U.S. Patent 8657174 was awarded to Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. on 2014-02-25 and describes a “Motorized surgical cutting and fastening instrument having handle based power source.” This patent has been cited 259 times by other U.S. patents which places it in the top 500 cited patents since 2010 according to our law firm research, and makes it of the most innovative medical technology patents in the field of instruments. The abstract states:

A surgical cutting and fastening instrument. The instrument comprises an end effector, a shaft connected to the end effector, and a handle connected to the shaft. The handle comprises an electric, DC motor connected to a drive train in the shaft for powering the drive train. The handle also comprises a power pack that comprises at least one charge-accumulating device connected to the DC motor for powering the DC motor. Link: U.S. Patent 8657174

This patent was originally filed on 2008-02-14 which gives it a processing time of 2203 days, compared to an average processing time of 1097 in the field. Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. has 2128 total patents. The first named inventor is David C. Yates of Westchester, IL. The primary examiner was Michelle Lopez.

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