Patents by Inventor Yoshihiko Masaki

Yoshihiko Masaki 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).

  • Composition and method for organ preservation
    Patent number: 7476660
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for organ preservation, comprising an inulin type fructan as an active ingredient. The composition for organ preservation can suppress the hypofunction of an organ and damage to a histological structure and can improve the state of preservation of the organ in the course of organ transplantation and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Masaki, Kazunari Yoshida, Tadao Endo, Hirofumi Nakamura, Yasuhito Tashiro
  • Composition for storing organ and method of storing organ
    Publication number: 20050164156
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for organ preservation, comprising an inulin type fructan as an active ingredient. The composition for organ preservation can suppress the hypofunction of an organ and damage to a histological structure and can improve the state of preservation of the organ in the course of organ transplantation and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Masaki, Kazunari Yoshida, Tadao Endo, Hirofumi Nakamura, Yasuhito Tashiro
  • Organ preservation composition comprising nicaraven and methods of use
    Patent number: 6030766
    Abstract: An organ preservative or protective that are characterized by containing (.+-.)-N,N'-propylenedinicotinamide as an active ingredient. The compound not only exhibits outstanding organ preserving and protecting effects: it is also free from any significant problems with side effects and safety aspects. Hence, it is very useful as an organ preservative and protective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Masaki, Kazuo Kumano