Patents by Inventor Wayne A. Minter

Wayne A. Minter 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).

  • Ligating band dispenser
    Patent number: 5857585
    Abstract: A ligating band dispenser for attachment to the distal end of a ligating device having proximal and distal ends with a lumen extending therebetween and being adapted for supporting a plurality of ligating bands includes a support for attachment to the distal end of the ligating device and for carrying the plurality of ligating bands and having a passage communicating with the lumen; and a dispenser including a first displacement element looped about each of the bands in series attached to the support and extending through the passage and lumen whereby proximal motion of the operator element from the proximal end of the ligating device transfers individually the most distal ligating band off the distal end of the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Act Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: M. Joshua Tolkoff, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Andrew Ziegler, Wayne A. Minter