Patents by Inventor Shunsuke Sakurai

Shunsuke Sakurai 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: 11912964
    Abstract: The present invention is a contact lens treatment solution containing the following copolymer A and copolymer B in a ratio of A/B=1000/1 to 2/1 (by weight). According to the present invention, there can be provided a contact lens treatment solution capable of removing dirt having adhered to contact lens surfaces and capable of imparting persisting hydrophilicity to contact lens surfaces, by simple immersion treatment. Copolymer A: a copolymer obtained by copolymerization of a monomer (a) represented by formula (1) and a monomer (b) represented by formula (2), in which the copolymerization ratio of the monomer (a) to the monomer (b), a/b=7/3 to 9/1 (by mol), and having a weight-average molecular weight of 400,000 to 700,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Suzuki, Hiroko Kawasaki, Shunsuke Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11854204
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing device include: one or more processors. The processors input data based on input data including first input data belonging to a first domain and second input data belonging to a second domain different from the first domain, to a first model, and acquire first output data indicating an execution result of a first task with the first model. The processors input data based on the input data to a second model, and acquire second output data indicating an execution result of a second task with the second model. The processors convert the first output data into first conversion data expressed in a form of an execution result of the second task. The processors generate supervised data of the second model for the first input data, based on the first conversion data and the second output data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Sakurai, Ryo Nakashima, Akihito Seki
  • Publication number: 20230355512
    Abstract: Provided are an ocular surface drug-retaining agent that enables an excellent improvement in retainability of a medicament on an ocular surface and an eye drop containing the agent. An ocular surface drug-retaining agent containing a copolymer having three different kinds of constituent units at a specific ratio can express an excellent effect of retaining a medicament on an ocular surface (in particular, a corneal surface) to allow the effect or action of the drug to be sustained over a long period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicants: NOF CORPORATION, KINKI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Noriaki NAGAI, Shunsuke Sakurai, Eiji Harata
  • Patent number: 11746308
    Abstract: Provided is a treating solution for soft contact lenses capable of imparting hydrophilicity and sustainability thereof to a soft contact lens surface. It has been found that a treating solution for soft contact lenses containing a copolymer that contains two kinds of monomers different from each other as constituent units at a specific ratio, and that has a specific weight-average molecular weight can impart excellent hydrophilicity and sustainability thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Sakurai, Masatomo Takahashi, Norio Iwakiri, Koji Miyamoto, Takanori Fujita
  • Publication number: 20230220234
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a surface treatment agent for soft contact lens, containing a reaction product obtained through a reaction between the following poly(meth)acrylic acid and the following copolymer (P): Poly(meth)acrylic acid: a poly(meth)acrylic acid having an average molecular weight of 1,000 to 2,000,000, and Copolymer (P): a copolymer obtained through polymerization of a specified hydrophilic monomer (nA) and a specified reactive monomer (nB), wherein in the copolymer, the hydrophilic monomer (nA) is 80 to 99 mol %, the reactive monomer (nB) is 1 to 20 mol %, and a weight average molecular weight is 10,000 to 5,000,000. In accordance with the present invention, it is possible to provide a surface treatment agent for soft contact lens capable of tremendously enhancing surface hydrophilicity of a soft contact lens to improve discomfort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatomo TAKAHASHI, Shunsuke SAKURAI, Hiroko KAWASAKI, Takanori FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20230141542
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing device is used when measuring a capture distance from a capture device to a subject in an image using an image captured by the capture device and affected by aberration of an optical system of the capture device. The image processing device includes a processor. The processor is configured to acquire an image captured by the capture device, acquire configuration information relating to an optical system of the capture device, acquire a capture distance with respect to the image based on the acquired image, create a first capture condition of an image suitable for measuring a distance to the subject based on the acquired configuration information and the acquired capture distance, and output the created first capture condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shunsuke SAKURAI, Masako KASHIWAGI, Akihito SEKI
  • Publication number: 20230124809
    Abstract: The invention provides a composition for oral cavity that can prevent the formation and maturation of biofilms in the oral cavity, improve the taste and the remaining sensation after use in the oral cavity, and is superior in the sense of use. The composition for oral cavity contains 0.001% by mass to 10% by mass of proteoglycan, an algefacient, and one or more members selected from the group consisting of an antimicrobial agent, an anti-inflammatory agent, and a vitamin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao HARA, Shunsuke SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20230091298
