Patents by Inventor Maria Reinhardt-Szyba

Maria Reinhardt-Szyba 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).

  • System to analyze particles, and particularly the mass of particles
    Patent number: 11289319
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for analyzing particles, the system comprising: a NEMS device comprising at least one NEMS sensor for detecting particles impacting the at least one NEMS sensor, each NEMS sensor comprising a NEMS sensor area, a particle lens assembly, the particle lens assembly comprising at least one particle lens for focusing particles onto a NEMS sensor of the at least one NEMS sensor, wherein the particle lens assembly is spaced from the at least one NEMS sensor area by a separation distance, wherein the system is configured to sustain a space defined between the particle lens assembly and the NEMS device at a pressure where a mean free path for a reference particle is greater than the separation distance. The present invention also relates to a corresponding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH, California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Alexander Makarov, Maria Reinhardt-Szyba, Michael Roukes
  • System to analyze particles, and particularly the mass of particles
    Publication number: 20210043435
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for analyzing particles, the system comprising: a NEMS device comprising at least one NEMS sensor for detecting particles impacting the at least one NEMS sensor, each NEMS sensor comprising a NEMS sensor area, a particle lens assembly, the particle lens assembly comprising at least one particle lens for focusing particles onto a NEMS sensor of the at least one NEMS sensor, wherein the particle lens assembly is spaced from the at least one NEMS sensor area by a separation distance, wherein the system is configured to sustain a space defined between the particle lens assembly and the NEMS device at a pressure where a mean free path for a reference particle is greater than the separation distance. The present invention also relates to a corresponding method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander Makarov, Maria Reinhardt-Szyba, Michael Roukes