Hiroki Moriyama
49Patents
18h-index
63Co-inventors
84Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 23, 1993 → Feb 25, 2015
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8795159B2 | Endoscope | Human Necessities | 563 | Active |
| US6059719A | Endoscope system | Human Necessities | 505 | Expired |
| US5460168A | Endoscope cover assembly and cover-system endoscope | Human Necessities | 293 | Expired |
| US5976074A | Endoscope provided with function of being locked to flexibility of insertion part which is set by flexibility modifying operation member | Human Necessities | 257 | Expired |
| US6951536B2 | Capsule-type medical device and medical system | Electricity | 198 | Expired |
| US5810715A | Endoscope provided with function of being locked to flexibility of insertion part which is set by flexibility modifying operation member | Human Necessities | 197 | Expired |
| US6916284B2 | Endoscope hood | Human Necessities | 144 | Expired |
| US7511733B2 | Capsule-type medical apparatus | Electricity | 130 | Expired |
| US6432041B1 | Endoscope shape detecting apparatus wherein form detecting processing is controlled according to connection state of magnetic field generating means | Human Necessities | 89 | Expired |
| US5885208A | Endoscope system | Human Necessities | 72 | Expired |
| US5490015A | Actuator apparatus | Physics | 70 | Expired |
| US6203494A | Endoscope capable of varying hardness of flexible part of insertion unit thereof | Human Necessities | 68 | Expired |
| US6511417B1 | System for detecting the shape of an endoscope using source coils and sense coils | Human Necessities | 67 | Expired |
| US6589163B2 | Endoscope shape detecting apparatus wherein form detecting processing is controlled according to connection state of magnetic field generating means | Human Necessities | 55 | Expired |
| US8366606B2 | Endoscope and method for inserting endoscope into colon | Human Necessities | 47 | Active |
| US6855108B2 | Endoscope hood member and endoscope system | Human Necessities | 34 | Expired |
| US7238153B2 | Endoscope hood | Human Necessities | 23 | Expired |
| US6773394B2 | System for detecting the shape of an endoscope using source coils and sense coils | Human Necessities | 20 | Expired |
| US8465419B2 | Endoscope insertion unit, endoscope and endoscope system | Human Necessities | 16 | Active |
| US7993602B2 | Sterilizing container and endoscopic system | Human Necessities | 16 | Active |
| US7914444B2 | Endoscope system and endoscope | Human Necessities | 14 | Active |
| US9237837B2 | Insertion device with the operation input unit | Physics | 13 | Active |
| US5695449A | Cover-sheathed endoscope | Human Necessities | 12 | Expired |
| US7399273B2 | Method for high-temperature high-pressure steam sterilization treatment of endoscope and endoscope | Human Necessities | 11 | Expired |
| US6679835B2 | Endoscope device | Human Necessities | 10 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.