Launch New Chip-based Mass Spectrometry Instrument

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Microsaic Systems plc

14 March 2013

 



Microsaic Systems plc

("Microsaic" or the "Company")

Microsaic Systems to Launch New Chip-based Mass Spectrometry Instrument at Pittcon 2013

14 March 2013: Microsaic Systems plc (AIM: MSYS), the high technology company developing next generation mass spectrometry instruments, will showcase its new revolutionary chip-based technology for the first time on booth #2255 at PITTCON 2013, from 17-21 March 2013 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center (Philadelphia, PA, USA). Microsaic Systems is the only producer of mass spectrometry instrumentation using Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology. The significant and innovative advances in the new chip-based instrument, the Microsaic 4000 MiD, offers a redesigned unit with an even smaller footprint.

Microsaic Systems is the first and only company to have commercialised MS (mass spectrometry) technology on a chip based on MEMS technology originating at the highly regarded Optical and Semiconductor Devices Group at Imperial College London. The Company's breakthrough product, the 3500 MiD launched in January 2011, represented a step change in the ease of use and footprint of mass spectrometry. The instrument won an R&D 100 award from an independent judging panel and the editors of R&D magazine due to it being smaller, lighter, consuming less energy, easier to maintain and cheaper to run than conventional MS systems.

The Microsaic 4000 MiD is the culmination of over a decade of research, bringing together two high tech fields - chemical analysis and silicon micro-engineering - to make possible a transformative capability in detection. Its low operating cost and small footprint make the instrument deployable in a wide range of applications where mass spectrometry has not been able to reach - until now.

The next generation of the chip-based technology to make its US debut at Pittcon 2013 is now even smaller. As a result the Microsaic 4000 MiD fits even more comfortably into a standard lab fume hood, opening up further opportunities in the field of reaction monitoring. Users are able to increase the use of mass spectrometry in the lab, while benefiting from significant cost savings, owing to fewer necessary structural components such as gas generators and air conditioning. There are also sizeable savings with the use of 'Plug and Play' components which enable users to maintain the system themselves, resulting in less downtime and greater flexibility within the laboratory.

"With the premier launch of the Microsaic 4000 MiD and future plans for our growing portfolio of chip-based technology, the Microsaic exhibit at PITTCON will demonstrate how we work with and enable our customers to improve their laboratory operations," said Colin Jump, CEO, Microsaic Systems. "Offering the smallest footprint in the market, the Microsaic 4000 MiD is a fully integrated, versatile, portable MS system designed for bench chemists. The core technologies are chip-scale versions of traditional mass spec components which can be interchanged rapidly by the user. This modular approach allows users to maintain the system without the need for expensive service contracts and time-consuming call-outs."

For more information about Microsaic Systems and to view the 'plug and play' chips, please visit booth #2255 at PITTCON 2013 or visit www.microsaic.com.

Contacts

Microsaic Systems Colin Jump, CEO	Via Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Numis Securities Limited Stuart Skinner (Nominated Adviser) James Serjeant (Broker)	[phone]
Citigate Dewe Rogerson (Financial PR) Mark Swallow, Malcolm Robertson, Chris Gardner	[phone]/2867
The Scott Partnership (Trade PR) Sarah Morley	[phone]

About Microsaic Systems

Microsaic Systems develops and sells chip-based scientific instruments for the chemical identification of substances. The Company's products are based on the 'gold-standard' scientific technique of mass spectrometry.

Microsaic Systems has developed a miniaturised mass spectrometer based on its patented, chip-based technologies (ionchip®, spraychip® and vac-chip™), that is smaller, lighter, quieter, more energy efficient and cheaper to run than conventional mass spectrometer systems.

Mass spectrometry is used across many industry sectors, including government, energy, utilities, pharmaceutical, diagnostics and healthcare, environmental, food and drink, security and defence, and industrial chemicals - a combined market of $3 billion in 2011.

Microsaic Systems was established in 2001 by a team including founders from Imperial College London, and was admitted to AIM in April 2011 under the symbol MSYS.

www.microsaic.com   

 

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