Patents by Inventor David Van Der Merwe
David Van Der Merwe 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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Publication number: 20240173148Abstract: A prosthetic arm apparatus including a plurality of segments that provide a user of the prosthetic arm apparatus with substantially the same movement capability and function as a human arm. The segments are connectable to one another and connectable to a prosthetic support apparatus that may be adorned by the user. Some segments may provide movement about more than one axis using a single actuator. The prosthetic arm apparatus may include a user interface incorporated therein and may include one or more communication systems for communicating with external devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2024Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Christopher O. Evans, N. Christopher Perry, Dirk A. van der Merwe, Keith D. Violette, Stewart M. Coulter, Thomas A. Doyon, David Blumberg, JR.
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Patent number: 11981030Abstract: A force transmission system as part of a surgical system which may be configured to be a minimally invasive and/or computer assisted surgical system. Operation of the system may be controlled by transmission of a force from a first section to a second section of the system. The first section and the second section may be separated by a partition or a barrier. The first section may be a non-sterile section and the second section may be a sterile section of the surgical system.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: Christopher C. Langenfeld, Michael J. Slate, Prashant Bhat, Dirk A. van der Merwe, David D. B. Cannan, Keith D. Violette
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Patent number: 11939566Abstract: A system and method for growing and maintaining biological material including producing a protein associated with the tissue, selecting cells associated with the tissue, expanding the cells, creating at least one tissue bio-ink including the expanded cells, printing the at least one tissue bio-ink in at least one tissue growth medium mixture, growing the tissue from the printed at least one tissue bio-ink, and maintaining viability of the tissue.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: Christopher C. Langenfeld, David D. B. Cannan, Dirk A. van der Merwe, Dean Kamen, Jason A. Demers, Frederick Morgan, Timothy D. Moreau, Brian D. Tracey, Matthew Ware, Richard J. Lanigan, Michael A. Baker, David Blumberg, Jr., Richard E. Gautney, Derek G. Kane, Dane Fawkes, Thomas J. Bollenbach, Michael C. Tilley, Stuart A. Jacobson, John F. Mannisto
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Patent number: 11927457Abstract: An autonomous vehicle having sensors advantageously varied in capabilities, advantageously positioned, and advantageously impervious to environmental conditions. A system executing on the autonomous vehicle that can receive a map including, for example, substantially discontinuous surface features along with data from the sensors, create an occupancy grid based upon the map and the data, and change the configuration of the autonomous vehicle based upon the type of surface on which the autonomous vehicle navigates. The device can safely navigate surfaces and surface features, including traversing discontinuous surfaces and other obstacles.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: Dirk A. Van Der Merwe, Arunabh Mishra, Christopher C. Langenfeld, Michael J. Slate, Christopher J. Principe, Gregory J. Buitkus, Justin M. Whitney, Raajitha Gummadi, Derek G. Kane, Emily A. Carrigg, Patrick Steele, Benjamin V. Hersh, Fnu G Siva Perumal, David Carrigg, Daniel F. Pawlowski, Yashovardhan Chaturvedi, Kartik Khanna
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Publication number: 20210224402Abstract: Provided herein are exemplary systems, methods and/or media for managing a data incident including receiving, via an incident server, in response to an occurrence of the data incident, data incident data that comprises information corresponding to the data incident, the data incident further including information from a plurality of departments or functions in an organization to result in comprehensive management and a comprehensive resolution of the data incident including a dimension. The dimension may include security, privacy, record management, compliance, fraud, health, safety, and/or a policy violation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Mahmood Sher-Jan, Andrew Migliore, Nicholas J. Church, Reno Brown, David Van Der Merwe
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Patent number: 11023592Abstract: Systems and methods for managing a multi-region data incident are provided herein. Example methods include receiving, via a risk assessment server, in response to an occurrence of the data incident, data incident data that including information corresponding to the data incident, wherein the data incident has a plurality of facets with each facet having any of unique and overlapping set of privacy data and media type and associated risk factors requiring facet specific incident risk assessment, automatically generating, via the risk assessment server, a risk assessment and decision-support guidance whether the facet is reportable, from a comparison of the facet to privacy rules, the privacy rules define requirements associated with data incident notification obligations, and providing, via the risk assessment server, the risk assessment to a display device that selectively couples with the risk assessment server.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: RADAR, LLCInventors: Mahmood Sher-Jan, Andrew Migliore, Nicholas J. Church, Reno Brown, David Van Der Merwe
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Publication number: 20190392154Abstract: Systems and methods for managing a multi-region data incident are provided herein. Example methods include receiving, via a risk assessment server, in response to an occurrence of the data incident, data incident data that including information corresponding to the data incident, wherein the data incident has a plurality of facets with each facet having any of unique and overlapping set of privacy data and media type and associated risk factors requiring facet specific incident risk assessment, automatically generating, via the risk assessment server, a risk assessment and decision-support guidance whether the facet is reportable, from a comparison of the facet to privacy rules, the privacy rules define requirements associated with data incident notification obligations, and providing, via the risk assessment server, the risk assessment to a display device that selectively couples with the risk assessment server.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Mahmood Sher-Jan, Andrew Migliore, Nicholas J. Church, Reno Brown, David Van Der Merwe
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Patent number: 10445508Abstract: Systems and methods for managing a multi-region data incident are provided herein. Example methods include receiving, via a risk assessment server, in response to an occurrence of the data incident, data incident data that including information corresponding to the data incident, wherein the data incident has a plurality of facets with each facet having any of unique and overlapping set of privacy data and media type and associated risk factors requiring facet specific incident risk assessment, automatically generating, via the risk assessment server, a risk assessment and decision-support guidance whether the facet is reportable, from a comparison of the facet to privacy rules, the privacy rules define requirements associated with data incident notification obligations, and providing, via the risk assessment server, the risk assessment to a display device that selectively couples with the risk assessment server.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: RADAR, LLCInventors: Mahmood Sher-Jan, Andrew Migliore, Nicholas J. Church, Reno Brown, David Van Der Merwe
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Publication number: 20190138734Abstract: Systems and methods for managing a multi-region data incident are provided herein. Example methods include receiving, via a risk assessment server, in response to an occurrence of the data incident, data incident data that including information corresponding to the data incident, wherein the data incident has a plurality of facets with each facet having any of unique and overlapping set of privacy data and media type and associated risk factors requiring facet specific incident risk assessment, automatically generating, via the risk assessment server, a risk assessment and decision-support guidance whether the facet is reportable, from a comparison of the facet to privacy rules, the privacy rules define requirements associated with data incident notification obligations, and providing, via the risk assessment server, the risk assessment to a display device that selectively couples with the risk assessment server.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Mahmood Sher-Jan, Andrew Migliore, Nicholas J. Church, Reno Brown, David Van Der Merwe