Patents by Inventor Raanan A. Miller

Raanan A. Miller 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).

  • Method and apparatus for enhanced ion mobility based sample analysis using various analyzer configurations
    Patent number: 7399958
    Abstract: A system for analyzing one or more ion species of a sample including a first ion mobility filter associated with a first flow path for passing first ions of the sample, a second ion mobility filter associated with a second flow path for passing second ions of the sample, a first outlet from the first flow path for passing a portion of the first ions from the first flow path to the second flow path, and a first outlet from the second flow path for removing neutral particles from the second flow path where the first outlet from the second flow path is upstream of the second ion mobility filter in relation to the ion flow in the second flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Sionex Corporation
    Inventors: Raanan A. Miller, Evgeny Krylov, Erkinjon G. Nazarov, Gary A. Eiceman, John A. Wright
  • Method and apparatus for plasma generation
    Publication number: 20080156981
    Abstract: An RF-driven plasma source, including a pair of spaced-apart plasma electrodes, wherein the electrodes act as plates of a capacitor, the gas electrically discharges and creates a plasma of both positive and negative ions, in a clean process that enables efficient sample analysis, with preferred isolated sample photo-ionization, reduced-power operation and also including signal detection with modulated drive electronics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: SIONEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Raanan A. Miller, Erkinjon G. Nazarov, Evgeny Krylov, Gary A. Eiceman, John A. Wright, Stephen D. Kendig, C. James Morris, Douglas B. Cameron
  • Tandem differential mobility spectrometers and mass spectrometer for enhanced analysis
    Publication number: 20080149824
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to systems, methods and devices for analyzing samples and, more particularly, to systems using tandem differential mobility spectrometers in combination with a mass analyzer to enhance the analysis process of constituents of a sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Raanan A. Miller, Erkinjon G. Nazarov, Paul Vouros
  • Explosives detection using differential mobility spectrometry
    Publication number: 20080135745
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to ion mobility based systems, methods and devices for analyzing samples and, more particularly, in some embodiments to compact GC-DMS systems, methods, and devices employing enhanced GC column temperature control and configurations to identify various sample constituents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: SIONEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Raanan A. Miller, Erkinjon G. Nazarov, David B. Wheeler, Quan Shi, John A. Wright, Gary A. Eiceman
  • Method and apparatus for chromatography high field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry
    Publication number: 20080128612
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for chromatographic high field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry, including a gas chromatographic analyzer section intimately coupled with an ionization section, an ion filter section, and an ion detection section, in which the sample compounds are at least somewhat separated prior to ionization, and ion filtering proceeds in a planar chamber under influence of high field asymmetric periodic signals, with detection integrated into the flow path, for producing accurate, real-time, orthogonal data for identification of a broad range of chemical compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Raanan A. Miller, Erkinjon G. Nazarov, Gary A. Eiceman, Evgeny Krylov, Boris Tadjikov
  • Systems for differential ion mobility analysis
    Publication number: 20080128609
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods and apparatus, for detection and identification of chemical warfare agents (CWAs) using a differential mobility spectrometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicants: SIONEX CORPORATION, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Raanan A. Miller, Erkinjon G. Nazarov, Angela Zapata, Cristina E. Davis, Gary A. Eiceman, Anthony D. Bashall
  • Systems and methods for ion species analysis with enhanced condition control and data interpretation
    Patent number: 7381944
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to ion mobility based systems, methods and devices for analyzing samples and, more particularly, to sample detection using enhanced condition control and data interpretation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Sionex Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas B. Cameron, David B. Wheeler, Quan Shi, Raanan A. Miller, Erkinjon G. Nazarov, Evgeny Krylov, Stephen Coy, Gary A. Eiceman
  • Systems and methods for ion mobility control
    Publication number: 20080121794
    Abstract: The invention provides, in various embodiments, systems and methods relating to controlling ion behavior in an ion-based analysis system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: Sionex Corporation
    Inventors: Raanan A. Miller, Clayton James Morris, Douglas B. Cameron, Erkinjon G. Nazarov, John A. Wright
  • Method and apparatus for chromatography-high field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry
    Patent number: 7365316
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for chromatographic high field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry, including a gas chromatographic analyzer section intimately coupled with an ionization section, an ion filter section, and an ion detection section, in which the sample compounds are at least somewhat separated prior to ionization, and ion filtering proceeds in a planar chamber under influence of high field asymmetric periodic signals, with detection integrated into the flow path, for producing accurate, real-time, orthogonal data for identification of a broad range of chemical compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
    Inventors: Raanan A. Miller, Erkinjon G. Nazarov, Gary A. Eiceman, Evgeny Krylov, Boris Tadjikov
  • Systems for differential ion mobility analysis
    Patent number: 7355170
