Inventor

Helmut A. Heine

34Patents
17h-index
19Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 18, 1971 → May 5, 2006

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US3934578A Direct illumination otoscope Human Necessities 83 Expired
US4675919A Headband with cushion Human Necessities 75 Expired
US4306546A Endoscope Human Necessities 56 Expired
USD607562S1 Ophthalmoscope General 55 Expired
US4273112A Laryngoscope Human Necessities 51 Expired
US7441282B2 Headband apparatus for head-worn optical instruments Human Necessities 37 Active
US5223863A Binocular ophthalmoscope with tilting mirror Physics 35 Expired
US4215678A Endoscope Human Necessities 31 Expired
US4382219A Arrangement consisting of a battery handle for electro-optical diagnostic instruments, of a charger and of a storage cell Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US6666819B2 Laryngoscope Human Necessities 26 Expired
US4681413A Headband with optical device adjustably coupled thereto Human Necessities 25 Expired
US7387384B2 Ophthalmoscope Human Necessities 24 Expired
US4012686A Power supply for illuminated instrument Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US6139491A Fibre-optic laryngoscope spatula with an exchangeable light-guide part Human Necessities 19 Expired
USD572853S1 Lamp General 17 Expired
US4043646A Filter mechanism with interconnected heat and color filters for optical examination devices Human Necessities 17 Expired
US4060724A Mounting apparatus for optical examination devices connected to a projector through a light-conducting cable Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US4684227A Binocular indirect ophthalmoscope Human Necessities 16 Expired
US5333018A Binocular ophthalmoscope Human Necessities 12 Expired
US5542904A Handgrip for an electro-optical diagnostic apparatus set Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US4196980A Opthalmoscope examination pattern having light transmissive fixation point Human Necessities 11 Expired
US5448318A Clamp assembly set for attaching a variety of optical devices to eyeglasses Physics 10 Expired
US3948585A Ophthalmoscope examination pattern having slit and surrounding ring Human Necessities 9 Expired
US5479221A Hand-held line grid interference retinometer Human Necessities 9 Expired
US4082946A Apparatus for controlling the illumination of optical examination devices Physics 8 Expired

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