Patents by Inventor Benjamin C Cox

Benjamin C Cox 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: 20250092260
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a cold mix asphalt composition comprises an aggregate blend including an aggregate and a filler; and a cold mix asphalt binder including a urethane-modified asphalt binder mixed with the aggregate blend to form the cold mix asphalt composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: United States of America as Represented by The Secretary of The Army
    Inventors: Benjamin C. Cox, Sadie E. Casillas
  • Patent number: 12251120
    Abstract: Systems and methods for removal of thrombus from a blood vessel in a body of a patient are disclosed herein. The method can include: providing a thrombus extraction device including a proximal self-expanding member formed of a fenestrated structure, a substantially cylindrical portion formed of a net-like filament mesh structure having a proximal end coupled to a distal end of the fenestrated structure; advancing a catheter constraining the thrombus extraction device through a vascular thrombus, deploying the thrombus extraction device by stacking a portion of the net-like filament mesh structure outside of the catheter by distally advancing the self-expanding member until the self-expanding member is beyond a distal end of the catheter; retracting the self-expanding member to unstack the portion of the net-like filament mesh structure and to capture the portion of the thrombus; and withdrawing the thrombus extraction device from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Inari Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Phil Marchand, Benjamin E. Merritt, John C. Thress, Jacob F. Louw, Paul Lubock, Brian J. Cox
  • Publication number: 20210380480
    Abstract: The present invention is a system for repairing asphalt. The system includes a discrete quantity of an asphalt repair composition located within a container and an induction heater. The composition is a combination of an asphalt binder, aggregate particles, and induction particles. The average diameter of the induction particles ranges from approximately 10% above to approximately 10% below an average diameter of the aggregate particles used in the composition. The induction heater heats the composition within the container by generating a magnetic field that penetrates the container. The magnetic field creates eddy currents in the induction particles. These eddy currents in turn heat the composition. Because the induction particles are distributed throughout the composition, the composition heats rapidly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: John F. Rushing, Webster C. Floyd, Craig Rutland, Benjamin C. Cox
  • Patent number: 10954161
    Abstract: The present invention is a system for repairing asphalt. The system includes a discrete quantity of an asphalt repair composition located within a container and an induction heater. The composition is a combination of an asphalt binder, aggregate particles, and induction particles. The average diameter of the induction particles ranges from approximately 10% above to approximately 10% below an average diameter of the aggregate particles used in the composition. The induction heater heats the composition within the container by generating a magnetic field that penetrates the container. The magnetic field creates eddy currents in the induction particles. These eddy currents in turn heat the composition. Because the induction particles are distributed throughout the composition, the composition heats rapidly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
    Inventors: John F. Rushing, Webster C. Floyd, Craig Rutland, Benjamin C Cox