U.S. Patent 8201721 was awarded to Tyco Healthcare Group LP on 2012-06-19 and describes a “Powered surgical instrument.” This patent has been cited 310 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 instrument including a handle assembly, a first endoscopic portion, a motor, and a first end effector is disclosed. The first endoscopic portion is selectively connectable to a distal portion of the handle assembly and defines a longitudinal axis. The first endoscopic portion includes a housing adjacent its proximal portion and includes an actuation member. The motor is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the housing of the first endoscopic portion and is operatively connected to the actuation member for moving the actuation member substantially along the longitudinal axis. The first end effector is selectively connectable to a distal portion of the first endoscopic portion and is configured to perform a first stapling function. Link: U.S. Patent 8201721

This patent was originally filed on 2011-03-09 which gives it a processing time of 468 days, compared to an average processing time of 837 in the field. Tyco Healthcare Group LP has 1168 total patents. The first named inventor is David C. Racenet of Killingworth, CT. The primary examiner was Lindsay Low.

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