    Abstract: A disinfecting composition may contain 0.001 to 5 mass % of an MPC copolymer containing a constituent unit based on 2-(meth)acryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine, 5 to 90 mass % of a lower alcohol, and 0.01 to 10 mass % of an aliphatic acid ester-based nonionic surfactant. The MPC copolymer may include one or more copolymer selected from of an MPC copolymer a having a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 400,000 and an MPC copolymer b having a weight average molecular weight of 800,000 to 1,800,000. Such a disinfecting composition may be excellent in foam sustainability when it is discharged as a foam and that has moist feeling when it is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao HARA, Shunsuke SAKURAI
  • Patent number: 11542459
    Abstract: The present invention is a contact lens treatment solution containing the following copolymer A and copolymer B in a ratio of A/B=40/1 to 5/1 (by weight). According to the present invention, there can be provided a contact lens treatment solution capable of removing dirt having adhered to contact lens surfaces, capable of improving lubricity of contact lens surfaces and capable of imparting persisting hydrophilicity to contact lens surfaces, by simple immersion treatment. Copolymer A: a copolymer obtained by copolymerization of a monomer (a) represented by formula (1) and a monomer (b) represented by formula (2), in which the copolymerization ratio of the monomer (a) to the monomer (b), a/b=7/3 to 9/1 (by mol), and having a weight-average molecular weight of 400,000 to 800,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Suzuki, Hiroko Kawasaki, Yumiko Sasaki, Shunsuke Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20220041959
    Abstract: The present invention is a contact lens treatment solution containing the following copolymer A and copolymer B in a ratio of A/B=40/1 to 5/1 (by weight). According to the present invention, there can be provided a contact lens treatment solution capable of removing dirt having adhered to contact lens surfaces, capable of improving lubricity of contact lens surfaces and capable of imparting persisting hydrophilicity to contact lens surfaces, by simple immersion treatment. Copolymer A: a copolymer obtained by copolymerization of a monomer (a) represented by formula (1) and a monomer (b) represented by formula (2), in which the copolymerization ratio of the monomer (a) to the monomer (b), a/b=7/3 to 9/1 (by mol), and having a weight-average molecular weight of 400,000 to 800,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka SUZUKI, Hiroko KAWASAKI, Yumiko SASAKI, Shunsuke SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20220004816
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing device include: one or more processors. The processors input data based on input data including first input data belonging to a first domain and second input data belonging to a second domain different from the first domain, to a first model, and acquire first output data indicating an execution result of a first task with the first model. The processors input data based on the input data to a second model, and acquire second output data indicating an execution result of a second task with the second model. The processors convert the first output data into first conversion data expressed in a form of an execution result of the second task. The processors generate supervised data of the second model for the first input data, based on the first conversion data and the second output data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shunsuke SAKURAI, Ryo NAKASHIMA, Akihito SEKI
  • Publication number: 20210321635
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to: a cheese-like food, preferably a cheese-like food having a texture inherent to cheese and a high heat meltability; a method for manufacturing a cheese-like food; and a method for improving the heat meltability of a cheese-like food. The cheese-like food according to the present invention, which comprises 2-30 mass % inclusive of an acetylated oxidized starch, 10-35 mass % inclusive of an edible fat or oil, and 30-65 mass % inclusive of water, is characterized in that the solid fat content at 10° C. of the edible fat or oil is 20-95% inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Shunsuke SAKURAI, Hirofumi NOGAMI, Minako HIRAOKA, Tadayoshi SADAKANE, Miyuki MATSUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20210269748
    Abstract: The present invention is a contact lens treatment solution containing the following copolymer A and copolymer B in a ratio of A/B=1000/1 to 2/1 (by weight). According to the present invention, there can be provided a contact lens treatment solution capable of removing dirt having adhered to contact lens surfaces and capable of imparting persisting hydrophilicity to contact lens surfaces, by simple immersion treatment. Copolymer A: a copolymer obtained by copolymerization of a monomer (a) represented by formula (1) and a monomer (b) represented by formula (2), in which the copolymerization ratio of the monomer (a) to the monomer (b), a/b=7/3 to 9/1 (by mol), and having a weight-average molecular weight of 400,000 to 700,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka SUZUKI, Hiroko KAWASAKI, Shunsuke SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20200385653
