Patents by Inventor CATHERINE D. HEAPY

CATHERINE D. HEAPY 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).

  • Publication number: 20190336409
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods that include contacting a skin surface with a first liquid composition; and then contacting in the skin surface with a cationic coated article loaded with a second liquid composition, while at least some portion of the first liquid composition remains on the skin surface, wherein one or both of the first liquid composition or the second liquid composition includes acrylate copolymer particles dispersed therein, the acrylate copolymer particles including the reaction product of a reaction mixture, the reaction mixture including monomers, the monomers including from about 5 wt % to about 50 wt % of at least one high Tg monomer where the wt % of the high Tg monomer is with respect to the total weight of the monomers in the reaction mixture; and from about 20 wt % to about 80 wt % of at least one low Tg monomer where the wt % of the low Tg monomer is with respect to the total weight of the monomers in the reaction mixture, wherein the particles have a number average diameter of at lea
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: RANJANI V. PARTHASARATHY, RAMESH C. KUMAR, MATTHEW T. SCHOLZ, STEVEN P. SWANSON, ANDREW W. VAIL, JERALD K. RASMUSSEN, GEORGE W. GRIESGRABER, CATHERINE D. HEAPY
  • Publication number: 20190328624
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods that include contacting a skin surface with a first liquid composition; and then contacting the skin surface with a cationic coated article loaded with a second liquid composition, while at least some portion of the first liquid composition remains on the skin surface, wherein at least one and only one of the first or the second composition comprises greater than or equal to 60 wt % of at least one alcohol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: RANJANI V. PARTHASARATHY, CATHERINE D. HEAPY
  • Publication number: 20190290252
    Abstract: Shapeable articles, kits including one or more of the shapeable articles, and methods of making and/or using the shapeable articles. The shapeable articles include a shapeable member that can be shaped or manipulated into three-dimensional shapes without the use of tools and hold those shapes after removal of the force required to achieve the shape. The shapeable articles could have a variety of uses including use as surgical retractors to move and/or restrain non-target tissue and/or organs to improve access to the target tissue and/or organs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: RANJANI V. PARTHASARATHY, HANNAH C. COHEN, HAOMING RONG, AMANDA C. ENGLER, WILLIAM BEDINGHAM, NICHOLAS R. POWLEY, KOREY W. KARLS, MICHAEL J. VOSTAL, MATTHEW T. SCHOLZ, MICHELLE H. STEVENS, CATHERINE D. HEAPY
  • Publication number: 20180369118
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for removing spores from skin, the method including dispensing an effective amount of a composition into or onto an article, wherein the composition includes water and from 0.15 wt % to 4 wt % anionic thickener; contacting a skin surface with the composition; mechanically acting on the skin surface for at least one (1) second while the skin surface is in the presence of the composition; and removing at least a portion of the composition from the surface of the skin, wherein removing the composition also removes spores from the skin surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: RANJANI V. PARTHASARATHY, CATHERINE D. HEAPY, TIFFANY J. HANSON, BRITTNEY K.T. SCOTT, JONATHAN D.M. HELANDER
  • Publication number: 20180362895
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for removing spores from skin, the method including dispensing an effective amount of a composition into or onto an article, wherein the composition includes water and from about 0.04 wt % to about 4 wt % polymeric cationic antimicrobial, nonionic antimicrobial or combinations thereof; contacting a skin surface with the composition; mechanically acting on the skin surface for at least one (1) second while the skin surface is in the presence of the composition; and removing at least a portion of the composition from the surface of the skin, wherein removing the composition also removes spores from the skin surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: RANJANI V. PARTHASARATHY, CATHERINE D. HEAPY, TIFFANY J. HANSON, BRITTNEY K.T. SCOTT, JONATHAN D.M. HELANDER
  • Publication number: 20160213001
    Abstract: An antiseptic composition comprising a multivalent cationic antiseptic present in an amount of 0.05 to 0.5 percent based upon the ready to use composition; an anionic compound which is water soluble in an amount of at least 0.1 grams in 100 grams water at 23 deg C., wherein the anionic compound is present at a concentration which would result in precipitation of the multivalent cationic antiseptic in the composition without a solubilizing surfactant present; wherein the composition, with the antiseptic, surfactant and anionic compound combined with each other, is free of precipitate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: RANJANI V. PARTHASARATHY, MATTHEW T. SCHOLZ, JOSHUA X. XIONG, CATHERINE D. HEAPY