Patents by Inventor Paul John Grata
Paul John Grata 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).
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Patent number: 12257403Abstract: Vascular access devices and methods of their use are provided. In one embodiment, a vascular access device includes a catheter and at least one deployable wire. The catheter includes a primary lumen extending from a proximal end to a distal end of the catheter. The at least one deployable wire is secured to the catheter and configured to move relative to the catheter between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Access Flow Systems, LLCInventors: L. Van Thomas Crisco, Ashley B. Hancock, Charles Bruce Moomey, Brian Patrick Walsh, Paul John Grata, Donald A. Richardson
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Publication number: 20220096801Abstract: Vascular access devices and methods of their use are provided. In one embodiment, a vascular access device includes a catheter and at least one deployable wire. The catheter includes a primary lumen extending from a proximal end to a distal end of the catheter. The at least one deployable wire is secured to the catheter and configured to move relative to the catheter between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: L. Van Thomas CRISCO, Ashley B. HANCOCK, Charles Bruce MOOMEY, Brian Patrick WALSH, Paul John GRATA, Donald A. RICHARDSON
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Patent number: 11273239Abstract: A breast milk expression apparatus includes at least one compression pad disposable about a breast of a user and configured for radial displacement relative to the breast. The apparatus includes a compression unit coupled to the at least one pad, configured to cyclically displace the at least one pad radially inwardly to cause compression of the breast and, following compression of the breast, permitting the breast to expand and decompress.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2018Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: IMALAC, INC.Inventors: Noreen Gordon Sablotsky, Rachael Sablotsky Kish, Kathryn Garriott Sablotsky, Scott R. Arp, William Thomas Bales, Paul John Grata, Damian H. Tomlin, Victor M. Gamez, Lisandro Rivera Alvarez
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Patent number: 11197979Abstract: Vascular access devices and methods of their use are provided. In one embodiment, a vascular access device includes a catheter (112) and at least one deployable wire (134). The catheter includes a primary lumen extending from a proximal end to a distal end of the catheter. The at least one deployable wire is secured to the catheter and configured to move relative to the catheter between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Access Flow Systems, LLCInventors: L. Van Thomas Crisco, Ashley B. Hancock, Charles Bruce Moomey, Brian Patrick Walsh, Paul John Grata, Donald A. Richardson
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Publication number: 20190381225Abstract: A breast milk expression apparatus includes at least one compression pad disposable about a breast of a user and configured for radial displacement relative to the breast. The apparatus includes a compression unit coupled to the at least one pad, configured to cyclically displace the at least one pad radially inwardly to cause compression of the breast and, following compression of the breast, permitting the breast to expand and decompress.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2018Publication date: December 19, 2019Applicant: IMALAC, INC.Inventors: Noreen Gordon Sablotsky, Rachael Sablotsky Kish, Kathryn Garriott Sablotsky, Scott R. Arp, William Thomas Bales, Paul John Grata, Damian H. Tomlin, Victor M. Gamez, Lisandro Rivera Alvarez
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Patent number: 10426877Abstract: A breast milk expression apparatus for manipulating a breast of a user includes an outer shell, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced inner pads coupled to the outer shell. The pads are configured to engage the breast of the user and configured for radial displacement. The breast milk expression apparatus further includes a compression unit coupled to the plurality of pads. The compression unit is configured to cyclically displace the pads radially inwardly against the breast to cause compression of the breast and, following compression of the breast, to permit displacement of the pads radially outwardly from the breast as the breast decompresses.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: IMALAC, INC.Inventors: Noreen Gordon Sablotsky, Rachael Sablotsky Kish, Kathryn Garriott Sablotsky, Scott R. Arp, William Thomas Bales, Paul John Grata, Victor M. Gamez, Damian H. Tomlin
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Publication number: 20190134350Abstract: Vascular access devices and methods of their use are provided. In one embodiment, a vascular access device includes a catheter (112) and at least one deployable wire (134). The catheter includes a primary lumen extending from a proximal end to a distal end of the catheter. The at least one deployable wire is secured to the catheter and configured to move relative to the catheter between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: L. Van Thomas CRISCO, Ashley B. HANCOCK, Charles Bruce MOOMEY, Brian Patrick WALSH, Paul John GRATA, Donald A. RICHARDSON
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Publication number: 20180228949Abstract: A breast milk expression apparatus for manipulating a breast of a user includes an outer shell, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced inner pads coupled to the outer shell. The pads are configured to engage the breast of the user and configured for radial displacement. The breast milk expression apparatus further includes a compression unit coupled to the plurality of pads. The compression unit is configured to cyclically displace the pads radially inwardly against the breast to cause compression of the breast and, following compression of the breast, to permit displacement of the pads radially outwardly from the breast as the breast decompresses.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: IMALAC, LLCInventors: Noreen Gordon Sablotsky, Rachael Sablotsky Kish, Kathryn Garriott Sablotsky, Scott R. Arp, William Thomas Bales, Paul John Grata, Victor M. Gamez, Damian H. Tomlin
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Publication number: 20160269646Abstract: A diversionary system includes a user apparatus in which a vision-assistance device attenuates light in a diversion spectrum and allows light in a perception spectrum, a deployable device that emits a cloud, which is opaque to the diversion spectrum and transparent in the perception spectrum, and a light emitter that emits or strobes in the diversion spectrum to illuminate the cloud. The deployable device may include a sound emitter. The user apparatus may be configured as head-worn unit and may include a filter that attenuates light in the diversion spectrum from entering the vision-assistance device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventor: Paul John Grata
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Patent number: 8157747Abstract: A single-use indicator is provided and is particularly well suited for use with a surgical catheter device. The indicator includes an absorbent filament or wick which is placed in a transparent or translucent indicator lumen of a multi-lumen catheter. The lumen is provided with at least one side port. When the catheter is inserted into a blood vessel, blood enters the indicator lumen through the side port and is absorbed by the filament, thus turning the filament red or purple in color. When the instrument is removed from the blood vessel, the stained filament is clearly visible as an indicator that the instrument has been used. Because the filament is trapped inside a lumen of a relatively long catheter, it is difficult or impossible to remove it during a remanufacturing process.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Lary Research & Development, LLCInventors: Paul John Grata, Daniel Espinosa, Alejandro Espinosa
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Publication number: 20090209907Abstract: A single-use indicator is provided and is particularly well suited for use with a surgical catheter device. The indicator includes an absorbent filament or wick which is placed in a transparent or translucent indicator lumen of a multi-lumen catheter. The lumen is provided with at least one side port. When the catheter is inserted into a blood vessel, blood enters the indicator lumen through the side port and is absorbed by the filament, thus turning the filament red or purple in color. When the instrument is removed from the blood vessel, the stained filament is clearly visible as an indicator that the instrument has been used. Because the filament is trapped inside a lumen of a relatively long catheter, it is difficult or impossible to remove it during a remanufacturing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2008Publication date: August 20, 2009Inventors: Paul John Grata, Daniel Espinosa, Alejandro Espinosa