US Patent Issued to Wayne State University on April 22 for "Apparatuses, systems, and methods for detecting materials based on Raman spectroscopy" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,942, issued on April 22, was assigned to Wayne State University (Detroit).

"Apparatuses, systems, and methods for detecting materials based on Raman spectroscopy" was invented by Gregory William Auner (Livonia, Mich.), Michelle Ann Brusatori (Sterling Heights, Mich.) and Changhe Huang (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, systems, and methods for Raman spectroscopy are described. In certain implementations, a spectrometer is provided. The spectrometer may include a plurality of optical elements, comprising an entrance aperture, a collimating element, a volume phase holographic grating, a focusing element, and a dete...