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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 2,501–2,525 of 2,667 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
8425410 Surgical access device with protective element Michael A. Murray, Christopher W. Widenhouse, William J. White, Robert P. Gill, James W. Voegele +2 more 2013-04-23
8419635 Surgical access device having removable and replaceable components Christopher W. Widenhouse 2013-04-16
8419749 Tissue retrieval device with reinforced pouch and variable volume Shailendra K. Parihar, Michael S. Cropper, Christopher W. Widenhouse 2013-04-16
8414577 Surgical instruments and components for use in sterile environments Chad P. Boudreaux, Bret W. Smith, Daniel J. Abbott 2013-04-09
8414483 Methods and devices for providing access into a body cavity Theodore R. Farrell, Jerome R. Morgan 2013-04-09
8409216 Tissue retrieval device with buckling arms Shailendra K. Parihar, Haresh Digambar Patil, Mark J. Bookbinder, Wells D. Haberstich 2013-04-02
8397971 Sterilizable surgical instrument David C. Yates 2013-03-19
8393514 Selectively orientable implantable fastener cartridge Gary W. Knight, Chester O. Baxter, III, Kreena Avimukta 2013-03-12
8376938 Discrete flexion head for single port device Jerome R. Morgan 2013-02-19
8371491 Surgical end effector having buttress retention features Thomas W. Huitema, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Jerome R. Morgan 2013-02-12
8361109 Multi-planar obturator with foldable retractor Michael S. Cropper 2013-01-29
8360297 Surgical cutting and stapling instrument with self adjusting anvil Joshua R. Uth 2013-01-29
8357085 Devices and methods for providing access into a body cavity Carl J. Shurtleff 2013-01-22
8357088 Methods and devices for providing access into a body cavity Jerome R. Morgan, Theodore R. Farrell 2013-01-22
8353873 Methods and devices for providing access through tissue to a surgical site Kiyoto Benjamin Sakai, Jr., Shailendra K. Parihar, Jerome R. Morgan, Theodore R. Farrell 2013-01-15
8353824 Access method with insert Christopher W. Widenhouse 2013-01-15
8348131 Surgical stapling instrument with mechanical indicator to show levels of tissue compression Todd Phillip Omaits, Bennie Thompson, Eugene L. Timperman 2013-01-08
8349255 Tissue processing system and method Joseph P. Schowalter, Prasanna Malaviya, David A. Witt 2013-01-08
8328761 Variable surgical access device Christopher W. Widenhouse, Michael S. Cropper, Mark Tsonton, Robert P. Gill, James W. Voegele +3 more 2012-12-11
8322455 Manually driven surgical cutting and fastening instrument John N. Ouwerkerk, Jerome R. Morgan, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Eugene L. Timperman, Leslie M. Fugikawa 2012-12-04
8317070 Surgical stapling devices that produce formed staples having different lengths Joseph C. Hueil, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2012-11-27
8317074 Electroactive polymer-based articulation mechanism for circular stapler Mark S. Ortiz, Joseph C. Hueil, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2012-11-27
8292155 Motor-driven surgical cutting and fastening instrument with tactile position feedback John N. Ouwerkerk, Jerome R. Morgan, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2012-10-23
8286899 Tissue dicing and particle separation device Joseph P. Schowalter, Prasanna Malaviya, David A. Witt 2012-10-16
8282546 Inverted conical expandable retractor with coil spring Jerome R. Morgan, Eugene L. Timperman 2012-10-09