Inventor · Cincinnati, OH, US

Benjamin D. Dickerson

81Patents
23h-index
140Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 14, 2012 → Jun 13, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US10029125B2 Ultrasonic surgical instrument with articulation joint having integral stiffening members Human Necessities 967 Active
US10172636B2 Articulation features for ultrasonic surgical instrument Human Necessities 875 Active
US10226274B2 Ultrasonic surgical instrument with articulation joint having plurality of locking positions Human Necessities 800 Active
US10595929B2 Surgical instruments with firing system overload protection mechanisms Human Necessities 792 Active
US10111698B2 Surgical instrument with rotatable shaft having plurality of locking positions Human Necessities 771 Active
US10258363B2 Method of operating an articulating ultrasonic surgical instrument Human Necessities 624 Active
US9949785B2 Ultrasonic surgical instrument with electrosurgical feature Human Necessities 523 Active
US10285724B2 Actuation mechanisms and load adjustment assemblies for surgical instruments Human Necessities 494 Active
US10034704B2 Surgical instrument with user adaptable algorithms Human Necessities 444 Active
US10743850B2 Surgical instrument with locking articulation drive wheel Human Necessities 402 Active
US10175096B2 System and method to enable re-use of surgical instrument Human Necessities 247 Active
US9872725B2 RF tissue sealer with mode selection Human Necessities 238 Active
US10624667B2 System and method to track usage of surgical instrument Human Necessities 234 Active
US10555748B2 Features and methods to control delivery of cooling fluid to end effector of ultrasonic surgical instrument Human Necessities 232 Active
US8974447B2 Energy-based scissors device Human Necessities 227 Active
US10507033B2 Ultrasonic surgical instrument with replaceable clamp pad Human Necessities 81 Active
US9427226B2 Laparoscopic suturing instrument with rack drive Human Necessities 71 Active
US9370354B1 Automated needle loader Human Necessities 69 Active
US10952788B2 Surgical instrument with user adaptable algorithms Human Necessities 65 Active
US11660090B2 Surgical instruments with segmented flexible drive arrangements Human Necessities 40 Active
US10820920B2 Reusable ultrasonic medical devices and methods of their use Human Necessities 33 Active
US10779847B2 Ultrasonic transducer to waveguide joining Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Active
US10828056B2 Ultrasonic transducer to waveguide acoustic coupling, connections, and configurations Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Active
US10034683B2 Ultrasonic surgical instrument with rigidizing articulation drive members Human Necessities 22 Active
US10004529B2 Features to drive fluid toward an ultrasonic blade of a surgical instrument Human Necessities 19 Active

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