ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,196, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to MSTM LLC (Newark, Del.).
"Vacuum chamber assembly with multiple functions to maximize universality and performance" was invented by Charles N. McEwen (Newark, Del.) and Milan Pophristic (Princeton, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed invention relates to mass spectrometry (MS) and related instruments ('analyzer device'). More specifically, the disclosed description relates to an improved apparatus, herein termed a vacuum chamber assembly device configured to enable a multitude of functions to enhance ionization and analyte ion transfer through the application of a plurality of P...