Patents by Inventor Nobuhiro Nagai

Nobuhiro Nagai 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: 20220249281
    Abstract: An embeddable and replenishable controlled drug release device which achieves drug delivery in which the drug release rate can be controlled is provided. The device can be replenished with a drug using a syringe and a needle when implanted in the body. The device has a capsule structure and includes (i) a controlled drug release part for controlled-release of a drug from the device, (ii) a drug storage part for keeping the drug and (iii) a drug introduction part for introducing the drug into the drug storage part. The controlled drug release part has a controlled-release face having a pore, and a hydrogel. The drug storage part is adjacent to the controlled drug release part, and releases the drug kept therein from the pore, and the drug is introduced into the drug storage part through the drug introduction part using a syringe and a needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirokazu KAJI, Yuya ITO, Nobuhiro NAGAI, Toshiaki ABE
  • Publication number: 20190167572
    Abstract: A capsule device, which can induce vascular bed formation and formation of a space for cell transplantation in subcutaneous tissue in which the device is implanted, is provided. A sustained drug release capsule device, which is to be subcutaneously implanted for subcutaneous sustained release of an angiogenesis-inducing factor as well as formation of a vascular bed as a basis for cell transplantation and a space for cell transplantation in cell therapy, the capsule being made of a material which is not soluble in a biological body and does not adhere to a biological body, and having micropores for sustained release of the angiogenesis-inducing factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Toshiaki ABE, Nobuhiro NAGAI, Shinji YAMADA, Masafumi GOTO, Kozue IMURA, Hirokazu KAJI
  • Publication number: 20190127693
    Abstract: Provided is a novel method of manufacturing a cell-nanoscale thin film composite in which the cell-nanoscale thin film composite can be peeled from a substrate at a controlled timing. The method of manufacturing a cell-nanoscale thin film composite comprises culturing a cell in a cell culture base material in which a nanoscale thin film is provided on an electrode substrate with a self-assembled monolayer interposed therebetween, and reductively desorbing the self-assembled monolayer from the electrode substrate by applying an electric potential to the electrode substrate at a desired timing, so that the cell-nanoscale thin film composite is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Hirokazu KAJI, Jin SUZUKI, Nobuhiro NAGAI, Toshiaki ABE
  • Patent number: 9005651
    Abstract: A drug delivery system for delivering a drug at a sustained constant rate for a long period, which can be transplanted into an affected part safely and in a simple manner and can deliver a drug to the affected part for a long period. A sustained drug delivery system in which an implant is implanted into a body, wherein the implant is a PEG capsule comprising a box-shaped PEG and a porous PEG sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Tohoku University
    Inventors: Toshiaki Abe, Nobuhiro Nagai, Hirokazu Kaji, Takeaki Kawashima, Matsuhiko Nishizawa, Koji Nishida
  • Patent number: 8642066
    Abstract: Disclosed is a drug delivery system for delivering a drug at a sustained constant rate for a long period, which can be transplanted into an affected part safely and in a simple manner and can deliver a drug to the affected part for a long period. Specifically disclosed is a sustained drug delivery system in which an implant is implanted into a body, wherein the implant is a PEG capsule comprising a box-shaped PEG and a porous PEG sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Tohoku University
    Inventors: Toshiaki Abe, Nobuhiro Nagai, Hirokazu Kaji, Takeaki Kawashima, Matsuhiko Nishizawa, Koji Nishida
  • Publication number: 20130273136
    Abstract: A drug delivery system for delivering a drug at a sustained constant rate for a long period, which can be transplanted into an affected part safely and in a simple manner and can deliver a drug to the affected part for a long period. A sustained drug delivery system in which an implant is implanted into a body, wherein the implant is a PEG capsule comprising a box-shaped PEG and a porous PEG sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Toshiaki ABE, Nobuhiro NAGAI, Hirokazu KAJI, Takeaki KAWASHIMA, Matsuhiko NISHIZAWA, Koji NISHIDA
  • Patent number: 8389010
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stretchable collagen material, particularly collagen derived from fishes, having excellent stretching property and mechanical strength, which can be widely used as a cell carrier and medical material, and to a method for manufacturing the same. By thermally treating a gel comprising collagen fiber cross-linked by using cross-linking agent, the collagen enhanced in both stretching property and mechanical strength can be produced. The stretchable collagen material is extremely useful as a cell carrier material and medical material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Ihara & Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Yunoki, Nobuhiro Nagai
  • Publication number: 20120177717
    Abstract: Disclosed is a drug delivery system for delivering a drug at a sustained constant rate for a long period, which can be transplanted into an affected part safely and in a simple manner and can deliver a drug to the affected part for a long period. Specifically disclosed is a sustained drug delivery system in which an implant is implanted into a body, wherein the implant is a PEG capsule comprising a box-shaped PEG and a porous PEG sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Toshiaki ABE, Nobuhiro NAGAI, Hirokazu KAJI, Takeaki KAWASHIMA, Matsuhiko NISHIZAWA, Koji NISHIDA
  • Patent number: 8105629
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of producing a collagen gel comprising collagen fibers cross-linked with each other by a cross-linking agent on the way of fibrosis of collagen, and a collagen gel comprising the cross-linked collagen fibers obtained by the process. The collagen gel comprising cross-linked collagen fibers of the present invention has high strength and thermal stability and can be widely used as cell carriers and medical materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Ihara & Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunji Yunoki, Nobuhiro Nagai
  • Publication number: 20090069540
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stretchable collagen material, particularly collagen derived from fishes, having excellent stretching property and mechanical strength, which can be widely used as a cell carrier and medical material, and to a method for manufacturing the same. By thermally treating a gel comprising collagen fiber cross-linked by using cross-linking agent, the collagen enhanced in both stretching property and mechanical strength can be produced. The stretchable collagen material is extremely useful as a cell carrier material and medical material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: Ihara & Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Yunoki, Nobuhiro Nagai
  • Publication number: 20060210601
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stretchable collagen material, particularly collagen derived from fishes, having excellent stretching property and mechanical strength, which can be widely used as a cell carrier and medical material, and to a method for manufacturing the same. By thermally treating a gel comprising collagen fiber cross-linked by using cross-linking agent, the collagen enhanced in both stretching property and mechanical strength can be produced. The stretchable collagen material is extremely useful as a cell carrier material and medical material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: Ihara & Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunji Yunoki, Nobuhiro Nagai
  • Publication number: 20060177492
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of producing a collagen gel comprising collagen fibers cross-linked with each other by a cross-linking agent on the way of fibrosis of collagen, and a collagen gel comprising the cross-linked collagen fibers obtained by the process. The collagen gel comprising cross-linked collagen fibers of the present invention has high strength and thermal stability and can be widely used as cell carriers and medical materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: IHARA & COMPANY LTD
    Inventors: Shunji Yunoki, Nobuhiro Nagai