Patents by Inventor Lucius D. Hill

Lucius D. Hill 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).

  • Manometric pressure sensing and liquid evacuating device for intraoperative hiatal hernia repair
    Patent number: 4030481
    Abstract: A device for making intraoperative pressure studies after repair but while the stomach is being evacuated. The device includes a nasal gastric suction tube having a perforated end region with a closed tip and having secured thereto a pressure-sensing tube with a closed end and which is provided with a pressure-sensing opening a known distance up from the closed tip of the nasal gastric tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1977
    Inventor: Lucius D. Hill