Inventor · disambiguated record
Kazuo Banju
Also filed as: BANJU KAZUO
37 granted patents·12 pending applications·3,395 citations·filing 1995–2019
98Inventor score
Files withOLYMPUS CORP25OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP9OKAMOTO YASUHIRO5BANJU KAZUO4OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO3
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49 records- 0198US8409079B2Electric bending operation device and medical treatment system including electric bending operation deviceOKAMOTO YASUHIRO·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 2, 2013·1.5k cites·8 claims
- 0297US9522014B2Multi-degree-of-freedom forcepsOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 20, 2016·628 cites·20 claims
- 0397US8303621B2Surgical treatment instrumentMIYAMOTO MANABU·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 6, 2012·746 cites·21 claims
- 0496US6902529B2Endoscope apparatusOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 7, 2005·131 cites·8 claims
- 0590US7671888B2Stereoscopic-endoscope display control apparatus and stereoscopic endoscope systemOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 2, 2010·91 cites·16 claims
- 0689US6612981B2Endoscope apparatusOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 2, 2003·35 cites·20 claims
- 0788US7959561B2Endoscope system having rigid endoscope and wiper sheathOLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 14, 2011·55 cites·8 claims
- 0886US9775603B2Suture instrumentOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 3, 2017·7 cites·5 claims
- 0984US10085616B2Endoscope system configured to prevent mis-insertion of treatment tool in channel and method of operating the sameOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 2, 2018·5 cites·8 claims
- 1081US8049773B2Stereoscopic observation systemOLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 1, 2011·6 cites·3 claims
- 1180US6840901B2Endoscope apparatusOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 11, 2005·15 cites·2 claims
- 1279US8394082B2Medical systemOKAMOTO YASUHIRO·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 12, 2013·12 cites·3 claims
- 1378US8771171B2Endoscope, and treatment instrument for endoscopeOLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 8, 2014·11 cites·5 claims
- 1477US8777843B2Multi-bendable medical deviceBANJU KAZUO·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 15, 2014·12 cites·4 claims
- 1576US9456736B2Endoscope, and treatment instrument for endoscopeOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 4, 2016·8 cites·4 claims
- 1674US9980632B2Endoscope systemOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2016·Granted May 29, 2018·2 cites·6 claims
- 1770US8333689B2Medical operation deviceOKAMOTO YASUHIRO·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 18, 2012·6 cites·6 claims
- 1869US10813535B2Medical system and medical device holding apparatusOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2019·Granted Oct 27, 2020·2 cites·12 claims
- 1969US7417665B2Stereoscopic image observing apparatusOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 26, 2008·9 cites·3 claims
- 2069US6582358B2Stereoscopic endoscope systemOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 24, 2003·47 cites·21 claims
- 2168US8986195B2Medical operation deviceOKAMOTO YASUHIRO·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 24, 2015·3 cites·1 claims
- 2268US8343034B2Electric medical instrument fitting which is attached to a medical instrument holding deviceOLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 1, 2013·6 cites·10 claims
- 2368US6985765B2Three-dimensional observation apparatus and method of three-dimensional observationOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 10, 2006·46 cites·6 claims
- 2462US7972345B2Surgical instrumentOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 5, 2011·2 cites·12 claims
- 2559US7854749B2Surgical gripperOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 21, 2010·1 cites·1 claims
- 2658US8308633B2Manipulator operation systemBANJU KAZUO·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 13, 2012·1 cites·18 claims
- 2757US7512437B2Three-dimensional observation systemOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 31, 2009·3 cites·16 claims
- 2853US7125378B2Hermetically sealed imaging system for medical applicationsOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 24, 2006·9 cites·19 claims
- 2951US10376283B2Medical portOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 13, 2019·0 cites·2 claims
- 3051US9414829B2Medical portOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 16, 2016·0 cites·6 claims
- 3151US2009143647A1Medical appliance, endoscope overtube, and endoscope apparatusOLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 3250US10582840B2Endoscope apparatusOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 10, 2020·0 cites·2 claims
- 3349US7273450B2Stereoscopic observation systemOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 25, 2007·2 cites·5 claims
- 3448US2009253959A1Medical manipulator systemOLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 3547US7794470B2Surgical instrumentOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 14, 2010·0 cites·16 claims
- 3647US2015150620A1Tissue resection apparatusOLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 3746US2006259073A1Surgical instrumentMIYAMOTO MANABU·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 3845US2014214063A1Operative method for lumenOLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 3944US9861264B2Rigid endoscopeOKAMOTO YASUHIRO·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 9, 2018·0 cites·15 claims
- 4044US2005283139A1Surgical therapeutic instrument, operation system, and anastomosing procedure method using the surgical therapeutic instrumentOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 4144US2009281378A1Medical systemBANJU KAZUO·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 4243US6318864B1Sterile instruments cover for use on surgical microscopesOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1995·Granted Nov 20, 2001·39 cites·43 claims
- 4343US2014107692A1Method of treating a lumen region of a subjectOLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 4443US2020121416A1Medical instrument holder, adapter for medical instrument holder, and instrument holding deviceOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
- 4541US9144430B2Surgical forcepsBANJU KAZUO·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 29, 2015·0 cites·13 claims
- 4640US2016206177A1Endoscope and endoscope systemOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
- 4740US2004196553A1Observation apparatus and observation systemOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 4840US2012265007A1EndoscopeMORIYAMA HIROKI·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 4938US9955857B2Endoscope deviceOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2016·Granted May 1, 2018·0 cites·6 claims
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