Patents by Inventor Sumio Kawata

Sumio Kawata 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).

  • LIVER DISEASE MARKER, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR ASSAYING PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION
    Publication number: 20130116148
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for promptly identifying a liver disease. A normal person or a liver disease such as drug-induced liver injury, asymptomatic hepatitis B carrier, chronic hepatitis B, hepatitis C with persistently normal ALT, chronic hepatitis C, cirrhosis type C, hepatocellular carcinoma, simple steatosis, or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis is identified by measuring the concentration of a ?-Glu-X (wherein X represents an amino acid or an amine) peptide or the level of AST or ALT in blood and carrying out, for example, a multiple logistic regression based on the measured value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: KEIO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Soga, Masahiro Sugimoto, Makoto Suematsu, Takafumi Saito, Sumio Kawata