Inventor · Cincinnati, OH, US

Austin E. Wise

29Patents
17h-index
39Co-inventors
73Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 18, 2015 → Mar 27, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US10178992B2 Push/pull articulation drive systems for articulatable surgical instruments Human Necessities 1,242 Active
US10182818B2 Surgical end effectors with positive jaw opening arrangements Human Necessities 1,195 Active
US10405863B2 Movable firing beam support arrangements for articulatable surgical instruments Human Necessities 1,084 Active
US10154841B2 Surgical stapling instruments with lockout arrangements for preventing firing system actuation when a cartridge is spent or missing Human Necessities 1,073 Active
US10363037B2 Surgical instrument system comprising a magnetic lockout Human Necessities 1,008 Active
US10517596B2 Articulatable surgical instruments with articulation stroke amplification features Human Necessities 976 Active
US10517595B2 Jaw actuated lock arrangements for preventing advancement of a firing member in a surgical end effector unless an unfired cartridge is installed in the end effector Human Necessities 974 Active
US10582928B2 Articulation lock arrangements for locking an end effector in an articulated position in response to actuation of a jaw closure system Human Necessities 905 Active
US10588625B2 Articulatable surgical instruments with off-axis firing beam arrangements Human Necessities 905 Active
US10603036B2 Articulatable surgical instrument with independent pivotable linkage distal of an articulation lock Human Necessities 883 Active
US10959727B2 Articulatable surgical end effector with asymmetric shaft arrangement Human Necessities 624 Active
US10779903B2 Positive shaft rotation lock activated by jaw closure Human Necessities 514 Active
US11191540B2 Protective cover arrangements for a joint interface between a movable jaw and actuator shaft of a surgical instrument Human Necessities 450 Active
US11090075B2 Articulation features for surgical end effector Human Necessities 431 Active
US11134944B2 Surgical stapler knife motion controls Human Necessities 359 Active
US11147554B2 Surgical instrument system comprising a magnetic lockout Human Necessities 344 Active
US11523823B2 Surgical instruments with non-symmetrical articulation arrangements Human Necessities 89 Active
US11147559B2 Staple height indicator for powered surgical stapler Electricity 8 Active
US11116508B2 Electrical potential shifting circuit for powered surgical stapler Human Necessities 2 Active
US11331095B2 Movable firing beam support arrangements for articulatable surgical instruments Human Necessities 2 Active
US11224432B2 Timer circuit to control firing of powered surgical stapler Human Necessities 1 Active
US11123075B2 Circular surgical stapler Human Necessities 1 Active
US12059155B2 Staple driver and guide assembly for circular surgical stapler Human Necessities 0 Active
US12076011B2 Surgical stapler knife motion controls Human Necessities 0 Active
US12402966B2 End of life indicators for robotic surgical instruments Human Necessities 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.