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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 2,401–2,425 of 2,667 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
8827903 Modular tool heads for use with circular surgical instruments Jerome R. Morgan, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Gregory W. Johnson, Chester O. Baxter, III, Joseph E. Young +2 more 2014-09-09
8827133 Surgical stapling device having supports for a flexible drive mechanism Jerome R. Morgan 2014-09-09
8820603 Accessing data stored in a memory of a surgical instrument James R. Giordano, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2014-09-02
8821391 Methods and devices for providing access into a body cavity Christopher W. Widenhouse 2014-09-02
8820605 Robotically-controlled surgical instruments 2014-09-02
8808325 Surgical stapling instrument with staples having crown features for increasing formed staple footprint Christopher J. Hess, Jerome R. Morgan, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Michael F. Clem 2014-08-19
8801734 Circular stapling instruments with secondary cutting arrangements and methods of using same John W. Willis 2014-08-12
8801735 Surgical circular stapler with tissue retention arrangements John W. Willis 2014-08-12
8800838 Robotically-controlled cable-based surgical end effectors 2014-08-12
8795163 Interlocking seal components Tamara Widenhouse, Jerome R. Morgan, Charles J. Scheib 2014-08-05
8789741 Surgical instrument with trigger assembly for generating multiple actuation motions Chester O. Baxter, III, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Joseph E. Young, Barry C. Worrell, Matthew C. Miller +1 more 2014-07-29
8783541 Robotically-controlled surgical end effector system Jerome R. Morgan 2014-07-22
8783542 Fasteners supported by a fastener cartridge support Paul F. Riestenberg, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Jerome R. Morgan 2014-07-22
8783543 Tissue acquisition arrangements and methods for surgical stapling devices John W. Willis 2014-07-22
8777004 Compressible staple cartridge comprising alignment members Chester O. Baxter, III, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Joseph E. Young 2014-07-15
8763877 Surgical instruments with reconfigurable shaft segments Christopher J. Schall, Jerome R. Morgan 2014-07-01
8763879 Accessing data stored in a memory of surgical instrument Jerome J. Morgan 2014-07-01
8763875 End effector for use with a surgical fastening instrument Jerome R. Morgan 2014-07-01
8758391 Interchangeable tools for surgical instruments Jeffrey S. Swayze, Thomas W. Huitema, Glen A. Armstrong, Shailendra K. Parihar, Donna L. Korvick +8 more 2014-06-24
8752699 Implantable fastener cartridge comprising bioabsorbable layers Jerome R. Morgan, Charles J. Scheib 2014-06-17
8752747 Surgical instrument having recording capabilities John N. Ouwerkerk, Eugene L. Timperman 2014-06-17
8753338 Electrosurgical instrument employing a thermal management system Tamara Widenhouse, Craig N. Faller, James R. Giordano, Matthew C. Miller 2014-06-17
8752749 Robotically-controlled disposable motor-driven loading unit Kyle P. Moore, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Jerome R. Morgan, Mark H. Ransick, Eugene L. Timperman 2014-06-17
8746530 Surgical instrument with wireless communication between control unit and remote sensor James R. Giordano, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Jerome R. Morgan, John N. Ouwerkerk 2014-06-10
8747238 Rotary drive shaft assemblies for surgical instruments with articulatable end effectors Jeffrey S. Swayze, Jerome R. Morgan, John L. Stammen, Chester O. Baxter, III 2014-06-10