US Patent Issued to Bruker on Dec. 9 for "Optical spectroscopy probe configurations for focusing light to a portion of a sample" (Maryland, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,181, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Bruker Ltd. (Milton, Canada).

"Optical spectroscopy probe configurations for focusing light to a portion of a sample" was invented by Bradford B. Behr (Silver Spring, Md.) and Shamus Driver (Markleville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sample optic assemblies are described that may have at least one optical element that is positioned and has one or more surfaces shaped to focus separate sections of a collimated excitation light beam to: (a) create at least one focal point or at least one focal line at one or more portions of a surface or an interior of a sample while compensating for optical ...