ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,812, issued on Feb. 17.
"Vacuum ultraviolet cryo-EM grid screening tool" was invented by Gregory Hirsch (Pacifica, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool and method for screening cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) sample grids using vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) illumination in two configurations. First configuration directly images cryo-EM grids using bright-field optical microscopy employing VUV wavelengths and specialized VUV optics. Second configuration converts transmitted VUV radiation from the cryo-EM grid to visible or near-UV light with a scintillator positioned by the grid. The resultant luminescent high-resolution sh...