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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 2,076–2,100 of 2,667 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9962163 Surgical staple with integral pledget for tip deflection 2018-05-08
9956050 Methods, systems, and devices for controlling a motor of a robotic surgical system Mark D. Overmyer, Jason L. Harris, Jeffrey S. Swayze, David C. Yates 2018-05-01
9943312 Methods and devices for locking a surgical device based on loading of a fastener cartridge in the surgical device Sol A. Posada, Mark D. Overmyer, Brian F. DiNardo, John S. Kimsey 2018-04-17
9943309 Surgical instruments with articulatable end effectors and movable firing beam support arrangements Jerome R. Morgan, Jason L. Harris, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Chester O. Baxter, III 2018-04-17
9943377 Methods, systems, and devices for causing end effector motion with a robotic surgical system David C. Yates, Jason L. Harris 2018-04-17
9943310 Surgical stapling buttresses and adjunct materials Jason L. Harris, Charles J. Scheib, Bret W. Smith, Lucia M. Casella, Jerome R. Morgan 2018-04-17
9936950 Hybrid adjunct materials for use in surgical stapling Tamara Widenhouse 2018-04-10
9937283 Adjunct material to provide drug elution from vessels Tamara Widenhouse, Michael J. Vendely, Jason L. Harris 2018-04-10
9936954 Devices and methods for sealing staples in tissue Michael J. Vendely, Jason L. Harris 2018-04-10
9931118 Reinforced battery for a surgical instrument David C. Yates, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Jason L. Harris, Andrew T. Beckman 2018-04-03
9924947 Staple cartridge comprising a compressible portion Chester O. Baxter, III 2018-03-27
9924946 Devices and methods for sealing staples in tissue Michael J. Vendely, Bret W. Smith, Gregory J. Bakos, Simon Cohn, Adam R. Dunki-Jacobs +2 more 2018-03-27
9924944 Staple cartridge comprising an adjunct material Lauren S. Weaner, Jerome R. Morgan, Michael J. Vendely, Taylor W. Aronhalt 2018-03-27
9924942 Motor-powered articulatable surgical instruments Jeffrey S. Swayze, Chester O. Baxter, III 2018-03-27
9924961 Interactive feedback system for powered surgical instruments David C. Yates, Jason L. Harris 2018-03-27
9918716 Staple cartridge comprising implantable layers Chester O. Baxter, III, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Katherine J. Schmid 2018-03-20
9918704 Surgical instrument Jerome R. Morgan, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Gregory W. Johnson, Chester O. Baxter, III, Joseph E. Young +2 more 2018-03-20
9913655 Surgical instrument with active element and suction cage Charles J. Scheib, Edward G. Chekan, Chad P. Boudreaux, Tamara Widenhouse 2018-03-13
9913648 Surgical system Michael E. Setser, Kevin R. Doll, Jerome R. Morgan 2018-03-13
9913647 Disposable loading unit for use with a surgical instrument William B. Weisenburgh, II, Jerome R. Morgan, Kyle P. Moore, Mark H. Ransick, Steven G. Hall +22 more 2018-03-13
9913646 Devices for sealing staples in tissue 2018-03-13
9913642 Surgical instrument comprising a sensor system Richard L. Leimbach, Shane R. Adams, Mark D. Overmyer 2018-03-13
9907620 Surgical end effectors having angled tissue-contacting surfaces Chester O. Baxter, III, David C. Yates 2018-03-06
9907554 Devices and methods for stabilizing fasteners post-deployment Jerome R. Morgan, Emily A. Schellin, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Gary W. Knight 2018-03-06
9901346 Stapling assembly Kyle P. Moore, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Jerome R. Morgan, Mark H. Ransick, Eugene L. Timperman 2018-02-27