Inventor · West Chester, OH, US

Brett E. Swensgard

122Patents
84h-index
60Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 2, 1994 → Apr 24, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.