Patents by Inventor James C. Cox

James 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).

  • Patent number: 10622099
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system and method for assisting a physician with a hospital discharge decision pertain to collecting patient data from a patient under consideration who is staying at a hospital, estimating a mathematical probability of the patient under consideration being readmitted to the hospital within a predetermined amount of time if the patient under consideration were discharged on that day, wherein the mathematical probability estimate is based upon the collected patient data and patient data collected from a population of former hospital patients who had previously been discharged and whose readmission status is known, and providing information to the physician that assists the physician in deciding whether or not to discharge the patient under consideration, the information being based upon the results of the mathematical probability estimate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc., Emory University
    Inventors: James C. Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj, Kurt E. Schnier, John F. Sweeney
  • Publication number: 20160085931
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system and method for assisting a physician with a hospital discharge decision pertain to collecting patient data from a patient under consideration who is staying at a hospital, estimating a mathematical probability of the patient under consideration being readmitted to the hospital within a predetermined amount of time if the patient under consideration were discharged on that day, the collected patient data and patient data collected from a population of former hospital patients who had previously been discharged and whose readmission status is known, and providing information to the physician that assists the physician in deciding whether or not to discharge the patient under consideration, the information being based upon the results of the mathematical probability estimate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: JAMES C. COX, VJOLLCA SADIRAJ, KURT E. SCHNIER, JOHN F. SWEENEY
  • Patent number: 8276658
    Abstract: This invention relates to a downhole hydraulic pump for hydrocarbon wells that is installed and operated using coiled tubing. The downhole hydraulic pump is driven by a hydraulic power system positioned at the surface and connected through a closed loop system using multiple channels of the coiled tubing. The coiled tubing is formed of a combination of channels including strength component such as steel and having one channel that is at least lined with a non-metallic corrosion resistant surface where clean hydraulic fluid is carried from the hydraulic power system to the downhole hydraulic pump through the non-metallic corrosion resistant channel so to be less likely to pick up manufacturing and environmental particulates and corrosion by-products within the channel carrying the hydraulic fluid to the downhole hydraulic pump. The non-metallic corrosion resistant lined channel may comprise plastic pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: James C. Cox, Dennis R. Wilson, Christine A. Buczek, John C. Patterson, Thomas E. Nations, Curtis G. Blount
  • Publication number: 20100230112
    Abstract: This invention relates to a downhole hydraulic pump for hydrocarbon wells that is installed and operated using coiled tubing. The downhole hydraulic pump is driven by a hydraulic power system positioned at the surface and connected through a closed loop system using multiple channels of the coiled tubing. The coiled tubing is formed of a combination of channels including strength component such as steel and having one channel that is at least lined with a non-metallic corrosion resistant surface where clean hydraulic fluid is carried from the hydraulic power system to the downhole hydraulic pump through the non-metallic corrosion resistant channel so to be less likely to pick up manufacturing and environmental particulates and corrosion by-products within the channel carrying the hydraulic fluid to the downhole hydraulic pump. The non-metallic corrosion resistant lined channel may comprise plastic pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventors: James C. Cox, Dennis R. Wilson, Christine A. Buczek, John C. Patterson, Thomas E. Nations, Curtis G. Blount