U.S. Patent 7819298 was awarded to Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. on 2010-10-26 and describes a “Surgical stapling apparatus with control features operable with one hand.” This patent has been cited 504 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 stapling apparatus. Various embodiments include a rotatable elongated body that extends from a rotatable shroud on handle assembly and has a distal end configured for attachment to a disposable loading unit. The apparatus further includes a lockable rotation system for selectively locking the rotatable shroud to prevent rotation thereof about a longitudinal axis. Link: U.S. Patent 7819298

This patent was originally filed on 2008-02-14 which gives it a processing time of 985 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 Mark S. Ortiz of Milford Charter Twp, MI. The primary examiner was Scott A. Smith.

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