Patents by Inventor Natsuko OKITA

Natsuko OKITA 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).

  • COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING METHOD
    Publication number: 20180299448
    Abstract: Provided is a colorectal cancer inspection method by which the presence of early colorectal cancer at any one of stages from 0 to 2 can be accurately determined. The colorectal cancer inspection method includes: measuring the amounts of at least lactic acid, pyruvic acid, and glycolic acid among a plurality of kinds of in vivo metabolites contained in a biological sample collected from a test subject, based on data obtained by performing a chromatograph-MS/MS analysis on the biological sample; and determining the presence of colorectal cancer at any one of stages from 0 to 2, based on a measurement value of at least one of the lactic acid, the pyruvic acid, and the glycolic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicants: SHIMADZU CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Noriyuki OJIMA, Shuichi KAWANA, Yumi UNNO, Takero SAKAI, Kenichi OBAYASHI, Yukihiko KUDO, Masaru YOSHIDA, Shin NISHIUMI, Takashi KOBAYASHI, Takeshi AZUMA, Koji OKAMOTO, Yasuhide YAMADA, Natsuko OKITA, Kazuki SUDO