US Patent Issued to Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) on Feb. 17 for "Sample probe systems and associated methods" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,761, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH (Bremen, Germany).

"Sample probe systems and associated methods" was invented by Alexander Makarov (Bremen, Germany) and Egor Kholomeev (Bremen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an example, a system includes a sample transfer assembly configured to convey ablated material from a sample to an analyzer inlet of an ion analyzer. The sample transfer assembly includes a sample transfer pipe and one or more gas inlets, each configured to receive a respective gas flow. A mass flow rate into the analyzer inlet is equal to or greater than a total mass flow...