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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
32
Citations
13027
World Ranking
9496
National Ranking
2673

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Best Publications

  • Washer for use with a surgical stapling instrument

    William B. Ii Weisenburgh;Christopher J. Hess;Lawrence E. Wells;Douglas J. Siebenaler

  • Surgical staples having attached drivers and stapling instruments for deploying the same

    Christopher J. Hess;Jerome R. Morgan;Michael Clem;Frederick E. Shelton

  • Surgical staple having a deformable member with a non-circular cross-sectional geometry

    Michael A. Murray;Jerome R. Morgan;Christopher J. Hess;II William B. Weisenburgh

  • Surgical access device

    Christopher W. Widenhouse;II William Bruce Weisenburgh;Frederick E. Shelton;David K. Norvell

  • Method of operating an endoscopic device with one hand

    Rudolph Nobis;Christopher J. Hess

  • Methods and devices for cutting and fastening tissue

    James W. Voegele;II William B. Weisenburgh;Christopher J. Hess;Michael A. Murray

  • Surgical retractor and method

    Christopher J. Hess;James W. Voegele;Stephan Ray Myers

  • Laparoscopic device with compound angulation

    Michael J. Stokes;Christopher J. Hess;II William B. Weisenburgh

  • Surgical instrument comprising a lockout

    Iv Frederick E. Shelton;Jason L. Harris;Christopher J. Hess;Jerome R. Morgan

  • Multi-port laparoscopic access device

    James W. Voegele;Robert P. Gill;Aaron C. Voegele;II William B. Weisenburgh

  • Surgical instrument with a dissecting tip

    Dale R. Schulze;Gary W. Knight;Christopher J. Hess

  • Surgical access device with protective element

    Michael A. Murray;Christopher W. Widenhouse;Frederick E. Shelton;William Jason White

  • System for performing a minimally invasive surgical procedure

    II William B. Weisenburgh;Christopher J. Hess;Ragae M. Ghabrial

  • Devices for cutting and fastening tissue

    James W. Voegele;William B. Ii Weisenburgh;Christopher J. Hess;Michael A. Murray

  • Surgical device for creating an anastomosis between first and second hollow organs

    Michael F. Clem;Christopher J. Hess;Gary W. Knight;Rudulph H. Nobis

  • Endoscopic device with a handle

    Rudolph Nobis;Christopher J. Hess

  • Methods and devices for accessing a body cavity using a surgical access device with modular seal components

    Christopher J. Hess;Kyle P. Moore;Daniel H. Duke;Daniel J. Mumaw

  • Surgical devices for manipulating tissue

    Gregory J. Bakos;Christie Mrie Cunningham;Kendall Lee Dobler;William D. Fox

  • Suturing instrument with multi-mode cartridges

    Daniel J. Mumaw;Christopher J. Hess;Frederick E. Shelton;David T. Martin

  • Magnetically manipulatable surgical camera with removable adhesion removal system

    Michael J. Stokes;II William B. Weisenburgh;Alexander P. Kondor;Christopher J. Hess

Frequent Co-Authors

Frederick E. Shelton
Frederick E. Shelton Johnson & Johnson (United States)
Jerome R. Morgan
Jerome R. Morgan Johnson & Johnson (United States)
Michael J. Stokes
Michael J. Stokes Johnson & Johnson (United States)
Iv Frederick E. Shelton
Iv Frederick E. Shelton Johnson & Johnson (United States)
Jeffrey S. Swayze
Jeffrey S. Swayze Johnson & Johnson (United States)
Kevin L. Houser
Kevin L. Houser Johnson & Johnson (United States)
Taylor W. Aronhalt
Taylor W. Aronhalt Johnson & Johnson (United States)
Chester O. Baxter
Chester O. Baxter Johnson & Johnson (United States)
Chad P. Boudreaux
Chad P. Boudreaux Johnson & Johnson (United States)
Eugene L. Timperman
Eugene L. Timperman Johnson & Johnson (United States)

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