Patents by Inventor Masako Kajihara

Masako Kajihara 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: 7601363
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a formulation for implantation having a novel constitution, which accomplishes controlled releases of active ingredients. The formulation comprises one of combinations (a), (b) and (c), as well as a carrier comprising a hydrophobic polymer, wherein the particle combination is dispersed into the carrier: (a) particles comprising an active ingredient, particles comprising a carbonate, and particles comprising a substance which is reacted with the carbonate in an aqueous solution to generate carbon dioxide (substance such as an acid); (b) particles comprising an active ingredient and a carbonate, and particles comprising a substance such as an acid; and (c) particles comprising a carbonate, and particles comprising an active ingredient and a substance such as an acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Sano, Masako Kajihara, Hiroo Maeda
  • Patent number: 7247312
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a formulation for implantation having a novel constitution, which accomplishes controlled releases of active ingredients. The formulation comprises one of combinations (a), (b) and (c), as well as a carrier comprising a hydrophobic polymer, wherein the particle combination is dispersed into the carrier: (a) particles comprising an active ingredient, particles comprising a carbonate, and particles comprising a substance which is reacted with the carbonate in an aqueous solution to generate carbon dioxide (substance such as an acid); (b) particles comprising an active ingredient and a carbonate, and particles comprising a substance such as an acid; and (c) particles comprising a carbonate, and particles comprising an active ingredient and a substance such as an acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Sano, Masako Kajihara, Hiroo Maeda
  • Publication number: 20070166377
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a formulation for implantation having a novel constitution, which accomplishes controlled releases of active ingredients. The formulation comprises one of combinations (a), (b) and (c), as well as a carrier comprising a hydrophobic polymer, wherein the particle combination is dispersed into the carrier: (a) particles comprising an active ingredient, particles comprising a carbonate, and particles comprising a substance which is reacted with the carbonate in an aqueous solution to generate carbon dioxide (substance such as an acid); (b) particles comprising an active ingredient and a carbonate, and particles comprising a substance such as an acid; and (c) particles comprising a carbonate, and particles comprising an active ingredient and a substance such as an acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Sano, Masako Kajihara, Hiroo Maeda
  • Patent number: 7101567
    Abstract: Preparations whereby two or more drugs can be released separately at appropriate speeds depending on the disease or the release behaviors of one or more drugs can be precisely controlled, which consist of an outer layer wherein a water-soluble drug is dispersed in a carrier made of a biologically non-degradable and hydrophobic polymer material, and one or more inner layers wherein a water-soluble drug, differing in kind or concentration from the one contained in the outer layer, is dispersed in a carrier made of a biologically non-degradable and hydrophobic polymer material, and in which the outer and inner layers are concentrically located in diametral direction of rod-like preparations and both or one of the ends in the axial direction are opened so as to directly come into contact with the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Sano, Masako Kajihara, Toshihiko Sugie
  • Patent number: 6756048
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sustained release preparation of a lipophilic drug, comprising a drug dispersion wherein the lipophilic drug and a water-soluble substance are dispersed, in a solid state at the body temperature of an animal or a human being to which the preparation is to be administered, in a water-impermeable and biocompatible material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akihiko Sano, Hiroo Maeda, Masako Kajihara, Shunsuke Tani, Toshihiko Sugie
  • Patent number: 5851547
    Abstract: A drug formulation for producing sustained therapeutic efficacy, which releases at least one water-soluble drug over a prolonged period of time at a substantially constant rate wherein said drug formulation comprises(a) a nondisintegrating inner layer comprised of a biocompatible material that contains at least one uniformly dispersed water-soluble drug; and(b) an outer layer comprised of a biocompatible material that surrounds the circumference of the said inner layer, is impermeable to water, and is capable of controlling the swelling of the inner layer; wherein the ratio of the axial length of the drug formulation to the cross-sectional diameter of the inner layer is one or more and wherein one or both ends of the inner layer are open so as to come into direct contact with the external environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignees: Dow Corning Asia, Ltd., Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Fujioka, Takeshi Hirasawa, Masako Kajihara, Akihiko Sano, Shuichi Sugawara, Yosuke Urabe