Inventor · Widnau, CH

Manfred Kuster

24Patents
7h-index
25Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 8, 1984 → Oct 1, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6500115B2 Endoscope Human Necessities 210 Expired
US7435218B2 Optical instrument, in particular an endoscope, having an interchangeable head Physics 167 Expired
US5868482A Color wheel and picture generation unit with a color wheel Physics 69 Expired
US4592602A Modular mounting rack system of vertical-type construction Electricity 46 Expired
US6024453A Method of rapidly producing color changes in an optical light path Physics 34 Expired
US6639664B2 Endoscope for inspection of an observation cavity Physics 26 Expired
US6540389B1 Lighting system for illumination of an observation space Physics 10 Expired
US9036021B2 Autofocusing method and device for a microscope Electricity 4 Active
US8614851B2 Surgical fluorescence stereomicroscope Physics 3 Active
US8000004B2 Microscope with centered illumination Human Necessities 3 Active
US8941915B2 Illuminating device for an operating microscope Physics 2 Active
US8154795B2 Stereo microscope with beam splitter device Human Necessities 2 Active
US10823947B2 Illumination filter system and observation system for a multispectral fluorescence microscope, multispectral fluorescence microscope, and microscopying method Physics 1 Active
US10145796B2 Illumination filter for an illumination filter system of a surgical multispectral fluorescence microscope having a spatial filter pattern Physics 1 Active
US8810639B2 Endoscopic video measuring system Human Necessities 0 Active
US10823949B2 Beam splitter device having at least two beamsplitting surfaces with different reflection-to-transmission ratios Physics 0 Active
US8007107B2 Illuminating apparatus for an operating microscope Physics 0 Active
US8218234B2 Illumination device for a microscope Human Necessities 0 Active
US10260716B2 Illumination unit for medical devices, and energy supply unit for supplying the illumination unit with electrical energy Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 0 Active
US8564880B2 Zoom system for a microscope and method of operating such a zoom system Physics 0 Active
US10545326B2 Illumination and observation system for an ophthalmic microscope, ophthalmic microscope and microscopying method using four red reflex observation pupils Physics 0 Active
US10545325B2 Illumination and observation system for an ophthalmic microscope, ophthalmic microscope comprising such a system, and microscopying method Human Necessities 0 Active
US11921275B2 Illumination filter system and observation system for a multispectral fluorescence microscope, multispectral fluorescence microscope, and microscopying method Physics 0 Active
US8734332B2 Connector unit for endoscopes Human Necessities 0 Active

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