Patents by Inventor Paul Vauquois

Paul Vauquois 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 ligature
    Patent number: 3949755
    Abstract: A surgical ligature in which a sterile thread has a surface on which is a succession of areas, for example, lines or dots, of contrasting shades, whereby at least one of the shades appears dark through a film of blood and at least one of the shades appears light through a film of blood. Such a ligature can readily be seen by the surgeon through the blood and against the background of the organ being stitched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1976
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc-Textile
    Inventor: Paul Vauquois