Patents by Inventor Thomas Cygan

Thomas Cygan 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).

  • Sample handling mechanisms and methods for mass spectometry
    Publication number: 20060255289
    Abstract: In various aspects, the present teaching provide systems for providing sample ions, methods for providing sample ions, and sample support handling mechanisms. The sample support handling mechanisms of the present teachings comprising a sample support transfer mechanism portion and a sample support changing mechanism portion, where the sample support changing mechanism portion is disposed in a vacuum lock chamber. In various embodiments, the sample support handling mechanism facilitates providing consistent positioning of a sample support for subsequent ion generation by MALDI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Thomas Cygan, Vincent Tsang, Raymond Burke, Richard Gill, Roy Martin, Timothy Hutchins
  • Modular cartridge assembly
    Patent number: D852977
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: T2 Biosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Suchocki, Steven Anthony Scampini, Joseph D. Antocci, Thomas Cygan, William Peine, Uli Thomann, Chris Werner