Patents by Inventor Lee PIPER

Lee PIPER 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 THERMAL DESORBER
    Publication number: 20180337029
    Abstract: A thermal desorption apparatus is configured to detect a substance of interest in a sample, the apparatus comprising: a wand configured to support a swab and a detector comprising an analyser arranged to detect a substance of interest, wherein the wand is configured to couple to the detector such that thermal desorption of a sample from the swab provides a part of the sample to the analyser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventor: Lee Piper
  • Sample collection thermal desorber
    Patent number: 9953820
    Abstract: A thermal desorption apparatus is configured to detect a substance of interest in a sample, the apparatus comprising: a wand configured to support a swab and a detector comprising an analyser arranged to detect a substance of interest, wherein the wand is configured to couple to the detector such that thermal desorption of a sample from the swab provides a part of the sample to the analyser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Smiths Detection-Watford Limited
    Inventor: Lee Piper
  • SAMPLE COLLECTION WAND COMPRISING AN INDUCTIVELY COUPLED HEATER
    Publication number: 20160233068
    Abstract: A spectrometry apparatus comprising a spectrometer; a port adapted to couple a sample collection wand to the apparatus to present a sample carried by the wand to an inlet of the spectrometer; and an inductive coupler adapted to couple, via a time varying H-field, with a heater of said sample collection wand to provide electrical power for heating said sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Paul ARNOLD, Lee PIPER, Alex HILEY
  • SAMPLE COLLECTION THERMAL DESORBER
    Publication number: 20150249001
    Abstract: A thermal desorption apparatus is configured to detect a substance of interest in a sample, the apparatus comprising: a wand configured to support a swab and a detector comprising an analyser arranged to detect a substance of interest, wherein the wand is configured to couple to the detector such that thermal desorption of a sample from the swab provides a part of the sample to the analyser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventor: Lee PIPER