Previously doing business as Axcend LLC, some time after applying for SBIR support, the firm was renamed Axcend Corporation. The firm is organized around development of compact nanoflow Liquid Chromatography (LC) systems offering improvements in portability, ease of operation, rapid and convenient deployment, and coupling to other analytical systems (such as mass spectrometry). The Axcend Focus LC emphasizes simplicity and ease of transport, while still retaining high performance and robustness: a breakthrough, fully portable, high-performance liquid chromatography system that can be hand-carried anywhere and used on-the-spot: in the lab, at the desk, on a manufacturing line, and - importantly - in the field.