US Patent Issued to DH Technologies Development on Feb. 3 for "Bent PCB ion guide for reduction of contamination and noise" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,266, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Bent PCB ion guide for reduction of contamination and noise" was invented by Aaron Timothy Booy (Barrie, Canada) and James Hager (Concord, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, an ion guide for use in a mass spectrometer is disclosed, which comprises a first plurality of conductive electrodes disposed on a first surface, a second plurality of conductive electrodes disposed on a second surface, wherein the two surfaces are positioned relative to one another and shaped so as to provide a passageway having an inlet for receiving an i...