Patents by Inventor MARCEL BOTHA

MARCEL BOTHA 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: 20240041239
    Abstract: A cooking assembly can include a cooking vessel, a mixer, and a motor. The cooking vessel can include a bottom contact portion including a first bore therethrough, a heating portion spaced above the bottom contact portion and including a second bore therethrough, and a sidewall connected to the heating portion and together with the heating portion configured to retain food in the cooking vessel. The mixer can be located within the cooking vessel, where the mixer configured to rotate relative to the heating portion. The motor can be connected to the mixer via the first bore and the second bore to drive the mixer to rotate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Wang, Marcel Botha, Simon Ellison
  • Patent number: 11800947
    Abstract: A cooking assembly can include a cooking vessel, a mixer, and a motor. The cooking vessel can include a bottom contact portion including a first bore therethrough, a heating portion spaced above the bottom contact portion and including a second bore therethrough, and a sidewall connected to the heating portion and together with the heating portion configured to retain food in the cooking vessel. The mixer can be located within the cooking vessel, where the mixer configured to rotate relative to the heating portion. The motor can be connected to the mixer via the first bore and the second bore to drive the mixer to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Gen-x Robotics, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Wang, Marcel Botha, Simon Ellison
  • Patent number: 11666728
    Abstract: A system to provide circadian-friendly lighting for nighttime hospital care comprising a lighting module and a transmitter tag that interface wirelessly wherein the lighting module comprises red-shifted light spectra, which is proven to be less disruptive to melatonin production than current blue-shifted hospital lighting; wherein the light output of the devices is modulated by the proximity of a tag to the device, with light intensity increasing with closer proximity between these two components and decreasing with increased distance, thereby providing hands-free lighting to caregivers in the specific locations where they need light to perform care tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Lorenzo Albala, Graham Hale, Tim Bober, Bon Ku, Marcel Botha, Salih Berk Ilhan
  • Publication number: 20230000277
    Abstract: A cooking assembly can include a cooking vessel, a mixer, and a motor. The cooking vessel can include a bottom contact portion including a first bore therethrough, a heating portion spaced above the bottom contact portion and including a second bore therethrough, and a sidewall connected to the heating portion and together with the heating portion configured to retain food in the cooking vessel. The mixer can be located within the cooking vessel, where the mixer configured to rotate relative to the heating portion. The motor can be connected to the mixer via the first bore and the second bore to drive the mixer to rotate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Wang, Marcel Botha, Simon Ellison
  • Patent number: 11470991
    Abstract: A cooking assembly can include a cooking vessel, a mixer, and a motor. The cooking vessel can include a bottom contact portion including a first bore therethrough, a heating portion spaced above the bottom contact portion and including a second bore therethrough, and a sidewall connected to the heating portion and together with the heating portion configured to retain food in the cooking vessel. The mixer can be located within the cooking vessel, where the mixer configured to rotate relative to the heating portion. The motor can be connected to the mixer via the first bore and the second bore to drive the mixer to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Gen-x Robotics, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Wang, Marcel Botha, Simon Ellison
  • Patent number: 11412885
    Abstract: A cooking assembly can include a cooking vessel, a mixer, and a motor. The cooking vessel can include a bottom contact portion including a first bore therethrough, a heating portion spaced above the bottom contact portion and including a second bore therethrough, and a sidewall connected to the heating portion and together with the heating portion configured to retain food in the cooking vessel. The mixer can be located within the cooking vessel, where the mixer configured to rotate relative to the heating portion. The motor can be connected to the mixer via the first bore and the second bore to drive the mixer to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Gen-x Robotics, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Wang, Marcel Botha, Simon Ellison
  • Publication number: 20210275773
    Abstract: A system to provide circadian-friendly lighting for nighttime hospital care comprising a lighting module and a transmitter tag that interface wirelessly wherein the lighting module comprises red-shifted light spectra, which is proven to be less disruptive to melatonin production than current blue-shifted hospital lighting; wherein the light output of the devices is modulated by the proximity of a tag to the device, with light intensity increasing with closer proximity between these two components and decreasing with increased distance, thereby providing hands-free lighting to caregivers in the specific locations where they need light to perform care tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Lorenzo Albala, Graham Hale, Tim Bober, Bon Ku, Marcel Botha, Salih Berk Ilhan
  • Publication number: 20210268217
