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Erik Walberg — 31 Patents

Abbott: 18 patents #284 of 5,509Top 6%
AAAesculap Ag: 10 patents #25 of 481Top 6%
ASAragon Surgical: 1 patents #6 of 6Top 100%
PEPerclose: 1 patents #8 of 14Top 60%
Overall (All Time): #115,823 of 4,157,543Top 3%
31 Patents All Time
Erik Walberg has been granted 31 US patents while listed as an inventor at Abbott. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in October 2025. Erik Walberg ranks #115,823 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.8%). Patent records list Erik Walberg in Tuttlingen, CA, DE.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2014.peak 42001: 1 patents20012010: 3 patents2011: 2 patents20112012: 3 patents2013: 2 patents20132014: 4 patents2015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 3 patents2019: 1 patents20192021: 3 patents2022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents2024: 1 patents20242025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 31 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12446950 Medical instrument Patrick Heizmann 2025-10-21
12390267 Bipolar sealing instrument with partly automated actuating mechanism Thomas Maser, Eugen Herner 2025-08-19
12070214 Clip applier and methods of use Timothy C. Reynolds, Brian A. Ellingwood, Kai Yenkai Jair, Anthony J. Pantages 2024-08-27 $197,657,000
11696794 Method and device for controlling the energy supply to a medical instrument Stefan Eick, Anton Werner Keller 2023-07-11
11344304 Clip applier and methods of use Timothy C. Reynolds, Brian A. Ellingwood, Kai Yenkai Jair, Anthony J. Pantages 2022-05-31 $347,560,000
11185343 Surgical instrument having improved closing characteristics Eugen Herner 2021-11-30
11090076 Surgical instrument with a coupling mechanism for driving a cutting element Eugen Herner 2021-08-17
11058478 Laparoscopic radiofrequency surgical device Brandon Loudermilk 2021-07-13
10327760 Sizing and positioning adapter for medical instruments Laveille Kao Voss 2019-06-25 $76,411,000
10085753 Clip applier and methods of use Timothy C. Reynolds, Brian A. Ellingwood, Kai Yenkai Jair, Anthony J. Pantages 2018-10-02 $95,228,000
9918778 Laparoscopic radiofrequency surgical device Brandon Loudermilk 2018-03-20
9872724 Apparatus for tissue cutting and sealing Brandon Loudermilk 2018-01-23
9592045 Sizing and positioning adapter for medical instruments Laveille Kao Voss 2017-03-14 $58,176,000
9592038 Vascular suturing device Anthony J. Pantages, Brian A. Ellingwood 2017-03-14 $58,176,000
9339323 Electrocautery method and apparatus Joseph Eder, Benjamin Theodore Nordell, II, Peter Seth Edelstein, Camran Nezhat, Mark Edward Kane 2016-05-17
9050068 Clip applier and methods of use Timothy C. Reynolds, Brian A. Ellingwood, Kai Yenkai Jair, Anthony J. Pantages 2015-06-09 $29,816,000
8893947 Clip applier and methods of use Timothy C. Reynolds, Anthony J. Pantages, Brian A. Ellingwood, Kai Yenkai Jair 2014-11-25 $47,207,000
8870867 Articulable electrosurgical instrument with a stabilizable articulation actuator Lawrence Kerver, Brian Tang, Brandon Loudermilk 2014-10-28
8820602 Modular clip applier Timothy C. Reynolds, Anthony J. Pantages 2014-09-02 $44,205,000
8715303 Sizing and positioning adapter for medical instruments Laveille Kao Voss 2014-05-06 $15,519,000
8574229 Surgical tool Joseph Eder, Camran Nezhat, Benjamin Theodore Nordell, II, Peter Seth Edelstein 2013-11-05
8518057 Clip applier and methods of use Timothy C. Reynolds, Brian A. Ellingwood, Kai Yenkai Jair, Anthony J. Pantages 2013-08-27 $28,933,000
8313497 Clip applier and methods of use Timothy C. Reynolds, Brian A. Ellingwood, Kai Yenkai Jair, Anthony J. Pantages 2012-11-20 $47,882,000
8313498 Vascular suturing device Anthony J. Pantages, Brian A. Ellingwood 2012-11-20 $47,882,000
8267947 Vascular suturing device Anthony J. Pantages, Brian A. Ellingwood 2012-09-18 $24,393,000