Patents by Inventor Alan B. Celo

Alan B. Celo 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).

  • Cycloidal mass spectrometer with time of flight characteristics and associated method
    Patent number: 6617576
    Abstract: A method of separating ions according to mass in a mass spectrometer includes establishing a stream of ions traveling in a generally cycloidal path in an electric field and a magnetic field, subsequently causing the electric field to terminate for a predetermined period of time while maintaining the magnetic field thereby causing the electrons to travel in a generally circular path for a predetermined time period and subsequently reestablishing the electric field to cause further travel in a cycloidal path and providing a detector for receipt of some of the ions. A suitably programmed microprocessor is employed to control operation of the mass spectrometer and to receive electrical signals responsive to ions impacting on the detector to thereby provide information regarding the ions. Corresponding apparatus is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Monitor Instruments Company, LLC
    Inventors: Guenter F. Voss, Alan B. Celo, Anthony N. Duryea