Patents by Inventor Sujin HOSHI

Sujin HOSHI 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: 12605481
    Abstract: In specific embodiments, provided is a material for preventing adhesion of membranes in an ophthalmic surgery for treatment of glaucoma or the like without using mitomycin-C or the like. Particularly provided is such material, which is easy to handle and has no risk of histolysis or infections. In a production method of a preferred embodiment, prepared are: aldehyde-modified dextran (first reactant) having weight-average molecular weight of 10,000-5,000,000 and introduced aldehyde group-per-anhydrous glucose unit (mol/AGU) of 0.4-0.7; and succinic anhydride-added poly-L-lysine (second reactant) having weight-average molecular weight of 1000-100,000 and having residual amino group ratio of 80-99%; then, they are mixed together so that aldehyde group-to-amino group molar ratio becomes 0.9-1.1 and are reacted in presence of water so that polymer concentration becomes 8-20%; and a hydrogel produced by the reaction, or a suspension before gelation, is freeze-dried to produce a porous sheet having a thickness of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: BMG Incorporated
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Okamoto, Sujin Hoshi, Fumiki Okamoto, Mikki Arai, Shuhei Tanida, Yusuke Kojitani, Motoki Fujimura, Woogi Hyon, Suong-Hyu Hyon
  • Publication number: 20250235579
    Abstract: In specific embodiments, provided is a material for preventing adhesion of membranes in an ophthalmic surgery for treatment of glaucoma or the like without using mitomycin-C or the like. Particularly provided is such material, which is easy to handle and has no risk of histolysis or infections. In a production method of a preferred embodiment, prepared are: aldehyde-modified dextran (first reactant) having weight-average molecular weight of 10,000-5,000,000 and introduced aldehyde group-per-anhydrous glucose unit (mol/AGU) of 0.4-0.7; and succinic anhydride-added poly-L-lysine (second reactant) having weight-average molecular weight of 1000-100,000 and having residual amino group ratio of 80-99%; then, they are mixed together so that aldehyde group-to-amino group molar ratio becomes 0.9-1.1 and are reacted in presence of water so that polymer concentration becomes 8-20%; and a hydrogel produced by the reaction, or a suspension before gelation, is freeze-dried to produce a porous sheet having a thickness of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Okamoto, Sujin Hoshi, Fumiki Okamoto, Mikki Arai, Shuhei Tanida, Yusuke Kojitani, Motoki Fujimura, Woogi Hyon, Suong-Hyu Hyon
  • Publication number: 20240197964
    Abstract: Provided is a gel material for ophthalmic treatment useful as a synthetic vitreous body which is a novel intraocular tamponade material having a low swelling pressure, an appropriate elastic force, and no toxicity to ocular tissues, specifically, to retinas, and which is capable of stably maintaining a long-term stable tamponade effect. A gel material for ophthalmic treatment including a hydrogel in which a gel precursor cluster crosslinks to form a three-dimensional network. The gel precursor cluster has a structure with crosslinked monomer units or crosslinked polymer units present at concentrations less than a critical gelation concentration, and the gel precursor cluster has a relationship of G?<G? where G? represents a storage elastic modulus and G? represents a loss elastic modulus. The hydrogel has a polymer content of 50 g/L or less, a storage elastic modulus G? of 1 to 10,000 Pa at a frequency of 1 Hz, and a fractal dimension of 1.5 to 2.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA
    Inventors: Takamasa SAKAI, Yuichi TEI, Fumiki OKAMOTO, Sujin HOSHI
  • Publication number: 20190015559
    Abstract: Provided is a gel material for ophthalmic treatment useful as a synthetic vitreous body which is a novel intraocular tamponade material having a low swelling pressure, an appropriate elastic force, and no toxicity to ocular tissues, specifically, to retinas, and which is capable of stably maintaining a long-term stable tamponade effect. A gel material for ophthalmic treatment including a hydrogel in which a gel precursor cluster crosslinks to form a three-dimensional network. The gel precursor cluster has a structure with crosslinked monomer units or crosslinked polymer units present at concentrations less than a critical gelation concentration, and the gel precursor cluster has a relationship of G?<G? where G? represents a storage elastic modulus and G? represents a loss elastic modulus. The hydrogel has a polymer content of 50 g/L or less, a storage elastic modulus G? of 1 to 10,000 Pa at a frequency of 1 Hz, and a fractal dimension of 1.5 to 2.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicants: The University of Tokyo, University of Tsukuba
    Inventors: Takamasa SAKAI, Yuichi TEI, Fumiki OKAMOTO, Sujin HOSHI