Top 50 Key Players companies in Imaging ultrasound by Most Patent Citation in the world in 2018 – Discovery

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The Imaging ultrasound top 50 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 50 Most Patent Citation Imaging ultrasound Key Players in the world. Discovery has identified the top key players, startups & unicorns, fast-growings, news entrants in 2018, ranking from differnt perspectives, including patent filing intensity, academic research capability, news media heat. The company list is generated from various data types.

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1	Koninklijke Philips NV	Noord-Holland, Netherlands	Health care,Wellness Programs,Medical imaging, ...[+2]	patent citation: 703
2	TOSHIBA Corp.	Tokyo, Japan	Semiconductor,Computer hardware,Electronics, ...[+2]	patent citation: 205
3	Teleflex Life Sciences Ltd.	Malta		patent citation: 184
4	Capistrano Labs, Inc.	California, United States		patent citation: 153
5	Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.	Pennsylvania, United States	Medical product,Systems design,Medicine, ...[+2]	patent citation: 129
6	St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.	Minnesota, United States	Medical equipment,Medicine	patent citation: 128
7	General Electric Co.	Massachusetts, United States	Energy management,Turbine,Electronics, ...[+2]	patent citation: 125
8	Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd.	Tokyo, Japan	Denervation,Medical equipment,Health care, ...[+2]	patent citation: 113
9	Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.	Ohio, United States	Medicine,Medical equipment,Mammotome, ...[+2]	patent citation: 109
10	VasoNova, Inc.	California, United States	Medical equipment,Catheter,Health care, ...[+1]	patent citation: 88
11	Hitachi Medical Corp.	Chiba, Japan	Medicine,X-ray,Medical imaging, ...[+2]	patent citation: 63
12	Hironic Co., Ltd.	Gyeonggi-do, South Korea	Skin care,Medical equipment,Medicine, ...[+2]	patent citation: 49
13	Gynesonics, Inc.	California, United States	Uterine fibroids,Medical equipment,Health care, ...[+2]	patent citation: 43
14	GE Yokogawa Medical Systems Ltd.	Tokyo, Japan		patent citation: 42
15	Hitachi Ltd.	Tokyo, Japan	Elevator,Electrical equipment,Electric motor, ...[+2]	patent citation: 31
16	Regents of The University of Michigan	Michigan, United States	Cardiovascular agent,Drug marketing,Asset management	patent citation: 28
17	HistoSonics, Inc.	Minnesota, United States	Robotics,Medical equipment,Health care, ...[+1]	patent citation: 28
18	BioQuantetics, Inc.	California, United States		patent citation: 28
19	Théraclion SA	Île-de-France, France	Medical equipment,Ultrasound,Health care, ...[+2]	patent citation: 15
20	Verathon, Inc.	Washington, United States	Medical equipment,Bladder volume,Resuscitator, ...[+2]	patent citation: 12
21	Samsung Medison Co., Ltd.	South Korea	Medical equipment,Health care,Ultrasound, ...[+2]	patent citation: 11
22	Siemens Healthcare GmbH	Germany	Medical equipment,Medicine,Medical imaging, ...[+2]	patent citation: 11
23	Caterpillar, Inc.	Illinois, United States	Turbine,Construction engineering,Mechanical engineering, ...[+2]	patent citation: 9
24	DVx, Inc.	Tokyo, Japan	Medical equipment,Catheter,Sales management, ...[+2]	patent citation: 8
25	ALPINION Medical Systems Co., Ltd.	Seoul, South Korea	Ultrasound,Therapeutic ultrasound,Medicine, ...[+2]	patent citation: 8
26	Siemens AG	Bayern, Germany	Power transmission,Electronics,Turbine, ...[+2]	patent citation: 6
27	FUJIFILM Corp.	Tokyo, Japan	Photography,Medical imaging,Computer hardware, ...[+2]	patent citation: 6
28	Ziehm Imaging GmbH	Germany	X-ray,Medical equipment,Medicine, ...[+2]	patent citation: 6
29	Siemens SA	Madrid, Spain	Scientific Control,Telecommunications,Turbine, ...[+1]	patent citation: 6
30	Baker Hughes Digital Solutions GmbH	Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany	Computer hardware,Electronics,Eddy current, ...[+2]	patent citation: 4
31	Solta Medical, Inc.	California, United States	Medical equipment,Health care,Chemical peel, ...[+2]	patent citation: 2
32	Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	South Korea	Computer hardware,Semiconductor,Software, ...[+2]	patent citation: 1
33	Philips Image Guided Therapy Corp.	California, United States	Medical equipment,Health care,Atherectomy device, ...[+2]	patent citation: 1
34	Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.	Minnesota, United States	Medical equipment,Health care,Cloud computing, ...[+2]	patent citation: 1
35	Honda Electronics Co. Ltd.	Japan	Transistor,Medical imaging,National security, ...[+2]	patent citation: 1
36	Panasonic Holdings Corp.	Osaka, Japan	Semiconductor,Industrial engineering,Electronics, ...[+2]	patent citation: 0
37	Olympus Corp.	Tokyo, Japan	Microscope,Endoscopy,Software, ...[+2]	patent citation: 0
38	Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.	Guangdong Sheng, China	Ultrasound,Medical equipment,Medicine, ...[+2]	patent citation: 0
39	SICK AG	Minnesota, United States	Electronics,Avionics,Tool design, ...[+2]	patent citation: 0
40	Esaote SpA	Italy	Medical imaging,Medicine,Diagnostic system, ...[+2]	patent citation: 0
41	C. R. Bard, Inc. (New Jersey)	New Jersey, United States	Medicine,Care facility,Extended care, ...[+2]	patent citation: 0
42	Acusphere, Inc.	Massachusetts, United States	Drug,Medicine,Nanotechnology, ...[+2]	patent citation: 0
43	Arrow International LLC	Pennsylvania, United States	Catheter,Medicine,Drug, ...[+1]	patent citation: 0
44	ATL Ultrasound, Inc.	Washington, United States	Medical ultrasound,Medical equipment,Medicine, ...[+1]	patent citation: 0
45	Sterling Drug, Inc.	United States		patent citation: 0
46	Sintef TTO AS	Norway	Asset management,Technology management,Information and Communications Technology, ...[+2]	patent citation: 0
47	Chongqing Haifu (HIFU) Technology Co., Ltd.	Chongqing Shi, China	Therapeutic ultrasound,Medical equipment,Medicine, ...[+2]	patent citation: 0
48	Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale	Île-de-France, France	Public health,Genomics,Antisense therapy, ...[+2]	patent citation: 0
49	Matsushita Electronics Corp.	Osaka, Japan	Electronics,Computer hardware,DVD player, ...[+2]	patent citation: 0
50	BFLY Operations, Inc.	Connecticut, United States	Butterfly network,Medical equipment,Health care, ...[+2]	patent citation: 0