Patents by Inventor Mazdak TAGHIOSKOUI

Mazdak TAGHIOSKOUI 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).

  • Patent number: 12381073
    Abstract: A mass spectrometry system that includes an ion source that produces ions, an ion transfer device, and a mass analyzer. The ion transfer device includes a first ion transfer device that receives ions from an inlet and transfers ions to an outlet, and includes a plurality of first plate electrodes that are stacked, each plate electrode having a hole with a same diameter, and separated by a first inter-electrode spacing such that the hole diameter is between 1 to 100 times the first inter-electrode spacing; a second ion transfer device receives and transfers the ions, and includes a plurality of second plate electrodes with holes having a same diameter, separated by a second inter-electrode spacing such that the hole diameter is between 3 to 100 times the second inter-electrode spacing; and a third ion transfer device includes a plurality of third plate electrodes with holes having a plurality of diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Trace Matters Scientific LLC
    Inventor: Mazdak Taghioskoui
  • Publication number: 20250246425
    Abstract: A mass spectrometry system that includes an ion source that produces ions, an ion transfer device, and a mass analyzer. The ion transfer device includes a first ion transfer device that receives ions from an inlet and transfers ions to an outlet, and includes a plurality of first plate electrodes that are stacked, each plate electrode having a hole with a same diameter, and separated by a first inter-electrode spacing such that the hole diameter is between 1 to 100 times the first inter-electrode spacing; a second ion transfer device receives and transfers the ions, and includes a plurality of second plate electrodes with holes having a same diameter, separated by a second inter-electrode spacing such that the hole diameter is between 3 to 100 times the second inter-electrode spacing; and a third ion transfer device includes a plurality of third plate electrodes with holes having a plurality of diameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventor: Mazdak Taghioskoui
  • Publication number: 20250226198
    Abstract: A mass spectrometry system that includes an ion source that produces ions; an enclosure connected to one or more vacuum pumps; and an electrode assembly that guides the ions. The electrode assembly is located inside the enclosure. The electrode assembly includes a plurality of first electrodes that are flexibly, or rigidly or non-flexibly, attached to or connected to each other, a plurality of first electrically-insulating spacers that are located between two adjacent first electrodes and provide spacing between the two adjacent first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes that are flexibly, or rigidly or non-flexibly, attached to or connected to each other, and a plurality of second electrically-insulating spacers that are located between two adjacent second electrodes and provide spacing between the adjacent electrodes, such that the electrode assembly is flexibly connected or attached to the enclosure with a plurality of structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2025
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Inventor: Mazdak Taghioskoui
  • Patent number: 12354861
    Abstract: A mass spectrometry system that includes an ion source that produces ions; an enclosure connected to one or more vacuum pumps; and an electrode assembly that guides the ions. The electrode assembly is located inside the enclosure. The electrode assembly includes a plurality of first electrodes that are flexibly, or rigidly or non-flexibly, attached to or connected to each other, a plurality of first electrically-insulating spacers that are located between two adjacent first electrodes and provide spacing between the two adjacent first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes that are flexibly, or rigidly or non-flexibly, attached to or connected to each other, and a plurality of second electrically-insulating spacers that are located between two adjacent second electrodes and provide spacing between the adjacent electrodes, such that the electrode assembly is flexibly connected or attached to the enclosure with a plurality of structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Trace Matters Scientific LLC
    Inventor: Mazdak Taghioskoui
  • Publication number: 20250204823
    Abstract: A mass spectrometry system including an ion transfer device that receives the ions and produces a plurality of ion packets, such that the ion transfer device receives the ions from an inlet of the ion transfer device, forms a first ion packet, and delivers the first ion packet to an outlet, such that during the time when the ion transfer device delivers the first ion packet via the outlet of the ion transfer device, the ion transfer device simultaneously receives the ions from the inlet to form a second ion packet inside the ion transfer device from the received ions, the second ion packet is separate from the first ion packet, and such that the ion transfer device delivers each of the plurality of ion packets to the outlet of the ion transfer device at a frequency in a range from 1 Hz to 1000 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventor: Mazdak Taghioskoui
  • Publication number: 20250006481
