Inventor · Hachioji, JP

Hideyuki Adachi

26Patents
19h-index
66Co-inventors
80Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 28, 1988 → Jul 16, 2007

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5339799A Medical system for reproducing a state of contact of the treatment section in the operation unit Human Necessities 2,041 Expired
US5372124A Treating instrument Human Necessities 1,504 Expired
US5681260A Guiding apparatus for guiding an insertable body within an inspected object Human Necessities 441 Expired
US4930494A Apparatus for bending an insertion section of an endoscope using a shape memory alloy Human Necessities 421 Expired
US6069698A Optical imaging apparatus which radiates a low coherence light beam onto a test object, receives optical information from light scattered by the object, and constructs therefrom a cross-sectional image of the object Physics 379 Expired
US5531664A Bending actuator having a coil sheath with a fixed distal end and a free proximal end Human Necessities 261 Expired
US5624380A Multi-degree of freedom manipulator Human Necessities 260 Expired
US6951536B2 Capsule-type medical device and medical system Electricity 198 Expired
US5697939A Apparatus for holding a medical instrument in place Human Necessities 189 Expired
US5558619A Endoscope system with automatic control according to movement of an operator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 161 Expired
US7083579B2 Encapsulated medical device and method of examining, curing, and treating internal region of body cavity using encapsulated medical device Human Necessities 141 Expired
US6540670B1 Endoscope system Human Necessities 141 Expired
US7511733B2 Capsule-type medical apparatus Electricity 130 Expired
US5351677A Medical system having object information reproduction means for palpation Electricity 96 Expired
US5679216A Method of manufacturing a multi-degree-of-freedom manipulator Human Necessities 81 Expired
US5090259A Pipe-inspecting apparatus having a self propelled unit Physics 78 Expired
US5179934A Endoscope Human Necessities 74 Expired
US5144848A Intra-tube traveling apparatus Physics 31 Expired
US7651471B2 Encapsulated medical device and method of examining, curing, and treating internal region of body cavity using encapsulated medical device Human Necessities 21 Active
US7076284B2 Capsulated medical equipment Human Necessities 19 Expired
US6609299B2 Connecting rod Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US7942811B2 Capsulated medical equipment Human Necessities 7 Active
US7993263B2 Method and portable device for displaying an image from a capsule type medical device Electricity 4 Expired
US7104953B2 Endoscope system Human Necessities 3 Expired
US7727145B2 Capsule-type medical device and medical system Electricity 3 Active

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