JZ

Jason E. Zerkle

Johnson & Johnson: 15 patents #661 of 7,810Top 9%
CI Cilag Gmbh International: 7 patents #220 of 874Top 30%
Overall (All Time): #190,310 of 4,157,543Top 5%
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Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12364475 Features to enhance staple height consistency in curved surgical stapler Nicholas D. Courtwright 2025-07-22
12102325 Methods and systems for performing surgical stapling Brian F. DiNardo, Brian W. Bear, Charles J. Scheib, Christopher C. Miller, Craig S. Smith +17 more 2024-10-01
12029427 Methods and systems for performing circular stapling Brian F. DiNardo, Brian W. Bear, Charles J. Scheib, Christopher C. Miller, Craig S. Smith +17 more 2024-07-09
11684363 Integrated tissue positioning and jaw alignment features for surgical stapler Robert J. Simms, Douglas B. Hoffman, Charles J. Scheib, Janna B. Volz 2023-06-27
11446036 Methods and systems for performing circular stapling Brian F. DiNardo, Brian W. Bear, Charles J. Scheib, Christopher C. Miller, Craig S. Smith +17 more 2022-09-20
11432815 Features to enhance staple height consistency in curved surgical stapler Nicholas D. Courtwright 2022-09-06
11406443 Articulation joint features for articulating surgical device Barry C. Worrell, David K. Norvell, Charles J. Scheib, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Geoffrey S. Strobl +3 more 2022-08-09
10709452 Methods and systems for performing circular stapling Brian F. DiNardo, Brian W. Bear, Charles J. Scheib, Christopher C. Miller, Craig S. Smith +17 more 2020-07-14
10695055 Firing assembly comprising a lockout Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Daniel L. Baber, Jason M. Rector, Nicholas Fanelli, Gregory J. Bakos 2020-06-30
10687807 Integrated tissue positioning and jaw alignment features for surgical stapler Robert J. Simms, Douglas B. Hoffman, Charles J. Scheib, Janna B. Volz 2020-06-23
10660696 Articulation joint features for articulating surgical device Barry C. Worrell, David K. Norvell, Charles J. Scheib, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Geoffrey S. Strobl +3 more 2020-05-26
10478189 Method of applying an annular array of staples to tissue Brian W. Bear, Matthew H. Bolton, Rodney V. Clingaman, Brian F. DiNardo, William D. Fox +11 more 2019-11-19
10271841 Bailout assembly for surgical stapler Mark D. Overmyer, Craig S. Smith, Kevin D. Sackett, Emily A. Schellin, Kevin L. Houser +2 more 2019-04-30
9913645 Lockout feature for movable cutting member of surgical instrument Douglas B. Hoffman, William J. White, Robert J. Simms 2018-03-13
9867615 Surgical instrument with articulation lock having a detenting binary spring Nicholas Fanelli, Jeffrey C. Gagel, Robert J. Simms 2018-01-16
9839421 Jaw closure feature for end effector of surgical instrument Robert J. Simms, Douglas B. Hoffman, Adam R. Dunki-Jacobs 2017-12-12
9795379 Surgical instrument with multi-diameter shaft Richard L. Leimbach, Ryan J. Laurent, Jeffrey C. Gagel, Nicholas Fanelli 2017-10-24
9730753 Articulation joint features for articulating surgical device Barry C. Worrell, David K. Norvell, Charles J. Scheib, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Geoffrey S. Strobl +3 more 2017-08-15
9717497 Lockout feature for movable cutting member of surgical instrument Douglas B. Hoffman, William J. White, Robert J. Simms 2017-08-01
9517065 Integrated tissue positioning and jaw alignment features for surgical stapler Robert J. Simms, Douglas B. Hoffman, Charles J. Scheib, Janna B. Volz 2016-12-13
9402682 Articulation joint features for articulating surgical device Barry C. Worrell, David K. Norvell, Charles J. Scheib, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Geoffrey S. Strobl +3 more 2016-08-02
7798386 Surgical instrument articulation joint cover Christopher J. Schall, Joshua R. Uth, Gary S. Jaworek 2010-09-21