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Gerald I. Brecher — 36 Patents

ENEndoevolution: 27 patents #2 of 22Top 10%
Intuitive Surgical: 6 patents #235 of 719Top 35%
North Andover, MA: #17 of 527 inventorsTop 4%
Massachusetts: #2,289 of 88,656 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #92,222 of 4,157,543Top 3%
36 Patents All Time
Gerald I. Brecher has been granted 36 US patents while listed as an inventor at Endoevolution. The first was granted in 1995 and the most recent in November 2024. Gerald I. Brecher ranks #92,222 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.2%). Patent records list Gerald I. Brecher in North Andover, MA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1995 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 10 patents in 2017.peak 101995: 1 patents19951996: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052011: 3 patents2013: 1 patents20132014: 1 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 10 patents2018: 9 patents20182019: 2 patents2020: 2 patents20202021: 2 patents2024: 2 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 36 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12150645 Systems and methods for tissue closure John C. Meade, Douglas M. MacArthur, Stephen M. Blinn, Christopher Saulnier, Brian R. Edwards 2024-11-26 $182,529,000
11986179 Devices and methods for minimally invasive suturing John C. Meade, John Aho, Roger Baske, James H. Bleck, John F. Carlson +6 more 2024-05-21 $112,015,000
11033262 Apparatus and method for tissue closure John C. Meade, Douglas M. MacArthur, Stephen M. Blinn, Christopher Saulnier, Brian R. Edwards 2021-06-15 $122,878,000
10881392 Devices and methods for minimally invasive suturing John C. Meade, John Aho, Roger Baske, James H. Bleck, John F. Carlson +6 more 2021-01-05 $87,088,000
10792031 Devices and methods for minimally invasive suturing John C. Meade, John Aho, Roger Baske, James H. Bleck, John F. Carlson +6 more 2020-10-06 $99,115,000
10792032 Methods of surgical fastening John C. Meade, Niall G. Deloughry, James H. Bleck 2020-10-06 $99,115,000
10383622 Apparatus and method for tissue closure John C. Meade, Douglas M. MacArthur, Stephen M. Blinn, Christopher Saulnier, Brian R. Edwards 2019-08-20
10307155 Apparatus and method for tissue closure John C. Meade, Douglas M. MacArthur, Stephen M. Blinn, Christopher Saulnier, Brian R. Edwards 2019-06-04
10098630 Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturing John C. Meade 2018-10-16
10045774 Devices and methods for surgical fastening John C. Meade, Niall G. Deloughry, James H. Bleck 2018-08-14
9986997 Apparatus and method for tissue closure John C. Meade, Douglas M. MacArthur, Stephen M. Blinn, Christopher Saulnier, Brian R. Edwards 2018-06-05
9962152 Devices and methods for surgical suturing John C. Meade, Niall G. Deloughry, James H. Bleck 2018-05-08
9962156 Suturing needle John C. Meade, Douglas M. MacArthur, Stephen M. Blinn, Christopher Sauliner, Brian R. Edwards 2018-05-08
9962151 Devices and methods for minimally invasive suturing John C. Meade, John Aho, Roger Baske, James H. Bleck, John F. Carlson +6 more 2018-05-08
9943308 Devices and methods for surgical suturing John C. Meade, Niall G. Deloughry, James H. Bleck 2018-04-17
9943307 Devices and methods for surgical suturing John C. Meade, Niall G. Deloughry, James H. Bleck 2018-04-17
9936945 Devices and methods for surgical suturing John C. Meade, Niall G. Deloughry, James H. Bleck 2018-04-10
9775600 Devices and methods for minimally invasive suturing John C. Meade, John Aho, Roger Baske, James H. Bleck, John F. Carlson +6 more 2017-10-03
9743925 Devices and methods for surgical suturing John C. Meade, Niall G. Deloughry, James H. Bleck 2017-08-29
9743923 Devices and methods for surgical suturing John C. Meade, Niall G. Deloughry, James H. Bleck 2017-08-29
9737296 Devices and methods for surgical suturing John C. Meade, Niall G. Deloughry, James H. Bleck 2017-08-22
9730688 Devices and methods for surgical suturing John C. Meade, Niall G. Deloughry, James H. Bleck 2017-08-15
9717495 Devices and methods for surgical suturing John C. Meade, Niall G. Deloughry, James H. Bleck 2017-08-01
9717493 Devices and methods for surgical suturing John C. Meade, Niall G. Deloughry, James H. Bleck 2017-08-01
9693770 Devices and methods for surgical suturing John C. Meade, Niall G. Deloughry, James H. Bleck 2017-07-04

Frequent Collaborators

John C. Meade36 shared
James H. Bleck24 shared
Niall G. Deloughry13 shared
Michael J. Helander7 shared
John F. Carlson7 shared
Thomas Eagan7 shared

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