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Toshimasa Kawai
Also filed as: KAWAI TOSHIMASA
21 granted patents·3 pending applications·3,617 citations·filing 1995–2016
96Inventor score
Files withOLYMPUS CORP8OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO8KAWAI TOSHIMASA5OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP2MASAKI YUTAKA1
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24 records- 0196US7938773B2Electrically-operated curving control deviceOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2007·Granted May 10, 2011·69 cites·12 claims
- 0295US6120433ASurgical manipulator systemOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 19, 2000·1.9k cites·36 claims
- 0391US6569084B1Endoscope holder and endoscope deviceOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 2000·Granted May 27, 2003·307 cites·19 claims
- 0490US6069698AOptical imaging apparatus which radiates a low coherence light beam onto a test object, receives optical information from light scattered by the object, and constructs therefrom a cross-sectional image of the objectOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1998·Granted May 30, 2000·539 cites·35 claims
- 0587US5624380AMulti-degree of freedom manipulatorOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1995·Granted Apr 29, 1997·362 cites·12 claims
- 0677US8214083B2ManipulatorKAWAI TOSHIMASA·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 3, 2012·11 cites·8 claims
- 0776US6554766B2Endoscope deviceOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 29, 2003·87 cites·13 claims
- 0871US8758233B2EndoscopeMASAKI YUTAKA·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 24, 2014·7 cites·6 claims
- 0968US8523765B2Medical control apparatusKAWAI TOSHIMASA·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 3, 2013·7 cites·12 claims
- 1068US7981028B2Electrically-operated curving control deviceOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 19, 2011·4 cites·11 claims
- 1167US7918790B2Electric bending endoscopeOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 5, 2011·4 cites·6 claims
- 1265US6327493B1Light scanning devices of a water-tight structure to be inserted into a body cavity to obtain optical information on inside of a biological tissueOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1998·Granted Dec 4, 2001·126 cites·48 claims
- 1365US5679216AMethod of manufacturing a multi-degree-of-freedom manipulatorOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 21, 1997·107 cites·2 claims
- 1460US8517925B2Medical control systemKAWAI TOSHIMASA·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 27, 2013·1 cites·2 claims
- 1560US7331924B2Endoscope apparatus having electric bending endoscopeOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 19, 2008·20 cites·19 claims
- 1658US7060027B2Electric bending endoscope apparatusOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 13, 2006·18 cites·16 claims
- 1752US7348751B2Apparatus for deciding position of tractionOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 25, 2008·7 cites·13 claims
- 1850US2008262306A1Electric bending endoscopeOLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 1949US8622895B2Electric bending endoscopeKAWAI TOSHIMASA·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 7, 2014·0 cites·8 claims
- 2048US9459613B2Electric endoscopeOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 4, 2016·0 cites·9 claims
- 2148US8708895B2Electrically-operated curving control deviceKAWAI TOSHIMASA·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 29, 2014·0 cites·16 claims
- 2246US10058233B2Insertion apparatus with torque limit determining sectionOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 28, 2018·0 cites·4 claims
- 2344US2014074290A1Manipulator deviceOLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 2443US2004193015A1Electric bending endoscopeOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 2003·Application pending·0 cites
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