Patents Examined by Nicole Ippolito
  • Duel mode ion mobility spectrometer
    Patent number: 10018593
    Abstract: An ion mobility spectrometer (100) comprising a first ion source (102-1, 108-1) for providing positive ions to be analyzed, an electric field applier arranged to provide an electric field configured to move the positive ions in a first direction towards a first ion detector (106-1, 110-1) adapted for detecting the positive ions, and a second ion source (102-2, 108-2) for providing negative ions to be analyzed, wherein the electric field applier is arranged to move the negative ions in a direction opposite to the first direction, towards the first ion source (102-1, 108-1) and towards a second ion detector (106-1, 110-1) adapted for detecting the negative ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: SMITHS DETECTION-WATFORD LIMITED
    Inventor: William Angus Munro
  • Methods and devices for parallel analysis of ion mobility spectrum and mass spectrum
    Patent number: 10020174
    Abstract: A method for parallel analysis in mass spectrometry and ion mobility spectrometry includes enabling a sample to be subjected to a chromatography separation; ionizing the chromatography separated sample and then feeding the sample into a succeeding stage device for analysis, comprising: analyzing at least part of the ionized sample through an ion mobility spectrometer to obtain an ion mobility spectrum, and analyzing at least other parts of the sample through a mass spectrometer to obtain a mass spectrum, wherein the period for obtaining each ion mobility spectrum and each mass spectrum being not longer than 5 s; and performing data post-processing, comprising: correlating the peaks in said ion mobility spectrum and the peaks in said mass spectrum with a deconvolution algorithm according to the consistency in retention time or elution profile for the same analyte in said chromatography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaoqiang Zhang, Yunqing Huang, Wenjian Sun
  • Method of aberration correction and charged particle beam system
    Patent number: 10014152
    Abstract: There are disclosed an aberration correction method and a charged particle beam system capable of correcting off-axis first order aberrations. The aberration correction method is for use in the charged particle beam system (100) equipped with an aberration corrector (30) which has plural stages of multipole elements (32a, 32b) and a transfer lens system (34) disposed between the multipole elements (32a, 32b). The method includes varying the excitation of the transfer lens system (34) and correcting off-axis first order aberrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: JEOL Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigeyuki Morishita
  • Calibration method and charged particle beam system
    Patent number: 10014156
    Abstract: There is provided a method capable of calibrating a sample stage easily. This method is for use in a charged particle beam system having the sample stage for moving a sample and an imaging subsystem for capturing a charged particle beam image and obtaining a final image. The method includes the steps of obtaining the final image from the imaging subsystem (step S100), obtaining correlation information that associates a given position in the final image with a position of the sample stage assumed when the final image was taken (step S102), obtaining length information about a length per pixel of the final image at a final magnification (step S106), and finding a correction between coordinates of the final image and coordinates of the sample stage on the basis of the correlation information and of the length information (step S110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: JEOL Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoki Hosogi
  • Movable ultraviolet radiation source
    Patent number: 10010100
    Abstract: A solution for treating a surface with ultraviolet radiation is provided. A movable ultraviolet source is utilized to emit a beam of ultraviolet radiation having a characteristic cross-sectional area smaller than an area of the surface to be treated. The movable ultraviolet source can be moved as necessary to directly irradiate any portion of the surface with radiation within the characteristic cross-sectional area of the beam of ultraviolet radiation. The movement can include, for example, rotational movement and/or repositioning the movable ultraviolet source with respect to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Dobrinsky, Michael Shur, Remigijus Gaska
  • Pulsed light treatment system for sanitizing footwear
    Patent number: 10010240
    Abstract: A system for sanitizing footwear through the use of pulsed ultraviolet (UV) light. The system can include an area that receives footwear of a user and applies a PUV light to the footwear to eliminate pathogens residing on the footwear. The system may contain a protective housing to ensure that exposure to the PUV light is limited to the footwear received in the PUV light area. The system contains electrical circuitry or control mechanism for operation of the PUV light. The system may also contain a brush area so that a user may remove dirt or solid particles from the footwear by engaging bristles that contact the underside and sides of the footwear. The intensity and the duration of the PUV light may be predetermined depending on the requirements of the facility intending to use the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventor: Mark A. Cottone