    Abstract: Provided is a treating solution for soft contact lenses capable of imparting hydrophilicity and sustainability thereof to a soft contact lens surface. It has been found that a treating solution for soft contact lenses containing a copolymer that contains two kinds of monomers different from each other as constituent units at a specific ratio, and that has a specific weight-average molecular weight can impart excellent hydrophilicity and sustainability thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke SAKURAI, Masatomo TAKAHASHI, Norio IWAKIRI, Koji MIYAMOTO, Takanori FUJITA
  • Patent number: 10471171
    Abstract: Provided is an ophthalmic solution of which preservative component, hexamethylene biguanide, contained therein is inhibited from being adsorbed on soft contact lenses and eye droppers. The ophthalmic solution contains, at a specific ratio, (A) hydroxypropyl methylcellulose having 28.0 to 30.0 mass % methoxy groups and 7.0 to 12.0 mass % hydroxypropoxy groups, both with respect to the total amount of the hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, at a methoxy group/hydroxypropoxy group ratio of 2.5 to 4.0 by mass, wherein a 2 mass % aqueous solution of the hydroxypropyl methylcellulose at 20° C. has a viscosity of 50 to 4000 mPa·s; (B) sodium chloride or potassium chloride; (C) hexamethylene biguanide or a salt thereof; (D) 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine/butyl methacrylate copolymer; and (E) water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: NOF Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Sakurai, Koji Miyamoto, Yohei Takada, Yoshihisa Shimamura, Mao Maruhashi, Nobuyuki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 10391119
    Abstract: Provided is a tear lipid layer stabilizer that is capable of stabilizing a tear lipid layer and allowing the tear lipid layer to sufficiently spread over a corneal surface, to thereby prevent the evaporation of a tear aqueous layer on the corneal surface, and hence is suitable for amelioration, alleviation, or treatment of evaporative dry eye symptoms caused by Meibomian gland dysfunction, an ophthalmic solution having blended therein the tear lipid layer stabilizer, and a tear lipid layer-stabilizing method using the tear lipid layer stabilizer. The tear lipid layer stabilizer includes a copolymer that has a weight-average molecular weight of from 10,000 to 5,000,000, and contains 10 mol % to 90 mol % of a constituent unit (A) based on 2-(meth)acryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine and 90 mol % to 10 mol % of a constituent unit (B) based on an alkyl group-containing (meth)acrylic monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: NOF Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Sakurai, Koji Miyamoto, Yoshihisa Shimamura, Nobuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10376460
    Abstract: Provided by the present invention is a corrigent composed of a copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 10,000-5,000,000 and comprising 10-90 mol % of a constitution unit based on 2-(meth)acryloyloxyethylphosphoryl choline, and 90-10 mol % of a (meth)acrylic monomer containing an alkyl group, a (meth)acrylic monomer containing a quaternary ammonium group and a constitution unit based on a (meth)acrylamide monomer. The present invention also provides a composition for mouth cavity containing the corrigent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Miyamoto, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Shunsuke Sakurai, Yoshihisa Shimamura
  • Patent number: 10195131
    Abstract: An oral composition for reducing dentinal hypersensitivity according to the present invention comprises a phosphorylcholine-containing polymer as an active ingredient. A general consumer can use the oral composition routinely in various forms. The oral composition is brought into contact with an oral cavity of a user to reduce the dentinal hypersensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Miyamoto, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Shunsuke Sakurai, Yoshihisa Shimamura
  • Publication number: 20180360872
    Abstract: Provided is a tear lipid layer stabilizer that is capable of stabilizing a tear lipid layer and allowing the tear lipid layer to sufficiently spread over a corneal surface, to thereby prevent the evaporation of a tear aqueous layer on the corneal surface, and hence is suitable for amelioration, alleviation, or treatment of evaporative dry eye symptoms caused by Meibomian gland dysfunction, an ophthalmic solution having blended therein the tear lipid layer stabilizer, and a tear lipid layer-stabilizing method using the tear lipid layer stabilizer. The tear lipid layer stabilizer includes a copolymer that has a weight-average molecular weight of from 10,000 to 5,000,000, and contains 10 mol % to 90 mol % of a constituent unit (A) based on 2-(meth)acryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine and 90 mol % to 10 mol % of a constituent unit (B) based on an alkyl group-containing (meth)acrylic monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: NOF Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke SAKURAI, Koji MIYAMOTO, Yoshihisa SHIMAMURA, Nobuyuki YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180314077
    Abstract: Provided is a drug sustained-releasing medical contact lens in which a component that is water-insoluble and has pharmacological activity is retained to impart drug sustained-releasability, and which is excellent in oxygen permeability. It has been found that a drug sustained-releasing medical contact lens containing a specific amount of each of a silicone-based polymer having a specific structure and a drug having a specific solubility can achieve the above-mentioned contact lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Sakurai, Kei Sato, Masatomo Takahashi, Mitsuyasu Nakashima, Yosuke Matsuoka, Yoshihisa Shimamura, Koji Miyamoto, Nobuyuki Yamamoto