    Abstract: A mass spectrometry system includes an electrode assembly. The electrode assembly includes a plurality of electrodes that are disposed inside an enclosure. The plurality of electrodes are connected to one or more voltage sources, and the plurality of electrodes are rigidly or non-flexibly attached to or fix to each other. A plurality of electrically insulating spacers are placed between two adjacent electrodes of the plurality of electrodes and provide predetermined spacing between the adjacent electrodes such that the electrode assembly is flexibly connected to the enclosure with a plurality of electrically insulating flexible structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventor: Mazdak Taghioskoui
  • Publication number: 20240389905
    Abstract: A method of analysis using mass spectrometry or ion mobility spectrometry that includes producing ions from a sample in a proximity of the sample, transferring the produced ions from the sample to a distance with a flexible or re-configurable ion guide, the flexible or re-configurable ion guide being connected to RF voltages, and separating the produced ions with a mass to charge or mobility analyzer located at the distance to provide spectrometric results; and detecting the separated ions with at least one detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventor: Mazdak Taghioskoui
  • Patent number: 12089932
    Abstract: An ion transfer device that includes first and second ion guides, one or more RF voltage sources, and one or more DC voltage sources that produce first and second potential gradients in the first and second ion guides such that the potential gradients push the ions to move toward the outlet of each ion guide such that the one or more DC voltages produce a potential barrier, the potential barrier preventing the ions in the first ion guide from entering the second ion guide, the ions accumulate behind the potential barrier and form an ion packet, and the potential barrier is reduced after a predetermined time period to move the ion packet from the first ion guide to the second ion guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Trace Matters Scientific LLC
    Inventor: Mazdak Taghioskoui
  • Patent number: 12080539
    Abstract: A system that includes two analytical system utilizing charged particles, an ion transfer device that connects the two analytical systems and transports the charged particles from one of the analytical systems to the other of the analytical systems. The ion transfer device includes a plurality of differential pumping stages, a plurality of vacuum pumps, and a plurality of ion guides located inside the plurality of differential pumping stages such that the plurality of ion guides transport the charged particles from one to the other of the analytical systems, and such that the plurality of differential pumping stages connect the first analytical system on one end to the second analytical system on the other end to receive the charged particles from the one end connected to the first analytical system and transport and deliver the charged particles to the other end connected to the second analytical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Trace Matters Scientific LLC
    Inventor: Mazdak Taghioskoui
  • Publication number: 20240030017
    Abstract: A system that includes two analytical system utilizing charged particles, an ion transfer device that connects the two analytical systems and transports the charged particles from one of the analytical systems to the other of the analytical systems. The ion transfer device includes a plurality of differential pumping stages, a plurality of vacuum pumps, and a plurality of ion guides located inside the plurality of differential pumping stages such that the plurality of ion guides transport the charged particles from one to the other of the analytical systems, and such that the plurality of differential pumping stages connect the first analytical system on one end to the second analytical system on the other end to receive the charged particles from the one end connected to the first analytical system and transport and deliver the charged particles to the other end connected to the second analytical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Mazdak Taghioskoui
  • Publication number: 20230298875
    Abstract: Methods and systems for multi-beam, parallel-beam, deterministic, or super mass spectrometry that include an ion source that produces ions, and two or more ion trapping devices or mass spectrometers, each having an independent sampling inlet. The two or more ion trapping devices or mass spectrometers receive the ions from the ion source via the sampling inlet of each of the ion trapping devices or mass spectrometers such that each sampling inlet provides an ion beam to each corresponding ion trapping device or mass spectrometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventor: Mazdak Taghioskoui
  • Patent number: 11756779
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a tubular connector having a longitudinal axis. The connector includes a first end that connects to a first analytical system, a second end that connects to a second analytical system, and a flexible portion between the first end and the second end that curves in a direction transverse to the axis of the connector such that the connector contains ion guides to transfer ions between the first analytical system and the second analytical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Trace Matters Scientific LLC
