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Hironao Kawano
Also filed as: KAWANO HIRONAO
60 granted patents·37 pending applications·1,688 citations·filing 2004–2023
98Inventor score
Files withOLYMPUS CORP32KAWANO HIRONAO27OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP23TANAKA SHINSUKE4TAKIZAWA HIRONOBU3
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97 records- 0198US8454495B2Capsule medical apparatusKAWANO HIRONAO·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 4, 2013·1k cites·9 claims
- 0297US8021357B2Body-insertable apparatusOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 20, 2011·152 cites·26 claims
- 0391US8038600B2Medical systemOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 18, 2011·81 cites·30 claims
- 0489US7697970B2Medical apparatus, medical apparatus guide system, capsule type medical apparatus, and capsule type medical apparatus guide apparatusOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 13, 2010·65 cites·23 claims
- 0585US8257257B2Capsule type medical deviceTAKIZAWA HIRONOBU·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 4, 2012·39 cites·5 claims
- 0682US8579883B2Body-insertable apparatus and medical agent discharge methodTANAKA SHINSUKE·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 12, 2013·26 cites·6 claims
- 0782US8529433B2Body-insertable apparatus systemKAWANO HIRONAO·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 10, 2013·16 cites·19 claims
- 0882US8162821B2Body-insertable device positioning system and in-vivo observation methodKAWANO HIRONAO·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 24, 2012·23 cites·16 claims
- 0980US8049503B2Position detecting system and position detecting methodOLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 1, 2011·13 cites·19 claims
- 1079US8740774B2Capsule-type medical apparatus, guidance system and guidance method therefor, and intrasubject insertion apparatusTAKIZAWA HIRONOBU·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 3, 2014·9 cites·4 claims
- 1179US7841981B2Body-insertable device system and body-insertable device guiding methodOLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 30, 2010·16 cites·33 claims
- 1275US8235888B2System for guiding capsule medical deviceKAWANO HIRONAO·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 7, 2012·11 cites·8 claims
- 1374US8317682B2Medical device control system for controlling generation of magnetic field acting on medical deviceKAWANO HIRONAO·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 27, 2012·6 cites·11 claims
- 1474US8192346B2Housing apparatusKAWANO HIRONAO·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 5, 2012·9 cites·18 claims
- 1574US8084898B2Magnetic actuator, magnetic actuator operating method, and capsule endoscope using the sameKAWANO HIRONAO·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 27, 2011·13 cites·12 claims
- 1674US7711408B2Medical device guidance systemOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted May 4, 2010·11 cites·15 claims
- 1773US9095261B2System for guiding capsule medical deviceKAWANO HIRONAO·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 4, 2015·5 cites·4 claims
- 1873US7798958B2Medical device control systemOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 21, 2010·8 cites·27 claims
- 1972US8790247B2Body-insertable device system and in-vivo observation methodKAWANO HIRONAO·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 29, 2014·4 cites·6 claims
- 2072US8241206B2System for guiding capsule medical deviceKAWANO HIRONAO·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 14, 2012·9 cites·11 claims
- 2172US8100889B2Body-insertable apparatusKAWANO HIRONAO·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 24, 2012·9 cites·20 claims
- 2271US9517001B2Capsule endoscope systemOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 13, 2016·2 cites·11 claims
- 2371US8439822B2Capsule endoscopeSHIGEMORI TOSHIAKI·Filed 2009·Granted May 14, 2013·9 cites·6 claims
- 2471US8303490B2Capsule type medical device system, and capsule type medical deviceKAWANO HIRONAO·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 6, 2012·7 cites·8 claims
- 2570US7960683B2Observation apparatus and observation method with reflected light patterns being detected by changing a weight for each of element lightsOLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 14, 2011·2 cites·20 claims
- 2670US7500951B2Lesion detecting systemOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 10, 2009·7 cites·34 claims
- 2769US8261751B2Guiding system, position controlling apparatus, and guiding methodKAWANO HIRONAO·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 11, 2012·6 cites·21 claims
- 2868US10750935B2Guidance device and capsule medical device guidance systemOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 25, 2020·1 cites·8 claims
- 2967US9931022B2Capsule medical device guidance systemOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 3, 2018·1 cites·10 claims
- 3067US9211084B2Medical guidance system and control method of medical deviceUCHIYAMA AKIO·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 15, 2015·5 cites·14 claims
- 3167US8147403B2Capsule propulsion device and propulsion methodTAKAHASHI MASAKI·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 3, 2012·3 cites·13 claims
- 3266US8243130B2Capsule medical device guidance systemKAWANO HIRONAO·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 14, 2012·3 cites·4 claims
- 3366US8021356B2Capsule medication administration system, medication administration method using capsule medication administration system, control method for capsule medication administration systemOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 20, 2011·16 cites·52 claims
- 3465US9155450B2Guiding apparatus and capsule medical device guiding systemOLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 13, 2015·2 cites·15 claims
- 3565US8731637B2Intra-subject medical system, method of operating body-insertable apparatus and operative treatmentKAWANO HIRONAO·Filed 2007·Granted May 20, 2014·3 cites·26 claims
- 3664US8702591B2Capsule medical apparatusKAWANO HIRONAO·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 22, 2014·3 cites·20 claims
- 3764US8632459B2Intra-subject observation system and intra-subject observation methodAOKI ISAO·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 21, 2014·4 cites·40 claims
- 3864US8398543B2Capsule endoscope activation systemTAKAHASHI MASAKI·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 19, 2013·2 cites·13 claims
- 3963US8444550B2Capsule medical device guidance system and method for guiding capsule medical deviceKAWANO HIRONAO·Filed 2011·Granted May 21, 2013·2 cites·6 claims
- 4062US8308632B2Method and apparatus for displaying information in magnetically guided capsule endoscopyBECHTOLD MARIO·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 13, 2012·2 cites·9 claims
- 4162US8202247B2Capsule medical apparatusTANAKA SHINSUKE·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 19, 2012·2 cites·13 claims
- 4262US7918786B2Capsule type medical device system, and capsule type medical deviceOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 5, 2011·21 cites·28 claims
- 4361US8460177B2Capsule medical device guidance system and method for guiding capsule medical deviceKAWANO HIRONAO·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 11, 2013·2 cites·14 claims
- 4461US8038646B2Body-insertable apparatus and manufacturing method thereofOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 18, 2011·2 cites·7 claims
- 4561US7623904B2Medical apparatus, medical apparatus guide system, capsule type medical apparatus, and capsule type medical apparatus guide apparatusOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 24, 2009·20 cites·20 claims
- 4660US7904137B2Medical device guidance systemOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 8, 2011·1 cites·9 claims
- 4759US8734329B2Capsule medical device guiding system and magnetic field generating deviceKAWANO HIRONAO·Filed 2012·Granted May 27, 2014·1 cites·18 claims
- 4859US8568296B2In-vivo observing system and in-vivo observing methodKAWANO HIRONAO·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 29, 2013·1 cites·17 claims
- 4959US2023410300A1Image processing device, image processing method, and computer-readable recording mediumOLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 5057US2010030026A1Medical apparatus guiding systemOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
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