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods and apparatus, for detection and identification of analytes in a volatilized or volatilizable sample, using the mobility-based signature that is produced when the volatilized sample is passed through an ion mobility based analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignees: Sionex Corporation, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Raanan A. Miller, Erkinjon G. Nazarov, Angela Zapata, Cristina E. Davis, Gary A. Eiceman, Anthony D. Bashall
  • Systems and methods for ion mobility control
    Patent number: 7339164
    Abstract: The invention provides, in various embodiments, systems and methods relating to controlling ion behavior in an ion-based analysis system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Sionex Corporation
    Inventors: Raanan A. Miller, C. James Morris, Douglas B. Cameron, Erkinjon G. Nazarov, John A. Wright
  • Differential mobility spectrometer analyzer and pre-filter apparatus, methods, and systems
    Publication number: 20070272852
    Abstract: A sample analyzer including a MALDI ionization source, an ion mobility based filter for receiving ions from the MALDI ionization source and for providing a time-varying electric field through which select ions are passed, and a mass spectrometer for measuring the ion intensity of ions received from the ion mobility based filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: SIONEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Raanan Miller, Erkinjon Nazarov, Anthony Bashall
  • Mobility based apparatus and methods using dispersion characteristics, sample fragmentation, and/or pressure control to improve analysis of a sample
    Publication number: 20070252082
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to devices and methods for displaying ion mobility based analysis information using a processor that processes data from an ion mobility based analyzer and a display that displays the processed data in a three-dimensional representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: SIONEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Raanan Miller, Erkinjon Nazarov, Lawrence Kaufman, Douglas Cameron
  • Method and apparatus for plasma generation
    Patent number: 7279680
    Abstract: An RF-driven plasma source, including a pair of spaced-apart plasma electrodes, wherein the electrodes act as plates of a capacitor, the gas electrically discharges and creates a plasma of both positive and negative ions, in a clean process that enables efficient sample analysis, with preferred isolated sample photo-ionization, reduced-power operation and also including signal detection with modulated drive electronics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Sionex Corporation
    Inventors: Raanan A. Miller, Erkinjon G. Nazarov, Evgeny Krylov, Gary A. Eiceman, John A. Wright, Stephen D. Kendig, C. James Morris, Douglas B. Cameron
  • Systems for differential ion mobility analysis
    Publication number: 20070228269
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods and apparatus, for detection and identification of analytes in a volatilized or volatilizable sample, using the mobility-based signature that is produced when the volatilized sample is passed through an ion mobility based analyzer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicants: SIONEX CORPORATION, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Raanan Miller, Erkinjon Nazarov, Angela Zapata, Cristina Davis, Gary Eiceman, Anthony Bashall
  • Capacitive discharge plasma ion source
    Patent number: 7274015
    Abstract: In a system for chemical analysis, an RF-driven plasma ionization device including a pair of spaced-apart and plasma-isolated electrodes, the electrodes are connected to a power source wherein the electrodes act as plates of a capacitor of a resonant circuit, the gas electrically discharges and creates a plasma of both positive and negative ions, and the voltage is applied as a continuous alternating waveform or as a series of pulses, such as a packet waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Sionex Corporation
    Inventors: Raanan A. Miller, Erkinjon G. Nazarov, Evgeny Krylov, Gary A. Eiceman, Lawrence A. Kaufman
  • Explosives detection using differential mobility spectrometry
    Patent number: 7262407
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to ion mobility based systems, methods and devices for analyzing samples and, more particularly, in some embodiments to compact GC-DMS systems, methods, and devices employing enhanced GC column temperature control and configurations to identify various sample constituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Sionex Corporation
    Inventors: Raanan A. Miller, Erkinjon G. Nazarov, David B. Wheeler, Quan Shi, John A. Wright, Gary A. Eiceman
  • Solid-state flow generator and related systems, applications, and methods
    Publication number: 20070187590
    Abstract: The invention, in various embodiments, is directed to an analyzer using a solid-state flow generator to provide effluent flow along a flow path and deliver a sample to an ion mobility based filter and detector for analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Raanan Miller, John Wright
  • Method and apparatus for enhanced ion mobility based sample analysis using various analyzer configurations
    Publication number: 20070176092
    Abstract: A system for analyzing one or more ion species of a sample including a first ion mobility filter associated with a first flow path for passing first ions of the sample, a second ion mobility filter associated with a second flow path for passing second ions of the sample, a first outlet from the first flow path for passing a portion of the first ions from the first flow path to the second flow path, and a first outlet from the second flow path for removing neutral particles from the second flow path where the first outlet from the second flow path is upstream of the second ion mobility filter in relation to the ion flow in the second flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: SIONEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Raanan Miller, Evgeny Krylov, Erkinjon Nazarov, Gary Eiceman, John Wright
  • Systems for differential ion mobility analysis
    Patent number: 7241989
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods and apparatus, for detection and identification of analytes in a volatilized or volatilizable sample, using the mobility-based signature that is produced when the volatilized sample is passed through an ion mobility based analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Sionex Corp.
    Inventors: Raanan A. Miller, Erkinjon G. Nazarov, Angela Zapata, Cristina E. Davis, Gary A. Eiceman, Anthony D. Bashall