Average Co-Inventor Count = 3.77
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 (653 from 2,215 patents)
2. Ethicon, Gmbh (422 from 3,626 patents)
3. Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc. (97 from 2,207 patents)
4. The General Hospital Corporation (18 from 2,842 patents)
5. Megadyne Medical Products, Inc. (8 from 94 patents)
6. Harvard College (6 from 2,922 patents)
7. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (6 from 154 patents)
8. Cilag Gmbh Intemational (3 from 4 patents)
9. Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (2 from 471 patents)
10. Carbon, Inc. (2 from 197 patents)
11. Cllag Gmbh International (2 from 12 patents)
12. Other (1 from 831,952 patents)
13. University of Cincinnati (1 from 522 patents)
14. Ehticon LLC (1 from 2 patents)
15. The General Hospital Corporation General Hospital (1 from 1 patent)
1,197 patents:
1. 12402906 - Modular battery powered handheld surgical instrument and methods therefor
2. 12396727 - Adaptation of independent firing and closure powered stapling systems
3. 12396806 - Adjustment of a surgical device function based on situational awareness
4. 12383259 - Method for creating a flexible staple line
5. 12383115 - Method for smart energy device infrastructure
6. 12383263 - Surgical instrument comprising a signal interference resolution system
7. 12376917 - Method for producing a surgical instrument comprising a smart electrical system
8. 12381936 - Method of hub communication
9. 12376910 - Methods for controlling cooperative surgical instruments
10. 12376855 - Safety systems for smart powered surgical stapling
11. 12376851 - Surgical instrument comprising flex circuit
12. 12369915 - Compressible adjunct with crossing spacer fibers
13. 12369914 - Fastener cartridge and fastener cartridge layer
14. 12369909 - Monitoring of multiple sensors over time to detect moving characteristics of tissue
15. 12364479 - Method of applying a buttress to a surgical stapler