Patents by Inventor Lawrence W. Way

Lawrence W. Way 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).

  • Laparoscopic tube placement method
    Patent number: 5151086
    Abstract: A method of placing a tube through a body wall into a hollow body organ is provided. The method includes performing a laparoscopy, inserting a plurality of retraction device introducers through the body wall, fixing a like plurality of retraction devices to the body wall by means of the retraction device introducers, fixing the body organ to the interior surface of the body wall and inserting a tube through the body wall into the organ; and fixing the tube to the organ. In two applications, the method may be used with gastrostomy or jejunostomy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Quan-Yang Duh, Lawrence W. Way