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Frederick E. Shelton, IV

Johnson & Johnson: 1400 patents #1 of 7,810Top 1%
CICilag Gmbh International: 1245 patents #1 of 874Top 1%
MPMegadyne Medical Products: 9 patents #8 of 36Top 25%
CICllag Gmbh International: 5 patents #1 of 36Top 3%
DPDevicor Medical Products: 1 patents #120 of 164Top 75%
Cincinnati, OH: #1 of 8,043 inventorsTop 1%
Ohio: #1 of 73,341 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #7 of 4,157,543Top 1%
2667 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 2,476–2,500 of 2,667 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
8500633 Methods and devices for providing surgical access through tissue to a surgical site Mark S. Ortiz, Brandon L. Livingston, Dhananjay V. Patil, Jerome R. Morgan, Theodore R. Farrell 2013-08-06
8496632 Surgical access device with adjustable cannula 2013-07-30
8496633 Surgical access device with adjustable cannula 2013-07-30
8491497 Method and apparatus for morcellating tissue Kevin L. Houser, Robert E. Sackett, Edward G. Chekan 2013-07-23
8491526 Therapeutic cell applicator instrument with modular tips Michael D. Cronin, Jerome R. Morgan, Patrick D. Dugan, Rebecca J. Mollere, John B. Schulte +12 more 2013-07-23
8491545 Surgical access device with adjustable cannula 2013-07-23
8485412 Surgical staples having attached drivers and stapling instruments for deploying the same William B. Weisenburgh, II, Christopher J. Hess, Jerome R. Morgan, Michael F. Clem 2013-07-16
8486155 Fistula repair plug having multiple layers Gary McAlister, Tamara Widenhouse, Stephen J. Balek 2013-07-16
8485970 Surgical access device Christopher W. Widenhouse, William B. Weisenburgh, II, David K. Norvell, Robert P. Gill, James W. Voegele +3 more 2013-07-16
8486045 Surgical access device with adjustable cannula 2013-07-16
8479969 Drive interface for operably coupling a manipulatable surgical tool to a robot 2013-07-09
8475490 Methods and devices for providing access through tissue to a surgical site Christopher J. Hess, Daniel H. Duke, Daniel J. Mumaw, Katherine J. Schmid, Christopher W. Widenhouse 2013-07-02
8464923 Surgical stapling devices for forming staples with different formed heights 2013-06-18
8464925 Methods and apparatus for delivering tissue treatment compositions to stapled tissue Joanne Hull, Wells D. Haberstich, Steven G. Hall, John A. Hibner, Julia Hwang +6 more 2013-06-18
8465422 Retractor with integrated wound closure William B. Weisenburgh, II, Jerome R. Morgan, Christopher J. Hess, Carl J. Shurtleff 2013-06-18
8460337 Selectable handle biasing Stuart Morgan 2013-06-11
8459520 Surgical instrument with wireless communication between control unit and remote sensor James R. Giordano, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2013-06-11
8453907 Motor driven surgical fastener device with cutting member reversing mechanism Ryan J. Laurent, Brett E. Swensgard, Bret W. Smith, Richard F. Schwemberger, Daniel J. Abbott +2 more 2013-06-04
8444557 Methods and devices for providing access through tissue to a surgical site Patrick M. Schleitweiler, Salvatore Caldarise, Michael S. Cropper, Steven G. Hall, Jerome R. Morgan +1 more 2013-05-21
8444036 Motor driven surgical fastener device with mechanisms for adjusting a tissue gap within the end effector 2013-05-21
8439881 Surgical access device with adjustable cannula 2013-05-14
8435262 Suture management Mark S. Ortiz, Thomas Albrecht 2013-05-07
8430811 Multiple port surgical access device Christopher J. Hess, Christopher W. Widenhouse, Robert P. Gill, James W. Voegele, Michael A. Murray +1 more 2013-04-30
8425533 Tissue retrieval device with pouch stretching arm Shailendra K. Parihar, Kevin A. Larson, Wells D. Haberstich 2013-04-23
8424740 Surgical instrument having a directional switching mechanism Chad P. Boudreaux, Richard W. Timm 2013-04-23