Patents by Inventor Hugo Celio

Hugo Celio 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).

  • INTERFACE DESIGNED WITH DIFFERENTIAL PUMPING AND BUILT-IN FIGURE OF MERIT METHOD TO MONITOR CHAMBERS WHERE ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE SAMPLES ARE PREPARED AND TRANSFERRED FOR ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20180224356
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system may function to transfer samples in a controlled environment. The system may include a sample container configured to convey a sample from a first device to a second device. The first device may be under pressure and the second device may be under vacuum. The second device may include a load chamber which functions to accept the sample from the sample container. The second device may include a pump chamber coupled to the load chamber using a conduit such that the pump chamber is in fluid communication with the load chamber as required. The second device may include a high vacuum pump coupled to the pump chamber. The second device may include a vacuum pump coupled to the pump chamber through the high vacuum pump in sequence. The second device may include an orifice sized to significantly restrict the flow of fluids through the conduit coupling the pump chamber to the load chamber, wherein the orifice is configured to allow for a transition from a viscous into a molecular flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Hugo Celio
  • Interface designed with differential pumping and built-in figure of merit method to monitor chambers where environmentally sensitive samples are prepared and transferred for analysis
    Patent number: 9945761
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system may function to transfer samples in a controlled environment. The system may include a sample container configured to convey a sample from a first device to a second device. The first device may be under pressure and the second device may be under vacuum. The second device may include a load chamber which functions to accept the sample from the sample container and a pump chamber coupled to the load chamber. The second device may include a high vacuum pump coupled to the pump chamber and a vacuum pump coupled to the pump chamber through the high vacuum pump in sequence. The second device may include an orifice sized to significantly restrict the flow of fluids through the conduit coupling the pump chamber to the load chamber, wherein the orifice is configured to allow for a transition from a viscous into a molecular flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
    Inventor: Hugo Celio
  • INTERFACE DESIGNED WITH DIFFERENTIAL PUMPING AND BUILT-IN FIGURE OF MERIT METHOD TO MONITOR CHAMBERS WHERE ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE SAMPLES ARE PREPARED AND TRANSFERRED FOR ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20150037904
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system may function to transfer samples in a controlled environment. The system may include a sample container configured to convey a sample from a first device to a second device. The first device may be under pressure and the second device may be under vacuum. The second device may include a load chamber which functions to accept the sample from the sample container. The second device may include a pump chamber coupled to the load chamber using a conduit such that the pump chamber is in fluid communication with the load chamber as required. The second device may include a high vacuum pump coupled to the pump chamber. The second device may include a vacuum pump coupled to the pump chamber through the high vacuum pump in sequence. The second device may include an orifice sized to significantly restrict the flow of fluids through the conduit coupling the pump chamber to the load chamber, wherein the orifice is configured to allow for a transition from a viscous into a molecular flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventor: Hugo Celio