Inventor · Nagoya, JP

Tomihisa Kato

21Patents
13h-index
20Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 24, 1997 → Jun 29, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6423012B1 Medical guide wire Human Necessities 233 Expired
US7117703B2 Wire-stranded hollow coil body, a medical equipment made therefrom and a method of making the same Textiles; Paper 96 Expired
US7377910B2 Reagent injection device Human Necessities 91 Expired
US6881194B2 Wire-stranded medical hollow tube, and a medical guide wire Human Necessities 84 Expired
US7182757B2 Medical guide wire Human Necessities 73 Expired
US6884225B2 Medical guide wire Human Necessities 64 Expired
US6926692B2 Medicinal liquid injection catheter Human Necessities 56 Expired
US6648837B2 Medical guide wire Human Necessities 46 Expired
US7278974B2 Medical guide wire Human Necessities 41 Expired
US7434437B2 Method of making a metallic thin wire for a medical tool Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Active
US7150723B2 Medical device including guide wire and balloon catheter for curing a coronary artery Human Necessities 27 Expired
US7399283B2 Medical guide wire having a stepwisely thickness-reduced but breadth-increased distal tip structure Human Necessities 18 Expired
US7918947B2 Method of making a guide wire by using a heat mold device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US8157811B2 Treatment device for endoscope Human Necessities 8 Expired
US7553444B2 Heat mold device and a method of making a guide wire by using the same heat mold device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US5851192A Connecting structure of the guide wire used for medical treatment Human Necessities 7 Expired
US8551073B2 Catheter device Human Necessities 5 Active
US8845551B2 Medical guide wire, an assembly of microcatheter and guiding catheter combined with the medical guide wire, and an assembly of ballooncatheter and guiding catheter combined with the medical guide wire Human Necessities 3 Active
US7442184B2 Medicinal liquid injection catheter Human Necessities 2 Expired
US8211039B2 Medical guide wire, a method of making the same, an assembly of balloon catheter and guiding catheter combined with the medical guide wire, an assembly of microcatheter and guiding catheter combined with the medical guide wire Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US8894587B2 Medical guide wire, method of making the same, and assembly of balloon catheter and guiding catheter combined with the medical guide wire Human Necessities 0 Active

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