Dr. Scott Miller, Dr. Kevin Knopp, Dr. Michael Ramsey, Dr. Chris Brown, Michael Jobin, Steve Araiza, and Andy Bartfay; the leadership
and founder team at 908 devices.
Traditionally, mass spectrometers are operated in a core lab
and users submit samples; this holds true in both forensics and
biopharma labs. Then the waiting begins, sometimes weeks or
months for answers. The aim of 908 Devices is to create prod-
ucts that give users immediate at-hand answers to particular
questions. Think of a response team on the scene of a sus-
pected chemical attack and the pressing need for immediate
confirmation. Or, the needs of research biologists to monitor
chemical interactions in cancer cells at the workbench for bet-
ter biopharmaceutical drug development. The company’s tools
are designed to disrupt common, but antiquated, workflows for
better and more immediate outcomes.
the point of need at the push of a button. The devices are now
deployed globally and protect communities across the United
States. The second-generation tool, MX908 TM , took on an even
broader range of applications and is now on the forefront help-
ing responders battle the recent opioid crisis.
A Novel Approach to Biologic Discovery
The technology that powers 908 Devices’ ZipChip TM separa-
tions platform is also based on microfluidics technology invent-
ed in the 1980s and innovated by Mike and his team, here at
Carolina Chemistry.
Mass Spec for the Masses
Within the past decade we have seen the successful miniatur-
ization of traditionally lab-bound spectrometry devices, such as
Raman, Fourier-Transfer Infrared, FTIR, and Ion Mobility, IMS.
And now, thanks to Mike’s development of High-Pressure Mass
Spectrometry TM , HPMS, we can add Mass Spectrometry to that
list. These advanced technologies for chemical detection and
identification have been packaged in handheld form factors
weighing less than 5 pounds making them rugged and easy to
carry and use.
The First 908
908 Devices’ flagship product, called M908 TM , rolled off the
shelves in March 2014. Designed as the first handheld tool us-
ing HPMS, the 4-pound devices enabled military teams, first
responders and civilian users like firefighters to identify and
detect chemical weapons and toxic industrial compounds at
The ZipChip TM platform uses cutting-edge microfluidic technology to
integrate capillary electrophoresis, CE, and electrospray ionization,
ESI, onto each chip.
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