U.S. Patent 8211125 was awarded to Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. on 2012-07-03 and describes a “Sterile appliance delivery device for endoscopic procedures.” This patent has been cited 320 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 device comprising a container and a tether used for delivering a sterile appliance into a body cavity during endoscopic procedures. Once positioned in the body cavity, a force is applied to the container through the tether. The force opens the container and releases the sterile appliance into the body cavity. In various embodiments, gas or liquid may be used to open the container. Link: U.S. Patent 8211125

This patent was originally filed on 2008-08-15 which gives it a processing time of 1418 days, compared to an average processing time of 1639 in the field. Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. has 2128 total patents. The first named inventor is James T. Spivey of Whitehouse Station, NJ. The assistant examiner was Todd J Scherbel.

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