto Funaki, Jessamine Winer
  • SOFT GEL SYSTEMS IN MODULATING STEM CELL DEVELOPMENT
    Publication number: 20100227399
    Abstract: This invention provides gels and matrices having a rigidity in the range of 150-750 Pa, methods of manufacturing same, and method of preserving a mesenchymal stem cell population or studying mesenchymal stem cells, comprising same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Makoto Funaki
    Inventors: Makoto Funaki, Paul A. Janmey, Jessamine Winer