Syms, GB

Mark James Syms, Cambridge GB

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150264026	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURELY TRANSMITTING VOLUMES INTO CLOUD - A first computing device is provided for transmitting one or more volumes via a secured connection. The first computing device includes a controller that is executable by one or more processors and is configured to instruct a cloud computing device to generate a worker virtual machine. The controller is also configured to provide authentication information to facilitate establishing of the secured connection between the controller and the worker virtual machine. The controller is further configured to instruct the cloud computing device to generate one or more target volumes associated with the cloud computing service and to associate the one or more target volumes with the worker virtual machine. The controller is further instructed to provide, irrespective of the content type of the volumes and the size of the volumes, the one or more volumes to the worker virtual machine via the secured connection.	09-17-2015

Richard Syms, London GB

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090026361	Microengineered electrode assembly - Microengineered stacked ring electrode assemblies capable of acting as either RF or DC ion guides in an ion optical system, and method of fabricating same are described. The electrodes are fabricated using planar processing as sets of grooved, proud features formed in a layer of material lying on an insulating substrate. Two such structures are then stacked together to form a set of diaphragm electrodes with closed pupils. Arrangements for fabrication by patterning, etching and bonding are described, together with methods for tapering the electrode pupils or otherwise varying the ion path.	01-29-2009
20090127481	Mounting arrangement - This invention provides a method of mounting cylindrical electrodes in the geometry of a miniature electrostatic quadrupole, which can act as a quadrupole mass filter or a quadrupole ion guide, or be used in a linear quadrupole ion trap. The electrodes are mounted in pairs on microfabricated supports, which are formed from conducting parts on an insulating substrate. The supports include a suspended flexure system to relieve strains caused by mismatch between the thermal expansion coefficients of the electrodes and the substrate. A complete quadrupole is constructed from two such supports, which are spaced apart by further conducting spacers.	05-21-2009
20090261244	MICROENGINEERED NANOSPRAY ELECTRODE SYSTEM - This invention provides a method of aligning a nanospray capillary needle, a set of electrodes, and a capillary input to a mass spectrometer. The electrode system is formed using microengineering technologies, as an assembly of two separate chips. Each chip is formed on an insulating plastic substrate. The first chip carries mechanical alignment features for the capillary electrospray needle and the API mass spectrometer input, together with a set of partial electrodes. The second chip carries a set of partial electrodes. The complete electrode system is formed when the chips are assembled in a stacked configuration, and consists of an einzel lens capable of initiating a Taylor cone and separating ions from neutrals by focusing.	10-22-2009
20100276590	Microengineered Vacuum Interface for an Ionization System - A planar component for interfacing an atmospheric pressure ionizer to a vacuum system is described. The component combines electrostatic optics and skimmers with an internal chamber that can be filled with a gas at a prescribed pressure and is fabricated by lithography, etching and bonding of silicon.	11-04-2010
20110000986	Electrospray Pneumatic Nebuliser Ionisation Source - This invention provides a method of combining an array-type nanospray ionisation source comprising a set of externally wetted proud features and a contact electrode with a pneumatic nebuliser acting to enhance the flux of sprayed ions. Methods of fabricating a substrate combining a set of proud features with analyte delivery and gas flow channels in silicon-based materials are described.	01-06-2011

Richard Syms, Ealing GB

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100276588	Microengineered ionisation device - This invention provides a method of aligning a capillary needle, a set of electrodes, and an input to a mass spectrometer. The electrode system is formed as an assembly of two separate chips and forms an ionisation device. Each chip is formed on an insulating plastic substrate. The first chip carries mechanical alignment features for the capillary electrospray needle together with a set of partial electrodes. The second chip carries a set of partial electrodes. The complete electrode system is formed when the chips are assembled in a stacked configuration.	11-04-2010

Richard Syms, Ealing London GB

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110101220	High Performance Micro-Fabricated Quadrupole Lens - This invention provides a method of aligning sets of cylindrical electrodes in the geometry of a miniature quadrupole electrostatic lens, which can act as a mass filter in a quadrupole mass spectrometer. The electrodes are mounted in pairs on microfabricated supports, which are formed from conducting parts on an insulating substrate. Complete segmentation of the conducting parts provides low capacitative coupling between co-planar cylindrical electrodes, and allows incorporation of a Brubaker prefilter to improve sensitivity at a given mass resolution. A complete quadrupole is constructed from two such supports, which are spaced apart by further conducting spacers. The spacers are continued around the electrodes to provide a conducting screen.	05-05-2011

Richard R.a. Syms, London GB

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100217258	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING TISSUE DURING AN ELECTROSURGICAL PROCEDURE - A system for monitoring and/or controlling tissue modification during an electrosurgical procedure includes an electrosurgical apparatus connected to an electrosurgical generator and configured to grasp tissue therebetween via a pair of jaw members. The system also includes an optical system having an optical source that directs light through tissue. One or more optical detectors analyze the light transmitted through and reflected back from the tissue and a processor utilizes this information to control the delivery of electrosurgical energy from the electrosurgical generator to the tissue.	08-26-2010

Richard R. A. Syms, Ealing GB

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130063230	BROAD-BAND COUPLING TRANSDUCERS FOR WAVEGUIDES - A method of producing a waveguide and a coupling transducer for connecting the waveguide to a load is disclosed. The method comprises: forming a series of similar circuits each circuit comprising two capacitors and at least one inductor section, the circuits being coupled to together to form the waveguide; and removing one of the capacitors and at least part of the at least one inductor section from one of the circuits to form the coupling transducer.	03-14-2013

Richard Rodney Anthony Syms, London GB

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120146667	RADIO FREQUENCY DETECTOR COILS - A resonant radiofrequency (RF) detector assembly comprising a substrate, a coil formed on a front surface of the substrate, and two capacitors, each capacitor having a front plate which is formed on the front surface of the substrate and a rear plate formed on a rear surface of the substrate, the two front plates each being electrically connected to a different end of the coil, and the two rear plates being electrically connected to each other.	06-14-2012

Richard Rodney Anthony Syms, Ealing GB

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130023757	INTERCONNECT FOR AN MRI DETECTOR COIL MOUNTED ON A CATHETER - An interconnect for an RF detector coil comprises a substrate comprising strip of insulating material, a conducting layer formed on a first side of the substrate, and a ground layer formed on a second side of the substrate. At least one of the layers has a periodic pattern so that the conducting layer alternates along its length between capacitive regions which are opposite regions of the ground layer, and non-capacitive regions.	01-24-2013