Patents by Inventor Sanae Masuko

Sanae Masuko 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).

  • Adsorbent of high-mobility-group protein and body fluid-purification column
    Patent number: 7408045
    Abstract: An adsorbent of high-mobility-group proteins (HMG protein) which can remove HMG protein in body fluid is disclosed. The adsorbent according to the present invention has a water-insoluble carrier on which (a) substance(s) having (a) hydrogen-bondable functional group(s) and/or (a) hydrophobic functional group(s) is(are) immobilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ikuro Maruyama, Nobuo Ida, Sanae Masuko
  • Adsorbent of high-mobility-group protein and body fluid-purification column
    Publication number: 20060258853
    Abstract: An adsorbent of high-mobility-group proteins (HMG protein) which can remove HMG protein in body fluid is disclosed. The adsorbent according to the present invention has a water-insoluble carrier on which (a) substance(s) having (a) hydrogen-bondable functional group(s) and/or (a) hydrophobic functional group(s) is(are) immobilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Ikuro Maruyama, Nobuo Ida, Sanae Masuko
  • Hemocathartic column for purifying blood
    Patent number: 6659289
    Abstract: A hemocathartic column and apparatus, in which a column containing an adsorber capable of adsorbing and removing impurity components in blood, and in which the blood of an organism is extracorporeally circulated through the column, to be purified, and further in which if the pressure of blood at 120 minutes after start of blood circulation is P120 and the pressure of blood at 5 minutes after start of blood circulation is P5, then a relation of (P120/P5)≦1.3 is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Sanae Masuko, Tadayuki Matsumoto, Shinji Shimizu
  • Method for purifying blood and column for purifying blood
    Publication number: 20030213751
    Abstract: A hemocathartic column and apparatus, in which a column containing an adsorber capable of adsorbing and removing impurity components in blood, and in which the blood of an organism is extracorporeally circulated through the column, to be purified, and further in which if the pressure of blood at 120 minutes after start of blood circulation is P120 and the pressure of blood at 5 minutes after start of blood circulation is P5, then a relation of (P120/P5)≦1.3 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Sanae Masuko, Tadayuki Matsumoto, Shinji Shimizu
  • Materials eliminating cannabinoids and columns for the elimination of cannabinoids with the use of the same
    Patent number: 6531159
    Abstract: The present invention provides (1) a removal material for cannabinoids present in body fluids where at least one substance from amongst substances with functional groups capable of hydrogen bonding, substances with hydrophobic functional groups, substances having cationic functional groups and physiologically active substances, is immobilized on a water-insoluble carrier, and (2) a cannabinoid removal column characterized in that it incorporates an aforesaid material (1). In accordance with the present invention, cannabinoids present in, for example, the blood, can be selectively removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Sanae Masuko, Akira Yokoyama, Kazuhiro Moriyama, Ikuro Maruyama
  • Adsorbents for high mobility group proteins and column for purifying body fluid
    Publication number: 20020164644
    Abstract: An adsorbent of high-mobility-group proteins (HMG protein) which can remove HMG protein in body fluid is disclosed. The adsorbent according to the present invention comprises a water-insoluble carrier on which (a) substance(s) having (a) hydrogen-bondable functional group(s) and/or (a) hydrophobic functional group(s) is(are) immobilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Ikuro Maruyama, Nobuo Ida, Sanae Masuko