Patents by Inventor Jay N. Wilkins
Jay N. Wilkins 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).
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Patent number: 11747586Abstract: An ablation system for ablating a material can include a laser source, a set of homogenizing optics, and a homogenizing optics adjustment device. The laser source is for generating a laser beam. The set of homogenizing optics receives the laser beam and includes a first homogenizer and a second homogenizer. The homogenizing optics adjustment device carries the homogenizing optics, the homogenizing optics adjustment device configured to selectably adjust the position of at least one of the first homogenizer and the second homogenizer in order change a size of the laser beam, with a change in size of the beam changing the fluence thereof. The ablation system can be incorporated within a laser-ablation based analytical system, where the laser-ablation based analytical system includes a spectrometer.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Elemental Scientific Lasers, LLCInventor: Jay N. Wilkins
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Patent number: 11686653Abstract: A system for facilitating automated handling using laser ablation system is described that includes a sample generation system. In an embodiment, the sample generation system can include a sample chamber with a sample chamber body, a transmission window and a sealing member coupled to the sample chamber body, an inlet conduit extending through the sample chamber body and intersecting a sidewall of the interior space, and an outlet conduit extending through the sample chamber body and intersecting at least one of the sidewall of the interior or a lower surface of the sample chamber body; a placement system including a frame, and an actuator assembly coupled to the frame, where the actuator assembly is configured to place the sample adjacent to the sample chamber for laser ablation; and a laser configured to produce a laser beam that is propagated along a beam path to irradiate the sample.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Elemental Scientific Lasers, LLCInventors: Jay N. Wilkins, Shane Hilliard, Erik B. Larsen, Robert W. Hutchinson, Ciaran J. O'Connor
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Patent number: 11183378Abstract: In a laser assisted spectroscopy system, an apparatus for bypassing the fluid conduit and a method of bypassing the fluid conduit, opening the sample chamber and replacing the sample, closing and purging the sample chamber, and removing the fluid conduit bypass and returning to online status is addressed by the present disclosure.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: ELEMENTAL SCIENTIFIC LASERS, LLCInventors: Jay N. Wilkins, Leif C. Summerfield, Shane Hilliard, Ciaran J. O'Connor
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Publication number: 20210255414Abstract: An ablation system for ablating a material can include a laser source, a set of homogenizing optics, and a homogenizing optics adjustment device. The laser source is for generating a laser beam. The set of homogenizing optics receives the laser beam and includes a first homogenizer and a second homogenizer. The homogenizing optics adjustment device carries the homogenizing optics, the homogenizing optics adjustment device configured to selectably adjust the position of at least one of the first homogenizer and the second homogenizer in order change a size of the laser beam, with a change in size of the beam changing the fluence thereof. The ablation system can be incorporated within a laser-ablation based analytical system, where the laser-ablation based analytical system includes a spectrometer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventor: Jay N. Wilkins
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Patent number: 11092519Abstract: A system for facilitating automated handling using laser ablation system is described that includes a sample generation system. In an embodiment, the sample generation system can include a sample chamber with a sample chamber body, a transmission window and a sealing member coupled to the sample chamber body, an inlet conduit extending through the sample chamber body and intersecting a sidewall of the interior space, and an outlet conduit extending through the sample chamber body and intersecting at least one of the sidewall of the interior or a lower surface of the sample chamber body; a placement system including a frame, and an actuator assembly coupled to the frame, where the actuator assembly is configured to place the sample adjacent to the sample chamber for laser ablation; and a laser configured to produce a laser beam that is propagated along a beam path to irradiate the sample.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Elemental Scientific Lasers, LLCInventors: Shane Hilliard, Jay N. Wilkins, Erik B. Larsen, Robert W. Hutchinson, Ciaran J. O'Connor
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Publication number: 20190371590Abstract: In a laser assisted spectroscopy system, an apparatus for bypassing the fluid conduit and a method of bypassing the fluid conduit, opening the sample chamber and replacing the sample, closing and purging the sample chamber, and removing the fluid conduit bypass and returning to online status is addressed by the present disclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Jay N. Wilkins, Leif C. Summerfield, Shane Hilliard, Ciaran J. O'Connor
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Patent number: 8664589Abstract: Spectroscopy data are correlated to physical locations on a sample. A laser beam is scanned along a beam trajectory relative to the sample located in a sample chamber. The laser beam disassociates material from the sample along the beam trajectory to produce an aerosol of the disassociated material within the sample chamber. A fluid is passed through the sample chamber to transport the disassociated material to a spectrometer for determining spectroscopy data values of a selected element along the beam trajectory. The spectroscopy data values are correlated with respective locations of the sample along the beam trajectory, and an image is displayed of at least a portion of the sample including the respective locations along the beam trajectory where the material was disassociated by the laser beam. The image includes indicia of the spectroscopy data values at their correlated locations.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Electro Scientific Industries, IncInventors: William E. Clem, Jay N. Wilkins, Leif Summerfield
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Publication number: 20130168545Abstract: Spectroscopy data are correlated to physical locations on a sample. A laser beam is scanned along a beam trajectory relative to the sample located in a sample chamber. The laser beam disassociates material from the sample along the beam trajectory to produce an aerosol of the disassociated material within the sample chamber. A fluid is passed through the sample chamber to transport the disassociated material to a spectrometer for determining spectroscopy data values of a selected element along the beam trajectory. The spectroscopy data values are correlated with respective locations of the sample along the beam trajectory, and an image is displayed of at least a portion of the sample including the respective locations along the beam trajectory where the material was disassociated by the laser beam. The image includes indicia of the spectroscopy data values at their correlated locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2011Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: William E. Clem, Jay N. Wilkins, Leif Summerfield
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Patent number: 7351259Abstract: A device for modifying the shape of a mitral valve annulus. In one embodiment, the device includes a connector disposed between first and second anchors, the first and second anchors each adapted to be deployed in a coronary sinus adjacent the mitral valve annulus to anchor the device in the coronary sinus; and an actuation element adapted to receive a proximally or distally directed actuation force from an actuator and to transmit the actuation force to the first and second anchors simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2004Date of Patent: April 1, 2008Assignee: Cardiac Dimensions, Inc.Inventors: Gary Swinford, Jay N. Wilkins, Cory Williamson, William E. Clem, Erik G. Green, Martin B. Albini
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Patent number: 7300462Abstract: A device for modifying the shape of a mitral valve annulus. In one embodiment, the device includes a connector disposed between first and second anchors, the first and second anchors each adapted to be deployed in a coronary sinus adjacent the mitral valve annulus to anchor the device in the coronary sinus; and an actuation element adapted to receive a proximally or distally directed actuation force from an actuator and to transmit the actuation force to the first and second anchors simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Cardiac Dimensions, Inc.Inventors: Gary Swinford, Jay N. Wilkins, Cory Williamson, William E. Clem, Erik G. Green, Martin B. Albini