{"entity":{"entity_id":"a6a9849d-e5e0-4e18-b391-30315119059d","entity_type":"person","display_name":"ROBERT PATTON","state":"SC","status":"active","merged_into":null,"methodology_version":"entity-graph/v1","created_at":"2026-06-11T12:28:34.098393+00:00","updated_at":"2026-06-11T12:28:34.098393+00:00"},"identifiers":[{"id_scheme":"cms_op_profile_id","id_value":"78077","source_table":"cms_open_payments","link_method":"exact_npi_in_open_payments","link_confidence":1,"source_evidence":{"npi":"1720018138","rule":"D-OP-NPI","recipient_profile_id":"78077"},"methodology_version":"entity-graph/v1","valid_from":"2026-06-13T08:00:25.787674+00:00","recorded_at":"2026-06-13T08:00:25.787674+00:00"},{"id_scheme":"npi","id_value":"1720018138","source_table":"nppes_providers","link_method":"deterministic_pk","link_confidence":1,"source_evidence":{"rule":"D-NPI","source_pk":"1720018138","entity_type_code":"1"},"methodology_version":"entity-graph/v1","valid_from":"2026-06-11T12:28:35.528253+00:00","recorded_at":"2026-06-11T12:28:35.528253+00:00"}],"edges":[{"direction":"inbound","edge_type":"pays","neighbor":{"entity_id":"caa18caf-ee99-4dd3-8621-3f580a84752a","entity_type":"organization","display_name":"Penumbra, Inc.","state":"CA"},"attributes":{"source":"cms_open_payments"},"link_confidence":1,"source_table":"cms_open_payments","source_evidence":{"rule":"D-OP-PAYS","record_type":"general","recipient_npi":"1720018138","manufacturer_id":"100000010583","nature_of_payment":"Food and Beverage"},"methodology_version":"entity-graph/v1","valid_from":"2026-06-13T13:45:50.88781+00:00","recorded_at":"2026-06-13T13:45:50.88781+00:00"},{"direction":"inbound","edge_type":"pays","neighbor":{"entity_id":"8f34a461-bf64-4076-bcaa-08ce4d1dcad9","entity_type":"organization","display_name":"Endologix LLC","state":"CA"},"attributes":{"source":"cms_open_payments"},"link_confidence":1,"source_table":"cms_open_payments","source_evidence":{"rule":"D-OP-PAYS","record_type":"general","recipient_npi":"1720018138","manufacturer_id":"100000000079","nature_of_payment":"Food and Beverage"},"methodology_version":"entity-graph/v1","valid_from":"2026-06-13T21:25:48.707256+00:00","recorded_at":"2026-06-13T21:25:48.707256+00:00"},{"direction":"inbound","edge_type":"pays","neighbor":{"entity_id":"2dc07455-c78b-4280-844f-3dd1e875230b","entity_type":"organization","display_name":"Cook Medical LLC","state":"IN"},"attributes":{"source":"cms_open_payments"},"link_confidence":1,"source_table":"cms_open_payments","source_evidence":{"rule":"D-OP-PAYS","record_type":"general","recipient_npi":"1720018138","manufacturer_id":"100000010457","nature_of_payment":"Food and Beverage"},"methodology_version":"entity-graph/v1","valid_from":"2026-06-13T22:22:34.369447+00:00","recorded_at":"2026-06-13T22:22:34.369447+00:00"},{"direction":"inbound","edge_type":"pays","neighbor":{"entity_id":"721a96a4-8c32-46db-ad63-2d26e19211cb","entity_type":"organization","display_name":"Medtronic, Inc.","state":"MN"},"attributes":{"source":"cms_open_payments"},"link_confidence":1,"source_table":"cms_open_payments","source_evidence":{"rule":"D-OP-PAYS","record_type":"general","recipient_npi":"1720018138","manufacturer_id":"100000000106","nature_of_payment":"Food and Beverage"},"methodology_version":"entity-graph/v1","valid_from":"2026-06-13T22:37:04.618021+00:00","recorded_at":"2026-06-13T22:37:04.618021+00:00"},{"direction":"inbound","edge_type":"pays","neighbor":{"entity_id":"a0fc8d47-d63f-41f6-b5c6-6656eea19645","entity_type":"organization","display_name":"Abbott Laboratories","state":"IL"},"attributes":{"source":"cms_open_payments"},"link_confidence":1,"source_table":"cms_open_payments","source_evidence":{"rule":"D-OP-PAYS","record_type":"general","recipient_npi":"1720018138","manufacturer_id":"100000010680","nature_of_payment":"Food and