Takeshi Yokoi
86Patents
27h-index
84Co-inventors
91Inventor score
Filing activity: May 16, 1979 → Feb 26, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8454495B2 | Capsule medical apparatus | Human Necessities | 996 | Active |
| US5529580A | Surgical resecting tool | Human Necessities | 370 | 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 |
| US5674182A | Endoscope system including endoscope and protection cover | Human Necessities | 134 | Expired |
| US4884133A | Endoscope light source apparatus | Human Necessities | 109 | Expired |
| US4901142A | Video scope system | Electricity | 86 | Expired |
| US6918872B2 | Capsule endoscope | Human Necessities | 76 | Expired |
| US4862872A | Endoscope and endoscope washing apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 75 | Expired |
| US4757819A | Ultrasonic endoscope | Human Necessities | 74 | Expired |
| US7837614B2 | Capsule medical apparatus having movable frame to which a portion of an objective optical system is fixed | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 68 | Active |
| USRE41807E1 | Capsule endoscope | General | 65 | Active |
| US4763662A | Ultrasonic biopsy endoscope with extensible guide sheath | Human Necessities | 61 | Expired |
| US6855111B2 | Capsule endoscope | Human Necessities | 55 | Expired |
| US7697970B2 | Medical apparatus, medical apparatus guide system, capsule type medical apparatus, and capsule type medical apparatus guide apparatus | Human Necessities | 55 | Active |
| US7448993B2 | Gastrointestinal tract examining apparatus | Human Necessities | 51 | Expired |
| US4869256A | Endoscope apparatus | Human Necessities | 49 | Expired |
| US4411174A | Transmission shift control device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 45 | Expired |
| US4803550A | Imaging apparatus having illumination means | Electricity | 45 | Expired |
| US4879992A | Rigid electronic endoscope | Human Necessities | 42 | 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 |
| US5020539A | Ultrasonic endoscope apparatus | Physics | 40 | Expired |
| US7022066B2 | Capsule endoscope | Electricity | 39 | Expired |
| US4957112A | Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus | Human Necessities | 31 | Expired |
| US4274306A | Vehicle transmission shift control apparatus | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 30 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.