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David C. Yates — 87 Patents in 2021

CICilag Gmbh International: 46 patents #3 of 294Top 2%
Johnson & Johnson: 40 patents #3 of 1,204Top 1%
MPMegadyne Medical Products: 1 patents #5 of 6Top 85%
Morrow, OH: #1 of 14 inventorsTop 8%
Ohio: #3 of 7,535 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (2021): #79 of 548,734Top 1%
87 Patents 2021

Issued Patents 2021

Showing 51–75 of 87 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
11013907 Surgical devices having controlled tissue cutting and sealing John A. Hibner, Geoffrey S. Strobl, Kevin L. Houser 2021-05-25
11013563 Drive arrangements for robot-assisted surgical platforms Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jerome R. Morgan, Jason L. Harris 2021-05-25
11013552 Electrosurgical cartridge for use in thin profile surgical cutting and stapling instrument Tamara Widenhouse, Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2021-05-25
11000274 Powered surgical instrument Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Emily A. Schellin, Kevin L. Houser 2021-05-11
10993760 Modular surgical robotic tool Jeffrey S. Swayze, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris, Jerome R. Morgan, Kevin L. Houser 2021-05-04
10987178 Surgical hub control arrangements Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris 2021-04-27
10980535 Motorized surgical instrument with an end effector Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jerome R. Morgan 2021-04-20
10980537 Closed loop feedback control of motor velocity of a surgical stapling and cutting instrument based on measured time over a specified number of shaft rotations Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris, Shane R. Adams, Sarah A. Worthington 2021-04-20
10980534 Robotically-controlled motorized surgical instrument with an end effector Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jerome R. Morgan, Brett E. Swensgard 2021-04-20
10973563 Surgical instrument with charging devices Kevin L. Houser, John W. Willis, Aron O. Zingman, Donna L. Korvick, Ashvani K. Madan 2021-04-13
10966791 Cloud-based medical analytics for medical facility segmented individualization of instrument function Jason L. Harris, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Gregory J. Bakos, Jerome R. Morgan 2021-04-06
10945782 Bipolar electrosurgical hand shears Chester O. Baxter, III, Katherine J. Schmid, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Jeffrey D. Messerly +4 more 2021-03-16
10945798 Methods, systems, and devices for causing end effector motion with a robotic surgical system Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris 2021-03-16
10944728 Interactive surgical systems with encrypted communication capabilities Eitan T. Wiener, Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2021-03-09
10932847 Detecting short circuits in electrosurgical medical devices Eitan T. Wiener, Robert A. Kemerling, Benjamin J. Danziger, Gavin M. Monson 2021-03-02
10932872 Cloud-based medical analytics for linking of local usage trends with the resource acquisition behaviors of larger data set Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris, Gregory J. Bakos, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Michael Chirumbolo 2021-03-02
10932808 Methods, systems, and devices for controlling electrosurgical tools Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris 2021-03-02
10932806 Reactive algorithm for surgical system Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jerome R. Morgan, Chester O. Baxter, III, Gregory J. Bakos, Jason L. Harris +1 more 2021-03-02
10932772 Methods for closed loop velocity control for robotic surgical instrument Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris, Gregory J. Bakos, Sarah A. Worthington, Chester O. Baxter, III 2021-03-02
10925682 Electrically-powered surgical systems employing variable compression during treatment Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris, Jeffery T. Kirk, David A. Monroe, Andrew W. Carroll +1 more 2021-02-23
10925659 Electrosurgical (RF) medical instruments for cutting and coagulating tissue Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Chester O. Baxter, III, John V. Hunt, Jennifer M. Mallow, Barry C. Worrell +2 more 2021-02-23
10912581 Electrically-powered surgical systems with articulation-compensated ultrasonic energy delivery Foster B. Stulen, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris, Jeffrey D. Messerly 2021-02-09
10905493 Methods, systems, and devices for controlling electrosurgical tools Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris 2021-02-02
10898219 Electrically-powered surgical systems for cutting and welding solid organs Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Cortney E. Henderson, Jason L. Harris, Jeffrey D. Messerly, Cara L. Shapiro +2 more 2021-01-26
10898190 Secondary battery arrangements for powered surgical instruments Steven G. Hall, Emily A. Schellin, Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2021-01-26