U.S. Patent 8708213 was awarded to Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. on 2014-04-29 and describes a “Surgical instrument having a feedback system.” This patent has been cited 270 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. The surgical instrument comprises a plurality of sensors, and a status module releasably connected to the surgical instrument. The status module comprises a plurality of contacts, a circuit, and a plurality of indicators. Each individual contact is in electrical communication with a different sensor. The circuit is in electrical communication with at least one of the contacts. At least one of the indicators is in electrical communication with the circuit. Link: U.S. Patent 8708213

This patent was originally filed on 2006-01-31 which gives it a processing time of 3010 days, compared to an average processing time of 1218 in the field. Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. has 2128 total patents. The first named inventor is Eugene L. Timperman of Cincinnati, OH. The primary examiner was Lindsay Low.

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