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Yoshimasa Tochimura
Also filed as: TOCHIMURA YOSHIMASA
11 granted patents·2 pending applications·355 citations·filing 1988–2017
92Inventor score
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13 records- 0194US5178628ASuture needle and method of producing sameMATSUTANI SEISAKUSHO·Filed 1991·Granted Jan 12, 1993·111 cites·6 claims
- 0294US4935029ASurgical needleMATSUTANI SEISAKUSHO·Filed 1988·Granted Jun 19, 1990·69 cites·5 claims
- 0366US10702911B2Medical suture needleTOCHIMURA YOSHIMASA·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 7, 2020·1 cites·5 claims
- 0463US8105354B2Triangular suture needleTOCHIMURA YOSHIMASA·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 31, 2012·5 cites·1 claims
- 0560US9138224B2Bending method of medical suture needle and medical suture needleMATSUTANI KANJI·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 22, 2015·2 cites·6 claims
- 0658US8597326B2Suturing needleMATSUTANI KANJI·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 3, 2013·2 cites·11 claims
- 0757US5001323AMethod and apparatus for manufacturing surgical needleMATSUTANI SEISAKUSHO·Filed 1989·Granted Mar 19, 1991·40 cites·16 claims
- 0855US5263974ASuture needle and method of and apparatus for grinding material for suture needleMATSUTANI SEISAKUSHO·Filed 1992·Granted Nov 23, 1993·67 cites·3 claims
- 0952US2011112575A1Medical Suture NeedleMANI INC·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 1047US2013172930A1Medical Suture NeedleMATSUTANI KANJI·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 1144US5155943ASuture needle and method of an apparatus for grinding material for suture needleMATSUTANI SEISAKUSHO·Filed 1992·Granted Oct 20, 1992·36 cites·4 claims
- 1242US5417710ASuture guide and a fixing mechanism of the suture guideMATSUTANI SEISAKUSHO·Filed 1993·Granted May 23, 1995·9 cites·5 claims
- 1338US4976727ASurgical needleMATSUTANI SEISAKUSHO·Filed 1989·Granted Dec 11, 1990·13 cites·2 claims
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