ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,480, issued on May 13, was assigned to ELEMENTAL SCIENTIFIC INC. (Omaha, Neb.).
"Shaped-channel scanning nozzle for scanning of a material surface" was invented by Beau A. Marth (La Vista, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described for introducing one or more fluid streams from a nozzle having one or more shaped channels to one or more material surfaces and removing the fluid streams for scanning for chemical species of interest. A nozzle embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a nozzle body configured to couple to a positionable nozzle arm support for positioning the nozzle with respect to a material s...