Inventor · Hachioji, JP

Hironobu Takizawa

72Patents
19h-index
62Co-inventors
83Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 27, 1998 → Feb 10, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8454495B2 Capsule medical apparatus Human Necessities 996 Active
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
US6951536B2 Capsule-type medical device and medical system Electricity 198 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
US8021357B2 Body-insertable apparatus Human Necessities 137 Active
US7511733B2 Capsule-type medical apparatus Electricity 130 Expired
US6918872B2 Capsule endoscope Human Necessities 76 Expired
US8038600B2 Medical system Human Necessities 74 Active
USRE41807E1 Capsule endoscope General 65 Active
US8060172B2 In-vivo information measurement apparatus Human Necessities 63 Active
US6855111B2 Capsule endoscope Human Necessities 55 Expired
US8343069B2 In-vivo information acquisition apparatus and in-vivo information acquisition apparatus system Human Necessities 52 Active
US7448993B2 Gastrointestinal tract examining apparatus Human Necessities 51 Expired
US7122001B2 Encapsulated endoscope system in which endoscope moves in lumen by itself and rotation of image of region to be observed is ceased Human Necessities 42 Expired
US7022066B2 Capsule endoscope Electricity 39 Expired
US8257257B2 Capsule type medical device Human Necessities 29 Active
US8579883B2 Body-insertable apparatus and medical agent discharge method Human Necessities 24 Active
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
US7144366B2 Capsule medical apparatus having evacuation detecting and notifying devices and capsule medical apparatus collecting system Human Necessities 17 Expired
US7604591B2 Capsule medical apparatus Human Necessities 14 Active
US7637864B2 Medical device Human Necessities 13 Expired
US7905827B2 Encapsulated endoscope system in which endoscope moves in lumen by itself and rotation of image of region to be observed is ceased Human Necessities 13 Active
US8162821B2 Body-insertable device positioning system and in-vivo observation method Human Necessities 13 Active

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