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2021
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Covidien Lp
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Michael B. Lyons
ML
Michael B. Lyons
— 5 Patents in 2021
CL
Covidien Lp
:
5
patents
#52
of
681
Top 8%
Boulder, CO
:
#26
of
683
inventors
Top 4%
Colorado
:
#162
of
5,235
inventors
Top 4%
Overall
(2021):
#29,651
of
548,734
Top 6%
5
Patents 2021
Issued Patents
2021
Showing
1–5
of
5
patents
Patent #
Title
Co-Inventors
Date
11207091
Surgical instrument for grasping, treating, and/or dividing tissue
Anthony B. Ross
,
Eric R. Larson
2021-12-28
11090082
Colpotomy systems, devices, and methods with rotational cutting
Jason G. Weihe
,
James D. Allen, IV
,
Ansel Dow
,
Thomas E. Drochner
,
Stuart Richard Hart
+2 more
2021-08-17
10952789
Simplified spring load mechanism for delivering shaft force of a surgical instrument
Grant T. Sims
2021-03-23
10918407
Surgical instrument for grasping, treating, and/or dividing tissue
Anthony B. Ross
,
Eric R. Larson
2021-02-16
10893884
Ultrasonic instruments for robotic surgical systems
Robert B. Stoddard
2021-01-19
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