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Frederick E. Shelton, IV — 332 Patents in 2021

CICilag Gmbh International: 191 patents #1 of 294Top 1%
Johnson & Johnson: 141 patents #1 of 1,204Top 1%
Cincinnati, OH: #1 of 867 inventorsTop 1%
Ohio: #1 of 7,535 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (2021): #1 of 548,734Top 1%
332 Patents 2021

Issued Patents 2021

Showing 26–50 of 332 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
11179155 Anvil arrangements for surgical staplers Jerome R. Morgan, Jason L. Harris 2021-11-23
11179175 Controlling an ultrasonic surgical instrument according to tissue location Kevin L. Houser, David C. Yates, Chad P. Boudreaux 2021-11-23
11179150 Systems and methods for controlling a surgical stapling and cutting instrument David C. Yates, Jason L. Harris 2021-11-23
11179208 Cloud-based medical analytics for security and authentication trends and reactive measures David C. Yates, Jason L. Harris 2021-11-23
11179151 Surgical instrument comprising a display Gregory G. Scott, Sarah A. Worthington, Jason L. Harris, David C. Yates 2021-11-23
11179152 Surgical instrument comprising a tissue grasping system Jerome R. Morgan, Jason L. Harris 2021-11-23
11179204 Wireless pairing of a surgical device with another device within a sterile surgical field based on the usage and situational awareness of devices Jason L. Harris 2021-11-23
11172929 Articulation drive arrangements for surgical systems 2021-11-16
11172927 Staple cartridges for forming staples having differing formed staple heights 2021-11-16
11172928 Endocutter control system Taylor W. Aronhalt, Jason L. Harris, Chester O. Baxter, III, Mark D. Overmyer, Vincenzo Barbato 2021-11-16
11166716 Stapling instrument comprising a deactivatable lockout Jason L. Harris 2021-11-09
11166717 Surgical instrument with firing lockout Jeffrey S. Swayze, Kevin R. Doll, Eugene L. Timperman 2021-11-09
11166772 Surgical hub coordination of control and communication of operating room devices Jeffrey D. Messerly, David C. Yates 2021-11-09
11166720 Surgical instrument including a control module for assessing an end effector James R. Giordano, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2021-11-09
11160602 Control of surgical field irrigation David C. Yates, Heather N. Doak 2021-11-02
11160553 Surgical stapling systems Robert J. Simms, Jason L. Harris, Tony C. Siebel 2021-11-02
11160604 Surgical end effector to adjust jaw compression David C. Yates, Mark A. Davison, Jason L. Harris 2021-11-02
11160550 Surgical stapling end effector component with articulation and asymmetric deformable tip Jason L. Harris, Gregory J. Bakos, Chester O. Baxter, III 2021-11-02
11160551 Articulatable surgical stapling instruments Chester O. Baxter, III, Jason L. Harris 2021-11-02
11160605 Surgical evacuation sensing and motor control David C. Tates, Darcy W. Greep, Jason L. Harris 2021-11-02
11154297 Layer arrangements for surgical staple cartridges Jeffrey S. Swayze, Jerome R. Morgan, Katherine J. Schmid 2021-10-26
11154296 Anvil layer attached to a proximal end of an end effector Taylor W. Aronhalt, Bret W. Smith, Katherine J. Schmid, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Cortney E. Henderson +1 more 2021-10-26
11154298 Stapling system for use with a robotic surgical system Richard W. Timm 2021-10-26
11154300 Surgical instrument comprising separate tissue securing and tissue cutting systems Anil K. Nalagatla, Sudhir B. Patel 2021-10-26
11154299 Stapling assembly comprising a firing lockout Jeffrey S. Swayze, Chester O. Baxter, III 2021-10-26