Patents by Inventor Maokuni Yamawaki

Maokuni Yamawaki 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: 4432871
    Abstract: An adsorbing material for an autoantibody and/or immune complexes is provided. The adsorbing material has an insoluble carrier and an organic low-molecular-weight compound containing a hydrophobic compound, which is fixed to the insoluble carrier. The adsorbing material may be used in an adsorbing device, which has a vessel having fluid inlet and outlet openings with the adsorbing material being contained in the vessel. The adsorbing device may be used in a blood purifying apparatus for absorbing and removing an autoantibody and/or immune complexes from blood plasma, which apparatus has (a) a plasma separating device and (b) a blood-plasma mixing device, which are disposed in series in a blood circulation passage, and (c) a plasma purifying device comprising the adsorbing device disposed in a plasma recycle passage connected to the blood circulation passage to introduce plasma, separated in the plasma separating device, into the mixing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1984
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Maokuni Yamawaki, Shozo Suzuki, Tadaaki Furuta