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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Tsi Incorporated, Shoreview, MN (US);
Inventors:
Susanne V. Hering, Berkeley, CA (US);
Gregory S. Lewis, Berkeley, CA (US);
Arantzazu Eiguren Fernandez, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Frederick Quant, Shoreview, MN (US);
Kenneth R. Farmer, II, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Assignees:
TSI INCORPORATED, Shoreview, MN (US);
AEROSOL DYNAMICS INC., Berkley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/22 (2006.01); G01N 15/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/2202 (2013.01); G01N 1/2208 (2013.01); G01N 1/2211 (2013.01); G01N 15/065 (2013.01); G01N 2001/2217 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and a method is described herein for the collection of small particles in a concentrated manner, whereby particles are deposited onto a solid surface or collected into a volume of liquid. The collected samples readily interface to any of a number of different elemental, chemical, or biological or other analysis techniques.