US Patent Issued to Elemental Scientific on Dec. 23 for "Inductively coupled plasma torch structure with protected injector" (Nebraska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,337, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Elemental Scientific Inc. (Omaha, Neb.).

"Inductively coupled plasma torch structure with protected injector" was invented by Daniel R. Wiederin (Omaha, Neb.), Gary J. Barrett (Omaha, Neb.) and Kevin Wiederin (Omaha, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductively coupled plasma (ICP) torch is described that includes an injector protector to shield an injector end. A system embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a tubular sample injector configured to receive an aerosolized sample in an interior defined by walls of the tubular sample injector; an injector protector surrounding at least ...