WB

William A. Burbank

IS Intuitive Surgical: 88 patents #13 of 719Top 2%
EM Emhart: 2 patents #94 of 338Top 30%
IS Intuitive Surgical: 1 patents #60 of 88Top 70%
Johnson & Johnson: 1 patents #4,762 of 7,810Top 65%
Overall (All Time): #16,677 of 4,157,543Top 1%
93
Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 25 most recent of 93 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12426974 Systems to apply preload tension for surgical instruments and related methods Matthew A. Wixey, Thomas G. Cooper, Patrick Flanagan, Nicholas Ragosta, Donald F. Wilson, Jr. 2025-09-30
12402964 Robotic surgical stapler assembly configured to use stapler reload 2025-09-02
12364478 Stapler cartridge with an integral knife Matthew A. Wixey, Nicholas Ragosta 2025-07-22
12357306 System and method for variable velocity surgical instrument Matthew A. Wixey, Gabriel F. Brisson, Patrick Flanagan, Pushkar Hingwe, David W. Weir +1 more 2025-07-15
12295691 Tension regulator for actuation elements, and related remotely actuated instruments, systems, and methods Gregory W. Dachs, II, Bruce M. Schena 2025-05-13
12262938 Medical instrument electrically energized using drive cables Scott E. Manzo, Richard D. Gresham 2025-04-01
12262891 Staple cartridge and drive member for surgical instrument 2025-04-01
12232769 Cannula seal assembly Robert C. Reid, Justin Krom, Tyler J. Morrissette, Joseph P. Orban, III, David DeTroy 2025-02-25
12114941 Wrist articulation by linked tension members 2024-10-15
12082894 Motor interface for parallel drive shafts within an independently rotating member Gregory W. Dachs, II, Todd Murphy, William A. McDonald, II, Bruce M. Schena 2024-09-10
12053179 System and method for variable velocity instrument David W. Weir, Gabriel F. Brisson, Amir Chaghajerdi, Patrick Flanagan, Pushkar Hingwe +3 more 2024-08-06
12029473 Surgical instruments having a jaw locking mechanism Michael Whitlock, Scott E. Manzo 2024-07-09
12029426 Endoscopic purse string suture surgical device Paul Millman, Nina Frankel, Steven D. Wexner 2024-07-09
11984222 System and method for sharing health data Tom Benstein 2024-05-14
11944403 Latch to secure teleoperated surgical instrument to actuator Gregory W. Dachs, II, Bruce M. Schena, Donald Alden, Edward P. Donlon, Scott Harrington +1 more 2024-04-02
11944745 Universal cannula seal Matthew A. Wixey, Robert C. Reid, Nathan Venskytis 2024-04-02
11903583 Stapler cartridge with an integral knife Matthew A. Wixey, Nicholas Ragosta 2024-02-20
11890013 Stapler reload detection and identification Matthew A. Wixey, Nicholas Ragosta, David W. Weir, Emily Cooper, Melody Wu 2024-02-06
11812921 Cartridge status and presence detection David W. Weir, Kevin Durant, Patrick Flanagan 2023-11-14
11744645 Surgical tool with a two degree of freedom wrist 2023-09-05
11717290 End effector with redundant closing mechanisms 2023-08-08
11666374 Medical instrument with jaw with friction-coupled drive cable 2023-06-06
11660152 Motor interface for parallel drive shafts within an independently rotating member Gregory W. Dachs, II, Todd Murphy, William A. McDonald, II, Bruce M. Schena 2023-05-30
11642129 Staple cartridge and drive member for surgical instrument 2023-05-09
11571525 Universal cannula seal Matthew A. Wixey, Robert C. Reid, Nathan Venskytis 2023-02-07