US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on July 14 for "Snapshot hyperspectral imager for emission and reactions (SHEAR)" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,479, issued on July 14, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Snapshot hyperspectral imager for emission and reactions (SHEAR)" was invented by Mark Foster (Baltimore), Milad Alemohammad (Baltimore), Elliot Wainwright (Baltimore), Timothy P. Weihs (Baltimore) and Jasper R. Stroud (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spectral imaging system includes an objective lens system, an optical splitter, a dispersion system, and an optical combiner. The optical splitter is arranged to be in an optical path of an object being imaged through the objective lens system to provide an imaging optical path and a spectromet...