Patents by Inventor Nicola Simpson

Nicola Simpson 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).

  • Production of hyperpolarized gas
    Patent number: 11926525
    Abstract: A method of removing buffer gas from a mixture comprising the buffer gas and hyperpolarized noble gas is described. The method includes reacting the buffer gas to produce a reaction product different to the buffer gas. The buffer gas may be reactively removed by one or more of oxidation, reduction, polymerization and binding reactions with solid surfaces. The buffer gas may be molecular hydrogen and/or molecular nitrogen. Apparatus for carrying out the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
    Inventors: Thomas Meersmann, Nicola Simpson, Galina Pavlovskaya
  • PRODUCTION OF HYPERPOLARIZED GAS
    Publication number: 20180244523
    Abstract: A method of removing buffer gas from a mixture comprising the buffer gas and hyperpolarized noble gas is described. The method includes reacting the buffer gas to produce a reaction product different to the buffer gas. The buffer gas may be reactively removed by one or more of oxidation, reduction, polymerization and binding reactions with solid surfaces. The buffer gas may be molecular hydrogen and/or molecular nitrogen. Apparatus for carrying out the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Meersmann, Nicola Simpson, Galina Pavlovskaya