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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 2,526–2,550 of 2,667 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
8257251 Methods and devices for providing access into a body cavity Christopher W. Widenhouse 2012-09-04
8251900 Surgical access devices and methods providing seal movement in predefined paths Mark S. Ortiz, David T. Martin, Matthew C. Miller, Mark J. Reese, Wells D. Haberstich +7 more 2012-08-28
8241209 Active seal components Charles J. Scheib, Jerome R. Morgan, Carl J. Shurtleff 2012-08-14
8236010 Surgical fastener and cutter with mimicking end effector Mark S. Ortiz 2012-08-07
8231570 Inverted conical expandable retractor Mark S. Ortiz, Brandon L. Livingston, Dhananjay V. Patil, Jerome R. Morgan 2012-07-31
8226553 Access device with insert Christopher W. Widenhouse 2012-07-24
8220690 Connected surgical staples and stapling instruments for deploying the same Christopher J. Hess, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Jerome R. Morgan, Leslie M. Fugikawa, Eugene L. Timperman +1 more 2012-07-17
8215531 Surgical stapling instrument having a medical substance dispenser Joseph C. Hueil, Jerome R. Morgan, Leslie M. Fugikawa 2012-07-10
8210411 Motor-driven surgical cutting instrument David C. Yates, Bret W. Smith, Brett E. Swensgard, Ryan J. Laurent 2012-07-03
8206294 Surgical access device with flexible seal channel Christopher W. Widenhouse 2012-06-26
8196795 Disposable motor-driven loading unit for use with a surgical cutting and stapling apparatus Kyle P. Moore, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Jerome R. Morgan, Mark H. Ransick, Eugene L. Timperman 2012-06-12
8196796 Shaft based rotary drive system for surgical instruments Richard W. Timm 2012-06-12
8186555 Motor-driven surgical cutting and fastening instrument with mechanical closure system Christoph L. Gillum 2012-05-29
8172124 Surgical instrument having recording capabilities John N. Ouwerkerk, Eugene L. Timperman 2012-05-08
8167185 Surgical instrument having recording capabilities John N. Ouwerkerk, Eugene L. Timperman 2012-05-01
8161977 Accessing data stored in a memory of a surgical instrument David C. Yates 2012-04-24
8157153 Surgical instrument with force-feedback capabilities John N. Ouwerkerk, Jerome R. Morgan, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2012-04-17
8157145 Pneumatically powered surgical cutting and fastening instrument with electrical feedback Randall J. Tanguay 2012-04-17
8147405 Surgical access port with multilayered tortuous path seal Christopher W. Widenhouse, Chris W. Cicenas, Michael D. Cronin 2012-04-03
8137267 Retractor with flexible sleeve Christopher W. Widenhouse 2012-03-20
8118820 Method for instrument insertion through a body orifice Michael J. Stokes, Thomas Albrecht, Mark S. Ortiz, Mark S. Zeiner, Andrew M. Zwolinski 2012-02-21
8113410 Surgical stapling apparatus with control features Steven G. Hall, Randall J. Tanguay, Jeffrey D. Messerly, Galen C. Robertson, Andrew M. Zwolinski +6 more 2012-02-14
8083120 End effector for use with a surgical cutting and stapling instrument Richard F. Schwemberger, David C. Yates, Richard C. Smith 2011-12-27
8075528 Surgical access port with flexible sealing cannula Christopher W. Widenhouse 2011-12-13
8057508 Surgical instrument incorporating an electrically actuated articulation locking mechanism 2011-11-15