Patents by Inventor Mark C. Werner

Mark C. Werner 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).

  • Photonic measurement instrument using fiber optics
    Patent number: 8541741
    Abstract: A photonic measurement system, such as an atomic absorption spectrometer, includes source, sample and detection modules that are interconnected by fiber optic cables. A first set of fiber optic cables guides light from one or more light sources in the source module to each of at least two analysis chambers in the sample module. A second set of fiber optic cables guides light from the analysis chambers to a detector in the detection module. The detector provides to a processing sub-system signals that correspond to intensities of the guided light. One analysis chamber is selected to perform a sample analysis at a given time, and the processing sub-system processes the signals associated with the selected analysis chamber as measurement signals. The processing sub-system may further process the signals associated with a given non-selected analysis chamber as reference signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Juan C. Ivaldi, Paul L. St. Cyr, Eugene Chow, Mark C. Werner
  • PHOTONIC MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT USING FIBER OPTICS
    Publication number: 20110122396
    Abstract: A photonic measurement system, such as an atomic absorption spectrometer, includes source, sample and detection modules that are interconnected by fiber optic cables. A first set of fiber optic cables guides light from one or more light sources in the source module to each of at least two analysis chambers in the sample module. A second set of fiber optic cables guides light from the analysis chambers to a detector in the detection module. The detector provides to a processing sub-system signals that correspond to intensities of the guided light. One analysis chamber is selected to perform a sample analysis at a given time, and the processing sub-system processes the signals associated with the selected analysis chamber as measurement signals. The processing sub-system may further process the signals associated with a given non-selected analysis chamber as reference signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Juan C. Ivaldi, Paul L. St. Cyr, Eugene Chow, Mark C. Werner