Human Metabolome Technologies, Inc.

Sysmex Corporation

Kazunori Sasaki

Yasuhiro Otomo

Yoshiaki Ohashi

Hajime Sato

Kouzou Suto

Hitoshi Sagawa

An ion source adapter configured to enable a mass spectrometer, used with a voltage applied to a nebulizer side of an ion source configured to generate an ion, to be used with the nebulizer side grounded, the ion source adapter comprising a tube inserted between an ion introduction port of a capillary of the mass spectrometer and the nebulizer, the tube being formed of an insulator and allowing ions to pass through an interior thereof; a fixing tool configured to align and fix a mass spectrometer side of the tube and the ion introduction port of the capillary; and an electrode configured to apply a voltage to a nebulizer side of the tube, wherein outer peripheries of the nebulizer side and/or the mass spectrometer side of the tube are coated with a conductor, and are used for electric conduction.

Ion source adapter

The present invention relates to novel diagnostic markers for kidney disease and the use thereof.

Diagnostic marker for kidney diseases and use thereof

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Tsuruoka, Japan

Kazunori Sasaki