USPTO grants patent on compact and portable MCD

The MCD, miniature chemical detector, invented by David Rafferty is proposed to be able to yield high performance mass spectrometry on the go. The invention if as effective as alleged could be used in many industries healthcare, industrial and securities. Depending on the price the MCD could also be a wonderful tool for academic research, to enable more universities to perform research, and to possibility enable academic research to more easily share or rent research technology.

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