Inventor · disambiguated record
Kristin D. Johnson
Also filed as: JOHNSON KRISTIN · JOHNSON KRISTIN D
82 granted patents·20 pending applications·19,250 citations·filing 1998–2024
99Inventor score
Top patents by PatentIndex Score
102 records- 0199US7276068B2Vessel sealing instrument with electrical cutting mechanismSHERWOOD SERV AG·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 2, 2007·1.3k cites·13 claims
- 0299US7267677B2Vessel sealing instrumentSHERWOOD SERV AG·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 11, 2007·1.6k cites·19 claims
- 0398US7887536B2Vessel sealing instrumentCOVIDIEN AG·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 15, 2011·1.1k cites·13 claims
- 0498US7686804B2Vessel sealer and divider with rotating sealer and cutterCOVIDIEN AG·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 30, 2010·1.3k cites·10 claims
- 0598US7270664B2Vessel sealing instrument with electrical cutting mechanismSHERWOOD SERV AG·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 18, 2007·363 cites·16 claims
- 0697US7819872B2Flexible endoscopic catheter with ligasureCOVIDIEN AG·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 26, 2010·399 cites·9 claims
- 0797US7435249B2Electrosurgical instruments which reduces collateral damage to adjacent tissueCOVIDIEN AG·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 14, 2008·1.3k cites·18 claims
- 0897US7329256B2Vessel sealing instrumentSHERWOOD SERV AG·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 12, 2008·413 cites·19 claims
- 0997US7160298B2Electrosurgical instrument which reduces effects to adjacent tissue structuresSHERWOOD SERV AG·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 9, 2007·646 cites·9 claims
- 1097US7131971B2Vessel sealer and dividerSHERWOOD SERV AG·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 7, 2006·406 cites·14 claims
- 1197US7131970B2Open vessel sealing instrument with cutting mechanismSHERWOOD SERV AG·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 7, 2006·638 cites·13 claims
- 1297US7118570B2Vessel sealing forceps with disposable electrodesSHERWOOD SERV AG·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 10, 2006·634 cites·11 claims
- 1397US7090673B2Vessel sealer and dividerSHERWOOD SERV AG·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 15, 2006·2k cites·6 claims
- 1496US8882766B2Method and system for controlling delivery of energy to divide tissueCOUTURE GARY M·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 11, 2014·263 cites·10 claims
- 1596US8864761B2System and method for determining proximity relative to a critical structureJOHNSON KRISTIN D·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 21, 2014·272 cites·11 claims
- 1696US8617155B2System and method for determining proximity relative to a critical structureJOHNSON KRISTIN D·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 31, 2013·647 cites·9 claims
- 1796US8211100B2Energy delivery algorithm for medical devices based on maintaining a fixed position on a tissue electrical conductivity v. temperature curvePODHAJSKY RONALD J·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 3, 2012·221 cites·15 claims
- 1896US7922718B2Open vessel sealing instrument with cutting mechanismCOVIDIEN AG·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 12, 2011·145 cites·9 claims
- 1996US7513898B2Vessel sealing instrumentCOVIDIEN AG·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 7, 2009·211 cites·23 claims
- 2096US7252667B2Open vessel sealing instrument with cutting mechanism and distal lockoutSHERWOOD SERV AG·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 7, 2007·640 cites·12 claims
- 2196US7083618B2Vessel sealer and dividerSHERWOOD SERV AG·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 1, 2006·948 cites·5 claims
- 2295US9522034B2Large volume tissue reduction and removal system and methodEXIMIS SURGICAL LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 20, 2016·94 cites·30 claims
- 2395US7951150B2Vessel sealer and divider with rotating sealer and cutterCOVIDIEN AG·Filed 2010·Granted May 31, 2011·124 cites·9 claims
- 2495US7828798B2Laparoscopic bipolar electrosurgical instrumentCOVIDIEN AG·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 9, 2010·123 cites·7 claims
- 2595US7377920B2Laparoscopic bipolar electrosurgical instrumentSHERWOOD SERV AG·Filed 2005·Granted May 27, 2008·195 cites·8 claims
