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).
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Publication number: 20240423870Abstract: Portable automated mechanical ventilators and new methods of using same are disclosed. A resuscitator bag is suspended horizontally via bag mounts and compressed and decompressed by paddles, which may be foldable to increase portability, and the resuscitator bag may be releasable for manual operation. The portable mechanical ventilator may automatically adjust ventilation based on measured parameters to improve safety and be integrated into a CPR workflow.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2024Publication date: December 26, 2024Applicant: Spiro Health LLCInventors: Marcel Botha, Nevan Clancy Hanumara, Michael DeTienne, Albert Kwon, Alexander H. Slocum, JR., Jan Du Preez
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Publication number: 20240041239Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Michael Wang, Marcel Botha, Simon Ellison
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Patent number: 11800947Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 8, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Gen-x Robotics, LLCInventors: Michael Wang, Marcel Botha, Simon Ellison
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Patent number: 11666728Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITYInventors: Lorenzo Albala, Graham Hale, Tim Bober, Bon Ku, Marcel Botha, Salih Berk Ilhan
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Publication number: 20230000277Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Michael Wang, Marcel Botha, Simon Ellison
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Patent number: 11470991Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Gen-x Robotics, LLCInventors: Michael Wang, Marcel Botha, Simon Ellison
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Patent number: 11412885Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Gen-x Robotics, LLCInventors: Michael Wang, Marcel Botha, Simon Ellison
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Publication number: 20210275773Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2017Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITYInventors: Lorenzo Albala, Graham Hale, Tim Bober, Bon Ku, Marcel Botha, Salih Berk Ilhan
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Publication number: 20210268217Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: Validose, Inc.Inventors: Marcel BOTHA, Frederick Zacharias KRUGER, Johannes Michiel BREDENKAMP
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Publication number: 20210236752Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: Validose, Inc.Inventors: Marcel Botha, Frederick Zacharias Kruger, Johannes Michiel Bredenkamp
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Patent number: 10894201Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: 10X BETA, LLCInventors: Marcel Botha, Elliott Felix
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Publication number: 20200367687Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2019Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Michael Wang, Marcel Botha, Simon Ellison
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Publication number: 20200372589Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2019Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Michael Wang, Marcel Botha, Simon Ellison
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Publication number: 20200367690Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2019Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Michael Wang, Marcel Botha, Simon Ellison
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Publication number: 20200352801Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2019Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: Life Preservation Technologies, LLC.Inventors: Tarek Bakkar, William W. Rutan, Frank E. Rutan, Marcel Botha, Arjun Kalyanpur, Ellen Crane, Salih Berk IIhan
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Patent number: 10803149Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Validose Inc.Inventors: Arjun Kalyanpur, Kyle Lapidus, Nicholas Safian, Marcel Botha
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Publication number: 20190344156Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2017Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: 10X BETA, LLCInventors: Marcel Botha, Elliott Felix
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Publication number: 20180060527Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: Validose Inc.Inventors: Arjun Kalyanpur, Kyle Lapidus, Nicholas Safian, Marcel Botha
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Publication number: 20160296052Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2013Publication date: October 13, 2016Applicant: INFANT VENTURES, LLCInventors: Trevor HARDY, Marcel BOTHA
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Patent number: D808602Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: BoBear LLCInventors: Kelly Stuart, Jonathan Stuart, Marcel Botha