Patents by Inventor Simon Maher

Simon Maher has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Ion guide
    Patent number: 11828724
    Abstract: An ion guide electrode assembly (10) for an ion-mobility spectrometer is described. The electrode assembly (10) comprises a first sheet (100), having first and second surfaces (110, 120) comprising a plurality of corresponding regions (111, 112, 121, 122). The first sheet (100) comprises a set of N electrodes (130, 140), including a first electrode (130) and a second electrode (140), provided as tracks mutually spaced apart on the first surface (110) thereof. The electrode assembly (10) is arrangeable in a planar configuration and preferably in a tubular configuration. In the tubular configuration, a first part (131) of the first electrode (130), provided in a first region 111 of the first surface (110), overlays a second region (122) of the second surface (120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL (INC. IN THE UK)
    Inventors: Simon Maher, Cedric Claude Boisdon
  • ION GUIDE
    Publication number: 20210249243
    Abstract: An ion guide electrode assembly (10) for an ion-mobility spectrometer is described. The electrode assembly (10) comprises a first sheet (100), having first and second surfaces (110, 120) comprising a plurality of corresponding regions (111, 112, 121, 122). The first sheet (100) comprises a set of N electrodes (130, 140), including a first electrode (130) and a second electrode (140), provided as tracks mutually spaced apart on the first surface (110) thereof. The electrode assembly (10) is arrangeable in a planar configuration and preferably in a tubular configuration. In the tubular configuration, a first part (131) of the first electrode (130), provided in a first region 111 of the first surface (110), overlays a second region (122) of the second surface (120).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Simon Maher, Cedric Claude Boisdon
  • Surgical guide and tissue anchor
    Patent number: 9101345
    Abstract: A surgical tissue anchor comprising a plurality of jaws suitable for clamping onto tissue, clamp component(s) operable to bias the jaws in a closed position and attachment structure operable for attachment of the anchor to one or more tethers for retracting the clamped tissue. The one or more tethers are guided to the desired region using a surgical guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: The University of Dundee
    Inventors: Stuart Ian Brown, Stuart Coleman, Alfred Cuschieri, Leslie Kelly, Paul Simon Maher, James Duncan Shaw Martin
  • SURGICAL GUIDE AND TISSUE ANCHOR
    Publication number: 20120245598
    Abstract: A surgical tissue anchor comprising a plurality of jaws suitable for clamping onto tissue, clamp component(s) operable to bias the jaws in a closed position and attachment structure operable for attachment of the anchor to one or more tethers for retracting the clamped tissue. The one or more tethers are guided to the desired region using a surgical guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE
    Inventors: Stuart Ian Brown, Stuart Coleman, Alfred Cuschieri, Leslie Kelly, Paul Simon Maher, James Duncan Shaw Martin