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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

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Showing 2,276–2,300 of 2,667 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9364230 Surgical stapling instruments with rotary joint assemblies Jeffrey S. Swayze, Chester O. Baxter, III 2016-06-14
9364233 Tissue thickness compensators for circular surgical staplers Johnny H. Alexander, III, Cortney E. Henderson, Christopher C. Miller, John P. Measamer, Katherine J. Schmid +3 more 2016-06-14
9364279 User feedback through handpiece of surgical instrument Kevin L. Houser, William D. Dannaher, Timothy G. Dietz, Foster B. Stulen, David C. Yates +1 more 2016-06-14
9358005 End effector layer including holding features Katherine J. Schmid, Jerome R. Morgan, Donna L. Korvick 2016-06-07
9351717 Methods and devices for providing access into a body cavity Christopher W. Widenhouse 2016-05-31
9351730 Tissue thickness compensator comprising channels Katherine J. Schmid, Jerome R. Morgan, Donna L. Korvick 2016-05-31
9345477 Tissue stapler having a thickness compensator comprising incorporating a hemostatic agent Jacqueline A. Anim, Samardh Onukuri, Anthony R. Silvestri, Jr., Michael F. Clem, Tamara S. Vetro-Widenhouse 2016-05-24
9332984 Fastener cartridge assemblies Lauren S. Weaner, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Michael J. Vendely, Emily A. Schellin 2016-05-10
9326769 Surgical instrument John N. Ouwerkerk, Jerome R. Morgan 2016-05-03
9326768 Staple cartridges for forming staples having differing formed staple heights 2016-05-03
9326770 Surgical instrument John N. Ouwerkerk, Jerome R. Morgan 2016-05-03
9320521 Surgical instrument Jeffrey S. Swayze, Eugene L. Timperman 2016-04-26
9320520 Surgical instrument system James R. Giordano, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2016-04-26
9320523 Tissue thickness compensator comprising tissue ingrowth features Murty Vyakarnam 2016-04-26
9320518 Tissue stapler having a thickness compensator incorporating an oxygen generating agent Cortney E. Henderson, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Chunlin Yang, Charles J. Scheib, Venkataramanan Mandakolathur Vasudevan +1 more 2016-04-26
9314246 Tissue stapler having a thickness compensator incorporating an anti-inflammatory agent Tamara S. Vetro-Widenhouse, Andrew Yoo 2016-04-19
9314247 Tissue stapler having a thickness compensator incorporating a hydrophilic agent Rao S. Bezwada, Mark S. Ortiz 2016-04-19
9307988 Staple cartridges for forming staples having differing formed staple heights 2016-04-12
9307989 Tissue stapler having a thickness compensator incorportating a hydrophobic agent Rao S. Bezwada 2016-04-12
9307965 Tissue stapler having a thickness compensator incorporating an anti-microbial agent Xintian Ming, Thomas W. Huitema, Stephen Rothenburger 2016-04-12
9301755 Compressible staple cartridge assembly Chester O. Baxter, III, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Joseph E. Young 2016-04-05
9301759 Robotically-controlled surgical instrument with selectively articulatable end effector James T. Spivey, Mark S. Ortiz, Jerome R. Morgan 2016-04-05
9295514 Surgical devices with close quarter articulation features Chester O. Baxter, III, Jeffrey S. Swayze, John R. Dugan 2016-03-29
9295464 Surgical stapler anvil comprising a plurality of forming pockets Chester O. Baxter, III 2016-03-29
9289207 Surgical staple with integral pledget for tip deflection 2016-03-22