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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 2,251–2,275 of 2,667 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9498222 Pivoting anvil for surgical circular stapler Charles J. Scheib, Steven G. Hall 2016-11-22
9492167 Articulatable surgical device with rotary driven cutting member Mark S. Ortiz 2016-11-15
9486214 Motor driven surgical fastener device with switching system configured to prevent firing initiation until activated 2016-11-08
9480476 Tissue thickness compensator comprising resilient members Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Chunlin Yang, Charles J. Scheib, Venkataramanan Mandakolathur Vasudevan, Taylor W. Aronhalt +5 more 2016-11-01
9463022 Motor driven rotary input circular stapler with lockable flexible shaft Jeffrey S. Swayze, Chester O. Baxter, III 2016-10-11
9456779 Use of biomarkers and therapeutic agents with surgical devices Jeffrey W. Clymer, Prasanna Malaviya, Donna L. Korvick, Kevin L. Houser, Cory G. Kimball +2 more 2016-10-04
9451958 Surgical instrument with firing actuator lockout John N. Ouwerkerk, Jerome R. Morgan, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2016-09-27
9445808 Electrosurgical end effector with tissue tacking features James A. Woodard, Jr., Kreena B. Modi, Gary W. Knight, Andrew Yoo, Taylor W. Aronhalt +2 more 2016-09-20
9445816 Circular stapler with selectable motorized and manual control Jeffrey S. Swayze, Chester O. Baxter, III 2016-09-20
9445813 Closure indicator systems for surgical instruments Emily A. Schellin 2016-09-20
9439649 Surgical instrument having force feedback capabilities Jerome J. Morgan, Richard L. Leimbach, Mark D. Overmyer 2016-09-13
9433419 Tissue thickness compensator comprising a plurality of layers Hamilton E. González, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Michael S. Cropper, Charles J. Scheib, Gregory W. Johnson 2016-09-06
9421062 Surgical instrument shaft with resiliently biased coupling to handpiece Kevin L. Houser, Patrick A. Weizman, Geoffrey S. Strobl 2016-08-23
9414838 Tissue thickness compensator comprised of a plurality of materials Jeffrey S. Swayze, Chunlin Yang, Cortney E. Henderson, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Charles J. Scheib +2 more 2016-08-16
9408606 Robotically powered surgical device with manually-actuatable reversing system 2016-08-09
9408604 Surgical instrument comprising a firing system including a compliant portion Jerome R. Morgan 2016-08-09
9402682 Articulation joint features for articulating surgical device Barry C. Worrell, David K. Norvell, Charles J. Scheib, Geoffrey S. Strobl, Jeffrey S. Swayze +3 more 2016-08-02
9402626 Rotary actuatable surgical fastener and cutter Mark S. Ortiz 2016-08-02
9393015 Motor driven surgical fastener device with cutting member reversing mechanism Ryan J. Laurent, Brett E. Swensgard, Bret W. Smith, Richard F. Schwemberger, Daniel J. Abbott +2 more 2016-07-19
9386983 Robotically-controlled motorized surgical instrument Brett E. Swensgard, David C. Yates 2016-07-12
9386988 Retainer assembly including a tissue thickness compensator Chester O. Baxter, III, Katherine J. Schmid, Jerome R. Morgan, Charles J. Scheib, Michael S. Cropper +4 more 2016-07-12
9381058 Recharge system for medical devices Kevin L. Houser, Gavin M. Monson, Foster B. Stulen, Daniel W. Price, Ashvani K. Madan +9 more 2016-07-05
9375255 Surgical instrument handpiece with resiliently biased coupling to modular shaft and end effector Kevin L. Houser, Barry C. Worrell, Stephen J. Balek, Galen C. Robertson, Richard W. Timm +4 more 2016-06-28
9370358 Motor-driven surgical cutting and fastening instrument with tactile position feedback John N. Ouwerkerk, Jerome R. Morgan, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2016-06-21
9370364 Powered surgical cutting and stapling apparatus with manually retractable firing system Bret W. Smith, Daniel J. Abbott, Richard F. Schwemberger, Chad P. Boudreaux, Brett E. Swensgard +1 more 2016-06-21