Average Co-Inventor Count = 2.36
ph-index = 63
The patent ph-index is calculated by counting the number of publications for which an author has been cited by other authors at least that same number of times.
Company Filing History:
1. Covidien LP (108 from 7,840 patents)
2. United States Surgical Corporation (40 from 1,184 patents)
3. Earth Science Laboratories (11 from 11 patents)
4. Tyco Healthcare Group LP (7 from 1,159 patents)
5. Other (3 from 832,347 patents)
6. Surgical Dynamics, Inc. (1 from 37 patents)
7. Power Medical Interventions, Inc. (1 from 30 patents)
8. Coviden LP (1 from 27 patents)
9. Richardson, Margaret Pamela (0 patent)
10. Richardson, Philip (0 patent)
170 patents:
1. 12419640 - Powered surgical tack applier
2. 12310591 - Surgical stapling device with flexible shaft
3. 12303128 - Surgical system including adapter assembly with worm gear assembly
4. 12295571 - Powered surgical tack applier
5. 12274439 - Hand-held surgical instruments
6. 12268387 - Hand-held surgical instruments
7. 12193884 - Contactless force measurement of motor torque in powered surgical device
8. 12185948 - Powered surgical devices including strain gauges incorporated into flex circuits
9. 12178664 - Compression force sensor for a handheld electromechanical surgical system
10. 12168624 - Method for controlling accretion of scale
11. 12103906 - Cluster compounds and methods of making the same
12. 12053180 - Handheld surgical handle assembly, surgical adapters for use between surgical handle assembly and surgical end effectors, and methods of use
13. 12035907 - Adapter assembly and loading units for surgical stapling devices
14. 12029389 - Two-position actuation with backlash compensation for surgical devices
15. 11976377 - Method to coat metals onto surfaces