US Patent Issued to DENSO, JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY on Dec. 16 for "Photoresponsive liposome, complex, measurement system, and measurement method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,368, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan) and JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Nomi, Japan).

"Photoresponsive liposome, complex, measurement system, and measurement method" was invented by Akira Nukazuka (Kariya, Japan), Hitoshi Kuno (Kariya, Japan), Tsutomu Hamada (Nomi, Japan), Katsunori Kouda (Nagakute, Japan) and Taira Kobayashi (Nagakute, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A complex includes photoresponsive liposomes, a first buffer solution, and a second buffer solution. Each of the photoresponsive liposomes includes a membrane that contains azobenzene compound and phospholipid and...