Inventor
NERING ROBERT
US31 patents
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ETHICON INC
21 patentsUS6616661B2Sep 9, 2003
Surgical device for clamping, ligating, and severing tissue
ETHICON INC303 citations99
US9770317B2Sep 26, 2017
Curved surgical fasteners for securing prosthetic devices to tissue
ETHICON INC42 citations98
US6652562B2Nov 25, 2003
Suture anchoring and tensioning device
ETHICON INC229 citations98
US9498211B2Nov 22, 2016
Methods of using applicator instruments for securing prosthetic devices to tissue
ETHICON INC46 citations97
US9055945B2Jun 16, 2015
Surgical fasteners having articulating joints and deflectable tips
ETHICON INC61 citations96
US7371244B2May 13, 2008
Deployment apparatus for suture anchoring device
ETHICON INC86 citations96
US7335221B2Feb 26, 2008
Suture anchoring and tensioning device and method for using same
ETHICON INC55 citations95
US5935138AAug 10, 1999
Spiral needle for endoscopic surgery
ETHICON INC214 citations95
USD744646SDec 1, 2015
Surgical fastener
ETHICON INC35 citations93
USD782674SMar 28, 2017
Multi-barbed anchor
ETHICON INC16 citations91
US7686830B2Mar 30, 2010
Suture anchoring device
ETHICON INC26 citations90
US6679892B2Jan 20, 2004
Surgical device for ligating and severing vessels
ETHICON INC24 citations86
US10368860B2Aug 6, 2019
Absorbable surgical fasteners for securing prosthetic devices to tissue
ETHICON INC19 citations84
USD754855SApr 26, 2016
Curved tissue fastening device
ETHICON INC4 citations84
US7628066B2Dec 8, 2009
Apparatus and method for evaluating peel adhesion
ETHICON INC8 citations83
USD768297SOct 4, 2016
Multi-barbed anchor
ETHICON INC6 citations82
US11974740B2May 7, 2024
Applicator instruments for dispensing surgical fasteners having deflectable staging assemblies
ETHICON INC0 citations62
US11413039B2Aug 16, 2022
Applicator instruments for dispensing surgical fasteners having firing systems with slower piloting stages and faster dispensing stages
ETHICON INC0 citations62
US10470864B2Nov 12, 2019
Multi-plane curved surgical fasteners for securing prosthetic devices to tissue
ETHICON INC0 citations52
USD790060SJun 20, 2017
Curved tissue fastening device
ETHICON INC0 citations52
US10729433B2Aug 4, 2020
Applicator instruments for dispensing surgical fasteners having distal end caps with castling for engaging opposing surfaces
ETHICON INC0 citations51
NERING ROBERT
4 patentsUS8894669B2Nov 25, 2014
Surgical fasteners, applicator instruments, and methods for deploying surgical fasteners
NERING ROBERT80 citations95
US8579920B2Nov 12, 2013
Surgical fasteners, applicator instruments, and methods for deploying surgical fasteners
NERING ROBERT86 citations95
USD698021SJan 21, 2014
Surgical fastener
NERING ROBERT6 citations83
US10772653B2Sep 15, 2020
Laproscopic instrument depth stop
NERING ROBERT0 citations30