Patents by Inventor Yoko Itagaki

Yoko Itagaki 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: 4976921
    Abstract: Contact lenses can be sterilized effectively in a short time, by using a kit for contact lens sterilization which comprises an oxidizing agent for sterilizing contact lenses and a reducing agent for making nontoxic the oxidizing agent still remaining after sterilization and wherein the oxidizing agent and the reducing agent each have such a property and form that they do not substantially react with each other in the kit and that when they are placed in water substantially simultaneously, the major portion of the oxidizing agent dissolves in water more rapidly than the major portion of the reducing agent. Further, with this kit, the sterilized contact lenses can be made nontoxic without fail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Yoko Itagaki, Masahiro Hiranuma
  • Patent number: 4780152
    Abstract: Contact lenses can be cleaned effectively in a short time, by using a kit for contact lens cleaning which comprises an oxidizing agent for removing stains adhering to contact lenses and a reducing agent for making nontoxic the oxidizing agent still remaining after stain removal and wherein the oxidizing agent and the reducing agent are each in such a form that when they are placed in water substantially simultaneously, the major portion of the oxidizing agent dissolves in the water more rapidly than the major portion of the reducing agent. Further, with this kit, the cleaned contact lenses can be made nontoxic without fail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1988
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Yoko Itagaki, Masahiro Hiranuma