Hisao Yabe
108Patents
46h-index
108Co-inventors
93Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 18, 1980 → Oct 5, 2015
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6786864B2 | Endoscopic system and method for positioning an indwelling tube | Human Necessities | 1,678 | Expired |
| US6991602B2 | Medical treatment method and apparatus | Human Necessities | 277 | Expired |
| US5860913A | Endoscope whose distal cover can be freely detachably attached to main distal part thereof with high positioning precision | Human Necessities | 260 | Expired |
| US4741327A | Endoscope having bent circuit board | Human Necessities | 247 | Expired |
| US6951536B2 | Capsule-type medical device and medical system | Electricity | 198 | Expired |
| US4832003A | Electronic endoscope tip | Physics | 190 | Expired |
| US4918521A | Solid state imaging apparatus | Electricity | 188 | Expired |
| US4402313A | Endoscope light source device | Electricity | 145 | Expired |
| US5507717A | Device for bending the insertion section of an endoscope | Human Necessities | 143 | Expired |
| US5707344A | Endoscope | Human Necessities | 140 | Expired |
| US4641635A | Endoscope apparatus | Human Necessities | 139 | Expired |
| US5460167A | Endoscope cover with channel | Human Necessities | 134 | Expired |
| US5674182A | Endoscope system including endoscope and protection cover | Human Necessities | 134 | Expired |
| US5702347A | Endoscope system including endoscope and disposable protection cover | Human Necessities | 133 | Expired |
| US5876326A | Electronic endoscope with grounded spirally-wound lead wires | Human Necessities | 131 | Expired |
| US7511733B2 | Capsule-type medical apparatus | Electricity | 130 | Expired |
| US5536236A | Covered endoscope system | Human Necessities | 129 | Expired |
| US4888639A | Endoscope apparatus having integrated disconnectable light transmitting and image signal transmitting cord | Human Necessities | 123 | Expired |
| US4845555A | Electronic endoscope apparatus | Electricity | 120 | Expired |
| US4885634A | Endoscope apparatus capable of monochrome display with respect to specific wavelength regions in the visible region | Human Necessities | 116 | Expired |
| US4895138A | Endoscope with a detachable observation unit at its distal end | Electricity | 111 | Expired |
| US4745470A | Endoscope using a chip carrier type solid state imaging device | Electricity | 110 | Expired |
| US4884133A | Endoscope light source apparatus | Human Necessities | 109 | Expired |
| US5551945A | Endoscope system including endoscope and protection cover | Human Necessities | 106 | Expired |
| US4708126A | Endoscopic apparatus with connecting means | Physics | 90 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.