Patents by Inventor Lorenzo Cena

Lorenzo Cena 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).

  • Personal nanoparticle respiratory depositions sampler and methods of using the same
    Patent number: 9506843
    Abstract: A personally portable nanoparticle respiratory deposition (NRD) sampler configured to collect nanoparticles based upon a sampling criterion. In an aspect, the NRD sampler has an impactor stage, and a diffusion stage. In another aspect, the NRD sampler includes a particle size separator in addition to an impactor stage and a diffusion stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: University of Iowa Research Foundation
    Inventors: Thomas Peters, Lorenzo Cena