Patents by Inventor JOSHUA FIRMAN

JOSHUA FIRMAN 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).

  • Electron microscopy
    Patent number: 11067486
    Abstract: Aspects and embodiments relate to electron microscopy sample preparation apparatus; and a method of preparing an electron microscopy sample. Aspects and embodiments provide electron microscopy sample preparation apparatus. The apparatus comprises a support holder configured to receive an electron microscopy sample support, the electron microscopy sample support configured to receive a fluid sample. The apparatus comprising a gas outlet configured to direct a flow of gas towards a surface of the electron microscopy sample support to adjust fluid supported by the electron microscopy sample support. Aspects and embodiments recognise that in order to be successfully imaged, a specimen must be adequately prepared for imaging. Successful and reproducible preparation of an electron microscopy sample or specimen may be key to obtaining useful results from microscopy techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: United Kingdom Research and Innovation
    Inventors: Meindert Hugo Lamers, Rafael Fernandez-Leiro, Joshua Firman
  • ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
    Publication number: 20190170618
    Abstract: Aspects and embodiments relate to electron microscopy sample preparation apparatus; and a method of preparing an electron microscopy sample. Aspects and embodiments provide electron microscopy sample preparation apparatus. The apparatus comprises a support holder configured to receive an electron microscopy sample support, the electron microscopy sample support configured to receive a fluid sample. The apparatus comprising a gas outlet configured to direct a flow of gas towards a surface of the electron microscopy sample support to adjust fluid supported by the electron microscopy sample support. Aspects and embodiments recognise that in order to be successfully imaged, a specimen must be adequately prepared for imaging. Successful and reproducible preparation of an electron microscopy sample or specimen may be key to obtaining useful results from microscopy techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: MEINDERT HUGO LAMERS, RAFAEL FERNANDEZ-LEIRO, JOSHUA FIRMAN