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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 2,301–2,325 of 2,667 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9289206 Lateral securement members for surgical staple cartridges Christopher J. Hess, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Carl J. Shurtleff 2016-03-22
9289212 Surgical instruments and batteries for surgical instruments Richard F. Schwemberger, Daniel J. Abbott, Bret W. Smith, David C. Yates, Patrick M. Schleitweiler +1 more 2016-03-22
9289225 Endoscopic surgical instrument with a handle that can articulate with respect to the shaft Jeffrey S. Swayze, Mark S. Ortiz, Leslie M. Fugikawa 2016-03-22
9289256 Surgical end effectors having angled tissue-contacting surfaces Chester O. Baxter, III, David C. Yates 2016-03-22
9282966 Surgical stapling instrument Michael E. Setser, William B. Weisenburgh, II 2016-03-15
9282962 Adhesive film laminate Katherine J. Schmid, Bret W. Smith 2016-03-15
9282974 Empty clip cartridge lockout 2016-03-15
9283054 Interactive displays Jerome R. Morgan, Emily A. Schellin 2016-03-15
9277919 Tissue thickness compensator comprising fibers to produce a resilient load Mark Timmer, Joseph H. Contiliano, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Chunlin Yang, Charles J. Scheib +1 more 2016-03-08
9271799 Robotic surgical system with removable motor housing Jerome R. Morgan 2016-03-01
9272406 Fastener cartridge comprising a cutting member for releasing a tissue thickness compensator Taylor W. Aronhalt, Michael J. Vendely, Christopher W. Widenhouse 2016-03-01
9241758 Surgical instrument with blade compliant along vertical cutting edge plane Paul T. Franer, Zhifan F. Huang, Jerome R. Morgan, Bret W. Smith, Richard W. Timm +1 more 2016-01-26
9241714 Tissue thickness compensator and method for making the same Richard W. Timm, Mark Timmer, Tamara Widenhouse, Matthew M. Lang, John L. Stammen +7 more 2016-01-26
9237891 Robotically-controlled surgical stapling devices that produce formed staples having different lengths 2016-01-19
9232941 Tissue thickness compensator comprising a reservoir Venkataramanan Mandakolathur Vasudevan, Cortney E. Henderson, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Charles J. Scheib +6 more 2016-01-12
9226760 Laparoscopic devices with flexible actuation mechanisms 2016-01-05
9226751 Surgical instrument system including replaceable end effectors Jerome R. Morgan 2016-01-05
9220501 Tissue thickness compensators Chester O. Baxter, III, Katherine J. Schmid, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Gregory W. Johnson, John L. Stammen +5 more 2015-12-29
9220559 Articulation joint features for articulating surgical device Barry C. Worrell, Sean P. Conlon, Gary W. Knight, Matthew C. Miller, Charles J. Scheib +5 more 2015-12-29
9220500 Tissue thickness compensator comprising structure to produce a resilient load Jeffrey S. Swayze, Tamara Widenhouse, Christopher W. Widenhouse, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Charles J. Scheib 2015-12-29
9216019 Surgical stapler with stationary staple drivers Katherine J. Schmid, Chester O. Baxter, III, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Joseph E. Young 2015-12-22
9211122 Surgical access devices with anvil introduction and specimen retrieval structures Karen N. Hagerty, Chester O. Baxter, III 2015-12-15
9211120 Tissue thickness compensator comprising a plurality of medicaments Charles J. Scheib 2015-12-15
9211121 Surgical stapling apparatus Steven G. Hall, Randall J. Tanguay, Jeffrey D. Messerly, Galen C. Robertson, Andrew M. Zwolinski +6 more 2015-12-15
9204878 Surgical stapling apparatus with interlockable firing system Steven G. Hall, Randall J. Tanguay, Jeffrey D. Messerly, Galen C. Robertson, Andrew M. Zwolinski 2015-12-08