Inventor · Sagamihara, JP

Sumihiro Uchimura

26Patents
14h-index
38Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 15, 1990 → Jul 1, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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
US7667592B2 Operation system and method of notifying system operation information of same Human Necessities 346 Active
US5868666A Endoscope apparatus using programmable integrated circuit to constitute internal structure thereof Electricity 89 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
US7914443B2 Endoscope with non-contact signal transmission and reception Human Necessities 69 Active
US6511417B1 System for detecting the shape of an endoscope using source coils and sense coils Human Necessities 67 Expired
US7935047B2 Double-balloon endoscope system Human Necessities 45 Active
US7896804B2 Endoscope with first and second imaging and illumination units Human Necessities 44 Active
US6890294B2 Endoscope apparatus Human Necessities 41 Expired
US6773393B1 Apparatus and method for detecting and displaying form of insertion part of endoscope Human Necessities 28 Expired
US5134469A Endoscope light source apparatus with detachable flash unit Electricity 27 Expired
US6773394B2 System for detecting the shape of an endoscope using source coils and sense coils Human Necessities 20 Expired
US8096942B2 Endoscope balloon control device Human Necessities 19 Active
US7195587B2 Apparatus and method using it for detecting and displaying form of insertion part of endoscope inserted into body cavity Human Necessities 18 Expired
US8517926B2 Endoscope Human Necessities 14 Active
US7706859B2 Device for detecting shape of endoscope Human Necessities 9 Active
US6745065B2 Endoscope apparatus Human Necessities 9 Expired
US7942810B2 Endoscope and endoscopic system Human Necessities 8 Active
US7963914B2 Endoscope Human Necessities 7 Active
US7850601B2 Endoscope having non-contact charging apparatus Human Necessities 6 Active
US7883460B2 Endoscope Human Necessities 4 Active
US11109744B2 Three-dimensional endoscope system including a two-dimensional display image portion in a three-dimensional display image Electricity 1 Active
US7896801B2 Endoscope with rigidity variation section Human Necessities 1 Active
US11224329B2 Medical observation apparatus Human Necessities 0 Active
US11071444B2 Medical endoscope system providing enhanced illumination Human Necessities 0 Active

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