Nobuyuki Matsuura
16Patents
11h-index
32Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 3, 1986 → Sep 10, 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 |
| US6059718A | Endoscope form detecting apparatus in which coil is fixedly mounted by insulating member so that form is not deformed within endoscope | Human Necessities | 468 | Expired |
| US5840024A | Endoscope form detecting apparatus in which coil is fixedly mounted by insulating member so that form is not deformed within endoscope | Human Necessities | 312 | Expired |
| US6991602B2 | Medical treatment method and apparatus | Human Necessities | 277 | Expired |
| US5784098A | Apparatus for measuring three-dimensional configurations | Electricity | 150 | Expired |
| US4979497A | Endoscope | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 116 | Expired |
| US4860731A | Endoscope | Human Necessities | 93 | Expired |
| US5050584A | Endoscope with a solid-state image pickup device | Human Necessities | 47 | Expired |
| US4736734A | Endoscope with variable illumination angle | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 46 | Expired |
| US4773395A | Endoscope | Human Necessities | 45 | Expired |
| US8403827B2 | Endoscopic insertion aid, endoscopic system, and method of inserting insertion portion of endoscope into body cavity by use of endoscopic insertion aid | Human Necessities | 15 | Active |
| US6415810B2 | Water hammering prevention device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Expired |
| US6178998A | Reverse flow prevention apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Expired |
| US7201717B2 | Electronic endoscope | Human Necessities | 2 | Expired |
| US4784119A | Insertion assembly of an endoscope | Human Necessities | 1 | Expired |
| US9695987B2 | Ball tap | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.