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Doug Souls
Also filed as: SOULS DOUG
28 granted patents·2 pending applications·1,042 citations·filing 2012–2022
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30 records- 0197US9364228B2Applicator instruments having distal end caps for facilitating the accurate placement of surgical fasteners during open repair proceduresSTRAEHNZ JENS-PETER·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 14, 2016·420 cites·21 claims
- 0295US10292702B2Applicator instruments for dispensing surgical fasteners having articulating shafts and articulation control elementsETHICON INC·Filed 2015·Granted May 21, 2019·46 cites·20 claims
- 0394US9119629B2Applicator instruments for dispensing surgical fasteners during open repair proceduresETHICON INC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 1, 2015·121 cites·18 claims
- 0493US9119617B2Clamping devices for dispensing surgical fasteners into soft mediaSOULS DOUG·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 1, 2015·237 cites·21 claims
- 0593US8518055B1Applicator instruments for dispensing surgical fasteners during open repair proceduresCARDINALE MICHAEL·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 27, 2013·138 cites·22 claims
- 0689US10918381B2Applicator instruments having drive systems with flexible members for dispensing surgical fastenersETHICON INC·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 16, 2021·6 cites·20 claims
- 0789US10568627B2Surgical fasteners for mesh and tissue fixationETHICON INC·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 25, 2020·18 cites·19 claims
- 0886US10667806B2Applicator instruments with reconfigurable handles for dispensing surgical fastenersETHICON INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 2, 2020·5 cites·19 claims
- 0982US11229430B2Systems, devices and methods of using needle sheaths for passing curved, superelastic suture needles through trocarsETHICON INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 25, 2022·5 cites·22 claims
- 1081US10743867B2Applicator instruments having insertable, changeable cartridges for dispensing surgical fastenersETHICON INC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 18, 2020·2 cites·20 claims
- 1180US12408915B2Applicator instruments for dispensing surgical fasteners, the applicator instruments being controlled by surgical robotsETHICON INC·Filed 2022·Granted Sep 9, 2025·0 cites·24 claims
- 1280USD717431SApplicator instrumentETHICON INC·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 11, 2014·24 cites·1 claims
- 1379US10588622B2Applicator instruments having articulating shafts for dispensing surgical fastenersETHICON INC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 17, 2020·2 cites·24 claims
- 1473US2023134251A1Applicator Instruments with Inverted Handles and Triggers, Curved Shafts, and Visible Orientation IndiciaCILAG GMBH INT·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 1572US11950994B2Applicator instruments having stacked surgical fasteners for off-axis surgical fastener deliveryETHICON INC·Filed 2022·Granted Apr 9, 2024·0 cites·16 claims
- 1671US8740919B2Devices for dispensing surgical fasteners into tissue while simultaneously generating external marks that mirror the number and location of the dispensed surgical fastenersSTRAEHNZ JENS-PETER·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 3, 2014·6 cites·20 claims
- 1767US10299905B2Applicator instruments having off-axis surgical fastener deliveryETHICON INC·Filed 2015·Granted May 28, 2019·1 cites·20 claims
- 1867US10117734B2Mesh positioning system for laparoscopic ventral hernia repairETHICON INC·Filed 2016·Granted Nov 6, 2018·1 cites·10 claims
- 1964US12303125B2Methods, systems and devices for storing suture needles and using robotics for delivering selected suture needles to surgical sitesETHICON INC·Filed 2021·Granted May 20, 2025·0 cites·17 claims
- 2064US2022104810A1Suture needle packages for loading suture needles and methods of passing suture needles through trocarsETHICON INC·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 2162US11491000B2Applicator instruments having stacked surgical fasteners for off-axis surgical fastener deliveryETHICON INC·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 8, 2022·0 cites·19 claims
- 2262US10687804B2Applicator instruments having surgical fastener insertion tools for dispensing surgical fastenersETHICON INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 23, 2020·0 cites·22 claims
- 2361US11696678B2Applicator instruments with inverted handles and triggers, curved shafts, and visible orientation indiciaETHICON INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jul 11, 2023·0 cites·12 claims
- 2460US11490888B2Methods of using applicator instruments having insertable, changeable cartridges for dispensing surgical fastenersETHICON INC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 8, 2022·0 cites·23 claims
- 2560USD707820SContoured tipETHICON INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 24, 2014·10 cites·1 claims
- 2659US11219449B2Suture needle packages for loading suture needles and methods of passing suture needles through trocarsETHICON INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 11, 2022·0 cites·24 claims
- 2759US11103237B2Systems, devices and methods for storing suture needles and using robotics for delivering selected suture needles through trocarsETHICON INC·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 31, 2021·0 cites·18 claims
- 2855US10993795B2Mesh positioning system for laparoscopic ventral hernia repairETHICON INC·Filed 2018·Granted May 4, 2021·0 cites·8 claims
- 2955US10675020B2Applicator instruments for dispensing surgical fasteners having articulating shafts and articulation control elementsETHICON INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 9, 2020·0 cites·20 claims
- 3046US12011161B2Suture needle adaptors for delivering suture needles through cannulas while simultaneously visualizing the delivery of the suture needles through the cannulasETHICON INC·Filed 2021·Granted Jun 18, 2024·0 cites·18 claims
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