Hideyuki Adachi
26Patents
19h-index
66Co-inventors
80Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 28, 1988 → Jul 16, 2007
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.