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WEANER LAUREN S

US59 patents
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ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC

19 patents
US11213293B2Jan 4, 2022

Articulatable surgical instruments with single articulation link arrangements

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC471 citations99
US11191540B2Dec 7, 2021

Protective cover arrangements for a joint interface between a movable jaw and actuator shaft of a surgical instrument

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC483 citations99
US10980536B2Apr 20, 2021

No-cartridge and spent cartridge lockout arrangements for surgical staplers

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC634 citations99
US10959727B2Mar 30, 2021

Articulatable surgical end effector with asymmetric shaft arrangement

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC663 citations99
US10653413B2May 19, 2020

Surgical instruments with an end effector that is highly articulatable relative to an elongate shaft assembly

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC959 citations99
US10617418B2Apr 14, 2020

Implantable layers for a surgical instrument

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC612 citations99
US10603039B2Mar 31, 2020

Progressively releasable implantable adjunct for use with a surgical stapling instrument

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC591 citations99
US10588625B2Mar 17, 2020

Articulatable surgical instruments with off-axis firing beam arrangements

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC994 citations99
US10524788B2Jan 7, 2020

Compressible adjunct with attachment regions

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC672 citations99
US10470764B2Nov 12, 2019

Surgical instruments with closure stroke reduction arrangements

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC1,103 citations99
US10433837B2Oct 8, 2019

Surgical instruments with multiple link articulation arrangements

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC1,142 citations99
US10413291B2Sep 17, 2019

Surgical instrument articulation mechanism with slotted secondary constraint

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC1,184 citations99
US10405863B2Sep 10, 2019

Movable firing beam support arrangements for articulatable surgical instruments

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC1,221 citations99
US10245029B2Apr 2, 2019

Surgical instrument with articulating and axially translatable end effector

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC1,301 citations99
US11058425B2Jul 13, 2021

Implantable layers for a surgical instrument

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC417 citations98
US10835249B2Nov 17, 2020

Implantable layers for a surgical instrument

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC522 citations98
US10182818B2Jan 22, 2019

Surgical end effectors with positive jaw opening arrangements

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC1,374 citations98
US10178992B2Jan 15, 2019

Push/pull articulation drive systems for articulatable surgical instruments

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC1,442 citations98
US10154841B2Dec 18, 2018

Surgical stapling instruments with lockout arrangements for preventing firing system actuation when a cartridge is spent or missing

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC1,199 citations98

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC

15 patents
US10542988B2Jan 28, 2020

End effector comprising an anvil including projections extending therefrom

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC675 citations99
US10213198B2Feb 26, 2019

Actuator for releasing a tissue thickness compensator from a fastener cartridge

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC947 citations99
US10052104B2Aug 21, 2018

Staple cartridge comprising a tissue thickness compensator

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC1,297 citations99
US9924944B2Mar 27, 2018

Staple cartridge comprising an adjunct material

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC1,403 citations99
US9884456B2Feb 6, 2018

Implantable layers and methods for altering one or more properties of implantable layers for use with fastening instruments

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC1,138 citations99
US9795384B2Oct 24, 2017

Fastener cartridge comprising a tissue thickness compensator and a gap setting element

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC1,197 citations99
US9757124B2Sep 12, 2017

Implantable layer assemblies

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC1,168 citations99
US9693777B2Jul 4, 2017

Implantable layers comprising a pressed region

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC1,172 citations99
US9572577B2Feb 21, 2017

Fastener cartridge comprising a tissue thickness compensator including openings therein

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC1,163 citations99
US9332984B2May 10, 2016

Fastener cartridge assemblies

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC1,445 citations99
US9839422B2Dec 12, 2017

Implantable layers and methods for altering implantable layers for use with surgical fastening instruments

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC1,167 citations98
US9700317B2Jul 11, 2017

Fastener cartridge comprising a releasable tissue thickness compensator

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC1,135 citations98
US7775215B2Aug 17, 2010

System and method for determining implanted device positioning and obtaining pressure data

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC168 citations98
US7364542B2Apr 29, 2008

Gastric band suture tab extender

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC130 citations97
US7618365B2Nov 17, 2009

Method of implating a medical device using a suture tab extender

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC39 citations92

CILAG GMBH INT

9 patents

ETHICON LLC

4 patents

ALBRECHT THOMAS E

2 patents

ETHICON ENDO SURGEY INC

1 patent

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