Beverage"},"methodology_version":"entity-graph/v1","valid_from":"2026-06-13T23:18:10.108826+00:00","recorded_at":"2026-06-13T23:18:10.108826+00:00"},{"direction":"inbound","edge_type":"pays","neighbor":{"entity_id":"d4538cb5-7a89-4152-a0c1-87c91c7191da","entity_type":"organization","display_name":"Surmodics, Inc.","state":"MN"},"attributes":{"source":"cms_open_payments"},"link_confidence":1,"source_table":"cms_open_payments","source_evidence":{"rule":"D-OP-PAYS","record_type":"general","recipient_npi":"1720018138","manufacturer_id":"100000151728","nature_of_payment":"Food and Beverage"},"methodology_version":"entity-graph/v1","valid_from":"2026-06-13T23:40:06.147312+00:00","recorded_at":"2026-06-13T23:40:06.147312+00:00"},{"direction":"inbound","edge_type":"pays","neighbor":{"entity_id":"cf82f7f5-9f0e-48d6-b2a2-56fbbcc1235b","entity_type":"organization","display_name":"PFIZER INC.","state":"NY"},"attributes":{"source":"cms_open_payments"},"link_confidence":1,"source_table":"cms_open_payments","source_evidence":{"rule":"D-OP-PAYS","record_type":"general","recipient_npi":"1720018138","manufacturer_id":"100000000286","nature_of_payment":"Food and Beverage"},"methodology_version":"entity-graph/v1","valid_from":"2026-06-14T00:13:31.648502+00:00","recorded_at":"2026-06-14T00:13:31.648502+00:00"},{"direction":"inbound","edge_type":"pays","neighbor":{"entity_id":"7748eb85-8e49-4253-aa5c-0683e4c55502","entity_type":"organization","display_name":"Inari Medical, Inc.","state":"CA"},"attributes":{"source":"cms_open_payments"},"link_confidence":1,"source_table":"cms_open_payments","source_evidence":{"rule":"D-OP-PAYS","record_type":"general","recipient_npi":"1720018138","manufacturer_id":"100000121364","nature_of_payment":"Food and Beverage"},"methodology_version":"entity-graph/v1","valid_from":"2026-06-14T02:54:18.472743+00:00","recorded_at":"2026-06-14T02:54:18.472743+00:00"},{"direction":"inbound","edge_type":"pays","neighbor":{"entity_id":"333b36c1-8bc8-4f29-9c03-0368d83878d6","entity_type":"organization","display_name":"W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.","state":"DE"},"attributes":{"source":"cms_open_payments"},"link_confidence":1,"source_table":"cms_open_payments","source_evidence":{"rule":"D-OP-PAYS","record_type":"general","recipient_npi":"1720018138","manufacturer_id":"100000010774","nature_of_payment":"Food and Beverage"},"methodology_version":"entity-graph/v1","valid_from":"2026-06-14T04:58:10.099623+00:00","recorded_at":"2026-06-14T04:58:10.099623+00:00"},{"direction":"inbound","edge_type":"pays","neighbor":{"entity_id":"7f6b6ebf-a281-4e6f-9982-894767351678","entity_type":"organization","display_name":"Terumo Medical Corporation","state":"NJ"},"attributes":{"source":"cms_open_payments"},"link_confidence":1,"source_table":"cms_open_payments","source_evidence":{"rule":"D-OP-PAYS","record_type":"general","recipient_npi":"1720018138","manufacturer_id":"100000000291","nature_of_payment":"Food and Beverage"},"methodology_version":"entity-graph/v1","valid_from":"2026-06-14T05:50:30.942535+00:00","recorded_at":"2026-06-14T05:50:30.942535+00:00"},{"direction":"inbound","edge_type":"pays","neighbor":{"entity_id":"f9f671ff-8512-44ce-875d-0f06441df00d","entity_type":"organization","display_name":"ShockWave Medical, Inc","state":"CA"},"attributes":{"source":"cms_open_payments"},"link_confidence":1,"source_table":"cms_open_payments","source_evidence":{"rule":"D-OP-PAYS","record_type":"general","recipient_npi":"1720018138","manufacturer_id":"100000191758","nature_of_payment":"Food and Beverage"},"methodology_version":"entity-graph/v1","valid_from":"2026-06-14T06:00:34.790489+00:00","recorded_at":"2026-06-14T06:00:34.790489+00:00"},{"direction":"inbound","edge_type":"pays","neighbor":{"entity_id":"43d2c211-14ba-4837-9306-ff13f5d2751d","entity_type":"organization","display_name":"Contego Medical, Inc","state":"NC"},"attributes":{"source":"cms_open_payments"},"link_confidence":1,"source_table":"cms_open_payments","source_evidence":{"rule":"D-OP-PAYS","record_type":"general","recipient_npi":"1720018138","manufacturer_id":"100000506818","nature_of_payment":"Food and Beverage"},"methodology_version":"entity-graph/v1","valid_from":"2026-06-14T06:33:54.341888+00:00","recorded_at":"2026-06-14T06:33:54.341888+00:00"}],"edges_truncated":false,"methodology_version":"entity-graph/v1"}