Patents by Inventor Seitaro Shimokawa

Seitaro Shimokawa 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).

  • Patent number: 5830493
    Abstract: A bone-forming graft that includes a bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) carried on a composite porous body. The composite porous body has a porous frame of a bioabsorbable hydrophilic material and a surface layer of a bioabsorbable polymer material. In particular, the present invention relates to a bone-forming graft in which the bioabsorbable hydrophilic material is one or more compounds selected from a group consisting of gelatin, hyaluronic acid, a hyaluronic acid derivative, collagen, a collagen derivative, chitosan, a chitosan derivative, and triethanolamine alginate. The bioabsorbable polymeric material is one or more compounds selected from a group consisting of a polylactic acid, a copolymer of a polylactic acid and a polyglycolic acid, and a copolymer of poly?bis(p-carboxyphenoxy)propane!anhydride and sebacic acid. The graft has excellent formability and workability and has an internal structure suitable for in vivo bone formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Yokota, Seitaro Shimokawa, Ritsu Sonohara, Akira Okada, Koichiro Takahashi