Patents by Inventor Fred A. Garcia

Fred A. Garcia 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).

  • Patent number: 11964136
    Abstract: Medical devices for delivering a plug to a void within a patient. The medical device can include a fluid delivery device and a plug holder (e.g., a plug delivery device) coupled to a distal end of the fluid delivery device. The medical device may be configured such that the delivery of fluid from the fluid delivery device wets the plug, ejects the plug from the plug holder, and pushes the plug through a lumen of an elongate tube to a void within a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Lampropoulos, Jim Mottola, Richard P. Jenkins, Gregory R. McArthur, Kenneth Sykes, Mark Garcia
  • Patent number: 9479212
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an protective case, for electronic devices viz. mobiles, laptops, tablet, GPS, pulse, hand held gaming device and i-watch, which is comprised of a cooling fan(s) and air holes, solar panels, red, yellow, and green light indicators, a USB port, a switch enabled with 3 modes, crank, and a kink stand. A protective case involves various attractive designs and that contains the back-up battery. Therefore, the case provides the both primary source and secondary source of power. This case provides the prolonged usage of the battery, and also reduces the over-heating of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: Fred Garcia
  • Patent number: 5855009
    Abstract: Concurrent tradeoff analysis (10) first ascertains a set of constraints (16) and variables (18) for specifying a solution, and then defines characteristics for specifying the merit of the solution. Computations are made to determine the values for the variables (18) and characteristics, which represent a current solution state. The current solution state is checked (42) to ensure that there are no violations of the constraints (16). If a violation exists, one or more alternatives are generated (46) via a number of methods, and the alternatives are evaluated (48) along with the current solution state. One or more most promising alternative is chosen, and the process proceeds until values for all of the variables (18) and characteristics are computed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Fred A. Garcia, Krishnan Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 5842192
    Abstract: Concurrent tradeoff analysis (10) first ascertains a set of constraints (16) and variables (18) for specifying a solution, and then defines characteristics for specifying the merit of the solution. Computations are made to determine the values for the variables (18) and characteristics, which represent a current solution state. The current solution state is checked (42) to ensure that there are no violations of the constraints (16). If a violation exists, one or more alternatives are generated (46) via a number of methods, and the alternatives are evaluated (48) along with the current solution state. One or more most promising alternative is chosen, and the process proceeds until values for all of the variables (18) and characteristics are computed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Fred A. Garcia, Krishnan Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 5741959
    Abstract: A portable tester is provided for reading and displaying the pressure of a gas released from a rock core sample stored within a sealed container and for taking a sample of the released pressurized gas for chemical analysis thereof for subsequent use in a modified direct method test which determines the volume of gas and specific type of gas contained within the core sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Fred Garcia, Jr., Steven J. Schatzel
  • Patent number: 4500329
    Abstract: A self-actuating gas/liquid separator which depends on the counterbalancing f the liquid in a closed container in excess of a certain height and the vacuum gas pressure for its actuation and operation. Primarily this invention was directed to the separation of water and methane gas after they are discharged from an inclined coal mine drainage bore hole. Basically, there are two inclined coaxial conduits, one inside the other, with the inner smaller conduit providing the path for the movement of the gas and the outer larger conduit the path for the liquid. Attached to the larger conduit, near its end remote from the source of gas and liquid to be separated, is a third conduit with a U-shaped section and a one-way liquid passing check valve. Liquids drain into the first and third conduits and the second conduit is operably subjected to a vacuum generating source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Interior
    Inventors: Alan A. Campoli, Fred Garcia