Patents by Inventor Wayne D. Longmore

Wayne D. Longmore 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).

  • Method of removing material from the stomach using a collapsible funnel
    Patent number: 4822338
    Abstract: A method of removing material from the stomach of a patient in which a collapsible funnel at the end of a catheter is placed into the stomach, the funnel is erected, lavage solution is applied through the catheter to the stomach and the patient is inverted to discharge the material from the stomach into the funnel's open end. In a preferred embodiment, the funnel is erected by inflation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Inventors: Wayne D. Longmore, Peter J. Acker