Yoshio Tashiro
48Patents
25h-index
41Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 29, 1986 → Nov 5, 2001
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4827907A | Intra-observation apparatus | Physics | 178 | Expired |
| US5674182A | Endoscope system including endoscope and protection cover | Human Necessities | 134 | Expired |
| US5460167A | Endoscope cover with channel | Human Necessities | 134 | Expired |
| US5702347A | Endoscope system including endoscope and disposable protection cover | Human Necessities | 133 | Expired |
| US5536236A | Covered endoscope system | Human Necessities | 129 | Expired |
| US5551945A | Endoscope system including endoscope and protection cover | Human Necessities | 106 | Expired |
| US5458132A | Endoscope cover-sheathed endoscope system | Human Necessities | 73 | Expired |
| US4790295A | Endoscope having transparent resin sealing layer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 63 | Expired |
| US5419311A | Endoscope apparatus of a type having cover for covering the endoscope | Human Necessities | 61 | Expired |
| US5556367A | Cover type endoscope apparatus | Human Necessities | 58 | Expired |
| US5460166A | Endoscope of an endoscope cover system wherein, at the time of the maximum curvature, a fluid tube path will be curved as twisted so as to move to the side on which the radius of curvature will become larger | Human Necessities | 55 | Expired |
| US5924977A | Endoscope system including endoscope and disposable protection cover | Human Necessities | 54 | Expired |
| US5993380A | Endoscope system including endoscope and protection cover | Human Necessities | 47 | Expired |
| US5695450A | Cover-type endoscope apparatus | Human Necessities | 41 | Expired |
| US5554098A | Endoscope system including endoscope and disposable protection cover | Human Necessities | 38 | Expired |
| US4756303A | Insertion section of an endoscope | Performing Operations; Transporting | 38 | Expired |
| US5545121A | Cover-type endoscope apparatus | Human Necessities | 38 | Expired |
| US5431150A | Covered endoscope having a cap cover for shielding a dilation tube cap with which a dilation tube is coupled | Human Necessities | 36 | Expired |
| US5458133A | Cover type endoscope apparatus | Human Necessities | 35 | Expired |
| US6110104A | Endoscope system having an endoscope capable of being guided into an endoscope cover | Human Necessities | 34 | Expired |
| US5573494A | Endoscope cover-sheathed endoscope in which an endoscope-cover coverable endoscope to be sheathed with an endoscope cover is structured to shut out water tightly | Human Necessities | 30 | Expired |
| US5526928A | Package for packaging a protection cover with channel for endoscope | Performing Operations; Transporting | 28 | Expired |
| US5575753A | Endoscopic apparatus using a covered type endoscope fitted in an endoscope cover | Human Necessities | 27 | Expired |
| US5863286A | Endoscope system including endoscope and disposable protection cover | Human Necessities | 27 | Expired |
| US5688221A | Endoscope cover for endoscope system having uniform flexibility | Human Necessities | 26 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.