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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 2,651–2,667 of 2,667 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
7147138 Surgical stapling instrument having an electroactive polymer actuated buttress deployment mechanism 2006-12-12
7143923 Surgical stapling instrument having a firing lockout for an unclosed anvil Michael E. Setser, William B. Weisenburgh, II 2006-12-05
7143926 Surgical stapling instrument incorporating a multi-stroke firing mechanism with return spring rotary manual retraction system Kevin R. Doll, Douglas B. Hoffman, Michael E. Setser, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2006-12-05
7143925 Surgical instrument incorporating EAP blocking lockout mechanism Eugene L. Timperman 2006-12-05
7140528 Surgical stapling instrument having an electroactive polymer actuated single lockout mechanism for prevention of firing 2006-11-28
7128254 Surgical stapling instrument incorporating a multistroke firing mechanism having a rotary slip-clutch transmission Michael E. Setser, Douglas B. Hoffman 2006-10-31
7111769 Surgical instrument incorporating an articulation mechanism having rotation about the longitudinal axis Kenneth S. Wales, Douglas B. Hoffman, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2006-09-26
7083075 Multi-stroke mechanism with automatic end of stroke retraction Jeffrey S. Swayze, Kevin R. Doll, Douglas B. Hoffman 2006-08-01
7059508 Surgical stapling instrument incorporating an uneven multistroke firing mechanism having a rotary transmission Michael E. Setser, Douglas B. Hoffman 2006-06-13
7055731 Surgical stapling instrument incorporating a tapered firing bar for increased flexibility around the articulation joint Michael E. Setser, William B. Weisenburgh, II 2006-06-06
7044352 Surgical stapling instrument having a single lockout mechanism for prevention of firing Michael E. Setser, William B. Weisenburgh, II 2006-05-16
7000819 Surgical stapling instrument having multistroke firing incorporating a traction-biased ratcheting mechanism Jeffrey S. Swayze 2006-02-21
7000818 Surgical stapling instrument having separate distinct closing and firing systems Michael E. Setser, Brian J. Hemmelgarn 2006-02-21
6988649 Surgical stapling instrument having a spent cartridge lockout Michael E. Setser, William B. Weisenburgh, II 2006-01-24
6978921 Surgical stapling instrument incorporating an E-beam firing mechanism Michael E. Setser, William B. Weisenburgh, II 2005-12-27
6959852 Surgical stapling instrument with multistroke firing incorporating an anti-backup mechanism Michael E. Setser 2005-11-01
6905057 Surgical stapling instrument incorporating a firing mechanism having a linked rack transmission Jeffrey S. Swayze 2005-06-14