Inventor · West Chester, OH, US

Janna B. Volz

18Patents
14h-index
27Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 15, 2011 → Sep 27, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8926598B2 Surgical instruments with articulatable and rotatable end effector Human Necessities 1,609 Active
US10092292B2 Staple forming features for surgical stapling instrument Human Necessities 1,165 Active
US10568625B2 Staple cartridges and arrangements of staples and staple cavities therein Human Necessities 912 Active
US9517065B2 Integrated tissue positioning and jaw alignment features for surgical stapler Human Necessities 902 Active
US10675026B2 Methods of stapling tissue Human Necessities 855 Active
US9622746B2 Distal tip features for end effector of surgical instrument Human Necessities 825 Active
US10835246B2 Staple cartridges and arrangements of staples and staple cavities therein Human Necessities 778 Active
US10893864B2 Staple cartridges and arrangements of staples and staple cavities therein Human Necessities 717 Active
US10433840B2 Surgical instrument comprising a replaceable cartridge jaw Human Necessities 706 Active
US11134942B2 Surgical stapling instruments and staple-forming anvils Human Necessities 485 Active
US11317917B2 Surgical stapling system comprising a lockable firing assembly Human Necessities 225 Active
US11701115B2 Methods of stapling tissue Human Necessities 43 Active
US10687807B2 Integrated tissue positioning and jaw alignment features for surgical stapler Human Necessities 18 Active
US11766260B2 Methods of stapling tissue Human Necessities 18 Active
US11918215B2 Staple cartridge with array of staple pockets Human Necessities 0 Active
US11684363B2 Integrated tissue positioning and jaw alignment features for surgical stapler Human Necessities 0 Active
US11883019B2 Stapling instrument comprising a staple feeding system Physics 0 Active
US11957344B2 Surgical stapler having rows of obliquely oriented staples Human Necessities 0 Active

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