    Inventor: Mazdak Taghioskoui
  • Publication number: 20220202317
    Abstract: A mass spectrometry imaging system includes an ionization source located at a first location configured to produce ions from a surface of a sample at the first location; a mass spectrometer located at a second location configured to perform mass spectrometry analysis by analyzing the produced ions based on mass to charge ratio of the ions; and an ion transfer device configured to transfer the ions from the first location to the second location such that the ion transfer device includes a plurality of electrodes, the plurality of electrodes configured to be flexible or flexibly connected to each other, and the ion transfer device is configured to be flexible or re-configurable while transferring the ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventor: Mazdak Taghioskoui
  • Publication number: 20220208536
    Abstract: A high throughput mass spectrometry system that includes one or more sample preparation devices located at one or more of first locations configured to prepare samples for mass spectrometry analysis; one or more ionization sources configured to produce ions from the prepared samples at the one or more of the first locations; one or more mass spectrometers located at one or more of second locations configured to analyze the produced ions from the prepared samples based on mass to charge ratio of the produced ions; and one or more ion transfer devices configured to transfer the produced ions from the one or more of the first locations to the one or more of the second locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventor: Mazdak Taghioskoui
  • Patent number: 11222776
    Abstract: An ion analysis system includes one or more ionization sources that produce ions, one or more analyzers that analyze the ions based on ion mobility or mass to charge ratio of the ions, and one or more ion transfer devices connected between the one or more ionization sources and the one or more analyzers, the one or more ion transfer devices include a plurality of electrodes that are configured to be flexible or flexibly connected to each other, and the one or more ion transfer devices are configured to be flexible or re-configurable while transferring the ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Trace Matters Scientific LLC
    Inventor: Mazdak Taghioskoui
  • Patent number: 11219393
    Abstract: A method for analyzing biological samples using mass spectrometry or ion mobility spectrometry that includes producing gas-phase ions and neutrals from the sample in a proximity of the sample; transferring the produced ions from the sample to a distance via a flexible or re-configurable ion transfer device such that the flexible or re-configurable ion transfer device includes a plurality of electrodes configured to be flexible or flexibly connected to each other, and the ion transfer device is configured to be flexible while transferring the ions to allow the ion transfer device to form one or more curvatures; and separating the produced ions with a mass spectrometer or a mobility analyzer located at the distance to provide spectrometric results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Trace Matters Scientific LLC
    Inventor: Mazdak Taghioskoui
  • Patent number: 10840077
    Abstract: An ion transfer device that receives ions from an ion inlet and delivers the ions to an ion outlet of the ion transfer device, the ion transfer device including: a plurality of electrodes disposed at least in part inside an enclosure such that one or more electrodes of the plurality of electrodes are configured to be flexible or flexibly connected to each other, and such that the ion transfer device is configured to be flexible and is configured to form one or more curvatures while transferring the ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Trace Matters Scientific LLC
    Inventor: Mazdak Taghioskoui
  • Patent number: 10720315
    Abstract: An ion transfer device that transfers ions from at least one ion inlet to at least one ion outlet. The ion transfer device includes an enclosure configured to maintain reduced pressure, and a plurality of electrodes disposed at least in part inside the enclosure such that the ion transfer device is configured to be flexible or re-configurable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Trace Matters Scientific LLC
    Inventor: Mazdak Taghioskoui
  • Publication number: 20200111655
    Abstract: An ion transfer device that transfers ions from at least one ion inlet to at least one ion outlet of the ion transfer device such that the ion transfer device includes an enclosure configured to maintain reduced pressure, and a plurality of electrodes disposed at least in part inside the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Mazdak Taghioskoui
  • Publication number: 20200015717
    Abstract: A method of analysis using mass spectrometry or ion mobility spectrometry that includes producing ions from a sample in a proximity of the sample, transferring the produced ions from the sample to a distance with a flexible or re-configurable ion guide, the flexible or re-configurable ion guide being connected to RF voltages, and separating the produced ions with a mass to charge or mobility analyzer located at the distance to provide spectrometric results; and detecting the separated ions with at least one detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventor: Mazdak Taghioskoui