  • Reuseable holder for a radioactive source capsule
    Patent number: 10014085
    Abstract: This disclosure pertains to a holder for a radioactive source capsule with pivoting first and second parts, with redundant mechanisms for retention of the capsule during transportation and handling. These retaining mechanisms include a set screw in the first pivoting part to engage the capsule and to prevent radial movement of the capsule, a locking shelf in the second pivoting part to fix the axial orientation of the pivoting bottom end of the capsule holder, and a capture tooth within the capsule to prevent release of the capsule while in the shipping and/or handling tube of the capsule holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Steven J. Grenier
  • Method for enabling modular part replacement within an electron microscope sample holder
    Patent number: 10014154
    Abstract: An electron microscope sample holder that includes at least one capillary having a sufficient inner diameter to act as a catheter pathway that allows objects that can be accommodated within the at least one capillary to be replaced or swapped with other objects. The sample holder having at least one capillary allows the user to insert and remove temporary fluidic pathways, sensors or other tools without the need to dissemble the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Protochips, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Stephen Gardiner, Franklin Stampley Walden, II, John Damiano, Jr.
  • Charged particle beam device and installation method
    Patent number: 10008361
    Abstract: Provided is a charged particle beam device that is small, high performance, and easy to transport. A charged particle beam device (100) is provided with a detachable body unit (15) and an auxiliary unit (14), the body unit (15) housing a functional unit related to charged particle beams, and the auxiliary unit (14) housing a power source unit (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuhei Yabu, Naoto Koga, Mitsuo Akatsu, Isao Takahira, Shinichi Tomita, Hiroyuki Noda, Ai Masuda
  • Ultraviolet treatment of light absorbing liquids
    Patent number: 10004821
    Abstract: A system for providing ultraviolet treatment to light absorbing liquids, such as biological liquids in a medical instrument, is disclosed. The system can include an ultraviolet impenetrable housing configured to enclose a portion of the medical instrument containing the biological fluid. At least one ultraviolet radiation source is integrated within the housing that emits ultraviolet radiation towards the medical instrument and the biological fluid. A control unit is configured to direct the ultraviolet radiation source to treat the biological fluid with ultraviolet radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Dobrinsky, Timothy James Bettles, Michael Shur
  • Cellular probe device, system and analysis method
    Patent number: 10000789
    Abstract: A sampling probe, system and analysis method is disclosed. The sampling probe in one embodiment is constructed of a silicon substrate having a first channel, a second channel, a first tapered tip with an opening, and a second tapered tip with an opening, wherein the first channel extends from the first tapered tip opening to the second tapered tip opening, and wherein the second channel extends from an inlet port to a junction with the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
    Inventors: Zhibo Yang, Renmeng Liu, Ning Pan, Wei Rao, Rachel M. Vowcicefski
  • Infrared emitter having a layered structure
    Patent number: 10001409
    Abstract: A layered infrared emitter structure includes only semi-transparent metal layers, preferably one semi-transparent metal layer, and one or more dielectric layers on both sides of the semi-transparent metal layer. Further, an electric heating wiring is arranged in or between any of the dielectric layers to heat the semi-transparent metal layer up to a required infrared emission temperature, preferably to a temperature within a range from 400° C. to 1000° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY
    Inventors: Martti Blomberg, Hannu Kattellus
  • Measurement system and measurement method
    Patent number: 10002743
    Abstract: For scanning electron beams and measuring overlay misalignment between an upper layer pattern and a lower layer pattern with high precision, electron beams are scanned over a region including a first pattern and a second pattern of a sample, the sample having the lower layer pattern (the first pattern) and the upper layer pattern (the second pattern) formed in a step after a step of forming the first pattern. The electron beams are scanned such that scan directions and scan sequences of the electron beams become axial symmetrical or point-symmetrical in a plurality of pattern position measurement regions defined within the scan region for the electron beams, thereby reducing measurement errors resulting from the asymmetry of electric charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Shoji Hotta, Hiroki Kawada, Osamu Inoue
