Patents by Inventor Francis E. McGowan

Francis E. McGowan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Surgical ligating instrument and method
    Patent number: 4226239
    Abstract: A surgical ligating instrument is provided for tubal ligation within the human and/or animal body, by the application of two or more elastic rings to anatomical tubes such as Fallopian tubes. The instrument is constructed to grasp a Fallopian tube, to draw it into an elongated tubular member, and to discharge a stretched elastic ring on the Fallopian tube to perform the ligation procedure, followed by grasping the other Fallopian tube and discharging another similarly stretched elastic ring thereon, without removing the instrument from the patient's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1980
    Assignee: KLI, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd J. Polk, Francis E. McGowan