- 2695US6726686B2Bipolar electrosurgical instrument for sealing vesselsSHERWOOD SERV AG·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 27, 2004·366 cites·17 claims
- 2794US8394096B2Open vessel sealing instrument with cutting mechanismMOSES MICHAEL C·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 12, 2013·95 cites·18 claims
- 2894US8333765B2Vessel sealing instrument with electrical cutting mechanismJOHNSON KRISTIN D·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 18, 2012·73 cites·17 claims
- 2994US7896878B2Vessel sealing instrumentCOVIDEN AG·Filed 2009·Granted Mar 1, 2011·123 cites·5 claims
- 3094US7811283B2Open vessel sealing instrument with hourglass cutting mechanism and over-ratchet safetyCOVIDIEN AG·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 12, 2010·361 cites·2 claims
- 3194US7510556B2Vessel sealing instrumentCOVIDEN AG·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 31, 2009·388 cites·12 claims
- 3293US8734445B2Electrosurgical instrument with sealing and dissection modes and related methods of useJOHNSON KRISTIN D·Filed 2010·Granted May 27, 2014·78 cites·10 claims
- 3393US8162940B2Vessel sealing instrument with electrical cutting mechanismJOHNSON KRISTIN D·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 24, 2012·85 cites·12 claims
- 3493US7241296B2Bipolar electrosurgical instrument for sealing vesselsSHERWOOD SERV AG·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 10, 2007·309 cites·5 claims
- 3591US9649147B2Electrosurgical device and methodsEXIMIS SURGICAL LLC·Filed 2016·Granted May 16, 2017·16 cites·30 claims
- 3691US8192433B2Vessel sealing instrument with electrical cutting mechanismJOHNSON KRISTIN D·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 5, 2012·75 cites·9 claims
- 3791US7963965B2Bipolar electrosurgical instrument for sealing vesselsCOVIDIEN AG·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 21, 2011·64 cites·13 claims
- 3891US7799026B2Compressible jaw configuration with bipolar RF output electrodes for soft tissue fusionCOVIDIEN AG·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 21, 2010·275 cites·19 claims
- 3991US7135020B2Electrosurgical instrument reducing flashoverSHERWOOD SERV AG·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 14, 2006·267 cites·18 claims
- 4090US8945125B2Compressible jaw configuration with bipolar RF output electrodes for soft tissue fusionSCHECHTER DAVID A·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 3, 2015·41 cites·7 claims
- 4189US8641713B2Flexible endoscopic catheter with ligasureJOHNSON KRISTIN D·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 4, 2014·26 cites·18 claims
- 4289US7955332B2Mechanism for dividing tissue in a hemostat-style instrumentCOVIDIEN AG·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 7, 2011·58 cites·13 claims
- 4388US8211105B2Electrosurgical instrument which reduces collateral damage to adjacent tissueBUYSSE STEVEN P·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 3, 2012·55 cites·14 claims
- 4487US8167875B2Energy delivery algorithm for medical devicesPODHAJSKY RONALD J·Filed 2009·Granted May 1, 2012·49 cites·8 claims
- 4586US9579146B2Electrosurgical instrumentCOVIDIEN LP·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 28, 2017·20 cites·15 claims
- 4686US8834462B2System and method for sensing tissue characteristicsJOHNSON KRISTIN D·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 16, 2014·27 cites·5 claims
- 4786US8740901B2Vessel sealing instrument with electrical cutting mechanismJOHNSON KRISTIN D·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 3, 2014·15 cites·11 claims
- 4886US8298228B2Electrosurgical instrument which reduces collateral damage to adjacent tissueBUYSSE STEVEN P·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 30, 2012·36 cites·8 claims
- 4985US8623004B2Method for determining proximity relative to a critical structureJOHNSON KRISTIN D·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 7, 2014·25 cites·8 claims
- 5084US8623017B2Open vessel sealing instrument with hourglass cutting mechanism and overratchet safetyMOSES MICHAEL C·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 7, 2014·30 cites·10 claims
Showing the top 50 of 102 patent records by PatentIndex Score.
Identity basis: PatentsView inventor disambiguation (2025Q4-odp release). How scoring works →