Hideki Shimonaka
18Patents
12h-index
26Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: May 4, 1979 → May 5, 2010
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4235238A | Apparatus for suturing coeliac tissues | Human Necessities | 1,194 | Expired |
| US6059719A | Endoscope system | Human Necessities | 505 | Expired |
| US7063715B2 | Endoscopic suture apparatus | Human Necessities | 408 | Expired |
| US4326531A | Device for operating a coeliac tubular member-closing implement | Human Necessities | 241 | Expired |
| US7727247B2 | Living tissue ligation device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 132 | Expired |
| US4794913A | Suction control unit for an endoscope | Human Necessities | 113 | Expired |
| US7662089B2 | Endoscope suitable to body cavity | Human Necessities | 110 | Expired |
| US4736732A | Endoscopic fluid changing device | Human Necessities | 88 | Expired |
| US7776066B2 | Endoscopic suture apparatus | Human Necessities | 70 | Active |
| US7156857B2 | Endoscopic instruments | Human Necessities | 63 | Expired |
| US7011667B2 | Apparatus for ligating living tissues | Human Necessities | 27 | Expired |
| US8348964B2 | Living tissue ligation device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 17 | Active |
| USD269904S | Endoscope | General | 12 | Expired |
| US8157824B2 | Living tissue ligation device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Active |
| US8152824B2 | Living tissue ligation device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Active |
| US8900254B2 | Apparatus for ligating living tissues | Human Necessities | 6 | Active |
| US7998148B2 | Endoscopic instruments | Human Necessities | 3 | Active |
| US8632459B2 | Intra-subject observation system and intra-subject observation method | Human Necessities | 1 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.