Inventor · disambiguated record
Francis J. Difrancesco
Also filed as: DIFRANCESCO FRANCIS J
30 granted patents·4 pending applications·4,898 citations·filing 1991–2025
98Inventor score
Files withENDOEVOLUTION LLC16INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS5MEADE JOHN C3TNCO INC3ACUFEX MICROSURGICAL INC2
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34 records- 0198US9474523B2Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturingENDOEVOLUTION LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 25, 2016·1.1k cites·28 claims
- 0298US8123764B2Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturingMEADE JOHN C·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 28, 2012·450 cites·37 claims
- 0397US7776065B2End effector mechanism for a surgical instrumentSYMMETRY MEDICAL NEW BEDFORD I·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 17, 2010·1.1k cites·22 claims
- 0495US9451948B2Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturingENDOEVOLUTION LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 27, 2016·54 cites·22 claims
- 0594US9962155B2Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturingENDOEVOLUTION LLC·Filed 2017·Granted May 8, 2018·12 cites·18 claims
- 0694US8821519B2Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturingMEADE JOHN C·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 2, 2014·44 cites·4 claims
- 0794US7862572B2Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturingENDOEVOLUTION LLC·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 4, 2011·134 cites·16 claims
- 0893US9597071B1Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturingENDOEVOLUTION LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 21, 2017·10 cites·22 claims
- 0991US9962154B2Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturingENDOEVOLUTION LLC·Filed 2017·Granted May 8, 2018·6 cites·20 claims
- 1091US9962153B2Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturingENDOEVOLUTION LLC·Filed 2017·Granted May 8, 2018·6 cites·20 claims
- 1191US9936944B2Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturingENDOEVOLUTION LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 10, 2018·6 cites·20 claims
- 1291US9700301B2Suturing needlesENDOEVOLUTION LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 11, 2017·6 cites·18 claims
- 1391US9700302B2Suturing needlesENDOEVOLUTION LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 11, 2017·7 cites·31 claims
- 1491US9642613B1Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturingENDOEVOLUTION LLC·Filed 2016·Granted May 9, 2017·7 cites·22 claims
- 1591US9642614B1Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturingENDOEVOLUTION LLC·Filed 2016·Granted May 9, 2017·7 cites·15 claims
- 1691US5590570AActuating forces transmission link and assembly for use in surgical instrumentsACUFEX MICROSURGICAL INC·Filed 1994·Granted Jan 7, 1997·392 cites·10 claims
- 1790US9808238B2Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturingENDOEVOLUTION LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 7, 2017·5 cites·20 claims
- 1890US9795376B2Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturingENDOEVOLUTION LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 24, 2017·5 cites·12 claims
- 1990US9795377B2Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturingENDOEVOLUTION LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 24, 2017·5 cites·19 claims
- 2090US6019780ADual pin and groove pivot for micro-instrumentTNCO INC·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 1, 2000·631 cites·67 claims
- 2188US5366477AActuating forces transmission link and assembly for use in surgical instrumentsAMERICAN CYANAMID CO·Filed 1991·Granted Nov 22, 1994·352 cites·15 claims
- 2286US5727428AActuating forces transmission link and assembly for use in surgical instrumentsSMITH & NEPHEW INC·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 17, 1998·294 cites·5 claims
- 2385US10111654B2Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturingENDOEVOLUTION LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 30, 2018·2 cites·20 claims
- 2485US5695522AActuating forces transmission link and assembly for use in surgical instrumentsACUFEX MICROSURGICAL INC·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 9, 1997·283 cites·7 claims
- 2581US11253249B2Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturingINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 22, 2022·1 cites·22 claims
- 2681US2022202413A1Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturingINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 2776US11172922B2Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturingINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 16, 2021·0 cites·31 claims
- 2864US2025213245A1Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturingINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 2959US2023248355A1Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturingINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 3057US7938839B2Interlocking trigger assembly for a suturing deviceSymmetry Medical New Bedford Inc·Filed 2004·Granted May 10, 2011·21 cites·16 claims
- 3154US9308010B2Surgical rotary capture instrument for gastric band closingJONES DANIEL B·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 12, 2016·0 cites·8 claims
- 3253US2008255590A1Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturingMEADE JOHN C·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 3334US5868786AIntegral log linkage for micro-instrumentTNCO INC·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 9, 1999·14 cites·54 claims
- 3429US5849021AElongated thumb loop for surgical instrumentTNCO INC·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 15, 1998·3 cites·8 claims
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