US Patent Issued to National University Corporation Hokkaido University on May 27 for "Agent for protection of blood brain spinal cord barrier" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,941, issued on May 27, was assigned to National University Corporation Hokkaido University (Hokkaido, Japan).

"Agent for protection of blood brain spinal cord barrier" was invented by Ken Kadoya (Sapporo, Japan), Yuki Suzuki (Sapporo, Japan), Akihito Sotome (Sapporo, Japan), Katsumi Maenaka (Sapporo, Japan) and Satoko Otsuguro (Sapporo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an agent for protection of vascular endothelial cells, an agent for protection of blood brain spinal cord barrier, and an agent for protection of central nervous system, containing at least one compound selected from the group consi...