Patents by Inventor Seung Yup KU

Seung Yup KU 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: 11767560
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of diagnosing and treating endometrial cavity-distorting leiomyoma using microRNA, and particularly, a composition and a kit for diagnosing uterine leiomyoma, the composition and the kit including an agent capable of detecting a microRNA expression level in a biological sample; a method of diagnosing uterine leiomyoma of a subject, the method including measuring a microRNA expression level in a biological sample from the subject, and diagnosing that the subject has uterine leiomyoma having endometrial cavity distortion or uterine leiomyoma having a likelihood of developing endometrial cavity distortion, when the microRNA expression level is downregulated; and a method of treating uterine leiomyoma, the method including measuring a microRNA expression level in a biological sample from a subject, and performing uterine leiomyoma treatment when the microRNA expression level is downregulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignees: SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION, KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Seung Yup Ku, Yong-Jin Kim, Yoon Young Kim
  • Patent number: 11116801
    Abstract: Disclosed are a pharmaceutical composition for treatment of endometrium damage, a composition for enhancing implantation ability, and a pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of infertility or subfertility. The pharmaceutical composition for treatment of endometrium damage includes decidual endometrial stromal cells and hyaluronic acid, the composition for enhancing implantation ability includes decidual endometrial stromal cells and hyaluronic acid, and the pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of infertility or subfertility includes decidual endometrial stromal cells and hyaluronic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventor: Seung-Yup Ku
  • Publication number: 20200131575
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of diagnosing and treating endometrial cavity-distorting leiomyoma using microRNA, and particularly, a composition and a kit for diagnosing uterine leiomyoma, the composition and the kit including an agent capable of detecting a microRNA expression level in a biological sample; a method of diagnosing uterine leiomyoma of a subject, the method including measuring a microRNA expression level in a biological sample from the subject, and diagnosing that the subject has uterine leiomyoma having endometrial cavity distortion or uterine leiomyoma having a likelihood of developing endometrial cavity distortion, when the microRNA expression level is downregulated; and a method of treating uterine leiomyoma, the method including measuring a microRNA expression level in a biological sample from a subject, and performing uterine leiomyoma treatment when the microRNA expression level is downregulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Seung Yup Ku, Yong-Jin Kim, Yoon Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20190240261
    Abstract: Disclosed are a pharmaceutical composition for treatment of endometrium damage, a composition for enhancing implantation ability, and a pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of infertility or subfertility. The pharmaceutical composition for treatment of endometrium damage includes decidual endometrial stromal cells and hyaluronic acid, the composition for enhancing implantation ability includes decidual endometrial stromal cells and hyaluronic acid, and the pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of infertility or subfertility includes decidual endometrial stromal cells and hyaluronic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventor: Seung-Yup KU
  • Publication number: 20190127705
    Abstract: A method for culturing multiple ovarian follicles by using an angiotensin II receptor agonist, including a first culturing step of culturing a cluster of separated multiple follicles in medium, and a second culturing step of further culturing the cluster of multiple follicles cultured in the culturing step, in medium containing an angiotensin II receptor agonist, and to a composition for culturing a cluster of multiple follicles. The composition contains an angiotensin II receptor agonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Seung Yup KU, Yoon Young KIM