Patents by Inventor Yasuo Kitagawa

Yasuo Kitagawa 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).

  • Publication number: 20100092432
    Abstract: [Problems] To provide a novel use of multipotential stem cells originating in a fat tissue. [Means for Solving Problems] It is intended to provide a cell preparation which contains multipotential stem cells originating in a fat tissue and is usable for an ischemic disease, impairment of renal function, wound, urinary incontinence or osteoporosis. As the multipotential stem cells originating in a fat tissue, use is made of cells which proliferate in the case of centrifuging cells separated from a fat tissue and culturing the thus sedimented cells (an SVF fraction) under low-serum conditions. In an embodiment, a cell preparation containing the SVF fraction is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Takenori Ozaki, Kaoru Yasuda, Shouichi Maruyama, Tokunori Yamamoto, Momokazu Gotoh, Seiichi Matsuo, Yasuo Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20070202592
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a pluripotent cell having the following properties: (1) being contained in a mixed-cell type population obtained by enzymatic treatment of the tissue collected from an animal; (2) being contained in a sedimented cell population obtained by centrifugating the mixed-cell type population of the property (1); (3) selectively proliferating by culturing in a medium containing 2% (v/v) or lower serum and 1 to 100 ng/ml of fibroblast growth factor-2; and (4) being differentiated into cells having the characteristics of adipocytes, osteoblasts, chondrocytes, tendon cells, myocardial cells, myoblasts, neurocytes or vascular endothelial cells by adjusting the culture condition; cells having differentiated from the above cell; and a method of conveniently obtaining the pluripotent cell in a large amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicants: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY, KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Kitagawa, Shuhei Torii, Kazuhiro Sakurada, Masato Kobori, Yuzuru Kamei, Hirotake Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Toriyama, Toru Takada