Patents by Inventor Naokazu Okamoto

Naokazu Okamoto 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).

  • CULTURE CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING REGENERATIVE HAIR FOLLICLE GERM USING CULTURE CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20220348852
    Abstract: A culture container (1) having a guide thread (31) and a plurality of cells (32) that is capable of culturing a regenerative hair follicle germ (30), wherein the culture container (1) is equipped with a first recess (10) and a second recess (20) and the second recess (20) has a second bottom (22) where the guide thread (31) can be positioned in the center of an opening (23) and a method for producing a regenerative hair follicle germ that includes a step for aggregating a cell population including epithelial cells (32a) within the second recess (20) of the culture container (1), a step for aggregating a cell population including mesenchymal cells (32b) within the second recess (20), a step for inserting the guide thread (31) into the second recess (20), and a step for culturing the cell population including epithelial cells (32a) and the mesenchymal cells (32b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicants: RIKEN, ORGAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yutaka Mori, Kyosuke Kishimoto, Hisashi Sakai, Ryo Ueno, Takashi Tsuji, Naokazu Okamoto, Miho Ogawa