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DICKERSON BENJAMIN D

US74 patents

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DICKERSON BENJAMIN D

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC

Surgical instruments with firing system overload protection mechanisms

Features and methods to control delivery of cooling fluid to end effector of ultrasonic surgical instrument

Ultrasonic surgical instrument with articulation joint having plurality of locking positions

System and method to enable re-use of surgical instrument

Surgical instrument with rotatable shaft having plurality of locking positions

Surgical instrument with user adaptable algorithms

RF tissue sealer with mode selection

Ultrasonic surgical instrument with replaceable clamp pad

Ultrasonic surgical instrument with articulation joint having integral stiffening members

Ultrasonic surgical instrument with rigidizing articulation drive members

Surgical instrument with selectively locked articulation assembly

Ultrasonic surgical instrument with slidable flexing activation member

Snap fit clamp pad for ultrasonic surgical instrument

Automated needle loader

Ultrasonic surgical instrument with dual modes

Activation features for ultrasonic surgical instrument

CILAG GMBH INT

Surgical instruments with segmented flexible drive arrangements

Actuation mechanisms and load adjustment assemblies for surgical instruments

Robotic surgical systems with selectively lockable end effectors

Method of operating a surgical instrument

Segmented control inputs for surgical robotic systems

Surgical instruments with flexible ball chain drive arrangements

Surgical tools with proximally mounted, cable based actuation systems

Ultrasonic surgical instrument with a mid-shaft closure system and related methods

Actuation mechanisms and load adjustment assemblies for surgical instruments

Surgical instrument with locking articulation drive wheel

Surgical instrument with locking articulation drive wheel

Activation features for ultrasonic surgical instrument

Ultrasonic surgical instrument with electrosurgical feature

ETHICON LLC

Surgical instrument with locking articulation drive wheel

Surgical instrument with user adaptable algorithms

System and method to track usage of surgical instrument

Ultrasonic transducer to waveguide acoustic coupling, connections, and configurations

Ultrasonic transducer to waveguide joining

Reusable ultrasonic medical devices and methods of their use

Method of operating an articulating ultrasonic surgical instrument

Features to drive fluid toward an ultrasonic blade of a surgical instrument

Surgical instrument with removable end effector components

Ultrasonic surgical instrument with dual modes

Ultrasonic surgical instrument with articulation joint having plurality of locking positions

Ultrasonic surgical instrument with slidable flexing activation member

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC

Actuation mechanisms and load adjustment assemblies for surgical instruments

Method of operating an articulating ultrasonic surgical instrument

Articulation features for ultrasonic surgical instrument

Ultrasonic surgical instrument with electrosurgical feature

Automated needle loader

Features to drive fluid toward an ultrasonic blade of a surgical instrument

Button actuated needle loader

MARTIN DAVID T

Laparoscopic suturing instrument with rack drive

KIMBALL CORY G

Energy-based scissors device