MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641061447 A) filed by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, on May 14, for 'a remotely operated system and buoy device for aquatic rescue.'

Inventor(s) include J, Thanush; Krishnakumar, Abhinav; Pratap Singh, Piyush; Kumar, Sunil; Jha, Abhishek; Narayanan Nampoothiri, Krishnadas; and V, Jayakumar.

The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A remotely operated system (100) and a buoy device (200) for rapid deployment in aquatic environments like oceans, lakes, rivers and other water bodies are disclosed. The buoy device (200) comprises a collapsible and portable hull structure (201), propulsion thrusters (202) comprising ducted high-thrust water jet propulsion units and a dual motor system (203) providing bidirectional movement capability for orientation independent operation irrespective of landing orientation. The buoy device (200) comprises a victim securing module (204) comprising a spring-loaded gripper mechanism (205) and wearable hand grips (206) and a rechargeable high-capacity battery (207) and a wireless transceiver module (218). The remotely operated system (100) further comprises a remote controller unit (300) located remotely from the buoy device (200). The remote controller unit (300) comprises a wireless communication interface (400) configured to establish a wireless data link with the wireless transceiver module (217)."

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