ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,811, issued on May 13, was assigned to Chinook Contract Research Inc. (Canada).
"Ligature device and method of use" was invented by Richard N. Terry (Conyers, Ga.), Merle E. Olson (Calgary, Canada) and Nicholas D. Allan (Victoria, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is an apparatus and method for ligation of livestock animals. The ligation apparatus or band provides topical active agent(s) that alleviate pain during various ligature procedures. This invention also relates to a method that includes applying a loop or band around a body part for elastomeric ligation, whereby the band material supplies a topical ...