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Foster B. Stulen — 19 Patents in 2019

Johnson & Johnson: 19 patents #18 of 1,152Top 2%
Johns Island, SC: #1 of 8 inventorsTop 15%
South Carolina: #4 of 1,980 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (2019): #2,279 of 560,194Top 1%
19 Patents 2019

Issued Patents 2019

Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10507035 Surgical instrument providing ultrasonic tissue emulsification and ultrasonic shearing Chad P. Boudreaux, Jeffrey D. Messerly, Ion V. Nicolaescu, Charles J. Scheib, Mary E. Mootoo +1 more 2019-12-17 $158,240,000
10478211 Features to promote removal of debris from within ultrasonic surgical instrument John A. Weed, III, Joseph Isosaki, Frederick L. Estera, Ryan M. Asher, Brian D. Black 2019-11-19 $116,140,000
10456193 Medical device with a bilateral jaw configuration for nerve stimulation David C. Yates, Jeffrey D. Messerly, Cameron D. McLain, Peter K. Shires, Frederick L. Estera +2 more 2019-10-29 $113,066,000
10433900 Surgical instruments for tensioning tissue Jason L. Harris, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Gregory W. Johnson, Prasanna Malaviya, Paul Guerra 2019-10-08 $65,635,000
10426507 Ultrasonic surgical instruments Eitan T. Wiener, Michael J. Stokes, Karen K. Isaacs, William J. Kraimer 2019-10-01 $150,887,000
10420579 Surgical instruments Eitan T. Wiener, Kenneth S. Kramer, Ashvani K. Madan, Kevin L. Houser 2019-09-24 $91,257,000
10420580 Ultrasonic transducer for surgical instrument Jeffrey D. Messerly, Brian D. Black, William A. Olson, Frederick L. Estera, William E. Clem +4 more 2019-09-24 $91,257,000
10398497 Lockout mechanism for use with robotic electrosurgical device Jonathan T. Batross, Gregory A. Trees, Randolph C. Stewart, Chad P. Boudreaux 2019-09-03 $78,691,000
10398466 Ultrasonic end effectors with increased active length Kevin L. Houser, Vincent P. Battaglia, Brian D. Bertke 2019-09-03 $78,691,000
10368892 Features for coupling surgical instrument shaft assembly with instrument body Daniel W. Price, William E. Clem, Cory G. Kimball, Timothy G. Dietz, Kevin L. Houser 2019-08-06 $78,164,000
10335182 Surgical instruments with articulating shafts Zhifan F. Huang, Patrick A. Weizman, Steven P. Smolik, Carl J. Draginoff, Jr. 2019-07-02 $95,731,000
10286424 Ultrasonic cleaning of surgical instrument Eitan T. Wiener 2019-05-14 $64,781,000
10265117 Surgical generator method for controlling and ultrasonic transducer waveform for ultrasonic and electrosurgical devices Eitan T. Wiener, Jeffrey L. Aldridge, James R. Giordano, Joseph A. Brotz, John E. Hein 2019-04-23 $73,549,000
10258363 Method of operating an articulating ultrasonic surgical instrument Barry C. Worrell, Benjamin J. Danziger, Benjamin D. Dickerson, Brian D. Black, Cara L. Shapiro +28 more 2019-04-16 $77,495,000
10238416 Ultrasonic device for cutting and coagulating John B. Schulte, Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Jeffery T. Kirk, Randal T. Byrum, Douglas J. Turner +4 more 2019-03-26 $71,113,000
10231747 Transducer features for ultrasonic surgical instrument Michael R. Lamping, Scott A. Nield, Timothy G. Dietz, John B. Schulte, Sora Rhee +4 more 2019-03-19 $138,784,000
10226273 Mechanical fasteners for use with surgical energy devices Jeffrey D. Messerly, Daniel W. Price, Donna L. Korvick 2019-03-12 $149,579,000
10172636 Articulation features for ultrasonic surgical instrument David A. Monroe, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Richard C. Smith, Ashvani K. Madan, Craig T. Davis +8 more 2019-01-08 $79,972,000
10166060 Surgical instruments comprising a trigger assembly Gregory W. Johnson, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Jason L. Harris, Prasanna Malaviya 2019-01-01