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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 76–87 of 87 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
10898184 Motor-driven surgical cutting instrument Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Bret W. Smith, Brett E. Swensgard 2021-01-26
10898183 Robotic surgical instrument with closed loop feedback techniques for advancement of closure member during firing Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Gregory J. Bakos, Jason L. Harris, Chester O. Baxter, III 2021-01-26
10903685 Surgical shaft assemblies with slip ring assemblies forming capacitive channels Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2021-01-26
10898622 Surgical evacuation system with a communication circuit for communication between a filter and a smoke evacuation device Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Benjamin J. Danziger, Jason L. Harris, Jeffrey L. Aldridge 2021-01-26
10898256 Surgical system with user adaptable techniques based on tissue impedance Kristen G. Denzinger, Kevin L. Houser 2021-01-26
D908216 Surgical instrument Jeffrey D. Messerly, Jason L. Harris, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Mark A. Davison 2021-01-19
10888321 Systems and methods for controlling velocity of a displacement member of a surgical stapling and cutting instrument Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris 2021-01-12
10892899 Self describing data packets generated at an issuing instrument Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Raymond E. Parfett 2021-01-12
10888370 Methods, systems, and devices for controlling electrosurgical tools Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris 2021-01-12
10888369 Systems and methods for controlling control circuits for independent energy delivery over segmented sections Jeffrey D. Messerly, Jason L. Harris, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Mark A. Davison 2021-01-12
10881399 Techniques for adaptive control of motor velocity of a surgical stapling and cutting instrument Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris, Brett E. Swensgard 2021-01-05
10881396 Surgical instrument with variable duration trigger arrangement Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris 2021-01-05