Patents by Inventor Mitsuhiro Terakawa

Mitsuhiro Terakawa 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: 20100216109
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a method for delivering a drug such as a gene to a tissue or organ for transplant such as skin by use of a laser-induced stress wave (LISW) and thereby producing a high-performance tissue or organ for transplant with a high survival ability and to provide an apparatus for carrying out the method as well as a high-performance tissue or organ for transplant produced by the method. The present invention provides a method for delivering a drug to a graft of a tissue or organ for transplant, comprising applying a drug to a graft of a tissue or organ for transplant and applying, to the graft, a stress wave induced by the laser light irradiation of a light absorber provided in proximity to the graft, wherein the light absorber is made of a substance capable of absorbing a laser light and generating a stress wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Minoru OBARA, Mitsuhiro Terakawa, Shunichi Sato, Daizoh Saitoh
  • Publication number: 20090233987
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a method for delivering a drug such as a gene to a tissue or organ for transplant such as skin by use of a laser-induced stress wave (LISW) and thereby producing a high-performance tissue or organ for transplant with a high survival ability and to provide an apparatus for carrying out the method as well as a high-performance tissue or organ for transplant produced by the method. The present invention provides a method for delivering a drug to a graft of a tissue or organ for transplant, comprising applying a drug to a graft of a tissue or organ for transplant and applying, to the graft, a stress wave induced by the laser light irradiation of a light absorber provided in proximity to the graft, wherein the light absorber is made of a substance capable of absorbing a laser light and generating a stress wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: Keio University
    Inventors: Minoru Obara, Mitsuhiro Terakawa, Shunichi Sato, Daizoh Saitoh