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Frederick E. Shelton, IV

Johnson & Johnson: 74 patents #1 of 988Top 1%
Cincinnati, OH: #1 of 727 inventorsTop 1%
Ohio: #1 of 6,556 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (2016): #69 of 481,213Top 1%
74 Patents 2016

Issued Patents 2016

Showing 1–25 of 74 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
D775336 Surgical fastener Chester O. Baxter, III, Adam R. Dunki-Jacobs 2016-12-27
9522029 Motorized surgical cutting and fastening instrument having handle based power source David C. Yates, James R. Giordano 2016-12-20
9517063 Movable member for use with a tissue thickness compensator Jeffrey S. Swayze, Joshua R. Uth, Richard L. Leimbach, John L. Stammen, Samuel P. Tidwell 2016-12-13
9517068 Surgical instrument with automatically-returned firing member John N. Ouwerkerk, Jerome R. Morgan, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2016-12-13
9510828 Conductor arrangements for electrically powered surgical instruments with rotatable end effectors David C. Yates, Steven G. Hall, Emily A. Schellin 2016-12-06
9510830 Staple cartridge Michael E. Setser, William B. Weisenburgh, II 2016-12-06
9498219 Detachable motor powered surgical instrument Kyle P. Moore, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Jerome R. Morgan, Mark H. Ransick, Eugene L. Timperman 2016-11-22
9498222 Pivoting anvil for surgical circular stapler Charles J. Scheib, Steven G. Hall 2016-11-22
9492167 Articulatable surgical device with rotary driven cutting member Mark S. Ortiz 2016-11-15
9486214 Motor driven surgical fastener device with switching system configured to prevent firing initiation until activated 2016-11-08
9480476 Tissue thickness compensator comprising resilient members Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Chunlin Yang, Charles J. Scheib, Venkataramanan Mandakolathur Vasudevan, Taylor W. Aronhalt +5 more 2016-11-01
9463022 Motor driven rotary input circular stapler with lockable flexible shaft Jeffrey S. Swayze, Chester O. Baxter, III 2016-10-11
9456779 Use of biomarkers and therapeutic agents with surgical devices Jeffrey W. Clymer, Prasanna Malaviya, Donna L. Korvick, Kevin L. Houser, Cory G. Kimball +2 more 2016-10-04
9451958 Surgical instrument with firing actuator lockout John N. Ouwerkerk, Jerome R. Morgan, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2016-09-27
9445816 Circular stapler with selectable motorized and manual control Jeffrey S. Swayze, Chester O. Baxter, III 2016-09-20
9445808 Electrosurgical end effector with tissue tacking features James A. Woodard, Jr., Kreena B. Modi, Gary W. Knight, Andrew Yoo, Taylor W. Aronhalt +2 more 2016-09-20
9445813 Closure indicator systems for surgical instruments Emily A. Schellin 2016-09-20
9439649 Surgical instrument having force feedback capabilities Jerome J. Morgan, Richard L. Leimbach, Mark D. Overmyer 2016-09-13
9433419 Tissue thickness compensator comprising a plurality of layers Hamilton E. González, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Michael S. Cropper, Charles J. Scheib, Gregory W. Johnson 2016-09-06
9421062 Surgical instrument shaft with resiliently biased coupling to handpiece Kevin L. Houser, Patrick A. Weizman, Geoffrey S. Strobl 2016-08-23
9414838 Tissue thickness compensator comprised of a plurality of materials Jeffrey S. Swayze, Chunlin Yang, Cortney E. Henderson, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Charles J. Scheib +2 more 2016-08-16
9408606 Robotically powered surgical device with manually-actuatable reversing system 2016-08-09
9408604 Surgical instrument comprising a firing system including a compliant portion Jerome R. Morgan 2016-08-09
9402682 Articulation joint features for articulating surgical device Barry C. Worrell, David K. Norvell, Charles J. Scheib, Geoffrey S. Strobl, Jeffrey S. Swayze +3 more 2016-08-02
9402626 Rotary actuatable surgical fastener and cutter Mark S. Ortiz 2016-08-02