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Alan K. Plyley

US United States Surgical: 11 patents #69 of 487Top 15%
3M: 9 patents #1,775 of 11,543Top 20%
AB AbbVie: 5 patents #367 of 1,308Top 30%
BI Baxter International: 5 patents #396 of 2,334Top 20%
VE Vir Engineering: 3 patents #3 of 5Top 60%
EN Endosystems: 2 patents #6 of 6Top 100%
CL Covidien Lp: 1 patents #2,060 of 2,878Top 75%
TL Tyco Healthcare Group Lp: 1 patents #401 of 736Top 55%
BM B.Braun Medical: 1 patents #102 of 171Top 60%
BL Baxter Travenol Laboratories: 1 patents #231 of 589Top 40%
📍 Goleta, CA: #19 of 1,303 inventorsTop 2%
🗺 California: #9,798 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #68,355 of 4,157,543Top 2%
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Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–44 of 44 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
5706998 Surgical stapler with alignment pin locking mechanism Claude Vidal, Russell J. Redmond 1998-01-13
5680983 Safety device for a surgical stapler cartridge Floyd L. Foslien, John Michael Barker, Robert W. Petrich 1997-10-28
5678748 Surgical stapler with improved safety mechanism Claude Vidal, Russell J. Redmond 1997-10-21
5637108 Surgical handle having a controlled leak passage Claude Vidal, Russell J. Redmond, Michael Collinson, Robert M. Eyerly 1997-06-10
5630539 Laparoscopic stapler with overload sensor and interlock Claude Vidal, Roger Lagerquist 1997-05-20
5586711 Surgical stapler with mechanisms for reducing the firing force Claude Vidal, John Minck, Jr., Alan J. Solyntjes 1996-12-24
5489058 Surgical stapler with mechanisms for reducing the firing force Claude Vidal, Russell J. Redmond, John Minck, Jr., Alan J. Solyntjes 1996-02-06
5470007 Laparoscopic stapler with overload sensor and interlock Claude Vidal, Roger Lagerquist 1995-11-28
5458279 Surgical stapler with safety feature 1995-10-17
5447265 Laparoscopic surgical instrument with a mechanism for preventing its entry into the abdominal cavity once it is depleted and removed from the abdominal cavity Claude Vidal, Russell J. Redmond 1995-09-05
5445304 Safety device for a surgical stapler cartridge Floyd L. Foslien, John Michael Barker, Robert W. Petrich 1995-08-29
5439451 Capless medical backcheck valve Michael Collinson, Russell J. Redmond, Claude Vidal 1995-08-08
5338305 Trocar John Michael Barker, Claude Vidal, Russell J. Redmond 1994-08-16
D349574 Trocar Gerald L. Metcalf, John Michael Barker 1994-08-09
5263944 Adapter seal for laparoscopic cannula Claude Vidal, Russell J. Redmond, John Michael Barker, David Robbins 1993-11-23
5152754 Trocar John Michael Barker, Claude Vidal, Russell J. Redmond 1992-10-06
5083695 Stapler and firing device Floyd L. Foslien, John Michael Barker, Claude Vidal 1992-01-28
4754909 Flexible stapler John Michael Barker 1988-07-05
4671445 Flexible surgical stapler assembly John Michael Barker 1987-06-09