Patents by Inventor Gary J. Margolis

Gary J. Margolis 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).

  • Publication number: 20250381057
    Abstract: A medical appliance is configured with material that creates a fluid barrier with interior walls of a stoma on a patient. These configurations may include an annular disc with a stem on one side that inserts into the stoma. The material may reside on the stem, for example, in the form of a replaceable hollow tube that covers at least part of the stem. On the other side, a rotatable spigot inserts into a recess. The rotatable spigot has a first position that forms a flow path through the stem and the annular disc to allow waste to drain from the stoma. In one implementation, the rotatable spigot can couple with a collection device that receives the waste. The patient can return the rotatable spigot to a second position to prevent flow of waste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2025
    Publication date: December 18, 2025
    Inventors: Robert C. Bell, JR., Damien Shulock, Gary J. Margolis, John Ashley
  • Patent number: 12310880
    Abstract: A medical appliance is configured with material that creates a fluid barrier with interior walls of a stoma on a patient. These configurations may include an annular disc with a stem on one side that inserts into the stoma. The material may reside on the stem, for example, in the form of a replaceable hollow tube that covers at least part of the stem. On the other side, a rotatable spigot inserts into a recess. The rotatable spigot has a first position that forms a flow path through the stem and the annular disc to allow waste to drain from the stoma. In one implementation, the rotatable spigot can couple with a collection device that receives the waste. The patient can return the rotatable spigot to a second position to prevent flow of waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Ostovalve, LLC
    Inventors: Robert C. Bell, Jr., Damien Shulock, Gary J. Margolis, John Ashley
  • Publication number: 20240024151
    Abstract: A medical appliance is configured with material that creates a fluid barrier with interior walls of a stoma on a patient. These configurations may include an annular disc with a stem on one side that inserts into the stoma. The material may reside on the stem, for example, in the form of a replaceable hollow tube that covers at least part of the stem. On the other side, a rotatable spigot inserts into a recess. The rotatable spigot has a first position that forms a flow path through the stem and the annular disc to allow waste to drain from the stoma. In one implementation, the rotatable spigot can couple with a collection device that receives the waste. The patient can return the rotatable spigot to a second position to prevent flow of waste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Robert C. Bell, JR., Damien Shulock, Gary J. Margolis, John Ashley
  • Patent number: 11771585
    Abstract: A medical appliance is configured with material that creates a fluid barrier with interior walls of a stoma on a patient. These configurations may include an annular disc with a stem on one side that inserts into the stoma. The material may reside on the stem, for example, in the form of a replaceable hollow tube that covers at least part of the stem. On the other side, a rotatable spigot inserts into a recess. The rotatable spigot has a first position that forms a flow path through the stem and the annular disc to allow waste to drain from the stoma. In one implementation, the rotatable spigot can couple with a collection device that receives the waste. The patient can return the rotatable spigot to a second position to prevent flow of waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Ostovalve, LLC
    Inventors: Robert C. Bell, Jr., Damien Shulock, Gary J. Margolis, John Ashley
  • Publication number: 20220323251
    Abstract: A medical appliance is configured with material that creates a fluid barrier with interior walls of a stoma on a patient. These configurations may include an annular disc with a stem on one side that inserts into the stoma. The material may reside on the stem, for example, in the form of a replaceable hollow tube that covers at least part of the stem. On the other side, a rotatable spigot inserts into a recess. The rotatable spigot has a first position that forms a flow path through the stem and the annular disc to allow waste to drain from the stoma. In one implementation, the rotatable spigot can couple with a collection device that receives the waste. The patient can return the rotatable spigot to a second position to prevent flow of waste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Robert C. Bell, JR., Damien Shulock, Gary J. Margolis, John Ashley
  • Publication number: 20190065532
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide methods and systems for identifying safety and security threat concerns and safety and wellness climate concerns from social media content. Social media content is searched based identify threatening content and safety and wellness climate concerns relevant to an enterprise, rather than benign user information. Identification of enterprise-relevant threatening content triggers generation and transmission of a threat alert to a device associated with the enterprise. Identification of enterprise-relevant safety and wellness climate concerns in social media content causes information regarding the results to be aggregated and analyzed, with the results of the analysis and aggregation presented to a user via a graphical user interface (e.g., to view results over time).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Natasha Conahan, Andrew J. Reischer, Gary J. Margolis