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Frederick E. Shelton, IV

Johnson & Johnson: 1400 patents #1 of 7,810Top 1%
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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 2,326–2,350 of 2,667 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9204880 Tissue thickness compensator comprising capsules defining a low pressure environment Chester O. Baxter, III, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Katherine J. Schmid 2015-12-08
9204879 Flexible drive member 2015-12-08
9198662 Tissue thickness compensator having improved visibility Trevor J. Barton, Michael J. Vendely, Stephen M. Torain, John V. Hunt, Geoffrey C. Hueil +6 more 2015-12-01
9186143 Robotically-controlled shaft based rotary drive systems for surgical instruments Richard W. Timm 2015-11-17
9179911 End effector for use with a surgical fastening instrument Jerome R. Morgan 2015-11-10
9179912 Robotically-controlled motorized surgical cutting and fastening instrument David C. Yates, James R. Giordano 2015-11-10
9168038 Staple cartridge comprising a tissue thickness compensator Chester O. Baxter, III, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Joseph E. Young 2015-10-27
9168037 Laparoscopic suture device with asynchronous in-line needle movement James A. Woodard, Jr., Jason R. Lesko, Chester O. Baxter, III 2015-10-27
9149325 End effector with compliant clamping jaw Barry C. Worrell, Jerome R. Morgan, Michael S. Cropper, Michael J. Vendely, David C. Yates +2 more 2015-10-06
9149274 Articulating endoscopic accessory channel James T. Spivey, Mark S. Ortiz 2015-10-06
9131835 Surgical access device Christopher W. Widenhouse, William B. Weisenburgh, II, David K. Norvell, Robert P. Gill, James W. Voegele +3 more 2015-09-15
9125654 Multiple part anvil assemblies for circular surgical stapling devices Taylor W. Aronhalt, Chester O. Baxter, III, Mark S. Ortiz, Kreena R. Modi, Joseph E. Young +6 more 2015-09-08
9125662 Multi-axis articulating and rotating surgical tools 2015-09-08
9119657 Rotary actuatable closure arrangement for surgical end effector Chester O. Baxter, III, David C. Yates 2015-09-01
9113874 Surgical instrument system James R. Giordano, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2015-08-25
9113884 Modular surgical tool systems Jerome R. Morgan, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Gregory W. Johnson, Chester O. Baxter, III, Joseph E. Young +10 more 2015-08-25
9113883 Collapsible anvil plate assemblies for circular surgical stapling devices Taylor W. Aronhalt, Kreena R. Modi, Christopher J. Schall, Joseph E. Young, Barry C. Worrell +4 more 2015-08-25
9113865 Staple cartridge comprising a layer Sora Rhee, Chester O. Baxter, III, Taylor W. Aronhalt 2015-08-25
9113864 Surgical cutting and fastening instruments with separate and distinct fastener deployment and tissue cutting systems Jerome R. Morgan 2015-08-25
9113862 Surgical stapling instrument with a variable staple forming system Jerome R. Morgan 2015-08-25
9101385 Electrode connections for rotary driven surgical tools Jerome R. Morgan, Chester O. Baxter, III 2015-08-11
9095339 Detachable motor powered surgical instrument Kyle P. Moore, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Jerome R. Morgan, Mark H. Ransick, Eugene L. Timperman 2015-08-04
9089330 Surgical bowel retractor devices Tamara Widenhouse, Andrew Yoo, Katherine J. Schmid, Aron O. Zingman, Richard W. Timm +8 more 2015-07-28
9084601 Detachable motor powered surgical instrument Kyle P. Moore, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Jerome R. Morgan, Mark H. Ransick, Eugene L. Timperman 2015-07-21
9078695 Methods and devices for accessing a body cavity using a surgical access device with modular seal components Christopher J. Hess, Kyle P. Moore, Daniel H. Duke, Daniel J. Mumaw, Katherine J. Schmid +8 more 2015-07-14