    Abstract: A nasal spray device can include housing having a sensor and a nozzle having a housing interface with a graphical image thereon. The sensor can be configured to sense movement of the graphical image when the nozzle moves relative to the housing, for instance during administration of medicine from the nasal spray device. The sensor can include an infrared proximity sensor that senses infrared reflectivity from the graphical image. The infrared proximity sensor can also be used to measure distance to a surface of a vial within the housing to thereby detect insertion of the vial into the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Validose, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel BOTHA, Frederick Zacharias KRUGER, Johannes Michiel BREDENKAMP
  • Publication number: 20210236752
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling a locking medication dispensing device is presented herein. The dispensing device can include a housing portion and a nozzle portion that is depressible into the housing to administer a medication. The device can include a vial lock to secure a medicinal vial within the device and a nozzle lock to control administration of medication. The dispensing device can further include sensors for identifying a user such as a biometric sensor and/or micro gesture sensors. Parameters for locking the nozzle and/or vial can be configured via a physician device. Reminders, user pairing, and other user communications can be facilitated via a patient device. The dispensing device can include partial depression sensors and lock-out features to further prevent tampering. A top-loading dispensing device can include a disposable nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Validose, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel Botha, Frederick Zacharias Kruger, Johannes Michiel Bredenkamp
  • Patent number: 10894201
    Abstract: The present invention is a foldable playing-card case suitable for dealing cards. The case includes three portions, each having a base and a pair of opposing sidewalls extending perpendicular from each base. The base of the first portion has a slit sized to deal cards therethrough. The second portion has an angled wall connected to the base. The angled wall of the second portion is hingedly connected to the base of the first portion. The base of the third portion is hingedly connected to the base of the second portion and the base of the third portion is also connected to an angled wall. The case has two pairs of magnets, a pair of magnets on the opposing sidewalls of the first portion and the third portion. The pairs of magnets connect when the base of the first portion is rotated toward the angled wall of the third portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: 10X BETA, LLC
    Inventors: Marcel Botha, Elliott Felix
  • Publication number: 20200372589
    Abstract: A cooking assembly can include a cooking vessel, a mixer, and a motor. The cooking vessel can include a bottom contact portion including a first bore therethrough, a heating portion spaced above the bottom contact portion and including a second bore therethrough, and a sidewall connected to the heating portion and together with the heating portion configured to retain food in the cooking vessel. The mixer can be located within the cooking vessel, where the mixer configured to rotate relative to the heating portion. The motor can be connected to the mixer via the first bore and the second bore to drive the mixer to rotate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Wang, Marcel Botha, Simon Ellison
  • Publication number: 20200367687
    Abstract: A cooking assembly can include a cooking vessel, a mixer, and a motor. The cooking vessel can include a bottom contact portion including a first bore therethrough, a heating portion spaced above the bottom contact portion and including a second bore therethrough, and a sidewall connected to the heating portion and together with the heating portion configured to retain food in the cooking vessel. The mixer can be located within the cooking vessel, where the mixer configured to rotate relative to the heating portion. The motor can be connected to the mixer via the first bore and the second bore to drive the mixer to rotate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Wang, Marcel Botha, Simon Ellison
  • Publication number: 20200367690
    Abstract: A cooking assembly can include a cooking vessel, a mixer, and a motor. The cooking vessel can include a bottom contact portion including a first bore therethrough, a heating portion spaced above the bottom contact portion and including a second bore therethrough, and a sidewall connected to the heating portion and together with the heating portion configured to retain food in the cooking vessel. The mixer can be located within the cooking vessel, where the mixer configured to rotate relative to the heating portion. The motor can be connected to the mixer via the first bore and the second bore to drive the mixer to rotate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Wang, Marcel Botha, Simon Ellison
  • Publication number: 20200352801
    Abstract: A portable ambulance for use at a multi-casualty incident site including a siren for crowd parting, at least one flashing light mounted to a portable medical equipment carrying case, and a camera supported by the carrying case. The carrying case is removable from a vertical position on the wearer and placed in a horizontal position wherein one or more panels is openable to display the medical supplies contained within the case. The camera and at least one flashing light are supported on an extendable pole movable from a retracted position to an extended position. Microcontrollers in the case control the camera and flashing light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Life Preservation Technologies, LLC.
