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Christopher Philipp — 17 Patents

Stryker: 16 patents #101 of 1,405Top 8%
HLHowmedica Leibinger: 1 patents #4 of 25Top 20%
Portage, MI: #51 of 619 inventorsTop 9%
Michigan: #5,079 of 86,293 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Christopher Philipp has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Stryker. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in September 2024. Christopher Philipp ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Christopher Philipp in Portage, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1992 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1993.peak 31992: 2 patents19921993: 3 patents1996: 1 patents19962006: 1 patents2009: 1 patents20092017: 1 patents2018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents2020: 1 patents20202021: 2 patents2022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents2024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12089973 Metal detection system for use with medical waste container Bruce D. Henniges, Andrew L. Wallner, Erik Vaclav Chmelar, Jeffrey Lee Vanoss 2024-09-17 $76,865,000
11666343 Navigated surgical system Donald W. Malackowski 2023-06-06 $70,812,000
11446109 Metal detection system for use with medical waste container Bruce D. Henniges, Andrew L. Wallner, Erik Vaclav Chmelar, Jeffrey Lee Vanoss 2022-09-20 $127,915,000
11164440 System and method for collecting medical waste that monitors the waste for objects that may have been inadvertently discarded Bruce D. Henniges, Richard F. Huyser, Dennis Stratton 2021-11-02 $71,692,000
11076866 Navigated surgical system including override option Donald W. Malackowski 2021-08-03 $107,866,000
10762763 System and method for collecting medical waste that monitors the waste for objects that may have been inadvertently discarded Bruce D. Henniges, Richard F. Huyser, Dennis Stratton 2020-09-01 $171,727,000
10517610 Auxiliary unit for surgical tool Donald W. Malackowski 2019-12-31 $48,248,000
10004517 Motorized surgical tool with sensor assembly in the handle for monitoring the rotational orientation of the motor rotor 2018-06-26 $60,920,000
9559624 Control module for a motorized surgical tool, the module including a trigger sensor, a motor rotor sensor and a control circuit that are sealed from the ambient environment 2017-01-31 $45,554,000
7638958 Powered surgical tool with control module that contains a sensor for remotely monitoring the tool power generating unit Don Malackowski 2009-12-29 $69,025,000
7147352 Precision light emitting device 2006-12-12
5584838 Distal targeting system Mehmet Rona, Douglas J. Ely, James Evans, Matthew S. Alves, Lisa D. Sertic 1996-12-17 $23,285,000
5268622 DC powered surgical handpiece having a motor control circuit 1993-12-07 $13,826,000
5235261 DC powered surgical handpiece having a motor control circuit 1993-08-10 $14,502,000
5187422 Charger for batteries of different type John M. Izenbaard, Michael W. Steffler 1993-02-16 $14,379,000
5136220 DC powered surgical handpiece having a motor control circuit 1992-08-04 $9,755,000
5093593 Surgical handpiece with motor having positive sensor location 1992-03-03 $19,096,000