Patents by Inventor Kenneth W. Cox

Kenneth W. 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).

  • Method and apparatus for treating and preventing arteriosclerosis
    Patent number: 6030334
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for treating and preventing arteriosclerosis includes a magnet located inside the human body adjacent an artery. The magnet generates magnetic flux through the artery. At least a portion of the magnetic flux has a component perpendicular to the direction of blood flow through the artery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Sulzer Carbomedics Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Cox, Brad Borgard
  • Fluidized bed with uniform heat distribution and multiple port nozzle
    Patent number: 5891517
    Abstract: A fluidized bed apparatus which produces a pyrolitic carbon coating with improved wear and porosity characteristics of the coating by producing a more uniform flat temperature profile throughout a reaction chamber in the area where coating is taking place. The apparatus has heating coils surrounding a lower end of the reaction chamber placed immediately adjacent one another at tight spacing. This contrasts to previous apparatus wherein heating coils were spaced between 2 cm and 5 cm apart. The apparatus also has a multi-jet nozzle to control a flow of gases through the reaction chamber. The jets in the nozzle comprise passages which are oriented such that the length of the passages lie on a series of cones having common axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Sulzer Carbomedics Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth W Cox
  • Fluidized bed with uniform heat distribution and multiple port nozzle
    Patent number: 5569329
    Abstract: A fluidized bed apparatus which produces a pyrolitic carbon coating with improved wear and porosity characteristics of the coating by producing a more uniform flat temperature profile throughout a reaction chamber in the area where coating is taking place. The apparatus has heating coils surrounding a lower end of the reaction chamber placed immediately adjacent one another at tight spacing. This contrasts to previous apparatus wherein heating coils were spaced between 2 cm and 5 cm apart. The apparatus also has a multi-jet nozzle to control a flow of gases through the reaction chamber. The jets in the nozzle comprise passages which are oriented such that the length of the passages lie on a series of cones having common axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignee: CarboMedics, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth W. Cox