Average Co-Inventor Count = 3.78
ph-index = 357
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. Cilag International Gmbh (654 from 2,226 patents)
2. Ethicon, Gmbh (422 from 3,628 patents)
3. Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc. (97 from 2,207 patents)
4. The General Hospital Corporation (18 from 2,851 patents)
5. Megadyne Medical Products, Inc. (9 from 95 patents)
6. Harvard College (6 from 2,940 patents)
7. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (6 from 155 patents)
8. Cilag Gmbh Intemational (3 from 4 patents)
9. Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (2 from 471 patents)
10. Carbon, Inc. (2 from 200 patents)
11. Cllag Gmbh International (2 from 12 patents)
12. Other (1 from 831,952 patents)
13. University of Cincinnati (1 from 523 patents)
14. Ehticon LLC (1 from 2 patents)
15. The General Hospital Corporation General Hospital (1 from 1 patent)
1,199 patents:
1. 12419637 - Surgical stapling instrument
2. 12408968 - Smoke evacuation device
3. 12402906 - Modular battery powered handheld surgical instrument and methods therefor
4. 12396727 - Adaptation of independent firing and closure powered stapling systems
5. 12396806 - Adjustment of a surgical device function based on situational awareness
6. 12383259 - Method for creating a flexible staple line
7. 12383115 - Method for smart energy device infrastructure
8. 12383263 - Surgical instrument comprising a signal interference resolution system
9. 12376917 - Method for producing a surgical instrument comprising a smart electrical system
10. 12381936 - Method of hub communication
11. 12376910 - Methods for controlling cooperative surgical instruments
12. 12376855 - Safety systems for smart powered surgical stapling
13. 12376851 - Surgical instrument comprising flex circuit
14. 12369915 - Compressible adjunct with crossing spacer fibers
15. 12369914 - Fastener cartridge and fastener cartridge layer