Patents by Inventor Ricardo Flores-Artola

Ricardo Flores-Artola 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).

  • Junctional tourniquet
    Patent number: 9492177
    Abstract: The present invention is a tourniquet comprising: a strap; a pelvic pad included in the strap having a pocket defined in the pelvic pad for receiving a semi-rigid stiffening member; base plates slidably attached to the strap allowing the base plates to be positioned along the strap; a threaded shaft received in each of the base plates; a pressure pad removable attached to a distal end of each of the shafts; a handle attached to a proximal end of each of the shafts having openings defined in each end of the handle; and, a rotational arresting strap attached to each base plate having a securing tab that can be received in one of the handle openings thereby preventing the shaft from rotating when the securing tab is received in sand handle opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: North American Rescue, LLC, The University Of Texas Health Care Center at Houston
    Inventors: Darrel Saunders, Ricardo Flores-Artola, Joanne Walters, Michael Duncan, Lester Martinez-Lopez, Joshua Markham, Brent Bronson, John B. Holcomb, Keith Gates, Andy Burgess