Inventor
LENIHAN TIMOTHY P
US13 patents
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ETHICON INC
12 patentsUS5473810ADec 12, 1995
Needle-suture assembly and packaging system
ETHICON INC56 citations95
US6263558B1Jul 24, 2001
Method and apparatus for forming double-armed sutures
ETHICON INC48 citations92
US5487212AJan 30, 1996
Assembly and packaging method for needle and suture assemblies
ETHICON INC28 citations92
US5473854ADec 12, 1995
Machine for the automated packaging of needles and attached sutures and method of utilizing the packaging machine
ETHICON INC29 citations92
US5469689ANov 28, 1995
Machine for the automated packaging of needles and attached sutures and method of utilizing the packaging machine
ETHICON INC23 citations92
US7185411B2Mar 6, 2007
Method and apparatus for forming fine gauge and monofilament single and double-armed sutures
ETHICON INC11 citations76
US6647803B1Nov 18, 2003
Operating procedures for automated needle sorting, swaging and packaging machines
ETHICON INC5 citations73
US6138053AOct 24, 2000
Operating procedures for automated needle sorting, swaging and packaging machine
ETHICON INC8 citations73
US5920482AJul 6, 1999
Methods and systems for varying parameters at a needle swaging station
ETHICON INC13 citations70
US6314705B1Nov 13, 2001
Operating procedures for automated needle sorting, swaging and packaging machines
ETHICON INC3 citations62
US11000271B2May 11, 2021
Methods, systems and devices for attaching surgical sutures to surgical needles and testing armed surgical needles
ETHICON INC0 citations55
US10251641B2Apr 9, 2019
Methods, systems and devices for attaching surgical sutures to surgical needles and testing armed surgical needles
ETHICON INC1 citations55