Inventor
CROPPER MICHAEL S
US67 patents
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ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC
13 patentsUS9610114B2Apr 4, 2017
Bipolar electrosurgical hand shears
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC507 citations99
US9149325B2Oct 6, 2015
End effector with compliant clamping jaw
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC1,576 citations99
US9131835B2Sep 15, 2015
Surgical access device
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC1,066 citations99
US10045781B2Aug 14, 2018
Closure lockout systems for surgical instruments
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC1,291 citations98
US7674275B2Mar 9, 2010
Suture anchor
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC135 citations98
US7481795B2Jan 27, 2009
Circumferential trocar seal assembly
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC56 citations98
US8029475B2Oct 4, 2011
Reinforced seal assembly
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC49 citations94
US7785294B2Aug 31, 2010
Woven protector for trocar seal assembly
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC51 citations94
US8034032B2Oct 11, 2011
Multi-angled duckbill seal assembly
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC32 citations93
US8033995B2Oct 11, 2011
Inflatable retractor with insufflation and method
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC37 citations92
US8361109B2Jan 29, 2013
Multi-planar obturator with foldable retractor
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC8 citations84
US7875042B2Jan 25, 2011
Suture anchor loader
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC17 citations84
US7278992B2Oct 9, 2007
Medical instrument having medical-treatment electrode
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC17 citations83
CROPPER MICHAEL S
6 patentsUS8631991B2Jan 21, 2014
Surgical instrument
CROPPER MICHAEL S246 citations99
US8435174B2May 7, 2013
Methods and devices for accessing a body cavity
CROPPER MICHAEL S91 citations96
US8262675B2Sep 11, 2012
Methods and devices for applying multiple suture anchors
CROPPER MICHAEL S25 citations92
US8852216B2Oct 7, 2014
Tissue approximation methods
CROPPER MICHAEL S14 citations84
US8197404B2Jun 12, 2012
Handoscopy interwoven layered seal laparoscopic disk
CROPPER MICHAEL S7 citations84
US8160678B2Apr 17, 2012
Methods and devices for repairing damaged or diseased tissue using a scanning beam assembly
CROPPER MICHAEL S12 citations83
ETHICON LLC
5 patentsUS10813683B2Oct 27, 2020
Bipolar electrosurgical hand shears
ETHICON LLC595 citations99
US10363031B2Jul 30, 2019
Tissue thickness compensators for surgical staplers
ETHICON LLC814 citations99
US10987102B2Apr 27, 2021
Tissue thickness compensator comprising a plurality of layers
ETHICON LLC558 citations98
US11547410B2Jan 10, 2023
Closure lockout systems for surgical instruments
ETHICON LLC4 citations85
US10729441B2Aug 4, 2020
Closure lockout systems for surgical instruments
ETHICON LLC6 citations84
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC
4 patentsUS9833238B2Dec 5, 2017
Retainer assembly including a tissue thickness compensator
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC1,078 citations99
US9795383B2Oct 24, 2017
Tissue thickness compensator comprising resilient members
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC1,017 citations99
US10016215B2Jul 10, 2018
Surgical access device
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC4 citations84
US9687272B2Jun 27, 2017
Surgical access device
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC4 citations84
ALBRECHT THOMAS E
3 patentsUS8636751B2Jan 28, 2014
Methods and devices for the rerouting of chyme to induce intestinal brake
ALBRECHT THOMAS E47 citations94
US8603023B2Dec 10, 2013
Intestinal brake inducing intraluminal therapeutic substance eluting devices and methods
ALBRECHT THOMAS E17 citations92
US8876761B2Nov 4, 2014
Intestinal brake inducing intraluminal therapeutic substance eluting devices and methods
ALBRECHT THOMAS E17 citations83
BAXTER III CHESTER O
2 patentsWIDENHOUSE CHRISTOPHER W
2 patentsETHICON INC
2 patentsCILAG GMBH INT
2 patentsALDRIDGE JEFFREY L
1 patentMANDAKOLATHUR VASUDEVAN VENKATARAMANAN
1 patentSMITH RICHARD C
1 patentSHELTON IV FREDERICK E
1 patentGONZALEZ HAMILTON E
1 patentALEXANDER III JOHNNY H
1 patentMEASAMER JOHN P
1 patentCOE JONATHAN A
1 patentZEINER MARK S
1 patentDUNKI-JACOBS ROBERT J
1 patentHESS CHRISTOPHER J
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