Patents by Inventor Masaaki Sasaoka

Masaaki Sasaoka 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: 20170182085
    Abstract: Provided are a therapeutic agent and a prophylactic agent for keratoconjunctive disorder, each agent comprising sacran. A therapeutic agent or a prophylactic agent for keratoconjunctive disorder, each agent comprising sacran.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichiro KANEKO, Masaaki SASAOKA, Takashi NAGANO, Satoshi SHIRAE
  • Publication number: 20110319463
    Abstract: A method for preventing or treating an optic nerve disorder, inhibiting retinal nerve cell death or recovering a neurofilament light chain expression level by administering to a patient a pharmacologically effective amount of at least one of the compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group R2 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R1 and R2 may be joined to each other to form an aziridine ring, an azetidine ring, a pyrrolidine ring, a piperidine ring or an azepane ring; and R3 is a carboxyl group or an ester thereof or an amide thereof; or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: Saten Pharamaceuticals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Sasaoka, Tomoko Umemoto, Hisayuki Seike, Masaaki Kageyama
  • Publication number: 20110009376
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel pharmaceutical use of 2-phenyl-1,2-benzisoselenazol-3(2H)-one or a salt thereof. 2-Phenyl-1,2-benzisoselenazol-3(2H)-one or a salt thereof exhibits an excellent suppressive effect on retinal ganglion cell death in a pharmacological test using rats, and is therefore useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for an eye disease accompanied by optic nerve disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Shin-ichiro Hirai, Masaaki Sasaoka, Hisayuki Seike
  • Patent number: 7422326
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and a method for determining a field of a vision of a monkey. Its object is to provide a system and a method which can cause a monkey to effect accurate visual field determination like a human subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Santen Pharmaeutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuki Nakamura, Masaaki Sasaoka
  • Publication number: 20080075760
    Abstract: The moisturized nonwoven fabric of the invention contains 1% or more of a water-soluble component to a weight of a pre-moisturized nonwoven fabric and an increase ratio of an equilibrium moisture regain (equilibrium water content) is 0.5% or more as compared with an equilibrium moisture regain of the moisturized nonwoven fabric after the water-soluble component is removed. Therefore, this moisturized nonwoven fabric is excellent in use feel such as skin touch and wiping property and functionalities such as water absorption property and water retention property. Further, this moisturized nonwoven fabric is excellent in functionalities such as moisturizing liquid transferring capability and skin moisturizing effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicants: KOCHI Prefecture, Kawano Paper Co., Ltd., Sanshoshigyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Suzuki, Noriyasu Ike, Kiyotsugu Sawamura, Hiromu Matsumoto, Eri Tamura, Jun Morisawa, Hiroto Takiguchi, Masaaki Ariyoshi, Kenji Taniguchi, Hideaki Yoshida, Hitoshi Tsuruta, Masaaki Sasaoka, Akihiro Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20060232742
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and a method for determining a field of a vision of a monkey. Its object is to provide a system and a method which can cause a monkey to effect accurate visual field determination like a human subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Katsuki Nakamura, Masaaki Sasaoka