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Isami Hirao
Also filed as: HIRAO ISAMI
21 granted patents·2 pending applications·10,513 citations·filing 1994–2006
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23 records- 0198US5906625ATissue-fixing surgical instrument, tissue-fixing device, and method of fixing tissueOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1997·Granted May 25, 1999·2.5k cites·30 claims
- 0298US5658300ATissue fixing surgical instrument, tissue-fixing device, and method of fixing tissuesOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1995·Granted Aug 19, 1997·2.7k cites·43 claims
- 0398US5649937ATissue-fixing surgical device, and method of fixing tissuesOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 22, 1997·2.3k cites·36 claims
- 0495US6960165B2Endoscope with a single image pick-up element for fluorescent and normal-light imagesOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 1, 2005·82 cites·21 claims
- 0594US7573499B2Endoscope apparatus for obtaining properly dimmed observation imagesOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 11, 2009·81 cites·10 claims
- 0694US5471988AUltrasonic diagnosis and therapy system in which focusing point of therapeutic ultrasonic wave is locked at predetermined position within observation ultrasonic scanning rangeOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1994·Granted Dec 5, 1995·944 cites·66 claims
- 0793US6422994B1Fluorescent diagnostic system and method providing color discrimination enhancementOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1998·Granted Jul 23, 2002·161 cites·69 claims
- 0890US7393321B2Endoscope apparatus with solid-state pick-upOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 1, 2008·41 cites·31 claims
- 0990US6069698AOptical 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
- 1087US5797931ATissue-fixing surgical instrument, tissue-fixing device, and method of fixing tissuesOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 25, 1998·410 cites·30 claims
- 1182US6790174B2Fluorescent imaging deviceOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 14, 2004·20 cites·17 claims
- 1282US5873828AUltrasonic diagnosis and treatment systemOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 23, 1999·310 cites·34 claims
- 1378US7204803B2Endoscope device, endoscope and image processing device for endoscopeOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 17, 2007·14 cites·12 claims
- 1476US7658710B2Endoscope system using normal light and fluorescenceOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 9, 2010·12 cites·8 claims
- 1572US7479990B2Programmable image processing unit which displays a tentative image during programmingOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 20, 2009·56 cites·20 claims
- 1672US7172553B2Endoscope system using normal light and fluorescenceOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 6, 2007·50 cites·59 claims
- 1765US6327493B1Light 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
- 1863US7226412B2Endoscope system using normal light and fluorescenceOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 5, 2007·23 cites·15 claims
- 1959US6217510B1Endoscopes and endoscope devices which image regular observation images and fluorescent images as well as which provide easier operation of treatment toolsOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1998·Granted Apr 17, 2001·98 cites·16 claims
- 2055US7670286B2Electronic endoscopic device having a color balance adjustment systemOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 2, 2010·11 cites·56 claims
- 2151US7450159B2Image pick-up apparatus and endoscope apparatusOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 11, 2008·5 cites·17 claims
- 2248US2005096505A1Image processing apparatus and endoscope systemOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 2346US2006155166A1Endoscope deviceOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
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