Patents by Inventor Cyril P. Blank

Cyril P. Blank 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).

  • Sample collection in compact mass spectrometry systems
    Patent number: 9978574
    Abstract: Mass spectrometry systems include a core featuring an ion source, an ion trap, and an ion detector connected along a gas path, a pressure regulation subsystem connected to the gas path and configured to regulate a gas pressure in the gas path, a sample pre-concentrator connected to the gas path, where the sample pre-concentrator includes an adsorbent material, and a controller connected to the sample pre-concentrator, where during operation of the system, the controller is configured to heat sample particles adsorbed on the adsorbent material to desorb the particles from the adsorbent material and introduce the desorbed particles into the gas path, and a pressure difference between a gas pressure in the sample pre-concentrator and a gas pressure in at least one of the ion source, the ion trap, and the ion detector when the desorbed particles are introduced into the gas path is 50 mTorr or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: 908 Devices Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Brown, Glenn A. Harris, Kevin J. Knopp, Michael Jobin, Michael Goodwin, Anthony G. Liepert, Cyril P. Blank
  • Sample Collection in Compact Mass Spectrometry Systems
    Publication number: 20170084439
    Abstract: Mass spectrometry systems include a core featuring an ion source, an ion trap, and an ion detector connected along a gas path, a pressure regulation subsystem connected to the gas path and configured to regulate a gas pressure in the gas path, a sample pre-concentrator connected to the gas path, where the sample pre-concentrator includes an adsorbent material, and a controller connected to the sample pre-concentrator, where during operation of the system, the controller is configured to heat sample particles adsorbed on the adsorbent material to desorb the particles from the adsorbent material and introduce the desorbed particles into the gas path, and a pressure difference between a gas pressure in the sample pre-concentrator and a gas pressure in at least one of the ion source, the ion trap, and the ion detector when the desorbed particles are introduced into the gas path is 50 mTorr or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher D. Brown, Glenn A. Harris, Kevin J. Knopp, Michael Jobin, Michael Goodwin, Anthony G. Liepert, Cyril P. Blank
  • Sample collection in compact mass spectrometry systems
    Patent number: 9502226
    Abstract: Mass spectrometry systems include a core featuring an ion source, an ion trap, and an ion detector connected along a gas path, a pressure regulation subsystem connected to the gas path and configured to regulate a gas pressure in the gas path, a sample pre-concentrator connected to the gas path, where the sample pre-concentrator includes an adsorbent material, and a controller connected to the sample pre-concentrator, where during operation of the system, the controller is configured to heat sample particles adsorbed on the adsorbent material to desorb the particles from the adsorbent material and introduce the desorbed particles into the gas path, and a pressure difference between a gas pressure in the sample pre-concentrator and a gas pressure in at least one of the ion source, the ion trap, and the ion detector when the desorbed particles are introduced into the gas path is 50 mTorr or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: 908 Devices Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Brown, Glenn A. Harris, Kevin J. Knopp, Michael Jobin, Michael Goodwin, Anthony G. Liepert, Cyril P. Blank
  • Sample Collection in Compact Mass Spectrometry Systems
    Publication number: 20150200083
    Abstract: Mass spectrometry systems include a core featuring an ion source, an ion trap, and an ion detector connected along a gas path, a pressure regulation subsystem connected to the gas path and configured to regulate a gas pressure in the gas path, a sample pre-concentrator connected to the gas path, where the sample pre-concentrator includes an adsorbent material, and a controller connected to the sample pre-concentrator, where during operation of the system, the controller is configured to heat sample particles adsorbed on the adsorbent material to desorb the particles from the adsorbent material and introduce the desorbed particles into the gas path, and a pressure difference between a gas pressure in the sample pre-concentrator and a gas pressure in at least one of the ion source, the ion trap, and the ion detector when the desorbed particles are introduced into the gas path is 50 mTorr or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher D. Brown, Glenn A. Harris, Kevin J. Knopp, Michael Jobin, Michael Goodwin, Anthony G. Liepert, Cyril P. Blank