Brett E. Swensgard
122Patents
84h-index
60Co-inventors
93Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 2, 1994 → Apr 24, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8210411B2 | Motor-driven surgical cutting instrument | Human Necessities | 2,425 | Active |
| US8220688B2 | Motor-driven surgical cutting instrument with electric actuator directional control assembly | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2,287 | Active |
| US8453914B2 | Motor-driven surgical cutting instrument with electric actuator directional control assembly | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2,121 | Active |
| US8851354B2 | Surgical cutting instrument that analyzes tissue thickness | Human Necessities | 2,077 | Active |
| US9345481B2 | Staple cartridge tissue thickness sensor system | Human Necessities | 2,035 | Active |
| US8632525B2 | Power control arrangements for surgical instruments and batteries | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2,000 | Active |
| US9101358B2 | Articulatable surgical instrument comprising a firing drive | Human Necessities | 1,904 | Active |
| US8695866B2 | Surgical instrument having a power control circuit | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1,848 | Active |
| US8245899B2 | Driven surgical stapler improvements | Human Necessities | 1,818 | Active |
| US8453907B2 | Motor driven surgical fastener device with cutting member reversing mechanism | Human Necessities | 1,817 | Active |
| US9332987B2 | Control arrangements for a drive member of a surgical instrument | Physics | 1,781 | Active |
| US9050083B2 | Motorized surgical instrument | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1,724 | Active |
| US8608046B2 | Test device for a surgical tool | Human Necessities | 1,718 | Active |
| US9386983B2 | Robotically-controlled motorized surgical instrument | Electricity | 1,706 | Active |
| US9028519B2 | Motorized surgical instrument | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1,679 | Active |
| US8789739B2 | Continuous stapling instrument | Human Necessities | 1,673 | Active |
| US8602287B2 | Motor driven surgical cutting instrument | Human Necessities | 1,666 | Active |
| US8833632B2 | Firing member displacement system for a stapling instrument | Human Necessities | 1,664 | Active |
| US9107663B2 | Stapling instrument comprising resettable staple drivers | Human Necessities | 1,552 | Active |
| US9687230B2 | Articulatable surgical instrument comprising a firing drive | Physics | 1,519 | Active |
| US9198661B2 | Stapling instrument comprising a plurality of staple cartridges stored therein | Human Necessities | 1,506 | Active |
| US9888919B2 | Method and system for operating a surgical instrument | Physics | 1,504 | Active |
| US9629623B2 | Drive system lockout arrangements for modular surgical instruments | Physics | 1,503 | Active |
| US9690362B2 | Surgical instrument control circuit having a safety processor | Electricity | 1,500 | Active |
| US9808244B2 | Sensor arrangements for absolute positioning system for surgical instruments | Physics | 1,486 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.