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Katsuro Tachibana — 26 Patents

EKEkos: 16 patents #5 of 53Top 10%
FUFukuoka University: 3 patents #1 of 64Top 2%
Fukuoka, JP: #84 of 3,381 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #150,017 of 4,157,543Top 4%
26 Patents All Time
Katsuro Tachibana has been granted 26 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ekos. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in October 2023. Katsuro Tachibana ranks #150,017 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.6%). Patent records list Katsuro Tachibana in Fukuoka, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2003.peak 31994: 1 patents19941995: 2 patents1996: 1 patents19961997: 2 patents1998: 1 patents19981999: 1 patents2000: 2 patents20002001: 2 patents2003: 3 patents20032004: 1 patents2007: 1 patents20072008: 1 patents2011: 2 patents20112014: 2 patents2016: 1 patents20162020: 1 patents2021: 1 patents20212023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 26 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
11786478 Bubble manufacturing container 2023-10-17
10959960 Bubble manufacturing container 2021-03-30
10857104 Method for manufacturing bubbles and bubbles 2020-12-08
9452036 Dental ultrasonic drug delivery system and dental ultrasonic drug delivery method Misako Nakashima 2016-09-27
8764700 Sheath for use with an ultrasound element John Zhang, Gary Lichttenegger, James E. Rodriguey 2014-07-01
8690818 Ultrasound catheter for providing a therapeutic effect to a vessel of a body Frederick J. Bennett, John Zhang, Gary Lichttenegger, James E. Rodriguey 2014-04-08
7923897 Sonic fine-hole forming apparatus Shunro Tachibana 2011-04-12
7914509 Ultrasound catheter Frederick J. Bennett, John Zhang, Gary Lichttenegger, James E. Rodriguey 2011-03-29
7413556 Sheath for use with an ultrasound element John Zhang, Gary Lichttenegger, James E. Rodriguey 2008-08-19
7186246 Ultrasound catheter with utility lumen Frederick J. Bennett, John Zhang, Gary Lichttenegger, James E. Rodriguey 2007-03-06
6723063 Sheath for use with an ultrasound element John Zhang, Gary Lichttenegger, James E. Rodriguey 2004-04-20
6585678 Booster for therapy of disease with ultrasound and pharmaceutical IDLIQU composition containing the same Shunro Tachibana 2003-07-01
6582392 Ultrasound assembly for use with a catheter Frederick J. Bennett, John Zhang, Gary Lichttenegger, James E. Rodriguey 2003-06-24
6527759 Ultrasound assembly for use with light activated drugs Shunro Tachibana, James R. Anderson, Gary Lichttenegger 2003-03-04
6332095 Method of exciting photosensitive material Toshiki Uchida 2001-12-18
6176842 Ultrasound assembly for use with light activated drugs Shunro Tachibana, James R. Anderson, Gary Lichttenegger 2001-01-23
RE36939 Composition for therapy of diseases with ultrasonic and pharmaceutical liquid composition containing the same Shunro Tachibana 2000-10-31
6096000 Apparatus for transport of fluids across, into or from biological tissues Shunro Tachibana 2000-08-01
6001069 Ultrasound catheter for providing a therapeutic effect to a vessel of a body Douglas R. Hansmann, James R. Anderson 1999-12-14
5720710 Remedial ultrasonic wave generating apparatus Shunro Tachibana 1998-02-24
5660909 Sheet for measuring ultrasonic waves Shunro Tachibana 1997-08-26
5628728 Medicine applying tool Shunro Tachibana 1997-05-13
5582586 Drug administration and humor sampling unit and an apparatus therefor Shunro Tachibana 1996-12-10
5440914 Method of measuring distribution and intensity of ultrasonic waves Shunro Tachibana 1995-08-15
5401237 Blood processing for treating blood disease Shunro Tachibana, Ichiro Sogawa 1995-03-28