Inventor
SOULS DOUG
US28 patents
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ETHICON INC
24 patentsUS9119629B2Sep 1, 2015
Applicator instruments for dispensing surgical fasteners during open repair procedures
ETHICON INC121 citations97
US10292702B2May 21, 2019
Applicator instruments for dispensing surgical fasteners having articulating shafts and articulation control elements
ETHICON INC46 citations94
USD717431SNov 11, 2014
Applicator instrument
ETHICON INC24 citations92
US10918381B2Feb 16, 2021
Applicator instruments having drive systems with flexible members for dispensing surgical fasteners
ETHICON INC6 citations84
US10667806B2Jun 2, 2020
Applicator instruments with reconfigurable handles for dispensing surgical fasteners
ETHICON INC5 citations83
US10568627B2Feb 25, 2020
Surgical fasteners for mesh and tissue fixation
ETHICON INC18 citations83
USD707820SJun 24, 2014
Contoured tip
ETHICON INC10 citations83
US10743867B2Aug 18, 2020
Applicator instruments having insertable, changeable cartridges for dispensing surgical fasteners
ETHICON INC2 citations73
US10588622B2Mar 17, 2020
Applicator instruments having articulating shafts for dispensing surgical fasteners
ETHICON INC2 citations71
US10299905B2May 28, 2019
Applicator instruments having off-axis surgical fastener delivery
ETHICON INC1 citations71
US11229430B2Jan 25, 2022
Systems, devices and methods of using needle sheaths for passing curved, superelastic suture needles through trocars
ETHICON INC5 citations70
US12303125B2May 20, 2025
Methods, systems and devices for storing suture needles and using robotics for delivering selected suture needles to surgical sites
ETHICON INC0 citations62
US11696678B2Jul 11, 2023
Applicator instruments with inverted handles and triggers, curved shafts, and visible orientation indicia
ETHICON INC0 citations62
US11103237B2Aug 31, 2021
Systems, devices and methods for storing suture needles and using robotics for delivering selected suture needles through trocars
ETHICON INC0 citations62
US10993795B2May 4, 2021
Mesh positioning system for laparoscopic ventral hernia repair
ETHICON INC0 citations62
US12408915B2Sep 9, 2025
Applicator instruments for dispensing surgical fasteners, the applicator instruments being controlled by surgical robots
ETHICON INC0 citations61
US11950994B2Apr 9, 2024
Applicator instruments having stacked surgical fasteners for off-axis surgical fastener delivery
ETHICON INC0 citations61
US11490888B2Nov 8, 2022
Methods of using applicator instruments having insertable, changeable cartridges for dispensing surgical fasteners
ETHICON INC0 citations61
US11491000B2Nov 8, 2022
Applicator instruments having stacked surgical fasteners for off-axis surgical fastener delivery
ETHICON INC0 citations61
US10687804B2Jun 23, 2020
Applicator instruments having surgical fastener insertion tools for dispensing surgical fasteners
ETHICON INC0 citations52
US10675020B2Jun 9, 2020
Applicator instruments for dispensing surgical fasteners having articulating shafts and articulation control elements
ETHICON INC0 citations52
US10117734B2Nov 6, 2018
Mesh positioning system for laparoscopic ventral hernia repair
ETHICON INC1 citations52
US11219449B2Jan 11, 2022
Suture needle packages for loading suture needles and methods of passing suture needles through trocars
ETHICON INC0 citations51
US12011161B2Jun 18, 2024
Suture needle adaptors for delivering suture needles through cannulas while simultaneously visualizing the delivery of the suture needles through the cannulas
ETHICON INC0 citations46
STRAEHNZ JENS-PETER
2 patentsUS9364228B2Jun 14, 2016
Applicator instruments having distal end caps for facilitating the accurate placement of surgical fasteners during open repair procedures
STRAEHNZ JENS-PETER420 citations98
US8740919B2Jun 3, 2014
Devices for dispensing surgical fasteners into tissue while simultaneously generating external marks that mirror the number and location of the dispensed surgical fasteners
STRAEHNZ JENS-PETER6 citations71