  • Unknown identification using collision cross section
    Patent number: 9997341
    Abstract: A method of mass spectrometry is disclosed comprising experimentally determining or measuring one or more first ion mobility values, collision cross sections or interaction cross sections collision cross sections or first ion mobility parameters and one or more mass or mass to charge ratios of one or more analyte ions, generating a first list of possible candidate compounds which correspond to said one or more analyte ions on the basis of the one or more determined or measured masses or mass to charge ratios, and calculating, estimating or determining one or more second ion mobility values, collision cross sections or interaction cross sections collision cross sections or second ion mobility parameters of at least some of the candidate compounds in the first list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: MICROMASS UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Martin Raymond Green, Kevin Giles, Keith Richardson, Jason Lee Wildgoose
  • Multi-wavelength ultraviolet light sanitizing systems and methods
    Patent number: 9993571
    Abstract: An ultraviolet (UV) light sanitizing system is configured to sanitize a structure. The UV light sanitizing system includes a UV light assembly that is configured to emit UV light onto the structure, and a UV light emission control unit coupled to the UV light assembly. The UV light emission control unit is configured to control the UV light assembly to emit UV light onto the structure within at least a first UV band and a second UV band that differs from the first UV narrow band during a sanitizing cycle that sanitizes the structure. The UV light within the first and second UV bands is configured to kill at least one type of microbe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Chao-Hsin Lin, Roveyln T. Dytioco, Sharon L. Norris
  • Method and device for mass spectrometric analysis of biomolecules using charge transfer dissociation (CTD)
    Patent number: 9997342
    Abstract: Provided herein are devices, systems, and methods of CTD mass spectrometry analysis of biomolecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: West Virginia University
    Inventors: Glen P. Jackson, William D. Hoffmann
  • Liner tube and electron microscope
    Patent number: 9997327
    Abstract: There is provided a liner tube capable of reducing the effects of magnetic field variations on an electron beam. The liner tube (10) is disposed inside the electron optical column (2) of an electron microscope (100). The interior of the tube (10) forms a path for the electron beam (EB). The liner tube (10) has a first cylindrical member (110) that is made of copper, gold, silver, or an alloy consisting principally of one of these metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: JEOL Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Sawada, Yu Jimbo, Masashi Shimizu
  • Methods and devices for generating double emulsions
    Patent number: 9997344
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes devices and methods capable of generating multi-phase emulsions, including double emulsion droplets in a gas phase. The present disclosure also describes interfaces for coupling a multi-phase emulsion droplet source to an analytical instrument such as a mass spectrometer. The present disclosure further describes methods, systems, and apparatuses for using the devices and interfaces described to perform analysis, including mass spectrometry. The present disclosure also describes methods, systems, and apparatuses for generating and using multi-phase emulsions to perform analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization
    Inventors: Daniel T. Chiu, Dingsheng Liu
  • Protective device and laser raman safety inspection apparatus comprising the same
    Patent number: 9997266
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a protective device including a sliding door and a housing, together forming a closed space, wherein, a guide rail is provided on the housing, and the sliding door is slidable along the guide rail to open or close the closed space. In addition, embodiments of the present invention also provide a laser Raman safety inspection apparatus including the abovementioned protective device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Shixin Zhang, Lin Yang, Hongqiu Wang, Yumin Yi, Huacheng Feng, Jianhong Zhang
  • Vacuum pump and mass spectrometer
    Patent number: 9989069
    Abstract: One or more through-holes communicating with one or more of the plurality of screw grooves are formed at the cylindrical stator, a total of circumferential dimensions of the one or more through-holes formed at the cylindrical stator is set at equal to or greater than a circumferential dimension of an outer peripheral surface region of the cylindrical stator facing the second suction port, and a gas path through which inflow gas through the second suction port is guided to a screw groove is provided, the one or more through-holes penetrating through the screw groove and the screw groove being apart from the region facing the second suction port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventor: Masashi Manabe