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Foster B. Stulen

Johnson & Johnson: 18 patents #13 of 1,079Top 2%
Johns Island, SC: #1 of 3 inventorsTop 35%
South Carolina: #7 of 1,719 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (2017): #2,083 of 506,227Top 1%
18 Patents 2017

Issued Patents 2017

Showing 1–18 of 18 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9820768 Ultrasonic surgical instruments with control mechanisms Jacob S. Gee, Kevin L. Houser, Craig N. Faller, Sora Rhee, William D. Dannaher +1 more 2017-11-21
9795405 Surgical instrument Daniel W. Price, Kevin L. Houser 2017-10-24
9782214 Surgical instrument with sensor and powered control Kevin L. Houser, William D. Dannaher, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Geoffrey S. Strobl, Aaron C. Voegele +4 more 2017-10-10
9763674 Ultrasonic bone cutting instrument Joseph Peterson, Matthew Parsons, Cory G. Kimball, Ashvani K. Madan, Roman Lomeli 2017-09-19
9763688 Ultrasonic surgical instrument with features for forming bubbles to enhance cavitation Timothy G. Dietz, Jeffrey D. Messerly 2017-09-19
9757128 Multiple sensors with one sensor affecting a second sensor's output or interpretation Daniel L. Baber, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Andrew T. Beckman, Christopher C. Miller, Charles J. Scheib +2 more 2017-09-12
9757186 Device status feedback for bipolar tissue spacer Chad P. Boudreaux, David A. Monroe, Rafael J. Ruiz Ortiz, Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Catherine A. Corbett +1 more 2017-09-12
9737735 Ultrasonic surgical apparatus with silicon waveguide Timothy G. Dietz, William A. Olson, William D. Dannaher, John W. Willis, Sora Rhee +7 more 2017-08-22
9724120 Clamp arm features for ultrasonic surgical instrument Craig N. Faller, Patrick A. Weizman, Jacqueline A. Anim, John W. Willis, Thomas C. Gallmeyer +8 more 2017-08-08
9713507 Closed feedback control for electrosurgical device Randolph C. Stewart, Chad P. Boudreaux 2017-07-25
9700343 Devices and techniques for cutting and coagulating tissue Jeffrey D. Messerly, Brian D. Bertke, Karalyn R. Tellio, Eitan T. Wiener, David C. Yates +2 more 2017-07-11
9681884 Surgical instrument with stress sensor William E. Clem, William D. Dannaher, Daniel W. Price, Cory G. Kimball, Eitan T. Wiener +5 more 2017-06-20
9675375 Ultrasonic surgical system and method Kevin L. Houser, William T. Donofrio 2017-06-13
9675374 Ultrasonic forceps Michael R. Lamping, Cory G. Kimball, Emron J. Henry, Michael J. Stokes 2017-06-13
9649150 Selective activation of electronic components in medical device Kevin L. Houser 2017-05-16
9636135 Ultrasonic surgical instruments 2017-05-02
9610091 Electrosurgical cutting and sealing instruments with jaws having a parallel closure motion Gregory W. Johnson, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Jason L. Harris 2017-04-04
9572592 Surgical instrument with orientation sensing Daniel W. Price, Sora Rhee, Cory G. Kimball, Timothy G. Dietz, Ashvani K. Madan +9 more 2017-02-21