Patents by Inventor Yoshinao Nagashima

Yoshinao Nagashima 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: 8357189
    Abstract: A physiology enhancing device for improving physiological functions of a human body, etc., which comprises a heat generating element making use of chemical energy and a sheet interposed between the heat generating element and a body surface of a wearer, and which is designed to supply steam generated from the heat generating element while the device is applied to the body surface. The device exhibits steam generating capability for 2 hours or longer and, while applied to the body surface, raises the body surface temperature to a temperature from 38° C. to lower than 42° C. within one hour from the application. The sheet interposed between the heat generating element and the body surface preferably has a function of regulating air feed to the heat generating element and a function of transferring the heat of the physiology enhancing device to the body surface and preferably has a total thickness of 0.05 to 1.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Ugajin, Michihito Igaki, Kazutaka Yamashita, Katsutoshi Hara, Yoshinao Nagashima, Shuji Ishikawa, Ichiro Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20090264524
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a recuperative agent for cerebral fatigue and a recuperative food for cerebral fatigue, each including as active ingredients one or more members selected from the group consisting of chlorogenic acids, caffeic acid, ferulic acid, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. According to the present invention, recuperation from the cerebral fatigue such as decreased calculating ability based on cerebral fatigue can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi SADACHI, Yoshinao NAGASHIMA, Takuya WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20090062890
    Abstract: A physiology enhancing device for improving physiological functions of a human body, etc., which comprises a heat generating element making use of chemical energy and a sheet interposed between the heat generating element and a body surface of a wearer, and which is designed to supply steam generated from the heat generating element while the device is applied to the body surface. The device exhibits steam generating capability for 2 hours or longer and, while applied to the body surface, raises the body surface temperature to a temperature from 38° C. to lower than 42° C. within one hour from the application. The sheet interposed between the heat generating element and the body surface preferably has a function of regulating air feed to the heat generating element and a function of transferring the heat of the physiology enhancing device to the body surface and preferably has a total thickness of 0.05 to 1.5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Ugajin, Michihito Igaki, Kazutaka Yamashita, Katsutoshi Hara, Yoshinao Nagashima, Shuji Ishikawa, Ichiro Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20070270497
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a recuperative agent for cerebral fatigue and a recuperative food for cerebral fatigue, each including as active ingredients one or more members selected from the group consisting of chlorogenic acids, caffeic acid, ferulic acid, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. According to the present invention, recuperation from the cerebral fatigue such as decreased calculating ability based on cerebral fatigue can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Sadachi, Yoshinao Nagashima, Takuya Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7125911
    Abstract: The autonomic nerve regulating agent of the present invention, which, has sedative action, sleep inducing action, and stress mitigating action in individuals, regardless of individual variation in sensitivity to or preference for fragrance, contains as an active ingredient a sesquiterpene alcohol with a boiling point of 250° C. or higher, particularly cedrol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinao Nagashima, Keiichi Sugata, Yukihiro Yada, Kazuyuki Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20040048933
    Abstract: The autonomic-nerve regulating agent of the present-invention, which, has a sedative action, sleep inducing action, and stress mitigating action in individuals, regardless of individual variation in sensitivity to or preference for fragrance, contains as an active ingredient a sesquiterpene alcohol with a boiling point of 250° C. or higher, particularly cedrol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinao Nagashima, Keiichi Sugata, Yukihiro Yada, Kazuyuki Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20040039065
    Abstract: The autonomic nerve regulating agent of the present invention, which, has a sedative action, sleep inducing action, and stress mitigating action in individuals, regardless of individual variation in sensitivity to or preference for fragrance, contains as an active ingredient a sesquiterpene alcohol with a boiling point of 250° C. or higher, particularly cedrol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinao Nagashima, Keiichi Sugata, Yukihiro Yada, Kazuyuki Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20020151600
    Abstract: The autonomic nerve regulating agent of the present invention, which, has sedative action, sleep inducing action, and stress mitigating action in individuals, regardless of individual variation in sensitivity to or preference for fragrance, contains as an active ingredient a sesquiterpene alcohol with a boiling point of 250° C. or higher, particularly cedrol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinao Nagashima, Keiichi Sugata, Yukihiro Yada, Kazuyuki Fukuda
  • Patent number: 6269817
    Abstract: A cosmetic method for obtaining substantial cosmetic effects through simple massaging by ordinary people by first massaging in the direction of arterial blood flow and then in the direction of venous blood flow, or by massaging the surface of the skin with the use of a cosmetic comprising disintegrating particles while the pulse, dermal vasculature, skin temperature, or dermal blood flow is in a stimulated, dilated, elevated, or stimulated state as opposed to a resting state, and by washing the skin with a cleanser or a detergent, and then using a skincare cosmetic, wherein massaging is done using a massaging cosmetic comprising disintegrating particles before the skincare cosmetic is used after washing with a cleanser or detergent. This allows effective skincare to be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinao Nagashima, Takahide Minami, Yukihiro Yada
  • Patent number: 6197343
    Abstract: The invention relates to a complexion-improving beauty composition comprising disintegrable granules and a blood circulation accelerator. The composition can synergistically exhibit a blood circulation-accelerating effect in a short period of time, is excellent in the effect of improving a complexion, and does not irritate the skin and eyes, thus being highly safe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Takahide Minami, Akiko Suzuki, Hidetaka Iwai, Yukihiro Yada, Yoshinao Nagashima
  • Patent number: 6070092
    Abstract: Light Lo is allowed to be applied on the skin S, the internal scattered light Li in the region from the surface of the skin S to the microcirculation system is detected preferably in at least three wavelength regions of 400 to nm, 500 to 600 nm, 600 to 800 nm, or 800 to 1500 nm, and the optical properties which are affected by blood circulation, such as skin color, spots, and discoloration are determined. With these optical properties, the surface state of the skin can be evaluated better.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Haruhito Kazama, Yoshinao Nagashima, Yukihiro Yada
  • Patent number: 4983582
    Abstract: A preventive and therapeutic method for hypertension by dosing hexose phosphate calcium which produces an immediate effect without having any undesirable side-effects to control a rise in the blood pressure, and is efficacious also for various diseases of which onset can be ascribed to hypertension, such as myocardial infarction, cerebral apoplexy, cirrhosis of livers, billiary stasis, and others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Murata, Yoshinao Nagashima, Kenji Hara, Shigeto Kayane, Takashi Imamura