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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 2,626–2,650 of 2,667 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
7467740 Surgical stapling instruments having flexible channel and anvil features for adjustable staple heights Jerome R. Morgan, Michael A. Murray, Richard W. Timm, James T. Spivey, James W. Voegele +2 more 2008-12-23
7464849 Electro-mechanical surgical instrument with closure system and anvil alignment components Stephen J. Balek, Eugene L. Timperman 2008-12-16
7464846 Surgical instrument having a removable battery Kevin R. Doll, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Eugene L. Timperman 2008-12-16
7451904 Surgical stapling instrument having end effector gripping surfaces 2008-11-18
7448525 Pneumatically powered surgical cutting and fastening instrument with manually operated retraction apparatus Jerome R. Morgan, Eugene L. Timperman, Leslie M. Fugikawa 2008-11-11
7441684 Pneumatically powered surgical cutting and fastening instrument with audible and visual feedback features Jerome R. Morgan, Eugene L. Timperman, Leslie M. Fugikawa 2008-10-28
7434717 Apparatus for closing a curved anvil of a surgical stapling device Jerome R. Morgan 2008-10-14
7434715 Surgical stapling instrument having multistroke firing with opening lockout Jeffrey S. Swayze, Douglas B. Hoffman 2008-10-14
7431189 Pneumatically powered surgical cutting and fastening instrument with mechanical linkage coupling end effector and trigger motion Jerome R. Morgan, Eugene L. Timperman, Leslie M. Fugikawa 2008-10-07
7422139 Motor-driven surgical cutting fastening instrument with tactile position feedback John N. Ouwerkerk, Jerome R. Morgan, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2008-09-09
7416101 Motor-driven surgical cutting and fastening instrument with loading force feedback John N. Ouwerkerk, Jerome R. Morgan, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2008-08-26
7410086 Electroactive polymer-based actuation mechanism for circular stapler Mark S. Ortiz, Joseph C. Hueil, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2008-08-12
7407078 Surgical stapling instrument having force controlled spacing end effector Jerome R. Morgan 2008-08-05
7407074 Electroactive polymer-based actuation mechanism for multi-fire surgical fastening instrument Mark S. Ortiz, Joseph C. Hueil, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2008-08-05
7407077 Electroactive polymer-based actuation mechanism for linear surgical stapler Mark S. Ortiz, Joseph C. Hueil, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2008-08-05
7404509 Electroactive polymer-based articulation mechanism for linear stapler Mark S. Ortiz, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2008-07-29
7380695 Surgical stapling instrument having a single lockout mechanism for prevention of firing Kevin R. Doll, Michael E. Setser, Kenneth S. Wales 2008-06-03
7380696 Articulating surgical stapling instrument incorporating a two-piece E-beam firing mechanism Kevin R. Doll, Jerry R. Morgan, Michael E. Setser 2008-06-03
7367485 Surgical stapling instrument incorporating a multistroke firing mechanism having a rotary transmission Michael E. Setser, Douglas B. Hoffman 2008-05-06
7364061 Surgical stapling instrument incorporating a multistroke firing position indicator and retraction mechanism Jeffrey S. Swayze 2008-04-29
7357287 Surgical stapling instrument having preloaded firing assistance mechanism Jeffrey S. Swayze, Eugene L. Timperman, Leslie M. Fugikawa 2008-04-15
7354447 Disposable loading unit and surgical instruments including same Leslie M. Fugikawa 2008-04-08
7303108 Surgical stapling instrument incorporating a multi-stroke firing mechanism with a flexible rack 2007-12-04
7246734 Rotary hydraulic pump actuated multi-stroke surgical instrument 2007-07-24
7213736 Surgical stapling instrument incorporating an electroactive polymer actuated firing bar track through an articulation joint Kenneth S. Wales 2007-05-08