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Jerome R. Morgan

Johnson & Johnson: 374 patents #3 of 7,810Top 1%
CICilag Gmbh International: 174 patents #5 of 874Top 1%
Cincinnati, OH: #2 of 8,043 inventorsTop 1%
Ohio: #4 of 73,341 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #311 of 4,157,543Top 1%
551 Patents All Time

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Showing 526–550 of 551 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
7980443 End effectors for a surgical cutting and stapling instrument Charles J. Scheib, Geoffrey C. Hueil, Mark S. Ortiz, Douglas B. Hoffman, Patrick A. Weizman +22 more 2011-07-19
7966799 Method of manufacturing staples Christopher J. Hess, William B. Weisenburgh, II 2011-06-28
7959051 Closure systems for a surgical cutting and stapling instrument Bret W. Smith, Kevin R. Doll, William D. Kelly, Ronald J. Kolata, Joshua R. Uth +10 more 2011-06-14
7934630 Staple cartridges for forming staples having differing formed staple heights Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Darrel M. Powell, Michael A. Murray, Christopher J. Hess, William B. Weisenburgh, II +1 more 2011-05-03
7857185 Disposable loading unit for surgical stapling apparatus Jeffrey S. Swayze, Thomas W. Huitema, Glen A. Armstrong, Shailendra K. Parihar, Donna L. Korvick +10 more 2010-12-28
7799039 Surgical instrument having a hydraulically actuated end effector Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2010-09-21
7793812 Disposable motor-driven loading unit for use with a surgical cutting and stapling apparatus Kyle P. Moore, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Mark H. Ransick, Eugene L. Timperman 2010-09-14
7794475 Surgical staples having compressible or crushable members for securing tissue therein and stapling instruments for deploying the same Christopher J. Hess, William B. Weisenburgh, II, James W. Voegele, Mark S. Ortiz, Michael J. Stokes +3 more 2010-09-14
7770775 Motor-driven surgical cutting and fastening instrument with adaptive user feedback Frederick E. Shelton, IV, John N. Ouwerkerk 2010-08-10
7766210 Motor-driven surgical cutting and fastening instrument with user feedback system Frederick E. Shelton, IV, John N. Ouwerkerk 2010-08-03
7740159 Pneumatically powered surgical cutting and fastening instrument with a variable control of the actuating rate of firing with mechanical power assist Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Eugene L. Timperman, Leslie M. Fugikawa 2010-06-22
7735703 Re-loadable surgical stapling instrument Christopher J. Hess, William B. Weisenburgh, II 2010-06-15
7673781 Surgical stapling device with staple driver that supports multiple wire diameter staples Jeffrey S. Swayze, Joseph C. Hueil, Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2010-03-09
7673783 Surgical stapling instruments structured for delivery of medical agents Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2010-03-09
7607557 Surgical stapling instruments structured for pump-assisted delivery of medical agents Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2009-10-27
7500979 Surgical stapling device with multiple stacked actuator wedge cams for driving staple drivers Joseph C. Hueil, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2009-03-10
7467740 Surgical stapling instruments having flexible channel and anvil features for adjustable staple heights Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Michael A. Murray, Richard W. Timm, James T. Spivey, James W. Voegele +2 more 2008-12-23
7448525 Pneumatically powered surgical cutting and fastening instrument with manually operated retraction apparatus Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Eugene L. Timperman, Leslie M. Fugikawa 2008-11-11
7441684 Pneumatically powered surgical cutting and fastening instrument with audible and visual feedback features Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Eugene L. Timperman, Leslie M. Fugikawa 2008-10-28
7434717 Apparatus for closing a curved anvil of a surgical stapling device Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2008-10-14
7431189 Pneumatically powered surgical cutting and fastening instrument with mechanical linkage coupling end effector and trigger motion Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Eugene L. Timperman, Leslie M. Fugikawa 2008-10-07
7422139 Motor-driven surgical cutting fastening instrument with tactile position feedback Frederick E. Shelton, IV, John N. Ouwerkerk, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2008-09-09
7416101 Motor-driven surgical cutting and fastening instrument with loading force feedback Frederick E. Shelton, IV, John N. Ouwerkerk, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2008-08-26
7407078 Surgical stapling instrument having force controlled spacing end effector Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2008-08-05
7108695 Feedback control in an ultrasonic surgical instrument for improved tissue effects David A. Witt, Foster B. Stulen, James R. Giordano 2006-09-19