    Inventors: Tarek Bakkar, William W. Rutan, Frank E. Rutan, Marcel Botha, Arjun Kalyanpur, Ellen Crane, Salih Berk IIhan
  • Patent number: 10803149
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for dispensing medication through a time controlled device linked to a web platform. The system includes a dispensing device in wireless communication with a computing device. A web platform on the computing device can be used to program the dispensing device with parameters such as the dosage number, minimum time period between dosages, and the like. Based on the programmed parameters, a solenoid in the dispensing device will lock or unlock based on dosages administered and the time between dosages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Validose Inc.
    Inventors: Arjun Kalyanpur, Kyle Lapidus, Nicholas Safian, Marcel Botha
  • Publication number: 20190344156
    Abstract: The present invention is a foldable playing-card case suitable for dealing cards. The case includes three portions, each having a base and a pair of opposing sidewalls extending perpendicular from each base. The base of the first portion has a slit sized to deal cards therethrough. The second portion has an angled wall connected to the base. The angled wall of the second portion is hingedly connected to the base of the first portion. The base of the third portion is hingedly connected to the base of the second portion and the base of the third portion is also connected to an angled wall. The case has two pairs of magnets, a pair of magnets on the opposing sidewalls of the first portion and the third portion. The pairs of magnets connect when the base of the first portion is rotated toward the angled wall of the third portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: 10X BETA, LLC
    Inventors: Marcel Botha, Elliott Felix
  • Publication number: 20180060527
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for dispensing medication through a time controlled device linked to a web platform. The system includes a dispensing device in wireless communication with a computing device. A web platform on the computing device can be used to program the dispensing device with parameters such as the dosage number, minimum time period between dosages, and the like. Based on the programmed parameters, a solenoid in the dispensing device will lock or unlock based on dosages administered and the time between dosages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Validose Inc.
    Inventors: Arjun Kalyanpur, Kyle Lapidus, Nicholas Safian, Marcel Botha
  • Publication number: 20160296052
    Abstract: A spoon is provided that has a handle, a neck, a head, and a spoon or food receiving recess that has a front edge and a rear edge. The rear edge is raised such that a straight line joining the front edge and the rear edge extends in the same general direction as a straight line extending in the general direction of the length of the handle of the spoon. Preferably, the neck is spaced from the spoon or food receiving recess by a distance of the same order as the dimension of the recess itself. The cross-sectional size of the spoon increases from the neck to a position corresponding to the rear edge of the recess with the outer surface being smoothly contoured to provide a smooth contact surface for the lips of a person using same to encircle the spoon between the neck and recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: INFANT VENTURES, LLC
    Inventors: Trevor HARDY, Marcel BOTHA
  • Publication number: 20160227917
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for hand washing is disclosed. In some embodiments, a hand washing device includes a body graspable by a user; at least one of a speaker, light and vibration mechanism disposed in the body; and a washing surface attached to the body. In some embodiments, the hand washing device alerts the user with the at least of the speaker, light and vibration mechanism to entice people to wash their hands, and to enhance engagement and focus during hand washing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: BoBear LLC
    Inventors: Kelly Stuart, Jonathan Stuart, Hadley Stuart, Marcel Botha
  • Patent number: D808602
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: BoBear LLC
    Inventors: Kelly Stuart, Jonathan Stuart, Marcel Botha