Kratos Analytical Limited

Neil Edmunds

Andrew Bowdler

Ian Brookhouse

A mass spectrometry apparatus, including a mass spectrometer and a sample plate. The mass spectrometer includes: a sample plate holder configured to hold a sample plate in an engaged position. The mass spectrometer is configured to perform a mass spectrometric analysis of a sample only when the sample is located on a sample plate that is held in the engaged position by the sample plate holder. The mass spectrometer includes one or more engagement features configured to engage with a sample plate so as to prevent the sample plate from being held in the engaged position by the sample plate holder unless the sample plate includes one or more engagement features configured to limit use of the sample plate to a specific analytical technique or a range of analytical techniques to be performed using the mass spectrometer. The sample plate is configured for use in the specific analytical technique or range of analytical techniques, wherein the sample plate includes the one or more engagement features configured to limit use of the sample plate to the specific analytical technique or range of analytical techniques.

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Manchester, United Kingdom

Neil Edmunds