US Patent Issued to Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments on July 21 for "Sample clamp for a spectroscopic instrument" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,428, issued on July 21, was assigned to Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. (Tewksbury, Mass.).

"Sample clamp for a spectroscopic instrument" was invented by Sue Woods (Sutton, Mass.), Katelyn Benson (Tewksbury, Mass.), Brandon Fisher (Boston) and Nimesh Khadka (Dracut, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sample clamp as well as systems incorporating the sample clamp with a spectrometer and methods of using these systems are described. The sample clamp includes a first jaw connected to a second jaw by a hinge oriented in the direction of a first axis. The sample claim also includes a substantially cylindrical sp...