U.S. Patent 8517244 was awarded to Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. on 2013-08-27 and describes a “Surgical stapling instrument having a medical substance dispenser.” This patent has been cited 266 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:

In various embodiments, an assembly of a surgical instrument is disclosed. The assembly includes a housing, a cutting member relatively movable with respect to the housing, and an agent cartridge connected to the housing. The agent cartridge houses a medical agent. The assembly is configured to deliver the medical agent proximate a cutting surface of the cutting member. Link: U.S. Patent 8517244

This patent was originally filed on 2012-07-09 which gives it a processing time of 414 days, compared to an average processing time of 575 in the field. Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. has 2128 total patents. The first named inventor is Joseph C. Hueil of Loveland, CO. The primary examiner was Michelle Lopez.

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