Patents by Inventor Takahiro SONOKI

Takahiro SONOKI 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: 12048672
    Abstract: Provided is packaged medicine capable of inhibiting deterioration of electrodes over a long period of time and reliably transmitting a signal after ingestion even when a long period of time has elapsed since production to ingestion. The packaged medicine includes a solid medicine including drug powder and a micro-device, a container provided with a solid medicine accommodating space accommodating the solid medicine therein, and inert gas encapsulated in the solid medicine accommodating space. The micro-device includes two electrodes with mutually different ionization tendencies and a transmitter operable to transmit a signal using electromotive force generated when the electrodes come in contact with electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuma Yokoi, Kenzo Kashihara, Kenta Yamamoto, Takahiro Sonoki, Shohei Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200093700
    Abstract: Provided is packaged medicine capable of inhibiting deterioration of electrodes over a long period of time and reliably transmitting a signal after ingestion even when a long period of time has elapsed since production to ingestion. The packaged medicine includes a solid medicine including drug powder and a micro-device, a container provided with a solid medicine accommodating space accommodating the solid medicine therein, and inert gas encapsulated in the solid medicine accommodating space. The micro-device includes two electrodes with mutually different ionization tendencies and a transmitter operable to transmit a signal using electromotive force generated when the electrodes come in contact with electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuma YOKOI, Kenzo KASHIHARA, Kenta YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SONOKI, Shohei YAMADA