Patents by Inventor Stijn VAN MALDEREN

Stijn VAN MALDEREN 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).

  • Laser ablation probe
    Patent number: 11293872
    Abstract: A laser ablation probe comprises a tubular element adapted for conducting a carrier fluid in a substantially laminar flow. The tubular element comprises a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet arranged at opposite end portions of the tubular element for enabling the carrier fluid to flow through the tubular element. The tubular element further comprises a central portion having an aperture defined therein for admitting an aerosol generated by laser ablation from a material sample into the carrier fluid flow when this sample is positioned outside the tubular element at a distance in the range of 0 ?m to 100 ?m from the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVERSITEIT GENT
    Inventors: Frank Vanhaecke, Stijn Van Malderen
  • DYNAMICALLY VARIABLE EXTRACTION DISTANCE BETWEEN EXTRACTION VOLUME AND SAMPLE SURFACE
    Publication number: 20190391056
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system, method, and apparatus configured to dynamically vary an extraction distance between an extraction volume and a sample surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin Staal, Stijn Van Malderen, James Barbula
  • Laser Ablation Probe
    Publication number: 20170299522
    Abstract: A laser ablation probe comprises a tubular element adapted for conducting a carrier fluid in a substantially laminar flow. The tubular element comprises a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet arranged at opposite end portions of the tubular element for enabling the carrier fluid to flow through the tubular element. The tubular element further comprises a central portion having an aperture defined therein for admitting an aerosol generated by laser ablation from a material sample into the carrier fluid flow when this sample is positioned outside the tubular element at a distance in the range of 0 ?m to 100 ?m from the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Frank VANHAECKE, Stijn VAN MALDEREN