Inventor · Mason, OH, US

Robert P. Gill

45Patents
24h-index
45Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 28, 1994 → Feb 12, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6945981B2 Finger operated switch for controlling a surgical handpiece Electricity 2,072 Expired
US7273483B2 Apparatus and method for alerting generator functions in an ultrasonic surgical system Human Necessities 1,959 Expired
US8365976B2 Surgical staples having dissolvable, bioabsorbable or biofragmentable portions and stapling instruments for deploying the same Human Necessities 1,800 Active
US8377044B2 Detachable end effectors Human Necessities 1,685 Active
US8945163B2 Methods and devices for cutting and fastening tissue Human Necessities 1,423 Active
US7883465B2 Finger operated switch for controlling a surgical handpiece Electricity 1,422 Active
US8485970B2 Surgical access device Human Necessities 1,323 Active
US8834498B2 Method and device for effecting anastomosis of hollow organ structures using adhesive and fasteners Human Necessities 1,053 Active
US9131835B2 Surgical access device Human Necessities 1,045 Active
US6623500B1 Ring contact for rotatable connection of switch assembly for use in a surgical system Human Necessities 424 Expired
US6338657B1 Hand piece connector Human Necessities 412 Expired
USD511145S1 Hand piece switch adapter General 387 Expired
US8764735B2 Detachable end effectors Human Necessities 313 Active
US8430811B2 Multiple port surgical access device Human Necessities 308 Active
US8328761B2 Variable surgical access device Human Necessities 273 Active
US8425410B2 Surgical access device with protective element Human Necessities 264 Active
US7837612B2 Tissue suspension device Human Necessities 218 Active
US7452357B2 System and method for planning treatment of tissue Human Necessities 108 Active
US7497854B2 Method and instrument for effecting anastomosis of respective tissues defining two body lumens Human Necessities 97 Active
US7500972B2 Device for alternately holding, or effecting relative longitudinal movement, of members of a medical instrument Human Necessities 93 Active
US7500980B2 Method and instrument for effecting anastomosis of respective tissues defining two body lumens Human Necessities 91 Active
US7833221B2 System and method for treatment of tissue using the tissue as a fiducial Human Necessities 88 Active
US7553317B2 Instrument for effecting anastomosis of respective tissues defining two body lumens Human Necessities 80 Active
US7708748B2 Anastomosis device Human Necessities 35 Active
US6608270B2 Flexible switch members for hand activation handpiece switches Electricity 21 Expired

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