US Patent Issued to Micromass UK on May 19 for "Acoustic mist ionisation and newborn dried blood spot screening" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,605, issued on May 19, was assigned to Micromass UK Ltd. (Wilmslow, Great Britain).

"Acoustic mist ionisation and newborn dried blood spot screening" was invented by Donald Mason (Haverhill, Mass.) and Heather Brown (Stockport, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of newborn screening ("NBS") is disclosed comprising directing ultrasonic energy or ultrasonic waves into a metabolite or analyte sample derived from a newborn, neonate or infant so as to cause a mist of charged sample droplets or sample ions to be ejected. The charged sample droplets or sample ions are then mass analysed and a determination is made as to wh...