Inventor · Nagoya, JP

Chikao Harada

30Patents
18h-index
38Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 27, 1978 → Aug 25, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5462051A Medical communication system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 971 Expired
US5660182A Inflatable cuff used for blood pressure measurement and automatic blood pressure measuring apparatus including inflatable cuff Human Necessities 147 Expired
US4729381A Living body information recorder Human Necessities 112 Expired
US4951679A Pulse wave detecting apparatus having placement-condition detecting means Human Necessities 71 Expired
US5617868A Pulse wave detecting apparatus Human Necessities 71 Expired
US5179956A Contact pressure sensor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Expired
US5131400A Pulse wave detecting apparatus Human Necessities 47 Expired
US4901733A Pulse wave detecting apparatus Human Necessities 47 Expired
US4928700A Pulse wave detecting apparatus Human Necessities 38 Expired
US4976268A Pressure-pulse-wave detecting apparatus Human Necessities 35 Expired
US5560366A Oscillometric blood pressure measuring apparatus Human Necessities 34 Expired
US8939908B2 Ultrasonic blood vessel inspecting apparatus Physics 31 Active
US5101829A Semiconductor pressure pulse wave sensor Human Necessities 28 Expired
US4356827A Method of arrhythmia detection with detecting mechanism Human Necessities 25 Expired
US5653241A Blood-pressure monitor apparatus Physics 22 Expired
US4262674A Sphygmomanometer with an arrhythmia detecting mechanism Human Necessities 21 Expired
US4928701A Method and apparatus for monitoring blood pressure Human Necessities 21 Expired
US6068601A Blood pressure measuring apparatus Human Necessities 18 Expired
US6748262B2 Heartbeat synchronous information acquiring apparatus Human Necessities 17 Expired
US5595180A Method and apparatus for winding cuff in blood pressure measurement Human Necessities 15 Expired
US7412776B2 Sensor holding apparatus Human Necessities 15 Active
US5730139A Blood pressure measuring apparatus Human Necessities 14 Expired
US6475155B2 Pulse-wave-propagation-relating information obtaining apparatus and arterial-bifurcate-portion determining apparatus Human Necessities 14 Expired
US4947855A Blood pressure measuring apparatus Human Necessities 13 Expired
US6702768B2 Foot bending and stretching apparatus Human Necessities 13 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.