Tsugio Okazaki
13Patents
9h-index
31Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 27, 1987 → Oct 6, 2014
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5860913A | Endoscope whose distal cover can be freely detachably attached to main distal part thereof with high positioning precision | Human Necessities | 260 | 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 |
| US4773396A | Endoscope | Human Necessities | 77 | Expired |
| US6511417B1 | System for detecting the shape of an endoscope using source coils and sense coils | Human Necessities | 67 | Expired |
| US6589163B2 | Endoscope shape detecting apparatus wherein form detecting processing is controlled according to connection state of magnetic field generating means | Human Necessities | 55 | Expired |
| US4777524A | Endoscope having an electrically insulated solid-state image sensing unit | Electricity | 36 | Expired |
| US5402770A | Endoscope pipeline controlling apparatus and endoscope system | Human Necessities | 28 | Expired |
| US5343855A | Endoscope pipeline controlling apparatus and endoscope system | Human Necessities | 23 | Expired |
| US6773394B2 | System for detecting the shape of an endoscope using source coils and sense coils | Human Necessities | 20 | Expired |
| US8998801B2 | Insertion instrument | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Active |
| US8758233B2 | Endoscope | Human Necessities | 2 | Active |
| US9649017B2 | Endoscope | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US9615727B2 | Insertion apparatus | Human Necessities | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.